Science Crossword

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. How tightly packed the matter in something is (7)
  2. 9. A long linear polymer found in the nucleus of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like (3)
  3. 10. Energy that travels in waves or particles (9)
  4. 12. An elementary particle with negative charge (8)
  5. 14. The smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element (4)
  6. 15. State of matter that fills any space, like air (3)
  7. 16. A stable particle with positive charge equal to the negative charge of an electron (6)

Down

  1. 1. The power to do work or make things move (6)
  2. 3. A material such as glass or porcelain with negligible electrical or thermal conductivity (9)
  3. 4. State of matter that flows like water (6)
  4. 5. A statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem (plural) (9)
  5. 6. How loud something is, or how much space it fills (6)
  6. 7. That which has mass and occupies space (6)
  7. 8. Any of the nine large celestial bodies in the solar system that revolve around the sun and shine (plural) (7)
  8. 11. English mathematician and physicist (6)
  9. 13. A long linear polymer of nucleotides found in the nucleus but mainly in the cytoplasm of a cell (3)