These crosswords are made for kids ages 8 to 12. They are made up of words that are often found in third, fourth, fifth, and sixth grade spelling lists and cover subjects of interest to older kids. To view or print a crossword puzzle for children click on its title.
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Dinosaurs
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Science
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Before recorded history. It has been preserved in fossil form. No longer alive. Eat plants. Eat meat.
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Dinosaurs
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Earth Sciences
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All about dinosaur
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A animal that only eats meats. Animals that preys on others. Animals that get hunt for food. 'king of dinosaur'. A series of small bones which form the back bones.
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Dinosaurs Before Dark
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Books
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a very big size. definitely or for sure. disappeared, was suddenly gone. stuttering or speaking with short pauses. gliding in the sky.
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Dinosaurs Before Dark
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Books
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Mary Pope Osborne
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to shake from fear. four-legged creature having a long horn above each eye . a group of plants or animals living or growing together. to make a short, deep, hoarse sound. a cone shaped mountain through which molten rock comes out.
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Disaters
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Science
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Human & Natural
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Analyzes the production, distribution, and consumption . Not man made. Differ. Organisms with their environment. The making of a desired impression.
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Discovering Insects
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Animals
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flying insect with large eyes and thin wings. flying insect that bites. hard outer layer some insects have. stage in an insect's life cycle after larva. series of changes in life from birth to death.
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Discovery of a New World
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History
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Explorers and Settlers
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a body of water for traveling or shipping. a settlement under the control of another country. a person who buys or sells things. to bring in goods from somewhere. to find and learn something new.
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Disney
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Entertainment
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What song is at the end of Splash Mountain?. Whose castle is at Magic Kingdom?. Hans and Anna finish each other's what?. Which word links our hotel and Pirates?. At which park is the Tower of Terror?.
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Disney
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Entertainment
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The princess who live with seven dwarfs . The original voice of Mickey Mouse was from_____. Walt Disney's wife ____. Walt Disney died of ____. The girl who lost her glass shoe in a ball was ____.
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Disney Cars
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Entertainment
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WHAT IS LIGHTNING'S LAST NAME. WHO OWNS THE TIRE SHOP. WHO IS MARRIED TO TOWN FOUNDER STANLEY. WHO IS THE TOWN LAWYER. WHO HAS A SIREN ON THEIR HEAD.
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Disney Trivia
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Entertainment
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1991 Disney film has a female lead called Belle. What are Scully and Mike collecting to power Monstropolis in Monsters, Inc.. the name of the Reggae singing Caribbean crab in the Little Mermaid. Disney film will you hear the song 'Everybody Wants To Be A Cat'. In which Disney film will you find the villain, Cruella De Vil.
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Diversity at the Table
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Food
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The most widely produced and eaten food in an area. A set of customs, traditions, and beliefs shared by a large group of people. The practice of creating new recipe by mixing the influences and preparation techniques of different food traditions. Abstaining from some or all foods for a period of time. Relating to a specific culture.
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Doctor
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Business and Work
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a place where un-well people go/stay. syn. for nice. college or university diploma. where you see your doctor. an individual who goes to see a doctor.
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Dog Breeds
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Animals
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Do you need me to 'retrieve' something?. What's up with my big ears? . I'm a fluffy lion that likes to 'Chow' down!!. My name rymthes with mug!!. I prefer the farmlands of Australia.
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Dog Breeds
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Animals
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a large dog that loves water with a long red to blonde coat of fur. a breed known for racing. this small breed's name has a Spanish origin. the Queen of England likes this breed. this breed is known for liking water and is commonly black or yellow.
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Dolphins
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Animals
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Test your dolphin knowledge and complete the crossword puzzle
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dolphins live in these small groups. dolphins use echoes to locate the fish they can't see. animals that eat other animals. warm-blooded animal that drinks milk from its mother, has a backbone and hair. animals that are eaten by other animals.
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Dolphins
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Animals
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biggest part of communication to find foodand to navigate. can swim up to this speed. how many stomachs a dolphin has. male dolphins. dolphin breathes through this.
