The Desert

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 3. An uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation (6)
  2. 5. The star our planet orbits (3)
  3. 6. Relatively long-bodied reptile with usually two pairs of legs and a tapering tail (plural) (7)
  4. 10. A person who is born while the sun is in ___ (8)
  5. 11. Small lynx of North America (6)
  6. 14. An optical illusion in which atmospheric refraction by a layer of hot air distorts or inverts (6)
  7. 16. Energy that makes things warm (4)

Down

  1. 1. A ridge of sand created by the wind (plural) (5)
  2. 2. The world's largest desert in northern Africa (6)
  3. 4. Someone who attacks in search of booty (7)
  4. 7. Tiny grains found on beaches (4)
  5. 8. A fertile tract in a desert (5)
  6. 9. A forest fire fighter who is sent to battle remote and severe forest fires (6)
  7. 12. Cud-chewing mammal used as a draft or saddle animal in desert regions (5)
  8. 13. Bandicoot with leathery ears like a rabbit (5)
  9. 15. Any of various small chiefly tropical and usually nocturnal insectivorous terrestrial lizards (5)