Science and Technology

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. A terrestrial or aquatic flesh-eating mammal (9)
  2. 7. A major biotic community characterized by the dominant forms of plant life and the prevailing (5)
  3. 9. The smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element (plural) (5)
  4. 10. Force that pulls objects toward the Earth (7)
  5. 11. A unit of force equal to the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 m/sec/sec to a mass of 1 (plural) (7)
  6. 14. Of or relating to the external conditions or surroundings (13)
  7. 15. The type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives or occurs (7)
  8. 16. Someone who manufactures something (8)

Down

  1. 1. The number of inhabitants in a given place (10)
  2. 3. The tendency of a body to maintain its state of rest or uniform motion unless acted upon by (7)
  3. 4. The environment as it relates to living organisms (7)
  4. 5. The natural world around us (11)
  5. 6. An organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter (6)
  6. 8. An impelling force or strength (8)
  7. 12. The status of an organism within its environment and community (5)
  8. 13. Someone who attacks in search of booty (plural) (9)