Queen of Physics: Criss Cross

Answer clues based on the content and vocabulary words from Queen of Physics: How Wu Chien Shiung Helped Unlock the Secrets of the Atom by Teresa Robeson. Look for hints in the Word Bank. Print the puzzle or use it on your tablet, phone, or computer.

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Across

  • 2. to catch and keep
  • 5. trying to do something even when it is difficult
  • 7. an idea that is suggested as an explanation for something, but that has not yet been proved to be true
  • 8. the study of things that can be seen or felt

Down

  • 1. people who are ___ dislike or distrust people who are different from them for no reason
  • 3. the opinion that people have about someone or something because of what has happened
  • 4. brave
  • 6. to grow and be successful

Word Bank

courageous
physics
capture
determination
flourish
reputation
hypothesis
prejudice