NJSLA Science Crossword Review

2. The variations of a trait we may inherit.
6. Increases with mass and speed.
7. The physical appearance of an organism.
8. Density, color, hardness, solubility. Do not change with size, shape, amount.
10. The nonliving parts of an ecosystem.
11. Thermal Energy is transferred by two objects touching.
13. The boundary where two plates collide.
16. Arrows showing energy passed from one organism to another.
17. The movement of nanoscopic particles - increases with temperature.
19. An organism that makes its own food from the sun, soil, air.
20. When water vapor cools back to a liquid.
23. The variable that is measured/studied in a lab..
24. The boundary when two plates drift apart.

1. When water changes from liquid to gas.
3. Asexual reproduction does not lead to this, but sexual rep. does.
4. Occurs under the sea, where parting plates allow new earth to form.
5. The circular movement of air, molten rock, and water. Hot rises, cool falls.
9. Stored energy.
12. The variables that we keep constant, so that there is only one independent variable in a lab.
14. A property: temp. at which solid changes to liquid.
15. This type of volcano makes up the Hawaiian Islands.
18. When a denser tectonic plate sinks beneath a less dense one.
21. The variable we intentionally change in a lab.
22. Sperm, eggs. Cells used by organisms (like flowers) to reproduce.
25. The two letters representing an allele for each trait.