Desert Hangman

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Play with a partner. Guess a letter: if it is in the word, write it in the blanks; if not, draw the next part of the hangman.

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

1.
2.

Hint: Wolflike yellowish-brown wild dog of Australia

3.

Hint: A treacherous situation that tends to entrap and destroy

4.

Hint: Insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying (plural)

5.

Hint: A system formed by the interaction of a community of organisms with their physical environment

6.

Hint: A large or extra supply of something

7.

Hint: A town in north central Colorado

8.

Hint: A tree of the genus ___

9.
10.

Hint: Ruined by overcooking

11.

Hint: The process of becoming a vapor

12.

Hint: Any of various shrubby plants of the genus Atriplex that thrive in dry alkaline soil

13.

Hint: Any succulent plant of the family Cactaceae native chiefly to arid regions of the New World

14.

Hint: A ___ area in western Australia