Across
- 2. the part of a plant that helps it reproduce
- 5. a young insect that looks similar to the adult but smaller
- 6. the part of a plant that contains seeds
- 8. a plant part that can grow into a new plant
- 12. to stay alive in an environment
- 13. an animal without a backbone
- 17. a big change in body shape during an organism’s life cycle
- 18. an action an organism learns during its life
- 20. an organism an animal pairs with to reproduce
- 21. information inside an organism that helps determine its traits
Down
- 1. a living thing that is born to parents
- 3. a hard outer covering that supports and protects some animals
- 4. a characteristic passed from parents to offspring
- 7. a young form of an animal that looks different from the adult
- 9. the stages a living thing goes through from birth to death
- 10. an animal with a backbone
- 11. how long a living thing usually lives
- 14. everything around an organism that affects how it lives
- 15. to make new organisms of the same kind
- 16. a physical feature or behavior of a living thing
- 19. a trait that helps an organism blend in with its surroundings