Animal Crossword Puzzle
Across
- 2. one whose body temperature fluctuates with the temperature of its surroundings.
- 3. an organism that possesses both male and female reproductive organs.
- 4. the free-swimming, umbrella-shaped body form of certain cnidarians.
- 5. a unique hydraulic system found in echinoderms.
- 7. an organism's body plan where it can be divided into two roughly mirror-image halves along a single plane.
- 8. lack of equality or equivalence between parts or aspects of something.
- 9. a specialized type of connective tissue that provides support and protection to joints and other parts of the body.
- 13. a gas-filled organ found in most bony fish.
- 15. a sedentary, cylindrical body form, characteristic of certain cnidarians like sea anemones and corals.
- 16. a temporary, disc-shaped organ that develops in the uterus during pregnancy.
- 18. organisms (like mammals and birds) that maintain a stable internal body temperature through internally generated heat.
- 20. a hard, internal skeletal system, typically made of bone or cartilage.
Down
- 1. an animal lacking a backbone, such as an arthropod, mollusk, annelid, coelenterate, etc.
- 4. the process where an animal sheds its outer layer or covering.
- 6. an animal that has a backbone and a skeleton.
- 10. a terrestrially adapted egg, characterized by a shell and extra-embryonic membranes.
- 11. a hard, external skeleton that provides structural support and protection to certain animals.
- 12. specialized exocrine glands in mammals that produce milk to nourish their young.
- 14. plant and animal symmetry in which similar parts are arranged in a balanced way around the center of the body.
- 17. a form of asexual reproduction where a new organism develops as an outgrowth.
- 19. the bottom-dwelling organisms and the ecological region at the lowest level of a body of water.