Key Vocabulary for Biodiversity

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Across
  1. 3. When a species no longer exists.
  2. 5. A body feature or behaviour that helps a living thing survive.
  3. 6. Many connected food chains.
  4. 10. A feature or trait of a living thing.
  5. 13. An animal that hunts other animals.
  6. 15. A place where living and non-living things interact.
  7. 16. The smallest part of a living thing.
  8. 17. A group of the same species living in one area.
  9. 20. _____________ Selection When humans choose which plants or animal reproduce to get certain traits.
  10. 21. A living thing, like a plant, that makes its own food.
  11. 22. The role of a living thing in an ecosystem.
  12. 23. The variety of living things in an area.
  13. 24. A group of living things that can reproduce together.
  14. 25. __________ Reproduction A type of reproduction where two parents combine genetic information to produce offspring
  15. 26. A trait passed from parents to offspring.
  16. 27. Instructions inside living things that control traits.
  17. 28. A living thing.
Down
  1. 1. __________Reproduction A type of reproduction where one parent produces offspring without combining genetic information with another parent.
  2. 2. A species that may soon disappear forever.
  3. 4. When living things depend on each other.
  4. 7. A tool used to identify living things by answering questions.
  5. 8. A change in genes.
  6. 9. Differences between members of the same species.
  7. 11. All the different populations of living things that live together in the same area.
  8. 12. When living things with helpful traits survive and reproduce more.
  9. 14. A living thing that gets energy by eating plants or animals.
  10. 16. To group things by shared features.
  11. 18. The place where a living thing lives.
  12. 19. A model that shows how energy moves from one living thing to another.
  13. 21. An animal hunted by another animal.