States of Matter

2. This state has a definite volume but no fixed shape, allowing it to flow and fill the bottom of a vessel.
4. The third level of consumers in a food chain, positioned above secondary consumers (8 letters).
5. The state of matter characterized by a fixed shape and a fixed volume; its particles vibrate but stay in place.
7. The state of matter with no definite shape or volume; it expands to fill whatever container it occupies.
8. The direct transformation of a gas into a solid, responsible for the delicate frost patterns on a winter window.
9. The transition from a solid to a liquid, often seen when an ice cube meets a warm drink.
11. A 'dirty snowball' of ice and dust that develops a glowing tail when it nears the Sun.
12. The chilling process of a liquid becoming a solid, like water turning into an ice tray’s contents.
13. A spherical body that orbits a star and has 'cleared its neighborhood' of other debris.
14. The non-living components of an ecosystem, such as sunlight, water, and minerals.
15. A general term for an organism that primarily eats other animals; most tertiary consumers fit this description (9 letters)

1. A 'shortcut' phase change where a solid turns directly into a gas, skipping the liquid phase entirely (think dry ice).
3. The long-term weather patterns, like temperature and precipitation, that determine which life can survive in an area.
6. The process of a liquid turning into a gas; it can happen slowly at the surface or rapidly at a boil.
10. When gas cools down to become a liquid; why your bathroom mirror fogs up after a hot shower.
16. A biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.