Living Things

3. When living things need each other to survive.
7. When pollen moves from one flower to another to help plants make seeds.
8. The early stage of an insect or amphibian, like a caterpillar or tadpole, before it becomes an adult.
9. The variety of different plants, animals, and other living things in an area.
10. Plants or trees that make their own food from the sun.
18. The process of changing from one form to another during a life cycle, like a caterpillar turning into a butterfly.
20. The process by which living things make more of their kind (babies, seeds, etc.).
23. When a seed begins to grow and sprout into a new plant.
25. The first stage in the life cycle of many animals, like birds or frogs.
26. Animals or people that eat plants or other animals for food.
27. The stage in an insect’s life cycle when it changes from a larva to an adult (like a caterpillar turning into a butterfly).
28. Cycling The way nutrients move between plants, animals, and the earth to help everything grow.
29. Tiny organisms (like fungi or worms) that break down dead things and return nutrients to the soil.

1. When living things try to get the same food or space.
2. A special skill or body part that helps an animal or plant survive in its environment.
4. An animal that hunts and eats other animals.
5. Chain A list of who eats who in nature, showing how energy moves from one living thing to another.
6. The place where an animal or plant lives.
11. A place where living things (like animals and plants) and non-living things (like water and soil) work together.
12. The part of a plant that can grow into a new plant.
13. An animal that is hunted and eaten by a predator.
14. When an egg breaks open and a baby animal (like a chick or fish) comes out.
15. The hard case where some insects (like butterflies) rest while changing from a larva to an adult.
16. The fully grown stage of an organism that can reproduce.
17. The process where pollen from one flower is transferred to another flower to help it make seeds.
19. The babies or young of animals or plants.
21. Cycle The stages a living thing goes through from birth to adulthood and sometimes death.
22. Larva, Pupa, Adult The stages in the life cycle of many insects, such as butterflies.
24. The early stage of some insects (like grasshoppers) that looks like a small adult, but doesn't have wings yet.