Living World Vocabulary

1. Organisms that trap energy from the Sun
2. A pattern of eating or being eaten in a community
3. Animals feeding on plant material
5. An organism’s “job” in a natural community
6. Places that animals and plants like to live
9. Organisms feed on dead organic matter
14. Special structures or behaviours that enable an organism to live in a habitat
15. Features that distinguish Living from Non-living

1. Chemical process by which plants convert the Sun’s energy into chemical energy
4. Process of breaking down food
7. All the plants and animals living in a defined area
8. Consumers that feed on plants and animals
10. Tube through which food reaches the stomach from the mouth
11. Required by animals to keep warm and move around
12. A complex carbohydrate for storing energy
13. Where animals and plants live in their surroundings