Arctic Food Chains
Across
- 6. animals that eat dead plants and animals
- 8. a living thing, such as mold or mushrooms, that has no leaves, flowers, or roots and lives on plant or animal matter
- 10. life forms that break down dead matter
- 11. the treeless land in the Arctic
- 12. a living thing
- 13. chain a way of order plants and animals in which each one uses or eats the one before it for energy
- 14. the permanent frozen layer of soil beneath the ground's surface
Down
- 1. simple life forms that grow on rock
- 2. small mouse-like animals that live in the tundra
- 3. a large area on the Earth defined by its weather,land and the type of plants and animals that live there
- 4. adjust or change to better survive the conditions of a natural area
- 5. plants that make their own food from the sun, soil, and water
- 7. animals that hunt and eat other animals
- 9. animals that eat plants