Science Crossword Puzzles

quarter where left half of the moon is illuminated, quarter where right half of the moon is illuminated, eclipse when the moon covers the sun, eclipse …

consists of the lemma and palea with included stamens and pistil (later including the caryopsis), unbranched inflorescence in which spikelets are …

center of a cell, subatomic particle with no charge, light elements form heavier elements and release energy, the splitting of a large nucleus to …

a group of cells with a similar function, this type of tissue is capable of contracting, the growth of large numbers of plants from tissues/cells, a …

this is a fundamental process that occurs in somatic cells, allowing for growth and repair, this organelle is often referred to as the control center …

a symbolic representation of a chemical reaction, a symbolic representation of an element or compound, a process in which one or more substances are …

change of phase from liquid to gas, molecules are not connected, no definite shape or volume, change of phase from gas to solid, change of phase from …

positively charged center of an atom according to the cloud model, scientist who discovered the electron, model of the atom that was described as …

base that can dissolve in water, paper or solution that turns pink with an acid, dye that has a different colour in acids and bases, paper or solution …

protects the brain and forms the structure of the face, supports the body and protects the spinal cord, protect the heart and lungs, aiding in …

uses negative pressure to move water and nutrients, uses positive pressure to move sap, tissue-level transport through cell membranes, tissue-level …

keep plants securely in the ground and absorb water and nutrients from the soil, connect leaves and roots, distribute leaves effectively, and …

cells are usually loosely packed cube-shaped or elongated cells with a large central vacuole and thin, flexible cell walls, cell walls are also …

name of the eyedrops used to dilate the eyes in fundoscopy, another name for the pupil, most common cause of an absent fundal reflex in adults, this …

one of many small repeating molecules that combine to form a polymer, large molecule made up of repeating smaller molecules, process of producing a …

earth rotates on it's axis in _ direction, as earth rotates, the side facing away from the sun is in darkness, as earth rotates, the side facing away …

dna is stored in this organelle, movement of substances in the cell occurs here, allows substances to flow in and out of the cell, where the …

system responsible for breaking down food into essential nutrients, diaphragm contracts to allow air to move into the lungs during this event, sheets …

blind spot in retina, muscle that turns the eyes laterally, contains photoreceptors for vision, area of retina with most photoreceptors (greatest …

connects middle ear to throat (nasopharynx), external part of ear, contains hearing receptors, middle ear bone connected to eardrum, contains …

the line across the periodic table, the column down the periodic table, the smallest particle that makes up everything, the substances that are made …

scientific tool that allows us to examine tiny cells, jelly-like substance that surrounds the organelles of a cell, ​cells without a nucleus, …

the basic cell that makes up the nervous system and which receives and sends messages within that system, an extensive network of specialized cells …

the natural purpose of a thing, involved in the nervous system, involved in the skeletal system, involved in the respiratory system, involved in the …

partial or complete hair loss from where it typically grows, temporary hair loss experienced after the conclusion of pregnancy, technical term for …

the movement of a particle that creates a wave, the distance between two crests or troughs, the amount of time it takes for a complete wave, the …

provide electrical insulation and regulate chemical environment of neurons, form the myelin sheath around neurons in the pns, regulate the blood-brain …

this type of chromosome fragmentation occurs when the broken-off piece of chromosome becomes reversed and is then joined on again, this type of …

to darwin, this is the mechanism that directs evolution, the production of this is what darwin considered to be tbe first step of the two-step process …

this is exerted on a population due to the environment, and is considered to be a large influence on natural selection as an agent of evolution, this …