- The Crossword Puzzle is 1 of 8 word puzzles and activities.
- Get a printout of the Crossword. The Crossword answers are also printable.
- Use the word definitions to fill-in the best word choice on the puzzle. All words contain a word roots. Scan and email your answers to friends, family and teachers.
- Common Core alignment to a Crossword puzzle is to three key phrases: "Precise Meaning", "Spell Correctly" and "Grade Level". CCSS Alignment Strand Numbers for Specific Grades: Precise Meaning: "CCSS.ELA-Literacy." precedes these numbers: 2.4e, 3.4d, 4.4c, 5.4c, 6.4c, 7.4c, 8.4c, 9-10.4c, 11-12.4c Spell Correctly: "CCSS.ELA-Literacy." precedes these numbers: L.2.2d+e, L.3.2e+f, L.4.2d, L.5.2d, L.6.2b, L.7.2b, L.8.2c, L.9-10.2c, L.11-12.2b Grade Level: "CCSS.ELA-Literacy." precedes these numbers: 2.4, 3.4, 4.4, 5.4, 6.4, 7.4, 8.4, 9-10.4, 11-12.4
ACROSS:
1 – Marked by denial, prohibition or refusal; not positive or constructive; less than zero (adjective)
4 – Showing obscurity; not exhibiting radiant energy (as light): shaded (adjective)
5 – To concentrate; to adjust (a lens) to produce a clear image (verb)
8 – To lighten up; to supply or brighten with light; to clarify; to decorate (verb)
12 – Photosensitive layer of silver halide thinly applied to one surface of the photographic film (noun)
13 – The showing of an image in the manner of a mirror; the casting back of light after striking a surface (noun)
15 – To treat (an exposed film) with chemicals so as to tender the latent image visible (verb)
16 – To obscure or make indistinct, as by smearing or staining; to sully; to smudge (verb)
17 – To make (a film or plate) become especially responsive to certain agents, as rays of light (verb)
DOWN:
2 – An opening, as a hole, slip or gap (usually circular), that limits the quantity of light that can enter a camera (noun)
3 – Something that makes vision possible; a particular illumination (noun)
6 – Arrangement or combination of parts; the makeup; the nature and proposition of ingredients (of anything) (noun)
7 – Something that can be duplicated again; producing a copy or close imitation of (noun)
9 – A substance like glass with two opposite surfaces in an optical instrument that forms an image (noun)
10 – Having the property of sending light so that visibility occurs; easily detected or seen; clear (adjective)
11 – To treat, prepare or convert by subjecting to some special action that brings about an end or result (verb)
14 – To lay open to danger or harm; to subject (a photographic film) to the action of the light (verb)
