Mammal Vocabulary 2022

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Across
  1. 4. a habitat defined by having water with specific plants and types of soils including bogs, marshes, and swamps.
  2. 9. an area of plants and animals made up mostly of trees.
  3. 10. an animal that eats plants and animals.
  4. 11. crucial for keeping an animal hidden by helping them blend in with the environment.
  5. 14. an animal that only eats other animals.
  6. 15. an animal active during dawn and dusk.
  7. 16. an animal with the ability to generate and conserve heat.
  8. 17. a coloration that warns predators that an animal is not desirable prey.
Down
  1. 1. an animal active during the day.
  2. 2. an animal active during the night.
  3. 3. an animal that only eats plant material.
  4. 5. a place where an animal lives and grows that contains food, water, shelter, and space.
  5. 6. a thick layer of hair that traps warm air close to an animal's body to keep it warm.
  6. 7. a habitat dominated by grasses.
  7. 8. an animal with a backbone or spine.
  8. 12. a pattern or coloring that blends in with the animal's surroundings.
  9. 13. a thick pelt offers this from thorns, to keep an animal warm, or to keep it dry.
  10. 14. when an animal displays a lighter coloration that blend with the sky on their underside and a darker coloration on top to blend in with the ground.