Desert Giant: Criss Cross

Answer clues based on the content and vocabulary words from Desert Giant: The World of the Saguaro Cactus. Look for hints in the Word Bank. Print the puzzle or use on your tablet, phone, or computer.

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Check Puzzle

Across

  • 2. The tall prickly part of the saguaro cactus is the ___.
  • 4. The ___ ___ is a tall branched vegetation, with useful wood & edible fruit.
  • 6. An area that is dry and with little rainfall, supporting only certain forms of plants & animals.
  • 7. Of or related to the night.
  • 8. The sweet secretion of a plant which attracts insects & birds for pollinating.

Down

  • 1. A medium-sized animal that looks similar to a wild boar.
  • 3. The cover formed by the leafy upper branches of the trees in a forest.
  • 5. The ___ ___ covers the southern half of Arizona.

Word Bank

desert
saguaro cactus
sonoran desert
spine
nocturnal
nectar
javelina
canopy