Ecology

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 3. The vast area beyond Earth's atmosphere (5)
  2. 7. A person who is the aim of an attack by some hostile person or influence (4)
  3. 9. Capable of being ___ (11)
  4. 11. Dry land with very little rain (6)
  5. 12. Land that is covered with trees and shrubs (8)
  6. 14. A group of people living in a particular local area (9)
  7. 15. Clear liquid we drink that falls as rain (5)
  8. 16. The regions to the north of the ___ Circle centered on the North Pole (6)

Down

  1. 1. The type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives or occurs (7)
  2. 2. Any animal that feeds chiefly on grass and other plants (9)
  3. 4. Cud-chewing mammal used as a draft or saddle animal in desert regions (5)
  4. 5. What we eat to get energy and grow (4)
  5. 6. A terrestrial or aquatic flesh-eating mammal (9)
  6. 8. No longer in existence (7)
  7. 10. Someone who attacks in search of booty (8)
  8. 13. A person who eats all kinds of foods (8)