ENGLISH LANGUAGE IV

UNIT 1 - ANIMAL KINGDOM

WORKSHEET 1

I. Group work: Solve this crossword puzzle with the clues provided.

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C R U S T A C E A N 8
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F E L I N E

HORIZONTAL
1. Animals with a skull and a backbone (includes: Mammals, Birds, Reptiles, Amphibians and Fish).
2. Any of a large group of mostly water animals (as crabs, lobsters, and shrimps) with a body made of segments, a tough
outer shell, two pairs of antennae, and limbs that are jointed.
3. Any of a group of cold-blooded vertebrate animals (as frogs and toads) that have gills and live in water as larvae but
breathe air as adults.
4. Any of a class of marine mollusks including the squids, cuttlefishes, and octopuses that move by expelling water from a
tubular siphon under the head and that have a group of muscular usually sucker-bearing arms around the front of the
head, highly developed eyes, and usually a sac containing ink which is ejected for defense or concealment.
5. Group of fish.
6. The process in which an animal completely changes forms as it develops from an embryo/larva to an adult (ex: tadpole
to a frog….).
7. Group of elephants, pigs, sheep, goats, etc.
8. Group of ants, rabbits, etc.
9. Group of snakes.
10. Group of bees, flies, butterflies, etc.
11. Member of the cat family.

VERTICAL
1. A cold-blooded animal (as a snake, lizard, turtle, or alligator) that breathes air and usually has the skin
covered with scales or bony plates.
2. An animal that lays eggs and has wings and a body covered with feathers.
3. A warm-blooded animal (as a dog, mouse, bear, whale, or human being) with a backbone that feeds its
young with milk produced by the mother and has skin usually more or less covered with hair.
4. External skeleton.
5. Group of dogs, wolves, etc.
6. A change in the order of the bases in an organism’s DNA.
7. Animals with NO backbone or skull (includes: Sponges, Cnidarians, Worms, Mollusks, Echinoderms, Arthropods).
8. Any of a group of small and often winged animals that are arthropods having six jointed legs and a body
formed of a head, thorax, and abdomen.
9. Group of birds.
10. Group of lions.
11. Any of a large group of vertebrate animals that live in water, breathe with gills, and usually have fins and
scales.