leatherback Sea turtles

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 3. Undesirable state of the natural environment being contaminated with harmful substances as (9)
  2. 4. Having an elastic texture resembling ___ in flexibility or toughness (7)
  3. 5. Someone whose occupation is catching fish (9)
  4. 8. At risk of becoming extinct. (10)
  5. 10. Huge body of salt water (plural) (6)
  6. 12. Oval foods laid by hens (4)

Down

  1. 1. Any of various aquatic and land reptiles having a bony shell and flipper-like limbs for swimming (plural) (7)
  2. 2. The number of inhabitants in a given place (10)
  3. 6. Street names for flunitrazepan (plural) (5)
  4. 7. Large siphonophore having a bladderlike float and stinging tentacles (9)
  5. 9. To cover completely or make imperceptible (8)
  6. 11. A trap made of netting to catch fish or birds or insects (plural) (4)