Plants and Animals

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. The fine spores that contain male gametes and that are borne by an anther in a flowering plant (6)
  2. 4. Gas in the air that we need to breathe (6)
  3. 5. A small hard fruit (4)
  4. 6. United States architect (4)
  5. 8. Any animal that feeds chiefly on grass and other plants (9)
  6. 9. To make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose (5)
  7. 10. Any substance that can be taken in by a green plant and used in organic synthesis (8)
  8. 11. Animal hunted or caught for food (4)
  9. 12. The usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes (plural) (5)
  10. 13. A slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ (4)

Down

  1. 1. Green parts of a tree that fall in autumn (6)
  2. 2. Any animal that lives by preying on other animals (8)
  3. 3. The remains of a plant or animal that existed in a past geological age and that has been excavated (6)
  4. 6. The type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives or occurs (7)
  5. 7. A terrestrial or aquatic flesh-eating mammal (9)
  6. 8. Gathering crops when they are ripe (7)