Protein Puzzle

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. Meat from a domestic hog or pig (4)
  2. 3. A small house with a single story (7)
  3. 6. A relatively small granular particle of a substance (plural) (6)
  4. 7. Round flat seed of the ___ plant used for food (plural) (7)
  5. 9. Small bushy deciduous tree native to Asia and North Africa having pretty pink blossoms and highly (plural) (7)
  6. 10. Widely cultivated American plant cultivated in tropical and warm regions (6)
  7. 12. Farm bird that lays eggs (7)
  8. 14. Cattle that are reared for their meat (4)
  9. 15. Oval foods laid by hens (4)

Down

  1. 1. Any of several edible marine crustaceans of the families Homaridae and Nephropsidae and Palinuridae (7)
  2. 2. Seed of a pea plant used for food (plural) (4)
  3. 4. Any of various large food and game fishes of northern waters (6)
  4. 5. Either of two bean-shaped excretory organs that filter wastes from the blood and excrete them (6)
  5. 8. Highly seasoned minced meat stuffed in casings (7)
  6. 11. Dairy food made from milk (6)
  7. 13. The ___ of the United States of America (4)