en CR Mountains and Basins Region 33 sanddune: hills of sand created by the wind basin: bowl shaped land between mountains naturalresources: things that naturally happen in nature that can be used by people weather: the day to day conditions outside, such as the temperature deposition: the piling of sediment in a new area climate: the average weather for a region of a long period of time photosynthesis: the process a plant uses to make food erosion: the movement of sediment to a new area migrate: to move to a new place adaptation: an inherited trait or learned behavior that helps an organism survive plateau: high area of land with a flat top and steep sides foodweb: a connection of food chains weathering: the breaking down of earth surfaces into smaller pieces energy: needed to do work or cause a change producer: an organism that uses sunlight to make its own food pueblo: Native American community secondaryconsumer: an organism that eats both plants and animals adobe: brick made from straw and mud decomposer: an organism that breaks down dead plants and animals primaryconsumer: an organism that only eats plants conquistador: Spanish explorer and conqueror scavenger: an organism that eats dead animals presidio: forts built by the Spaniards to protect the missions mission: buildings built by the Spaniards to convert Native Americans to Christianity current: the flow of electricity around a circuit renewable: a resource that nature can replace in a lifetime light: energy that can be seen by the eye and stored, example the Sun nonrenewable: a resource that nature cannot replace sound: energy produced by vibrations that you can hear mechanical: energy produced by a machine or moving part electrical: energy that is produced when electrons are moved, the TV needs this to work conductor: material that allows electrical or heat energy to flow through easily heat: energy that causes change in the temperature insulator: material that slows down or stops electrical or heat energy from flowing circuit: the pathway an electrical current flows through

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5.	material that slows down or stops electrical or heat energy from flowing
6.	the day to day conditions outside, such as the temperature
7.	the average weather for a region of a long period of time
11.	brick made from straw and mud
14.	the flow of electricity around a circuit
16.	a connection of food chains
18.	a resource that nature can replace in a lifetime
20.	forts built by the Spaniards to protect the missions
21.	needed to do work or cause a change
22.	energy produced by vibrations that you can hear
23.	to move to a new place
24.	the piling of sediment in a new area
25.	an inherited trait or learned behavior that helps an organism survive
27.	the breaking down of earth surfaces into smaller pieces
28.	a resource that nature cannot replace
29.	an organism that uses sunlight to make its own food
30.	an organism that eats dead animals

Down:

1.	the pathway an electrical current flows through
2.	an organism that only eats plants
3.	high area of land with a flat top and steep sides
4.	energy produced by a machine or moving part
8.	energy that can be seen by the eye and stored, example the Sun
9.	an organism that breaks down dead plants and animals
10.	energy that causes change in the temperature
12.	an organism that eats both plants and animals
13.	hills of sand created by the wind
14.	Spanish explorer and conqueror
15.	Native American community
17.	bowl shaped land between mountains
19.	the movement of sediment to a new area
21.	energy that is produced when electrons are moved, the TV needs this to work
23.	buildings built by the Spaniards to convert Native Americans to Christianity
26.	material that allows electrical or heat energy to flow through easily

Mountains and Basins Region

Across:

5.	material that slows down or stops electrical or heat energy from flowing
6.	the day to day conditions outside, such as the temperature
7.	the average weather for a region of a long period of time
11.	brick made from straw and mud
14.	the flow of electricity around a circuit
16.	a connection of food chains
18.	a resource that nature can replace in a lifetime
20.	forts built by the Spaniards to protect the missions
21.	needed to do work or cause a change
22.	energy produced by vibrations that you can hear
23.	to move to a new place
24.	the piling of sediment in a new area
25.	an inherited trait or learned behavior that helps an organism survive
27.	the breaking down of earth surfaces into smaller pieces
28.	a resource that nature cannot replace
29.	an organism that uses sunlight to make its own food
30.	an organism that eats dead animals

Down:

1.	the pathway an electrical current flows through
2.	an organism that only eats plants
3.	high area of land with a flat top and steep sides
4.	energy produced by a machine or moving part
8.	energy that can be seen by the eye and stored, example the Sun
9.	an organism that breaks down dead plants and animals
10.	energy that causes change in the temperature
12.	an organism that eats both plants and animals
13.	hills of sand created by the wind
14.	Spanish explorer and conqueror
15.	Native American community
17.	bowl shaped land between mountains
19.	the movement of sediment to a new area
21.	energy that is produced when electrons are moved, the TV needs this to work
23.	buildings built by the Spaniards to convert Native Americans to Christianity
26.	material that allows electrical or heat energy to flow through easily

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