States of Matter

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 4. State of matter with a fixed shape (5)
  2. 6. The territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation (5)
  3. 8. To cause to change into a vapor (9)
  4. 9. Any object that can be used to hold things (9)
  5. 10. Having to do with the body (8)
  6. 12. The process of changing from a gaseous to a liquid or solid state (12)
  7. 14. The process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid (4)
  8. 15. State of matter that flows like water (6)

Down

  1. 1. How much matter something contains (4)
  2. 2. How loud something is, or how much space it fills (6)
  3. 3. State of matter that fills any space, like air (3)
  4. 5. That which has mass and occupies space (6)
  5. 7. A body having finite mass and internal structure but negligible dimensions (plural) (9)
  6. 11. The temperature at which a liquid ___ at sea level (4)
  7. 12. Swedish astronomer who devised the centigrade thermometer (7)
  8. 13. Any spatial attributes (5)