Chapter 5 Glossary

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Across
  1. 1. the chemical in plants that traps energy from the Sun and gives plants their green colour
  2. 4. a scientist who studies the growing of plants
  3. 5. organisms that have the same food source and live in the same habitat
  4. 7. an animal that eats both plants and animals
  5. 10. a consumer that eats only other animals
  6. 12. an interaction between organisms in which both the organisms benefit from the relationship and neither is harmed
  7. 14. a system formed by organisms interacting with each other and with their non-living surroundings in a balanced way
  8. 17. organisms that must eat other organisms to get the energy and nutrients they need; animals are consumer organisms
  9. 19. an animal that is eaten by a predator
  10. 20. organisms that get the energy they need by breaking down dead matter and waste products
Down
  1. 2. an organism in or on which a parasite lives
  2. 3. an interaction in which one type of organism (the parasite) lives on or in another type of organism (the host); the host is usually harmed or even killed.
  3. 6. an organism able to manufacture its own food; plants are producer organisms
  4. 8. raised bank built to prevent water reaching buildings
  5. 9. an interaction between two organisms in which one of them benefits but the other one is not affected
  6. 11. part of the stem, root or leaf that us able to grow into a new plant
  7. 13. an animal that eats other animals
  8. 15. individuals that are exactly the same as each other
  9. 16. an animal that only eats plants
  10. 18. the term used to describe different types of living things