Science Crossword Puzzles
Forces / Magnets / Electromagnetism
solenoid : a coil of wire with a current, mass : a measure of how much matter is in a object, magnetic field : the area of a magnetic force around a magnet, …
Heat and Temperature
heat : energy transferred between two objects at different temperatures., temperature : measurement of the average kinetic energy in the particles of a …
Metallic Bonding
alloy: mixture of different metals, metallic bonding: electrostatic attraction between metal ions arranged in a lattice structure and free-floating electrons, …
Energy Terms
light: energy we can see, chemical: energy produced by chemical reactions, potential: energy that is stored, gravitational: energy that makes things fall, …
Morphology of Flowering Plants
adventitious : roots arise from parts of the plant other than the radicle., tendril : stem that are slender and spirally coiled that help plants like cucumber …
Energy and Source
energy : ability to do work, nonrenewable : energy source that can be used up, fossil : fuels made from animals matter that died long time ago, potential : …
Periodic Table / Structure and Bonding
neutron: the particle in an atom with no charge., alloys: mixtures with at least one metal., mendeleev: creator of the current periodic table., allotropes: the …
Solar System
venus: a planet that formed closer to the sun than earth but not closest to the sun, asteroid: a small rocky body that orbits the sun, solar system: the sun, …
Properties of Matter
magnetic: property of matter that describes an object's ability to attract certain metals, solution: a mixture of two or more substances that are evenly …
Axial Skeleton: Thorax
thorax: ____ also known as the chest cavity., costae: there are twelve pairs of ribs, or _____., true ribs: the first seven pairs of ribs are called …
DNA & Mitosis
spindle: long proteins used to move chromosomes around the cell., nucleotides: dna is made of a sequence of many of these in pairs., metaphase: spindle attaches …
Virus Vocabulary
emergingviruses : a newly appeared virus, prophage : the latent form of a bacteriophage , provirus : the genetic material of a virus that the virus uses to …
Meteor Shower
solar system : a star and all of the objects that travel around it., comets : balls of rock, dust, and ice that orbit the sun., meteoritics : the study of …
DNA and RNA
mutation: a change in the genetic material of cell, telomere: the tips of chromosomes., translation: the cell uses information from mrna to make proteins during …
Respiration and Photosynthesis
biochemical : respiration is a _____ process, sun : where the plant gets its energy for photosynthesis, chloroplast : where photosynthesis takes place, …
Discovering the Elements
matter: is anything that has weight and takes up space, element: ingredient that forms matter, mendeleyev: russian scientist that organized the periodic table, …
Atoms and Molecules
element : matter that is made up of only one type of atom, atom : smallest piece of an element, sodium : the na in table salt's formula, crystal : a type of …
Metals In Engineering
pewter : the metal we used to cast our shapes, solder : used to join electrical components to a circuit board, brass : a metal used for instruments such as a …
Cranial Nerves
sensory : the olfactory nerve (cn i) fulfills its _____________ component through olfaction, optic : second cranial nerve fulfilling sensory component of the …
