Across
- 4. a very young animal that can grow into an adult animal
- 7. to stay alive or continue to exist
- 8. to get rid of skin, feathers, hair, or horns
- 9. a person
- 10. to get bigger
- 11. part of a body that helps it move by getting tight or loose
- 16. a hard cover on the outside of some animals’ bodies or their eggs that protects them
- 17. hard, white, bony objects in the mouth used to bite and chew food
- 19. living things that can move from place to place and have to eat plants, other animals, or both for food
- 20. how something looks around the outside
- 21. alike; similar; not changing
- 22. the hair that covers the body of most mammals
- 23. claws on the feet of birds like owls and hawks
Down
- 1. any shade or mixture of shades made when light reflects off something
- 2. able to bend without breaking
- 3. water water found in most rivers, lakes, and ponds
- 4. all of the parts an animal is made of
- 5. covering the outer layer of an animal’s body
- 6. to become different
- 7. the outside layer of tissue on an animal’s body
- 12. thin, flat plates that cover many fish and reptiles
- 13. to break out of an egg
- 14. hard, curvy nails on the ends of the fingers or toes of some animals
- 15. not the same
- 16. how big or small something is
- 18. the place where an animal lives
