Extinction
Name: ______________________ Date: ____________
Write the letter of the matching definition next to each term.
1. extinct
A. Something that is lost
2. change
B. An adult person who is male
3. meteorite
C. A business relation in which two parties ___ to gain customers
4. plants
D. Living things like dogs and birds
5. predator
E. People who are no longer living
6. animals
F. Any animal that lives by preying on other animals
7. disease
G. An illness that harms the body
8. man
H. A series of waves in the hair made by applying heat and chemicals
9. competition
I. No longer in existence
10. permanent
J. The weather in some location averaged over some long period of time
11. dodo
K. Stony or metallic object that is the remains of a ___ that has reached the earth's surface
12. loss
L. Extinct heavy flightless bird of Mauritius related to pigeons
13. dinosaur
M. Any of numerous extinct terrestrial reptiles of the Mesozoic era
14. dead
N. To make something different
15. climate
O. Living things like trees and flowers that grow in soil