habitats and food chains
Across
- 6. Organisms like fungi and bacteria that break down dead plants and animals.
- 7. Webbed feet help animals move easily in this habitat.
- 8. A consumer that eats only other animals.
- 9. A grassy habitat with few trees, often found in Africa.
- 10. A cold habitat covered with ice and snow near the North or South Pole.
- 11. a group of food chain.
- 12. A rabbit has big ears and strong legs to help it survive in a field. These are examples of _______________.
- 16. Animals and plants get this from the food they eat or make.
- 17. An animal that eats both plants and animals.
- 18. An animal that is hunted and eaten by another animal.
- 19. The place where a plant or animal lives, grows, and reproduces.
- 21. A consumer that eats only plants.
Down
- 1. A thick layer of fur that helps animals stay warm.
- 2. All consumers get their energy by eating other _______________.
- 3. A very dry habitat with little rainfall and hot days.
- 4. A consumer that hunts and eats other animals for energy.
- 5. The flow of energy from the Sun, to a producer, to a consumer.
- 8. When an animal blends into its surroundings to hide.
- 13. The process by which plants make their own food.
- 14. A disease that can spread between animals or plants, like a cold spreads between people.
- 15. The main source of energy for all producers (and almost all life on Earth!)
- 18. The first living thing in a food chain.
- 20. A living thing that makes its own food (energy) from sunlight.
- 22. A habitat with many trees and lots of rainfall.