Science Word Search

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 7. The process of becoming a vapor (11)
  2. 9. God of the heavens (6)
  3. 10. A common nonmetallic element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless inert diatomic gas (8)
  4. 11. Study of the natural world through experiments (7)
  5. 13. The process whereby a protein molecule assumes its intricate three-dimensional shape (7)
  6. 15. Any of the nine large celestial bodies in the solar system that revolve around the sun and shine (plural) (7)
  7. 16. The planet we live on (5)

Down

  1. 1. A seasonal wind in southern Asia (7)
  2. 2. A living organism characterized by voluntary movement (6)
  3. 3. State of matter with a fixed shape (5)
  4. 4. Any warm-blooded vertebrate having the skin more or less covered with hair (6)
  5. 5. A heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element (7)
  6. 6. A crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other (8)
  7. 8. God of the sea (7)
  8. 12. The weather in some location averaged over some long period of time (7)
  9. 14. State of matter that flows like water (6)