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LIFE AND THE TAIAO
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2. Guardians of a particular rohe.
4. Describes living things that have existed in
New Zealand for a very long time.
6. Describes a species who has no living
members.
8. Features of an organism that allow it to be
successful in its habitat.
10. Shape of the diagram showing the energy in a
food chain.
13. An animal that kills and eats other animals.
14. An animal that eats both plants and animals.
15. All the living organisms in a certain area.
18. A type of these are always at the beginning of
a food chain.
20. The scientific study of the ways in which living
things interact with each other and their
environment.
21. Māori concept of ‘life-force’.
22. A ban placed on an area, resource or stretch
of water as a conservation measure.]
23. A group of interrelated food chains that occur
in a community.
24. Describes a plant or animal that is non-native.
25. The area in which a species lives.
Down
1. An animal that only feeds upon other animals.
3. An animal that only feeds on plants.
5. Small NZ shellfish similar to a pipi.
7. A diagram that shows how energy is passed
from species to species.
9. A biological system of interacting organisms
and the physical environment in which they
live.
10. All the members of a species living in a certain
area.
11. Describes the system for naming species.
12. A measure of the variety of the plants and
animals living in an area.
13. An animal that is killed and eaten by another
animal.
16. Describes a species that is close to extinction.
17. A mnemonic to help remember 8 essential life
functions.
19. Introduced herbivore that damages
grasslands.
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