Dinosaur Dig!!

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 3. The remains of a plant or animal that existed in a past geological age and that has been excavated (6)
  2. 4. The central part of the Earth (4)
  3. 5. Shelf that projects from wall above fireplace (6)
  4. 7. The hard structure that provides a frame for the body of an animal (8)
  5. 8. Rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates (4)
  6. 9. Any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue (3)
  7. 10. Single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance (5)
  8. 12. A vague idea in which some confidence is placed (10)
  9. 13. A person who is the aim of an attack by some hostile person or influence (6)

Down

  1. 1. A sedimentary rock consisting of sand consolidated with some cement (9)
  2. 2. Hard outer layer of the Earth or of bread (5)
  3. 3. A mark of a foot or shoe on a surface (9)
  4. 6. Any of numerous extinct terrestrial reptiles of the Mesozoic era (8)
  5. 11. The site of an archeological exploration (3)