The Cretaceous Period
| J | O | T | E | E | O | I | O | N | Y | E | C | X | N | L |
| P | S | V | Y | U | F | L | O | W | E | R | S | O | G | T |
| S | R | B | E | R | C | E | V | R | E | K | I | T | T | A |
| A | U | T | T | L | A | B | G | T | R | T | O | R | S | C |
| S | A | R | H | X | O | N | A | N | C | W | I | R | T | I |
| T | T | W | U | Y | M | C | N | N | Q | C | H | R | C | O |
| E | K | I | E | A | E | E | I | O | E | D | E | C | A | Z |
| R | F | V | N | O | S | T | M | R | S | T | A | S | P | O |
| O | E | A | U | N | X | O | A | S | A | A | Z | A | M | S |
| I | R | S | Z | E | T | T | N | R | J | P | U | I | I | E |
| D | N | H | O | S | O | A | C | I | N | L | T | R | V | M |
| I | S | N | G | P | R | T | I | H | P | F | P | O | U | I |
| R | U | A | S | A | S | O | M | O | T | S | H | U | R | S |
| F | Q | L | A | N | K | Y | L | O | S | A | U | R | U | S |
| D | A | N | O | D | O | N | A | R | E | T | P | P | H | T |
- ANKYLOSAURUS
- ASTEROID
- CRATER
- CRETACEOUS
- EXTINCTION
- FERNS
- FLOWERS
- IMPACT
- MESOZOIC
- MOSASAUR
- PTERANODON
- SPINOSAURUS
- TRICERATOPS
- TYRANNOSAURUS
- VELOCIRAPTOR
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The Cretaceous closed the age of dinosaurs with a final asteroid. This grid mixes headline species like Tyrannosaurus, Triceratops, and Velociraptor with the impact, crater, and extinction that ended it all, plus the earliest flowers and ferns of the era. A solid pick for students studying prehistoric time, ready to search on screen or print.
The Cretaceous Period Word Search Answer Key
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