Science Vocabulary Review

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Across
  1. 3. energy, energy from the sun
  2. 5. water that percolates, or drains, through soil and rocks and collects in underground reservoirs
  3. 7. the substance which is dissolved in the solvent
  4. 9. all living and nonliving things in a certain environment
  5. 11. web, a system of overlapping and connecting food chains in an ecosystem
  6. 14. a material that stops or slows the flow of heat, electricity or sound
  7. 15. the outside atmospheric conditions
  8. 17. energy, the energy in an object due to its position or motion
  9. 19. chain, the sequence that traces food energy in an ecosystem
  10. 24. a trait or feature
  11. 26. a process by which wind or water drops sediment in new location
  12. 28. the blending of light rays as they pass from one substance to another
  13. 29. resources, resources that can be replaced as they are used
  14. 31. behavior, behavior that is taught or acquired through experience
  15. 33. circuit, an electrical path with no breaks or gaps
  16. 37. light energy that bounces off a surface
  17. 38. the study of weather, climate and Earth’s atmosphere
  18. 39. resources, resources that cannot be readily replaced
  19. 40. to soak up or take in
  20. 43. a physical feature of Earth’s surface
  21. 44. a property or characteristic of an object such as color, size or shape
  22. 45. able to be dissolved in or by a liquid
  23. 46. a combination of tow or more substances that keep their own properties
Down
  1. 1. trait, a characteristic passed from parents to offspring
  2. 2. fuel, a nonrenewable resource formed from the remains of prehistoric plants and animals
  3. 4. a scientist who studies weather, climate and Earth’s atmosphere
  4. 6. a structure or behavior that helps an organism survive in its environment
  5. 8. the movement of sediment by wind, water or ice
  6. 10. small particles of rock, soil, sand or shell deposited by water wind or ice
  7. 12. to mix completely with another substance to form a solution
  8. 13. energy, energy created by charged particles
  9. 16. trait, a trait that occurs in response to the environment
  10. 18. to sort objects into groups that are alike in some way
  11. 20. the breaking down of rocks by water, wind and ice
  12. 21. in a solution, the part of the mixture which other substances that are dissolved
  13. 22. metamorphosis, the life cycle of an organism whose appearance does not change greatly and has three growth stages
  14. 23. energy, a type of electromagnetic radiation that can be seen
  15. 24. metamorphosis, the life cycle of an organism whose appearance changes greatly at each of the four stages
  16. 25. energy, the energy of moving particles that produce heat
  17. 27. a consumer that eats only plants
  18. 30. cycle, the movement of water through Earth’s environment
  19. 32. an organism that receives energy by breaking down dead matter, returning nutrients to the environment
  20. 33. a color, shape or pattern that helps an animal blend into its surrounding
  21. 34. a prediction of the weather
  22. 35. a property of a material that enables it to be dissolved in or by another substance
  23. 36. to join
  24. 41. a mixture of two or more substances that are evenly distributed throughout
  25. 42. the place in an ecosystem where an organism