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Donner Party
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History
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To observe. Buffalo waste. An act or instance of exasperating, provocation. To happen or occur. Laborious or Fatiguing.
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Dr. Seuss Books
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Books
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'You never know until you try it!'. The 'green' book. Uses the simplest rhyming words. A book for graduates. Focus is on this body part.
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Dracula
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Books
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The opposite of rough.. What was on both sides of Dracula's hands?. Dracula gave The Three Women a ................ The opposite of thin.. Johnathan used this to get to the castle..
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Dragon Ball Super
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Television
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Gohan's daughters name. can she fly. The universal emperor . what are the 2 gods of destruction in universe 6 and 7. goku's most powerful form.
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Drama
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Entertainment
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The characters in a play. (4) . What characters say to each other. (8). Key moment in the action. (6). Plays take place on a ...? (5). A key idea examined in a play. (5) .
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Drama Terms
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Entertainment
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Lines spoken by just one person. Deciding how the line should be delivered. The pattern of movements actors follow while on stage. A part/character/person written by a playwright. Information about what happened before the action of the play begins; the set up.
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Early Explorers
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History
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Using the words below complete the crossword puzzle
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sailed around the world in 1577. made his first trip in 1947. one of the great European powers during the Age of Discovery. people conquered byHernan Cortes. a group of people who settle far from home but keep ties with their home country.
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Early Humans
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History
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In this age, people started farming, building communities, producing goods, and trading. Pottery and wood carvings. Painting cave walls. In this age, people invented many tools to help them survive. Early humans spent most of their time looking for food.
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Early Man
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History
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thew first part of the stone age when people first used stone tools. a huge stone monument. the time before there was writing . people who hunt animals and gather wild plants, seeds, fruits, and nuts to survive . the middle part of the stone age marked by the creation of smaller and more complex tools.
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Early settlement
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History
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Have fun!
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Lots of convicts got in trouble for this. Little houses built by the early settlers . A now extinct animal that was alive in the early settlement days . A group of convicts chained together . A group of Aboriginals from coastal Sydney.
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Early Settlement in Brisbane
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World Geography
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Oxley explored and named the ______ River.. Humpybong was not suitable because there were too many ______.. The first European ______ in Brisbane was in 1824.. John Oxley found 3 ______ living with the Aborigines.. At Ipswich, ______ and limestone were mined..
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Earth
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Earth Sciences
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putting chemicales in the environment. bad rain that comes from the sky. gas that surrounds the earth. To use something again. something thats melting the artic.
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Earth
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Geology
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Hot magma that comes out of a volcano.. Very large areas of land; there are seven _________ on Earth.. The center of Earth.. A blanket of gases, including oxygen, on the surface of planet Earth.. The outer layer of Earth..
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Earth & Space Science
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Physics
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This is a pattern in the sky formed by stars.. This is a massive, gravitionally bound system consisting of stars, interstellar gas and dust, and dark matter. This is the utilization of radiation from the sun.. This number is the length of a vector. It is always positive.. This is the amount energy coming off the surface of a star.
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Earth and Space
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Earth Sciences
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frozen rain drops. a tool used to measure air pressure. an imaginary center line around which the Earth rotates. frormes. the path water takes as it evaporates, condences, falls to Earth, and evaporates.
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Earth as a System
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Earth Sciences
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The center of the Earth made mostly of iron and nickel. Earth was formed about 4.6 billion years ago and is made mostly of . The denser layer beneath the crust . vibrations that travel through the Earth. The mostly solid part of Earth.
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Earth Day
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Earth Sciences
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More than 100 _________ in any medium, air, water, or soil can cause birth defects, gene mutation, and cancer.. ___ pollution can cause various respitory diseases.. Each year 1.2 trillion gallons of untreated sewage, storm water, and industrial waste are dumped into U.S. ______.. _____ is the worlds largest producer of carbon dioxide. The United States in number 2.. Americans buy more than 29 million _____ of water each year..
