Life Science Crossword

4. a living thing
5. a consumer that eats only plants
8. The process by which producers (green plants) make their own food by using energy from the Sun
10. A living thing that obtains (gets) energy by eating other living things
13. all the surrounding living and non-living things that affect a living thing
15. An _________ species is an animal or plant in danger of becoming extinct or dying off
17. an animal that hunts other animals for food
19. a deep sleep that helps some animals survive the winter
20. an animal hunted as food by another animal
21. A living thing that breaks down the remains of dead organisms
22. behavior or part of a living thing that helps it survive in a certain environment
23. an area in which living and nonliving things interact

1. The path of energy transfer from one living organism to another.
2. the ability to blend in with the surroundings
3. a consumer that eats both animals and plants
6. a consumer that eats only animals
7. a gas in the air that is needed by green plants to make food
9. a group of plants and animals that live in a certain area
11. a gas in the air that is given off by the leaves of green plants
12. to move to another region as the seasons change
14. a number of the same kind of organisms that live in the same place
16. the permanent disappearance of all living things of a certain kind
18. a group of living things that can produce young by mating with one another