Sea Turtles

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 4. The prevailing psychological state (7)
  2. 6. Invertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a ___ (9)
  3. 7. How hot or cold something is (11)
  4. 12. Any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class ___ including tortoises, turtles, snakes, lizards (plural) (8)
  5. 14. Someone who attacks in search of booty (plural) (9)
  6. 15. Any of various aquatic and land reptiles having a bony shell and flipper-like limbs for swimming (plural) (7)

Down

  1. 1. A shoe for swimming (plural) (8)
  2. 2. A playing card in the major suit that has one or more black figures on it (plural) (6)
  3. 3. Island country in the Atlantic to the east of Florida and Cuba (7)
  4. 4. An outward semblance that misrepresents the true nature of something (10)
  5. 5. Ammunition consisting of a cylindrical metal casing containing an explosive charge and a projectile (5)
  6. 8. The movement of persons from one country or locality to another (9)
  7. 9. A large pit in sandy ground from which sand is dug (7)
  8. 10. Plant growing in the sea, especially marine algae (7)
  9. 11. A series of stages through which an organism passes between recurrences of a primary stage (9)
  10. 13. A military unit consisting of armored fighting vehicles (6)