Deadliest Animals (National Geographic Kids): Criss Cross

Answer clues based on the content and vocabulary words from Deadliest Animals (National Geographic Kids) by Melissa Stewart. Look for hints in the Word Bank. Print the puzzle or use it on your tablet, phone, or computer. 

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Check Puzzle

Across

  • 5. an animal with no backbone
  • 8. unable to move
  • 10. poisonous, capable of causing injury or death; a ___ substance is called a toxin
  • 11. an animal that hunts and eats other animals

Down

  • 1. an animal that eats plants
  • 2. when a bee transfers pollen from one flower to another, allowing plants to make fruit and seeds
  • 3. a poisonous liquid inside some animals’ bodies
  • 4. an animal that eats the meat of other animals
  • 6. an animal that is eaten by other animals
  • 7. a group of similar creatures that can mate and produce healthy young
  • 9. when your body responds to something with a rash, breathing trouble, or sometimes death

Word Bank

allergic
carnivore
herbivore
invertebrate
paralyzed
pollinate
prey
predator
species
toxic
venom