Fish

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Write the missing letters on the lines to finish each word.

1.
c m o l a
An outward semblance that misrepresents the true nature of something
2.
d g e
A venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury
3.
l t
4.
o p l s n
5.
s r v l
A natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment
6.
p r a t
Any animal that lives by preying on other animals
7.
s q r
Someone who is small and insignificant
8.
a n n
9.
s l e
Tool for weighing things; also a set of musical notes (plural)
10.
r i e
A soldier who serves both on shipboard and on land
11.
r t a e
Tough elastic tissue
12.
s i c o l u
13.
t a c
14.
e l a n t
15.
s p
The mass of eggs deposited by fish or amphibians or molluscs
16.
e n m s
Extremely poisonous or injurious
17.
n s e
The team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring
18.
o r i
19.
e l g n t
The act of increasing in size or volume or quantity or scope
20.
c y e m
A system formed by the interaction of a community of organisms with their physical environment
21.
r i t a
A branch that flows into the main stream
22.
a t a
The type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives or occurs
23.
h w a r
24.
r e b r t