Across
- 2. Any animal that is hunted for food by another animal.
- 3. A framework of bones that supports and protects the body of an animal.
- 4. Long, sharp teeth.
- 6. Active at night.
- 7. Dead or decaying flesh or meat that is not fit to be eaten by people.
- 8. A large mass of ice in very cold regions. A _______ is formed by snow that that does not melt.
- 9. To spend the winter in a deep sleep, during which the body tempwrature drops and breathing slows down.
- 10. Front paws.
- 14. A tiny part of a cell of an animal. _____ determine the characteristics that offspring inherit from their parents.
- 15. An insect that feeds on wood.
Down
- 1. A mass or sheet of floating ice.
- 2. An animal that eats other animals.
- 4. An animal that eats mostly meat.
- 5. In danger of becoming extinct.
- 9. The area where an animal lives.
- 10. To search for food.
- 11. To feed by seizing prey.
- 12. A group of the same kinds of animals.
- 13. A group of animals or plants that are similar in many ways.
- 16. A warm-blooded animal that feeds its young on the mother's milk.
