Spelling Word Crossword

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 1. Actively or fully engaged or occupied (4)
  2. 3. A location other than here (5)
  3. 4. A series of stages through which an organism passes between recurrences of a primary stage (9)
  4. 6. Imprecise but fairly close to correct (5)
  5. 8. The type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives or occurs (7)
  6. 11. The natural world around us (11)
  7. 12. Clear liquid we drink that falls as rain (5)
  8. 15. A person who eats all kinds of foods (8)
  9. 16. The shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made (4)

Down

  1. 2. Protective covering that provides protection from the weather (7)
  2. 5. A community of organisms where each member is eaten in turn by another member (9)
  3. 7. A terrestrial or aquatic flesh-eating mammal (9)
  4. 9. Any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class ___ including tortoises, turtles, snakes, lizards (7)
  5. 10. Any animal that feeds chiefly on grass and other plants (9)
  6. 13. In the area or vicinity (6)
  7. 14. To eat up completely, as with great appetite (7)