Across
- 4. An area of earth that is near the equator.
- 6. A group of animals or plants of the same kind, living or growing together.
- 7. A mass of coral that rises close to the surface of the water.
- 9. A simple organism that lives in water or moist soil.
- 10. Animals, such as fish or frogs, that have just hatched from eggs and whose bodies will go through major changes before they take on their adult form.
- 14. Fish or other water animals that are bred and raised by people
- 16. A kind of sea animal that resembles a flowering plant
- 17. An organism (living creature) that feeds on and lives on or in the body of another.
Down
- 1. A group of animals that have certain permanent characteristics in common sand are able to produce offspring.
- 2. A feathery, blood-filled organ that some animals use to take in oxygen from the surrounding water.
- 3. Where an animal lives.
- 5. An animal that eats both animals and plants.
- 6. The skeleton formed by tiny sea animals massed together.
- 8. An animal that hunts other animals for food.
- 11. A living creature.
- 12. An animal without a backbone.
- 13. The narrow, flexible body part that certain animals use for feeling, grasping, or feeding.
- 15. To produce or fertilize eggs in a watery environment
