Eco-explorer

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 4. Clear liquid we drink that falls as rain (5)
  2. 5. A living organism characterized by voluntary movement (6)
  3. 6. Small air-breathing arthropod (6)
  4. 9. Diurnal insect typically having a slender body with knobbed antennae and broad colorful wings (9)
  5. 10. A causal agent creating and controlling things in the universe (6)
  6. 12. Tall plant with a trunk and branches (4)
  7. 14. The part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock (4)
  8. 15. What we eat to get energy and grow (4)

Down

  1. 1. Water falling from clouds (4)
  2. 2. Green plant covering lawns (5)
  3. 3. The type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives or occurs (7)
  4. 7. A structure in which animals lay eggs or give birth to their young (4)
  5. 8. The flowers or vegetables or fruits or herbs that are cultivated in a ___ (6)
  6. 11. Tall plants with trunks and leaves (5)
  7. 13. Warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings (4)