Across
- 3. the shape, color, or pattern of an animal that helps it blend in with its surroundings
- 6. to take in
- 7. the dying out of a particular species
- 9. the variety of plant and animal life in a particular habitat (or the world as a whole)
- 10. plant a plant that produces without making flowers
- 14. the environment where an organism lives
- 15. an animal that has a hard outer skeleton and legs with joints
Down
- 1. an animal that hunts, catches, and eats other animals
- 2. selection the process by which the best adapted organisms survive the best
- 4. an animal that has a backbone and lives in water when it is young and on land when it is an adult
- 5. plant a plant that produces seeds within a fruit
- 8. cycle changes that happen to an animal or a plant during its life
- 11. active at night
- 12. the ability to move around
- 13. a body part of behavior that helps a living thing survive in its environment
