Fish

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. The mass of eggs deposited by fish or amphibians or molluscs (5)
  2. 3. Someone who is small and insignificant (6)
  3. 6. Any animal that lives by preying on other animals (8)
  4. 8. Tool for weighing things; also a set of musical notes (plural) (6)
  5. 11. A system formed by the interaction of a community of organisms with their physical environment (9)
  6. 12. A venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury (6)
  7. 14. The act of increasing in size or volume or quantity or scope (11)
  8. 15. Tough elastic tissue (9)

Down

  1. 1. A soldier who serves both on shipboard and on land (6)
  2. 4. The team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring (7)
  3. 5. An outward semblance that misrepresents the true nature of something (10)
  4. 7. A branch that flows into the main stream (9)
  5. 9. A natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment (8)
  6. 10. Extremely poisonous or injurious (8)
  7. 13. The type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives or occurs (7)