Animal Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 3. – Active during the night and asleep during the day.
  2. 9. – A cold-blooded vertebrate that lives both in water and on land.
  3. 10. – A method of blending in with the environment to avoid detection.
  4. 12. – The surrounding conditions in which an organism lives.
  5. 13. – An area that an animal defends against others of its species.
  6. 14. – The complete disappearance of a species.
  7. 16. – An animal that hunts and eats other animals.
  8. 17. – An animal that feeds on dead or decaying matter.
  9. 18. – The seasonal movement of animals from one region to another.
Down
  1. 1. – A cold-blooded vertebrate with scales, such as a snake or lizard.
  2. 2. – An animal that primarily eats insects.
  3. 4. – A state of inactivity and metabolic depression in animals during winter.
  4. 5. – The way an organism acts in response to its environment.
  5. 6. – An animal that eats only meat.
  6. 7. – An animal that eats only plants.
  7. 8. – Living or growing in water.
  8. 9. – A trait that helps an organism survive in its environment.
  9. 11. – A community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.
  10. 15. – A major change in form that occurs as some animals grow.