Science Terms Review
Across
- 2. – Movement of rocks and soil by wind, water, or ice.
- 5. – An organism that breaks down dead things.
- 7. – Facts that support a claim.
- 10. – A living thing that eats other organisms for energy.
- 12. – What you notice with your senses.
- 17. – Remains or traces of ancient organisms.
- 19. – Small pieces of rock or soil moved by erosion.
- 20. – A trait that helps an organism survive.
- 22. – The ability to do work or cause change.
- 23. – Earth’s orbit around the Sun (causes seasons).
- 24. – A large group of stars, gas, and dust held together by gravity.
- 25. – The smallest unit of life.
Down
- 1. – A living thing that makes its own food (like a plant).
- 3. – An educated guess or testable explanation.
- 4. – Day-to-day conditions of the atmosphere.
- 6. – All living and nonliving things interacting in one area.
- 8. – State of matter with definite volume but no fixed shape.
- 9. – Facts, numbers, or information collected.
- 10. – A summary of what you learned from an experiment.
- 11. – State of matter with no fixed shape or volume.
- 12. – Any living thing.
- 13. – Something that can change in an experiment.
- 14. – State of matter with a definite shape and volume.
- 15. – Earth’s spinning on its axis (causes day and night).
- 16. – The natural home of an organism.
- 18. – A force that pulls objects toward Earth.
- 21. – The average weather over a long time.