Habitats & Communities - UNIT VOCABULARY

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Across
  1. 2. habitat, water habitat
  2. 5. web, a group of connected food chains in a habitat
  3. 7. adaptation, a physical feature of a plant or animal that helps it survive
  4. 8. an animal that eats plants or other animals
  5. 9. a living thing that breaks down dead matter
  6. 11. a thick layer of fat under the skin that keeps animals warm
  7. 12. a place that provides what living things need to survive
  8. 13. a group of interacting species living in the same area
  9. 18. an imaginary line around the middle of the Earth
  10. 19. an animal that eats both plants and animals
  11. 20. a body part or behavior that helps a living thing survive
  12. 22. an animal that hunts other animals for food
  13. 23. an animal that is hunted by another
Down
  1. 1. a community of living and non-living things in an area
  2. 3. habitat, land habitat
  3. 4. a type of plant or animal
  4. 6. a color or pattern that helps an animal blend into its environment
  5. 10. the role an organism plays in its environment
  6. 13. an animal that eats only other animals
  7. 14. activity, actions people take that affect the environment
  8. 15. tiny animals that float in water
  9. 16. chain, a path that shows how energy moves from one living thing to another
  10. 17. active at night and asleep during the day
  11. 21. an animal that eats only plants
  12. 22. a plant that makes its own food