Across
- 2. a number of food chains combined.
- 5. the place where an organism lives
- 7. species that are close to extinction and very small numbers remain.
- 12. raised bank built to prevent water reaching buildings.
- 14. the process used by plants to make their own food
- 15. organisms that get the energy that they need by breaking down dead matter and waste products
- 16. individuals that are exactly the same as each other
- 18. a consumer that eats a producer
- 20. organisms that must eat other organisms to get the energy and nutrients they need
Down
- 1. species that is experiencing a rapid population decline and is in danger of becoming extinct if the drop in numbers continues.
- 3. active or hunting at night
- 4. times of the year when fires are most likely to occur
- 6. an animal that eats other animals
- 8. the term used to describe different living things
- 9. individuals that are exactly te same as each other.
- 10. the process of mating one breed or plant or animal with another breed of that plant or animal (e.g. cattle)
- 11. an interaction between organisms in which both the organisms benefit from the relationship and neither is harmed.
- 13. and organism able to manufacture its own food; plants are producer organisms
- 16. the chemical in plants that traps energy from the Sun and gives plants their green colour
- 17. an animal that is eaten by a predator
- 19. another name for interdependence