Adaptation Crossword

3. An adaptation that allows organisms to blend into their surroundings.
4. A species that no longer exists anywhere on Earth.
7. Active during the day and resting at night.
9. The act of pursuing and capturing prey for food.
13. – The clearing or thinning of forests by humans.
14. Abnormal or extreme growth due to genetic or hormonal factors.
16. Warm-blooded vertebrates with hair or fur and females that produce milk.
17. Preserved remains or traces of ancient living things.

1. A fossil of an organism’s activity, like footprints or burrows.
2. A fossil formed when a mould is filled with minerals, creating a replica.
5. Active during the night rather than the day.
6. Describes a species that occurs naturally in a specific region.
8. An ancient supercontinent that included present-day NZ, Australia, Antarctica .
10. A species at serious risk of extinction.
11. Animals that hunt, kill, and eat other animals.
12. A species found only in a particular geographic area and nowhere else.
15. A type of fossil where an impression of an organism is left in rock.