Chimps!

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 3. Living thing that grows in soil and makes its own food (5)
  2. 5. The part of an armchair or sofa that supports the elbow and forearm of a seated person (plural) (4)
  3. 8. A small hard fruit (plural) (5)
  4. 10. Land where ___ or ___ vegetation grows and is the dominant form of plant life (9)
  5. 11. Having the capacity for thought and reason especially to a high degree (11)
  6. 13. A ___ with heavy annual ___ (10)
  7. 15. Tall plant with a trunk and branches (4)
  8. 16. Intelligent somewhat arboreal ape of equatorial African forests (5)

Down

  1. 1. Long yellow fruit with a peel (plural) (7)
  2. 2. Strands that grow on your head (4)
  3. 4. A ___ primitive state untouched by civilization (4)
  4. 6. A state of steady vigorous action that is characteristic of an activity (5)
  5. 7. Green parts of a tree that fall in autumn (6)
  6. 9. At risk of becoming extinct. (10)
  7. 12. Social insect living in organized colonies (3)
  8. 14. Small air-breathing arthropod (6)