Chimpanzee
Name: ______________________ Date: ____________
Write the missing letters on the lines to finish each word.
1.
m
o
n
y
Playful animal that swings through trees
2.
p
e
s
Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all (plural)
3.
g
o
i
l
a
Largest anthropoid ape (plural)
5.
i
b
b
o
s
Smallest and most perfectly anthropoid arboreal ape having long arms and no tail (plural)
6.
n
z
a
n
a
A republic in eastern Africa
7.
C
i
a
Country in Asia with the Great Wall
9.
h
m
p
Intelligent somewhat arboreal ape of equatorial African forests
10.
f
o
r
t
Large area covered with trees
11.
m
m
a
l
Any warm-blooded vertebrate having the skin more or less covered with hair
12.
e
o
r
d
s
Large feline of African and Asian forests usually having a tawny coat with black spots (plural)
13.
h
a
n
s
Any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence (plural)
14.
b
a
n
n
s
Long yellow fruit with a peel (plural)
15.
a
p
e
s
Round red or green fruit that grows on trees (plural)
16.
i
l
d
A ___ primitive state untouched by civilization
17.
i
t
l
l
g
n
t
Having the capacity for thought and reason especially to a high degree
18.
f
r
i
c
Continent with the Sahara desert