Spiders

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 1. A structure in animals that is similar to a human leg and used for locomotion (plural) (4)
  2. 3. A sudden and decisive increase (4)
  3. 7. Venomous New World spider (10)
  4. 8. What we eat to get energy and grow (4)
  5. 10. Large hairy tropical spider with fangs that can inflict painful but not highly venomous bites (9)
  6. 12. Above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent (3)
  7. 13. Scaly swimmer that breathes through gills (4)
  8. 14. Eight-legged creature that spins webs (plural) (7)
  9. 15. The organ of sight (plural) (4)

Down

  1. 2. A fabric made from the fine threads produced by certain insect larvae (4)
  2. 4. Having the qualities or effects of a ___ (9)
  3. 5. That which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions (4)
  4. 6. Two-winged insect whose female has a long proboscis to pierce the skin and suck the blood of humans (plural) (10)
  5. 8. Canine tooth of a carnivorous animal (plural) (5)
  6. 9. Air-breathing arthropods characterized by simple eyes and four pairs of legs (8)
  7. 11. The region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis (7)