Dinos!

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 5. The hard structure that provides a frame for the body of an animal (8)
  2. 6. A hypothetical continent including all the landmass of the earth prior to the Triassic period when (7)
  3. 8. Any of numerous extinct terrestrial reptiles of the Mesozoic era (8)
  4. 9. A terrestrial or aquatic flesh-eating mammal (9)

Down

  1. 1. No longer in existence (7)
  2. 2. The remains of a plant or animal that existed in a past geological age and that has been excavated (6)
  3. 3. Any animal that feeds chiefly on grass and other plants (9)
  4. 4. Mountain that erupts with lava (7)
  5. 7. Any of numerous small celestial bodies composed of rock and metal that move around the sun (8)
  6. 10. Animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective (3)