Food Webs

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 5. A mammal with wings formed from its forelimbs. (3)
  2. 6. Two-winged insects characterized by active flight (3)
  3. 8. Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species (3)
  4. 9. What we eat to get energy and grow (4)
  5. 11. Any of several herbivorous leaping marsupials of Australia and New Guinea having large powerful (8)
  6. 13. Warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings (plural) (5)
  7. 14. Protective covering that provides protection from the weather (7)

Down

  1. 1. Furry pet that purrs and chases mice (3)
  2. 2. Tall plant with a trunk and branches (4)
  3. 3. Gas in the air that we need to breathe (6)
  4. 4. Living things like dogs and birds (7)
  5. 5. A hole made by an animal, usually for shelter (plural) (7)
  6. 7. Burrowing herbivorous Australian marsupials about the size of a badger (6)
  7. 8. General term for any insect or similar creeping or crawling invertebrate (plural) (4)
  8. 10. Clear liquid we drink that falls as rain (5)
  9. 12. Social insect living in organized colonies (3)