The eco system

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 6. A burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants (7)
  2. 8. Green parts of a tree that fall in autumn (6)
  3. 9. Clear liquid we drink that falls as rain (5)
  4. 11. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic (13)
  5. 13. Long stream of water flowing to the sea (5)
  6. 15. Green plant covering lawns (5)
  7. 16. Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species (3)

Down

  1. 1. Gas in the air that we need to breathe (6)
  2. 2. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with grey furry ears and coat (5)
  3. 3. What we eat to get energy and grow (4)
  4. 4. Any of several herbivorous leaping marsupials of Australia and New Guinea having large powerful (8)
  5. 5. Protective covering that provides protection from the weather (7)
  6. 7. Any animal that feeds chiefly on grass and other plants (9)
  7. 10. Long legless reptile that slithers (5)
  8. 12. Tall plant with a trunk and branches (4)
  9. 14. Water falling from clouds (4)