Earthly Ecosystems

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 4. The distinctive form in which a thing is made (5)
  2. 5. Long legless reptile that slithers (5)
  3. 8. The rays of the sun (8)
  4. 9. A natural stream of water smaller than a river (5)
  5. 11. Australian kingfisher having a loud cackling cry (10)
  6. 14. Tiny single-celled living things, some of which cause illness (8)
  7. 15. Hard piece of stone (4)

Down

  1. 1. Water falling from clouds (4)
  2. 2. Burrowing herbivorous Australian marsupials about the size of a badger (6)
  3. 3. The taxonomic kingdom including yeast, molds, smuts, mushrooms, and toadstools (5)
  4. 6. Any of several herbivorous leaping marsupials of Australia and New Guinea having large powerful (8)
  5. 7. A former gold coin in the United States worth 10 dollars (5)
  6. 8. The part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock (4)
  7. 10. Terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil (9)
  8. 12. Relatively long-bodied reptile with usually two pairs of legs and a tapering tail (6)
  9. 13. Diurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail (4)