ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION - NRCL at Warburton Crossword for Secondary students

Secondary Students Puzzle and Activity page

Complete the crossword with the most appropriate words to match the question, then click on "Check" to see how successful you have been. If you run into any problems along the way then click on the grid number and you will be able to get some clues (one letter at a time).

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3.	The study of the relations of organisms to their environment.
6.	Management of the human use of the biosphere so that it may yield the greatest sustainable benefit.
11.	A state in southeastern Australia.
12.	All the plant life in a particular region or period.
13.	The act of searching or traveling for the purpose of discovery.
14.	Move fast by using one's feet.
16.	Any of various small, brightly coloured, parrots native to Australasia.
18.	Physical heat.
22.	A mammal in the order Chiroptera.
24.	Professional who practices arboriculture.
25.	A gum is what kind of tree?
27.	Eusocial insects of the family Formicidae
29.	You and I.
30.	Most well known eucalypt tree.
31.	Various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse
35.	Big twig.
36.	Australia's only native stalk.
37.	Canine.
38.	Southern Yellow .......... is common to Warburton.
40.	Burrowing herbivorous marsupial.
42.	A stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea.
43.	Rainwater and snowmelt that runs off impervious surfaces and into storm drains.
47.	Lacking sufficient water or rainfall.
49.	Nocturnal bird of prey.
50.	Common birds of the roughly 350 species in the order Psittaciformes.
52.	Out of the sun.
53.	Large bird of prey.
55.	Large eucalypt, Mountain...
59.	region of noth-west Australia.
60.	A sudden forceful flow of water.
63.	Any of several small hawks of the family Accipitridae.
66.	Move rapidy; a bird .......... its wings.
68.	Very small to minute arachnids often infesting animals or plants or stored foods.
70.	Wood-eating insect in the order Isoptera.
71.	Various aquatic and land reptiles having a bony shell and flipper-like limbs for swimming.
72.	Short-legged flightless birds.
73.	Nocturnal insectwith fury wings.
74.	A famous desert.

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1.	Birds that build ground level nests with bright decorations to attract a mate.
2.	H20.
3.	The area in which something exists or lives.
4.	A garden or an area of land to grow fruit or nut trees.
5.	The largest living primate.
7.	A salt/freshwater fish which is elongated and resembles a snake.
8.	The .......... river flows through the centre of Melbourne
9.	An Australian aquatic egg-laying mammal or monotreme.
10.	A type of attractive flower.
15.	An Australian marsupial that is nearly extinct.
17.	A marsupial with grey furry ears and coat; feeds on eucalyptus leaves and bark.
19.	The main stem of a tree.
20.	Where is NRCL located?
21.	Any celestial body visible as a point of light from Earth.
22.	A platypus' upper and lower jaws.
23.	A valve for controlling the release of a liquid or gas.
26.	White or light-colored crested parrot.
28.	Another word for 'close'.
29.	The bottom layer of a rainforest, leaf-litter and small plants.
32.	Large web-footed birds of the southern hemisphere having long narrow wings.
33.	Leaping marsupial of Australia.
34.	Annual week of planting of native species of plants.
35.	Limbless scaly elongate reptile.
39.	A shrub or tree with bright yellow flowers
41.	Using speech rather than writing.
44.	The fairy .......... is a common bird found in Australia.
45.	A length of fibers, twisted or braided together to improve strength for pulling.
46.	A common fish in Australian rivers.
48.	The central, unifying theme in Aboriginal culture.
51.	The lateral edge of a river.
54.	A tool you use when fishing to attact fish.
56.	The Australina climate is very .......... ?
57.	A large water bird with a stretchy pouch in its long bill used for catching fish.
58.	The ripened reproductive body of a seed plant.
61.	Another word for 'ocean'.
62.	A common name for the acacia.
64.	Large water birds in the family of geese and ducks.
65.	Mytle ..........
66.	All the animal life in a particular region or period.
67.	Mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills.
69.	The main organ of photosynthesis in plants.

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