Food Pyramid

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 5. An essential structural component of living cells and source of energy for animals (plural) (13)
  2. 6. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group (6)
  3. 8. The doctrine that representations of nature or human behavior should be accurate ___ (9)
  4. 10. The act of keeping something within specified bounds (11)
  5. 12. To cause to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance (9)
  6. 13. Any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal (7)
  7. 15. A radioactive isotope that is used in a compound in order to trace the mechanism of a chemical (plural) (6)
  8. 16. Clear liquid we drink that falls as rain (5)

Down

  1. 1. Food and nutrients the body needs to grow (plural) (10)
  2. 2. Used of a compound containing atoms sharing more than one valence bond (11)
  3. 3. A light line that is used in lettering to help align the letters (plural) (10)
  4. 4. Baked food made from flour, used for sandwiches (plural) (6)
  5. 7. A unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram (plural) (8)
  6. 9. Animal flesh eaten as food (4)
  7. 11. Sweet food that grows on plants (plural) (6)
  8. 14. Any of several elongated, threadlike cells (5)