Across
- 2. (n) persons injured, killed, or missing during a war, accident, or disaster
- 5. (v) forced to leave his/her country of origin, often as punishment/for political reasons
- 6. (n) substances in food or soil that organisms need to live, stay healthy, and grow
- 7. (n) a long period of time with very little rain
- 8. (n) diseases caused by a virus (infecting the body)
- 9. (n) hay, grain, grass, or other food for plant-eating animals
- 11. (n) the Earth's force that pulls everything to its center
- 12. (n) specific signs of illness or injury
- 15. (n) the removal of a government from power by force and its replacement with another
- 16. (n) a group of people living in a new territory who maintain relations with their place of origin
- 17. (n) the relationships between living and non-living things
- 19. (adj) of or relating to the action of breaking down food for use by the body
- 21. (n) satellites that pick up sound, picture, and telephone signals
- 23. (n) the act, process, or facilities used to keep a place clean or remove waste
- 26. (n) animals that eat only meat
- 27. (adj) lacking vegetation
- 28. (n) the amount of matter in something, measured on Earth by its weight
- 29. (n) a good quality/feature that deserves praise/reward
- 31. (adj) of or relating to the growing of plants without soil in a water-based solution
- 35. (v) the act of eating grass in a field
- 36. (n) cleanliness for the purpose of staying healthy
- 37. (n) scientists that study the Earth's atmosphere, climate, and weather
Down
- 1. (n) holes or tunnels dug in the ground by an animal for use as a shelter
- 3. (n) human-made objects that orbit other objects in space
- 4. (n) satellites that monitor weather
- 9. (n) an amazing action or accomplishment
- 10. (n) things a person has a strong desire to achieve
- 13. (v) obstructed or prevented passage through a certain area
- 14. (n) Global Positioning System, uses radio signals from satellites to pinpoint locations
- 17. (n) guiding principles
- 18. (v) to model or imitate the appearance or condition of something
- 20. (n) animals that eat only plants
- 22. (adj) referring to diseases that can spread from one organism to another
- 24. (n) the paths of objects around others
- 25. (v) to get on a ship, airplane, or other vehicle; to start something new
- 26. (n) an illness spread through direct or indirect contact/the process by which such an illness is spread
- 30. (n) an association between 2+ groups/countries that agree to work together, fighting on the same side
- 32. (n) orbiting the North and South poles
- 33. (n) a system that moves antibodies through the body to fight infection
- 34. (n) the state of coexisting or working together without conflict or problems