Possum Search

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. An upward slope or grade (5)
  2. 4. Covered with a dense coat of fine silky hairs (5)
  3. 8. Belonging to or active during the night (9)
  4. 9. Green parts of a tree that fall in autumn (6)
  5. 10. Small furry Australian arboreal marsupials having long usually prehensile tails (6)

Down

  1. 1. Saclike structure in any of various animals (5)
  2. 3. Mammals of which the females have a pouch containing the teats where the young are fed and carried (9)
  3. 5. Sweet food that grows on plants (5)
  4. 6. Colorful blooms that grow on plants (7)
  5. 7. Large area covered with trees (6)