Habitats & Communities - UNIT VOCABULARY
Across
- 2. habitat, water habitat
- 5. web, a group of connected food chains in a habitat
- 7. adaptation, a physical feature of a plant or animal that helps it survive
- 8. an animal that eats plants or other animals
- 9. a living thing that breaks down dead matter
- 11. a thick layer of fat under the skin that keeps animals warm
- 12. a place that provides what living things need to survive
- 13. a group of interacting species living in the same area
- 18. an imaginary line around the middle of the Earth
- 19. an animal that eats both plants and animals
- 20. a body part or behavior that helps a living thing survive
- 22. an animal that hunts other animals for food
- 23. an animal that is hunted by another
Down
- 1. a community of living and non-living things in an area
- 3. habitat, land habitat
- 4. a type of plant or animal
- 6. a color or pattern that helps an animal blend into its environment
- 10. the role an organism plays in its environment
- 13. an animal that eats only other animals
- 14. activity, actions people take that affect the environment
- 15. tiny animals that float in water
- 16. chain, a path that shows how energy moves from one living thing to another
- 17. active at night and asleep during the day
- 21. an animal that eats only plants
- 22. a plant that makes its own food