Animals!!

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 1. Big cat with orange and black stripes (5)
  2. 4. Large voracious aquatic reptile having a long snout with massive jaws and sharp teeth and a body (9)
  3. 5. Large black-and-white herbivorous mammal of bamboo forests of China and Tibet (5)
  4. 7. To move on foot at a normal pace (4)
  5. 8. Large slender food and game fish widely distributed in warm seas (7)
  6. 10. Fastener consisting of a resinous composition that is plastic when warm (4)
  7. 11. Large long-winged warm-water seabird having a large bill with a distensible pouch for fish (7)
  8. 13. A sudden and decisive increase (4)

Down

  1. 2. Huge gray animal with a trunk (8)
  2. 3. A play in which a player attempts to carry the ball through or past the opposing team (3)
  3. 4. A swimming stroke (5)
  4. 5. Short-legged flightless birds of cold southern especially Antarctic regions having webbed feet (7)
  5. 6. A headlong plunge into water (4)
  6. 9. Two-winged insects characterized by active flight (3)
  7. 10. To move through water (4)
  8. 12. An upward slope or grade (5)