The Ecosystem

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. Warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings (4)
  2. 5. A person who uses goods or services (plural) (9)
  3. 8. A wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth (11)
  4. 10. Tall plant with a trunk and branches (4)
  5. 12. Clear liquid we drink that falls as rain (5)
  6. 13. Diurnal insect typically having a slender body with knobbed antennae and broad colorful wings (9)
  7. 15. A mixture of gases required for breathing (3)
  8. 16. Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species (3)

Down

  1. 1. Protective covering that provides protection from the weather (7)
  2. 3. Long stream of water flowing to the sea (5)
  3. 4. Transfer of pollen from the anther to the stigma of a plant (11)
  4. 6. Long legless reptile that slithers (5)
  5. 7. Any animal or plant material used to fertilize land especially animal excreta usually with litter (6)
  6. 9. Someone who manufactures something (plural) (9)
  7. 11. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with grey furry ears and coat (5)
  8. 14. What we eat to get energy and grow (4)