Life Science Book Ch 2 Section2

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 4. The rays of the sun (8)
  2. 5. A person who has been ___ to another religious or political belief (plural) (8)
  3. 7. The part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock (4)
  4. 9. A living thing that has the ability to act or function independently (plural) (9)
  5. 12. How plants make food from sunlight (14)
  6. 13. The trait of wasting resources (plural) (6)
  7. 15. A process in which one or more substances are changed into others (plural) (9)
  8. 16. Someone who manufactures something (plural) (9)

Down

  1. 1. To take in, also metaphorically (6)
  2. 2. Exerting force or containing energy (4)
  3. 3. A person who uses goods or services (plural) (9)
  4. 6. The metabolic processes whereby certain organisms obtain energy from organic molecules (11)
  5. 8. To place into or assign to a ___ (11)
  6. 10. Anything indispensable (plural) (11)
  7. 11. The time between birth and death; what living things have (4)
  8. 14. The outermost level of the land or sea (7)