Animal Adaptations (2)

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. The location of something surrounded by other things (5)
  2. 4. A large white-furred mammal native to the Arctic. (9)
  3. 6. The cardinal number that is the sum of four and one (plural) (4)
  4. 7. Hard structures in the mouth used for biting and chewing. (5)
  5. 8. Huge gray animal with a trunk (8)
  6. 11. A movable organ for flying (plural) (5)
  7. 13. Cud-chewing mammal used as a draft or saddle animal in desert regions (5)
  8. 15. Freshwater or marine or terrestrial gastropod mollusk usually having an external enclosing spiral (5)
  9. 16. Tall plants with trunks and leaves (5)

Down

  1. 1. Ammunition consisting of a cylindrical metal casing containing an explosive charge and a projectile (5)
  2. 3. Land where ___ or ___ vegetation grows and is the dominant form of plant life (9)
  3. 5. Dry land with very little rain (6)
  4. 9. One playing period on a golf course (plural) (5)
  5. 10. A British imperial capacity unit equal to 5 fluid ounces or 142.066 cubic centimeters (plural) (5)
  6. 12. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium (plural) (4)
  7. 14. Long stream of water flowing to the sea (5)