Across
- 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.
Down
- 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.
