Animal Vocabulary Crossword

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Across
  1. 4. animal that gives birth to live offspring and produces milk
  2. 6. a change in a species making it better able to survive
  3. 9. at risk of becoming extinct
  4. 13. no longer existing
  5. 14. an organism without a backbone
  6. 16. average weather conditions of an area over time
  7. 17. eats a variety, including plants, animals and fungi
  8. 19. large, flat area covered with grasses and has few trees
  9. 20. organism that eats mainly plants
  10. 22. when animals leave a habitat for part of the year
  11. 23. region with a warm summer and cool winter
Down
  1. 1. a group of the same organisms living in an environment
  2. 2. an organism’s ability to disguise its appearance
  3. 3. animal with a backbone that has moist skin and no scales
  4. 5. grouping based on physical and genetic traits
  5. 7. a place in nature where an organism lives
  6. 8. community of living and nonliving things in an area
  7. 10. area that receives less than ten inches of rain a year
  8. 11. group of organisms that can reproduce with one another
  9. 12. organism that eats meat
  10. 15. forest with at least 160 inches of rain each year
  11. 18. cold, treeless area of the Arctic region with permafrost
  12. 21. cold-blooded, breathes air, has a backbone and scales