Grasshoppers

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 1. Green plant covering lawns (5)
  2. 4. Terrestrial plant-eating insect with hind legs adapted for leaping (11)
  3. 6. A light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards (4)
  4. 7. The region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis (7)
  5. 8. Twining perennials having cordate leaves and flowers arranged in conelike spikes (3)
  6. 11. Small air-breathing arthropod (6)
  7. 12. Oval foods laid by hens (4)

Down

  1. 2. Ammunition consisting of a cylindrical metal casing containing an explosive charge and a projectile (5)
  2. 3. Someone who attacks in search of booty (plural) (9)
  3. 5. A structure in animals that is similar to a human leg and used for locomotion (plural) (4)
  4. 9. The production of young from an egg (5)
  5. 10. A movable organ for flying (plural) (5)