Across
- 2. In a city I have access to many different kinds of restaurants, so I can find whatever food I may ___.
- 3. A paragraph usually has a main idea and approximately 3 supporting ____.
- 5. One way city kids get to school is by public ____.
- 9. In ___ areas, there are fewer people living near each other.
- 11. The United States is filled with ___; people live in crowded apartments, isolated cabins, large housing developments and solitary houses, on busy streets, and on quiet country lanes.
- 13. Though the USPS add about 1.8 million new addresses every year, it ____ us that no addresses are forgotten.
- 15. The United States is a huge and ___ country. It has 50 states and 15 territories. It has mountains, frests, deserts, open plains, and islands.
- 16. The United States has cities, suburbs, and ____ areas, or areas in the countryside far from cities.
- 17. In ____ areas, people are packed together.
- 20. Buses and subways are ____ with passengers at rush hour.
- 22. When you submit your plan for the Design-A-Town competition, all work must be original. However, competitors can get advice from ____ such as architects and city planners.
- 23. When you submit your plan for the Design-A-Town competition, ____ your town with art such as fountains and sculptures.
- 24. Bikes don't burn fossil fuels, so they don't make ___ gases that add to global warming.
- 25. People live closer together in towns and ____.
Down
- 1. New York City is ____ and busy.
- 4. People in a city are rushed and ____.
- 6. A big city is exciting and fast-paced. It's never ____!
- 7. Kids who live in the city get special passes (like T-Money Cards) that give them ____ on rides.
- 8. A disadvantage of suburbs is that they don't have much ____.
- 10. Each postal carrier takes ____ 2,300 pieces of mail a day to about 500 addresses.
- 12. Suburbs are ____ areas.
- 14. The Postal ervice letter carriers deliver at high and low _____.
- 18. Kids who live on islands have ____ to boats, though often they travel on ferries.
- 19. Kids who live on islands feel _____ when they get to miss school due to bad weather (but their parents don't)!
- 21. Some letter carriers drive vehicles that use clean fuels such as ____ natural gas and electricity.
- 26. Some students who take long bus rides to school bring a blanket and pillow on ____.
