Across
- 4. characteristics that help an organism to survive in its environment
- 6. organisms that get the energy they need by breaking down dead matter and waste products
- 10. a consumer that eats a first-order consumer
- 12. part of the stem, root or leaf that is able to grow into a new plant
- 17. an animal that eats only plants
- 18. an interaction between two organisms in which one of them benefits but the other one is not affected
- 20. organisms that have the same food source and live in the same habitat
Down
- 1. species that is experiencing a rapid population decline and is in danger of becoming extinct if the drop in numbers continues
- 2. non-living factors in the environment
- 3. times of the year when fires are mostly likely to occur
- 5. the process used by plants to make their own food
- 7. an animal that is eaten by a predator
- 8. the term used to describe different types of living things
- 9. another name for interdependence
- 11. an animal that eats both plants and animals
- 12. individuals that are exactly the same as each other
- 13. active or hunting at night
- 14. raised bank built top prevent water reaching buildings
- 15. an organism able to manufacture its own food plants are producer organisms
- 16. a number of food chains combined
- 19. an organism in or on which a parasite lives