Across
- 1. scientist who proposed the theory of evolution
- 4. the study of life
- 7. substance composed of one oxygen atom and two hydrogen atoms
- 8. essential food group used to build muscles
- 10. a fossil fuel that is burnt to generate electricity
- 13. instrument that measures the total amount of heat in a substance
- 14. male hormone
- 15. an object that poses a risk to safety
- 18. fastest thing in the universe
- 22. sharp tooth that pierces flesh
- 23. hard substance made from fossil fuel that never breaks down
- 24. layer of gases above earths surface
- 25. animals that are active at night
- 26. radioactive element discovered by Marie Curie in 1898
- 27. Australian Christmas tree with orange flowers
- 29. smallest unit of matter
- 30. element that is the backbone of all life
- 31. type of place where an organism lives
- 36. the smallest unit of life that all organisms are built of
- 39. 17th century physicist who formed the laws of motion
- 41. process in which water evaporates from plants
- 43. largest bone in the body
- 44. non-contact force that has north and south poles
- 45. metal that is oxidised
- 47. this animal takes up to 2 weeks to digest food
- 49. energy source that won't run out
- 50. something in an experiment that can be changed, measured, or controlled and can affect the results
- 51. substance that can dissolve metal
- 54. place in space that swallows stars
- 55. substance that is dissolved in a solution
- 56. astronomer who was condemned for supporting the heliocentric solar system model
- 57. hardest substance on Earth
- 58. branch of science that studies matter and substances
Down
- 2. 7 metre long organ of the digestive system
- 3. energy stored in an object
- 5. equipment used in a laboratory to generate heat
- 6. this animal has the largest brain
- 9. layer in the atmosphere that provides protection from solar radiation
- 11. continent with the driest desert
- 12. type of energy that transfers heat
- 16. type of organism which gives birth to live young and feeds them milk
- 17. process of plants using the suns energy to produce sugar
- 19. metal that is used to make steel
- 20. most dangerous type of radiation that damages DNA
- 21. prolific greenhouse gas that causes global warming
- 23. classified as dwarf planet in 2006
- 27. metal that is liquid at room temperature
- 28. the fluid force which resists movement
- 32. equipment used to view objects not visible to the naked eye
- 33. animal that eats plant and meat
- 34. largest organ in the human body
- 35. substance that is essential in your diet and can also found in rocks
- 37. organ that filters blood
- 38. organisms that break down dead organisms to return nutrients to soil
- 40. process by which a seed grows roots and first leaves
- 42. an aquatic animal that can be immortal
- 46. organisms with a backbone
- 48. geographical feature that ejects molten rock
- 52. energy from the sun
- 53. pathogen that is not a living cell and causes illness
