Deserts

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. Having little or no moisture. (3)
  2. 5. A mammal with wings formed from its forelimbs. (3)
  3. 6. Clear liquid we drink that falls as rain (5)
  4. 8. Pit viper with horny segments at the end of the tail that ___ when shaken (11)
  5. 9. Speedy largely terrestrial bird found from California and Mexico to Texas (10)
  6. 11. Low in temperature; also a sniffly illness (4)
  7. 14. Water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere (8)
  8. 15. Dry land with very little rain (plural) (7)
  9. 16. Living things like trees and flowers that grow in soil (6)

Down

  1. 1. A ___ in central China (10)
  2. 3. Long-eared animal that hops (plural) (7)
  3. 4. Relative darkness caused by light rays being intercepted by an opaque body (5)
  4. 7. Large hairy tropical spider with fangs that can inflict painful but not highly venomous bites (9)
  5. 10. Any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class ___ including tortoises, turtles, snakes, lizards (plural) (8)
  6. 12. Relatively long-bodied reptile with usually two pairs of legs and a tapering tail (plural) (7)
  7. 13. A ridge of sand created by the wind (plural) (5)