The Habitat Crossword!

3. a class of things of the same kind and with the same name
6. an animal that is hunted and killed by another for food
7. the natural home or environment of an animal
8. a group of living things that belong to one or more species, and are located in one place
9. the whole complex of factors that influence the form and the ability to survive of a plant or animal or ecological community
11. a living thing that makes its food from simple inorganic substances and many of which are food sources for other organisms
12. an animal that lives by killing and eating other animals

1. a system made up of an ecological community of living things interacting with their environment especially under natural conditions
2. a group of one or more species of organisms living in a particular area or habitat
4. an organism that feeds on and breaks down dead plant or animal matter
5. change in an organism or its parts that fits it better for the conditions of its environment
8. plant or animal that requires complex organic compounds for food which it obtains by preying on other living things or eating particles of organic matter
10. an animal, plant, or single-celled life form