Unit 7 Spelling Words

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. Long legless reptile that slithers (5)
  2. 6. A location marked by an intense competition and struggle for survival (6)
  3. 7. Tallest living quadruped (7)
  4. 10. Dry land with very little rain (6)
  5. 11. A sudden unforeseen crisis that requires immediate action (9)
  6. 14. Food that is discarded (7)
  7. 15. An event that involves rising to a higher point (8)
  8. 16. Big cat known as king of the jungle (4)

Down

  1. 1. Usually brightly colored zygodactyl tropical birds with short hooked beaks and the ability to mimic (6)
  2. 3. Any of several herbivorous leaping marsupials of Australia and New Guinea having large powerful (8)
  3. 4. A former gold coin in the United States worth 10 dollars (5)
  4. 5. Large shaggy-haired brown bison of North American plains (7)
  5. 8. Huge gray animal with a trunk (8)
  6. 9. Large feline of African and Asian forests usually having a tawny coat with black spots (7)
  7. 12. Big cat with orange and black stripes (5)
  8. 13. Any of several large humped bovids having shaggy manes and large heads and short horns (5)