chapter 5 vocabulary for science

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Across
  1. 4. characteristics that help an organism to survive in its environment
  2. 6. organisms that get the energy they need by breaking down dead matter and waste products
  3. 10. a consumer that eats a first-order consumer
  4. 12. part of the stem, root or leaf that is able to grow into a new plant
  5. 17. an animal that eats only plants
  6. 18. an interaction between two organisms in which one of them benefits but the other one is not affected
  7. 20. organisms that have the same food source and live in the same habitat
Down
  1. 1. species that is experiencing a rapid population decline and is in danger of becoming extinct if the drop in numbers continues
  2. 2. non-living factors in the environment
  3. 3. times of the year when fires are mostly likely to occur
  4. 5. the process used by plants to make their own food
  5. 7. an animal that is eaten by a predator
  6. 8. the term used to describe different types of living things
  7. 9. another name for interdependence
  8. 11. an animal that eats both plants and animals
  9. 12. individuals that are exactly the same as each other
  10. 13. active or hunting at night
  11. 14. raised bank built top prevent water reaching buildings
  12. 15. an organism able to manufacture its own food plants are producer organisms
  13. 16. a number of food chains combined
  14. 19. an organism in or on which a parasite lives