Kangaroos

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 3. Saclike structure in any of various animals (5)
  2. 5. Green plant covering lawns (5)
  3. 7. Any of several herbivorous leaping marsupials of Australia and New Guinea having large powerful (8)
  4. 10. Country and continent known for kangaroos (9)
  5. 11. Alert carnivorous mammal with pointed muzzle and ears and a bushy tail (plural) (5)
  6. 12. Dry land with very little rain (6)

Down

  1. 1. The act of participating in an athletic competition in which you must jump (7)
  2. 2. Any of various small or medium-sized kangaroos (7)
  3. 4. A unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram (plural) (8)
  4. 6. Moving through water using your arms and legs (8)
  5. 8. Green parts of a tree that fall in autumn (6)
  6. 9. Long-eared animal that hops (plural) (7)
  7. 11. Abstaining from food (4)