Coral Reef

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 1. Small slender-bodied chiefly marine decapod crustaceans with a long tail and single pair of pincers (6)
  2. 5. The cardinal number that is the sum of eleven and one (6)
  3. 7. A base hit on which the batter stops safely at second base (6)
  4. 8. Relating to the hot regions near the equator. (8)
  5. 10. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots (5)
  6. 11. Any animal lacking a backbone or notochord (12)
  7. 12. Something that acts like a ___ in its ability to grasp and hold (plural) (9)
  8. 14. A ___ consisting of ___ consolidated into limestone (9)
  9. 15. An organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter (6)

Down

  1. 2. Any animal that lives by preying on other animals (8)
  2. 3. A hollow globule of gas (6)
  3. 4. A person with whom you are acquainted (6)
  4. 6. Undesirable state of the natural environment being contaminated with harmful substances as (9)
  5. 8. The cardinal number that is the sum of nineteen and one (6)
  6. 9. An animal or plant that lives in or on a host (plural) (9)
  7. 13. Without variation or change, in every case (6)