Science Vocabulary

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 1. The type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives or occurs (7)
  2. 2. An individual living thing. (8)
  3. 3. To move from one country or region to another and settle there (7)
  4. 4. A system formed by the interaction of a community of organisms with their physical environment (9)
  5. 6. Layer of air around the Earth (10)
  6. 9. A terrestrial or aquatic flesh-eating mammal (9)
  7. 12. Movement through a ___ (11)
  8. 14. The process of changing from a gaseous to a liquid or solid state (12)
  9. 15. A person who eats all kinds of foods (8)

Down

  1. 1. Any animal that feeds chiefly on grass and other plants (9)
  2. 5. Any warm-blooded vertebrate having the skin more or less covered with hair (6)
  3. 7. The process of becoming a vapor (11)
  4. 8. The metabolic processes whereby certain organisms obtain energy from organic molecules (11)
  5. 10. A material such as glass or porcelain with negligible electrical or thermal conductivity (9)
  6. 11. The resistance encountered when one body is moved in contact with another (8)
  7. 13. The occurrence of surplus liquid exceeding the limit or capacity (6)