Across
- 2. Scandinavian seafaring pirates and traders who raided and settled in many parts of NW Europe
- 6. Relating to the structure of the earth's crust and the large-scale processes which take place within it
- 8. A system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives
- 9. The second of the twelve named periods into which a year is divided
- 11. A process in which an agent causes an organic substance to break down into simpler substances
Down
- 1. A seabird of northern and Arctic waters which nests in holes
- 3. Relating to or produced by the internal heat of the earth
- 4. A brittle transparent crystalline solid
- 5. A process in which substances combine chemically with oxygen from the air and typically give out bright light, heat and smoke
- 7. The smallest composite number
- 10. Legal drinking age in UK and Ireland
- 12. A supernatural creature of folk tales
