Nature

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 3. Diurnal birds of prey having long pointed powerful wings adapted for swift flight (6)
  2. 4. The creator and ruler worshipped in many faiths (plural) (4)
  3. 6. The place where two or more things come together (8)
  4. 7. A large area of land preserved in its natural state as public property (4)
  5. 9. Of or relating to ___ (11)
  6. 11. A sedimentary rock consisting of sand consolidated with some cement (9)
  7. 13. A person who owes allegiance to that ___ (8)
  8. 14. Plutonic igneous rock having visibly crystalline texture (7)
  9. 15. The cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100 (5)

Down

  1. 1. Stocky coarse-furred burrowing rodent with a short bushy tail found throughout the northern (6)
  2. 2. A structure erected to commemorate persons or events (8)
  3. 5. A state in the western United States (4)
  4. 8. A state in southwestern United States (7)
  5. 10. A land mass that projects well above its surroundings (plural) (9)
  6. 12. Line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation (8)
  7. 14. A plot of ground where plants are cultivated (6)