Science Vocabulary

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. Having to do with the body (8)
  2. 5. The quantity of something that is created (10)
  3. 7. What lets us see; the opposite of dark (5)
  4. 10. So thin as to ___ light (11)
  5. 11. Coins collectively (plural) (7)
  6. 13. Not treated with heat to prepare it for eating (3)
  7. 15. The natural world around us (11)
  8. 16. A segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain (4)

Down

  1. 1. A path through which electric current can flow. (7)
  2. 3. The responsive adjustment of a sense organ to varying conditions (10)
  3. 4. A living organism characterized by voluntary movement (6)
  4. 6. A plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing (7)
  5. 8. Allowing light to pass through diffusely (11)
  6. 9. Preparing or putting through a prescribed ___ (10)
  7. 12. An ordered array of the components of an emission or wave (8)
  8. 14. A bitter alkaloid found in coffee and tea that is responsible for their stimulating effects (8)