Predators and Prey Word Search
Free Predators and Prey word search. We picked 12 themed words — the terms and ideas of a school subject — and laid them out on a 15×15 grid. Drag across the letters to find every word on the list.
Words to find: PREDATOR, PREY, CAMOUFLAGE, MIMICRY, FOODCHAIN, HABITAT, CARNIVORE, HERBIVORE, OMNIVORE, ECOSYSTEM, ADAPTATION, HUNTING.
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Predators and Prey word list, defined
- PREDATOR /ˈprɛdətər/ · noun
- An animal that hunts, kills, and feeds on other animals or their remains. By extension, a person or organization that exploits, victimizes, or preys on others. Related: hunter, carnivore, pursuer, stalker.
- PREY /preɪ/ · noun and verb
- As a noun, prey means an animal hunted by another animal, or a person or thing pursued, victimized, or exploited. As a verb, it means to hunt or seize prey, or figuratively to exploit or victimize someone. Related: victim, quarry, hunted animal, hunt.
- CAMOUFLAGE /ˈkæməflɑːʒ/ · noun, verb
- Camouflage is a means of concealment — clothing, coloring, or behavior designed to disguise something and make it blend into its surroundings. As a verb, it means to disguise or conceal something in this way. Related: disguise, concealment, cover, mask.
- MIMICRY /ˈmɪmɪkri/ · noun
- The act or practice of imitating another person’s appearance, speech, movements, or behaviour. In biology, it refers to an organism’s resemblance to another organism or to an object, often helping it avoid predators or capture prey. Related: imitation, impersonation, parody, copying.
- HABITAT /ˈhæbɪtæt/ · noun
- The natural environment in which an organism or a community of organisms lives. In broader use, a habitat can also mean the characteristic setting or environment associated with a person, group, activity, or development. Related: home, dwelling, environment, surroundings.
- CARNIVORE /ˈkɑːrnɪvɔːr/ · noun
- An animal that feeds primarily on the flesh of other animals. More broadly, a person who eats meat, or an organism that obtains energy and nutrients from animal tissue. Related: predator, meat-eater, hunter, flesh-eater.
- HERBIVORE /ˈhɜːrbɪvɔːr/ · noun
- An animal that feeds principally on plants or other vegetation. Related: plant-eater, grazer, browser, herbivorous animal.
- OMNIVORE /ˈɒmnɪvɔː(r)/ (British); /ˈɑːmnɪvɔːr/ (US) · noun
- A person or animal that eats both plant and animal matter. The term can also refer to an organism that obtains energy from a wide variety of food sources. Related: eater of both, mixed feeder, generalist feeder.
- ECOSYSTEM /ˈiːkəʊˌsɪstəm/ · noun
- A biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment, considered as a functioning unit. By extension, any complex network of interdependent elements that functions as a whole. Related: environment, habitat, biome, biosphere.
- ADAPTATION /ˌædæpˈteɪʃən/ · noun
- The process or state of adjusting to new conditions, whether by an organism evolving to suit its environment or by a person or thing being modified to fit a new purpose. It also refers to a work, such as a film, that has been adapted from another medium. Related: adjustment, modification, conversion, transformation.
- HUNTING /ˈhʌntɪŋ/ · noun and verb
- As a noun, hunting is the activity of searching for and pursuing wild animals for food, sport, or other purposes; figuratively, it is a persistent search. As a verb, hunting means searching for or pursuing game, a person, or something sought. Related: searching, pursuing, seeking, stalking.
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