Across
- 2. the planet we live on, with land, water, and air
- 5. a long, soft worm that lives in soil and helps make it healthy
- 6. money or rewards by working or doing something helpful
- 8. to practice something, like a play or song, before performing
- 9. a very bright movable light used to find things at night
- 12. to look carefully for something
- 13. there is not enough of something; a big shortage
- 14. the money you get from working
- 15. happening before the usual or expected time
- 17. a special car used to carry a coffin at a funeral
Down
- 1. a person who studies and investigates to find facts or answers
- 3. you accidentally heard part of someone else’s conversation
- 4. a smooth, shiny bead made inside some oysters
- 5. very serious and sincere about something
- 7. a sudden shaking of the ground caused by movement under the earth
- 10. you listened to a sound or someone speaking
- 11. to strongly want or wish for something
- 16. to gain new knowledge or skills by studying or practicing