Across
- 3. A type of carnivore that attack and kill their prey and feed on their bodies.
- 4. Animals that are hunted by predators.
- 6. A type of warm-blooded vertebrate animal that breast feeds their babies and usually has hair.
- 10. The placing of information or objects into groups based on similarities is …………………….
- 12. Species with a backbone are known as ……………. .
- 14. Fighting to win or gain something.
- 15. The science of grouping and naming organisms is …………….
- 17. Animals that feed on both plants and other animals.
- 18. A gradual process in which plants and animals have adapted to survive in their environment over many years. This may mean that the way they look or behave has changed to help them suit their environment better.
- 19. A protective adaptation that enables an organism to visually blend into the environment.
- 20. Animals that feed on only plants.
Down
- 1. Water travels up through a plant from the soil through its roots, then its stem and into the leaves. It is lost through tiny openings in the leaves called stomata. This is called t _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
- 2. A particular environment where an organism lives.
- 5. All the living and non-living things in a given environment.
- 7. Random changes in the genes.
- 8. Any kind inherited trait (characteristic) that improves the chances of survival and reproduction for an organism.
- 9. Species without a backbone are known as ……………. .
- 11. Animals that feed on other animals.
- 13. An animal that is awake primarily at night.
- 16. Sharks are great swimmers because they have adapted …………… to help them swim.