Across
- 2. Animal that is hunted and eaten by another animal
- 5. Very cold area near the North or South Pole
- 6. web Many food chains linked together in one ecosystem
- 9. Animal that lives in water, breathes with gills and has fins
- 15. Group of the same animals living together
- 16. Very dry place with little rain and few plants
- 18. consumer Plant-eating animal that is the first eater in a food chain
- 20. Very cold area around the South Pole, covered in ice and snow
- 21. chain The order of who eats whom in nature
- 23. Very high hill with steep sides
- 25. All the living and non-living things in an area and how they work together
- 26. Small, hard plates on a fish or reptile’s skin that protect the body
- 28. Animal that hunts and eats other animals
- 29. Natural home of an animal or plant
Down
- 1. Cold-blooded animal with dry, scaly skin, like a snake or lizard
- 3. Animal that lives in water when young and on land when older, like a frog
- 4. Animal with feathers, wings and a beak; most can fly
- 7. Animal that eats both plants and other animals
- 8. Baby birds
- 10. Animal that eats only other animals
- 11. Very large area of salty sea water
- 12. Light, soft parts that cover a bird’s body
- 13. Large area covered with many trees
- 14. Living thing (usually a plant) that makes its own food from sunlight
- 17. Breaks out of an egg
- 19. Body parts that help fish and some animals breathe in water
- 21. Flat body parts that help fish swim
- 22. Small animal with six legs and three body parts; many have wings
- 24. Warm-blooded animal with hair or fur; mothers feed milk to their babies
- 27. Animal that eats only plants