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Earth Layers
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Geology
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The Earth's ocean is mostly made up of _____.. This includes the Earth's crust and the solid outer structure.. Part of the Earth's upper mantle.. Earth's land is mostly made up of _______.. The Earth's most outer layer.
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Earth Science
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Geology
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a deposit, usually of calcium carbonate, shaped like an icicle, hanging from the roof of a cave or the like, andformed by the dripping of percolating calcareous water. . an extended mass of ice formed from snow falling and accumulating over the years and moving very slowly.. something that drains or flows off, as rain that flows off from the land in streams.. surface resistance to relative motion, as of a body sliding or rolling.. a stream that flows to a larger stream or other body of water..
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Earth Science
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Geology
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a large crack in Earth's crust. the way a rock or mineral breaks. a flat-topped underwater peak. scientific theory that attempts to explain continental drift. physical features of a land surface.
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Earth's Crust
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Geology
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is trace of ancients organism that has been preserved i rock . the continents were joined together in a supercontinent . measure of how much mass there is in a given volume of a substance . process by which the ocean floor sinks beneath a deep ocean trench and back into the mantle . plates move apart or diverge .
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Earth's History
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Earth Sciences
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How many layers does the Earth have? . What is the inner most layer of the Earth? . Plates can converge,diverge and _______.. We live on what layer? . Fossils are found ______. .
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Earth's Systems
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Earth Sciences
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mostly solid, rocky part of Earth.. is between the thermosphere and stratosphere.. a mixture of mostly invisible gases.. lay er air between the mesosphere and the troposphere.. is the lowest layer of the atmosphere..
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Earthqaukes and Tsunamis
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Science
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Rapid Changes in Earth's crust (Erupt). Corral (slinky) waves. Large areas on Earth's outter Portion. A sudden and violent shaking on the ground. Rope like waves.
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Earthquake
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Science
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the primary focus of an earthquake. melted rock above the crust. a machine used to measure earthquakes. the scale used to describe the earthquake. sound wave technology.
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Earthquake
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Earth Sciences
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bends resulting in a wrinkling in layered bedrock . when there is relative movement between the rocks on either side of a fracture the crack is called a ____.. the small changes in length and volume associated with deformation of the earth by tectonic stresses or by the passage of seismic waves. an arch-shaped fold . principle of uniformity is often represented by a statement that 'the present is the key to the past.'.
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Earthquake!!!
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Science
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The point beneath the earths surface where rocks break.. A instrument used to detect and measure seismic waves.. A side to side earthquake wave.. The slowest moving seismic wave.. A push pull seismic wave..
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Earthquakes
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Earth Sciences
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Waves caused by earthquakes.. The place where an earthquake starts.. Structures in building that move in opposition to earthquake waves and oppose their effect.. The type of boundary is where the strongest earthquakes occur.. Waves that travel along the crust near the surface and cause the most destruction..
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Earthquakes
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Earth Sciences
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Complete the crossword puzzle.
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The block of rock that lies below the fault.. A landform that has high elevation and a more or less level surface.. A type of fault where rocks on either side move past each other sideways with little up-or-down motion. A stress force that squeezes rock until it folds or breaks.. The block of rock that lies above the fault..
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Eastern States and Capitals
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World Geography
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Massachusetts. New York. Delaware. Vermont. Maryland.
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Eclipses
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Astronomy
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Find the answer to the definition or hint
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The Earth and moon are in total darkness. Shadows make the Sun or Moon grow dark. . A very bright star. cone of lighter shadow. Darkest part.
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Eclipses
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Astronomy
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Find the word that matches the hint.
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2 points where the Moon's orbit crosses the Sun's plane.. An oval shaped orbit.. A shadow that makes the Moon or Sun seem to grow dark.. A star that we orbit and shines light on us.. A cone of lighter shadow..
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Ecology
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Earth Sciences
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Use your knowledge organisers to help you
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The number of organisms in a species. The clearing of a wide area of natural trees. The very first organism in a food chain is called this. A compound that traps sun rays in the atmosphere. Living factors that affect an organism's ability to survive in an environment.
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