6th Grade Midterm Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 1. a plant’s response to water that is beyond the normal response of growth
  2. 5. a plant’s response to gravity
  3. 6. an explanation of something in the natural world that may be refuted when new discoveries are made
  4. 9. the diffusion of water through a membrane that allows specific substances to pass through
  5. 11. an organism that obtains food from an outside
  6. 12. an specific area of the planet that can be classified by the animals and plants that live there
  7. 14. a plant having an embryo with a single cotyledon
  8. 15. a vascular plant that bears flowers and fruit
  9. 17. a judgement based on an opinion that may or may not be true
  10. 18. unicellular microorganisms that lacks a distinct nucleus
  11. 19. passing off someone else’s work as your own
  12. 23. organisms that can maintain their body temperature (“warm-blooded”)
  13. 26. the breakdown of sugar into energy without the presence of oxygen
Down
  1. 2. a plant having an embryo with two cotyledons
  2. 3. a plant’s response to touch
  3. 4. a description of something in the natural world that is based on facts, no evidence can prove it wrong
  4. 7. organisms that cannot maintain their own body temperature (“cold-blooded”)
  5. 8. principles or ideas that determine what is wrong or right
  6. 10. a plant’s reaction to light
  7. 13. an organism composed of one or more cells containing a visible nucleus and organelles
  8. 16. an animal phylum that includes all vertebrates
  9. 20. a belief that something is true
  10. 21. an organism that has a backbone
  11. 22. a vascular, cone-bearing plant whose seeds are not enclosed
  12. 24. an organism that lacks a backbone (vertebral column)
  13. 25. the movement of molecules from an area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentration
  14. 26. deception or misrepresentation of the truth
  15. 27. organisms that produces its own food