Things at the Beach

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. Decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded (4)
  2. 4. The hard usually fibrous outer layer of some fruits especially nuts (5)
  3. 6. Large and light ball (9)
  4. 8. Clear liquid we drink that falls as rain (5)
  5. 10. Large slender food and game fish widely distributed in warm seas (7)
  6. 11. Scaly swimmer that breathes through gills (4)

Down

  1. 1. Having the function of uniting a group of similar things (8)
  2. 3. A rectangular piece of absorbent cloth for drying or wiping (5)
  3. 4. Tiny grains found on beaches (4)
  4. 5. Echinoderms characterized by five arms extending from a central disk (8)
  5. 6. A roughly cylindrical vessel that is open at the top (6)
  6. 7. A wooden strip forming part of a fence (4)
  7. 9. Small vessel that floats on water (plural) (5)