Author: Biology Junction Team

Fish Puzzle

 

Fish
Fill in the blanks with the correct letters. The words in the list on the right provide a clue to the answer. 

1) _erte _ r _ _   small bones making up the backbone
2) _ ran _ _ m   bony protection covering the brain
3) a _ nath _   class containing hagfish & lampreys
4) _ ho_d _ _ ch _ h _ e _   class containing sharks & rays
5) _ ste _ ch _ h _ es   class of bony fish
6) ar _ h _ _   bony supports for the gills
7) l _ _ _ ral   line system that detects vibrations in the water
8) h _ gfi _ _   jawless marine fish that feed on dead fish
9) la _ _ re_   jawless and sometimes parasitic fish
10) ex _ e _ _ a _   fertilization in jawless fish
11) _ _ _ _ ila_e   flexible protein material in the skeleton of sharks
12) p _ a _ oid   toothlike scales on sharks
13) _ _ c _ oral   fins on sharks that appear like wings of an airplane
14) o_f _ _ _ o _ y   responsible for the shark’s acute sense of smell
15) _ a _   flattened bat like fish with a skeleton of cartilage
16) sl _ t _   openings into the gills on cartilagenous fish
17) c _ _ _ _ ers   modified pelvic fins of male sharks used to transfer sperm
18) _ er _ h   example of a ray finned fish
19) o_er _ _ l _ _   bony covering over the gills of bony fish
20) _a _ d _ l   tail fin
21) _iv _ _   organ that secretes bile to digest fats
22) a _ t _ ri _ s   carry blood away from the heart
23) vein _   return blood to the heart
24) _ t_iu _   heart chamber that receives blood bck form the heart
25) _e _ t _ icl _   pumping chamber of the heart
26) co _ _ te _ _ urr _ nt   movement of blod across a fish’s gills for maximum absorption of oxygen
27) b _ oyan _ _   property that the swim bladder gives to a fish
28) _ er _ _ rum   forebrain
29) c _ r _ _ _ llum   hindbrain
30) spa _ _ in _   reproductive behavior where fish build nests and lay their eggs

 

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Fungi Puzzle

 

Fungi
Find each term and then number and define it on the back of this paper.

 

K A D S V S O U L J A W M T N
M B T E E V P O A N Y M U R I
T U Y O U L O O T E A U I O T
S A I Y C T F H R E N S N F I
E T Q L S Y E F G E A H O E H
P E O D L R M R U T S R G U C
T I A L I I E O O R Z O O Q X
A O C D O A C C G M T O C U S
T D I S H N Y I B Y Y M S O S
Y U T P A M S P N K Z C A R P
M M Y C O L O G Y E L A O R O
B H A C B B C C X C P T B T R
U I S B B A S I D I A I H S A
D A V M S S S R C U P N I Y N
D V M J W I B M H R J A O G G
I A X Y O D L O M I S M G J I
N P M L C I J M T V Z A Z R U
G C O E N O C Y T I C O I L M
S S I U W M R Y S R S N I Y L
M Q N J B Y F R D N G N E D M
M U I L E C Y M H W E A H C S
A I D I N O C K O I S H C F K
P K R Z C T D R W T Z J C K J
Y F C Z M A M R N K P A R I W
S U L L I G R E P S A M W I L

 

 

AMANITA ANTHERIDIUM ASCI
ASCOGONIUM ASCOMYCOTA ASPERGILLUS
BASIDIA BASIDIOMYCOTA BUDDING
CHITIN COENOCYTIC CONIDIA
DEUTEROMYCOTA HYPHAE LICHENS
MOLD MUSHROOM MYCELIUM
MYCOLOGY MYCORRHIZA PENICILLIUM
RHIZOIDS RINGWORM ROUQUEFORT
SEPTA SPORANGIUM SPORES
STOLONS TOADSTOOL TRUFFLES
YEAST ZYGOMYCOTA

 

 

Solution

 

 

 

Pz Genetics

 

Mendel’s Genetics
 

Across

5. stronger of two alleles in a genotype
8. parental generation
9. plant Mendel used in his genetics studies
13. law that states that alleles separate whenever gametes are formed
14. one of two forms for a gene (B or b)
15. genotype in which both alleles are the same (BB or bb)
17. genetic makeup of an organism
19. cross involving a single trait
20. pollen is transferred to the stigma of the same flower or a flower on the same plant

Down

1. transfer of pollen from anthers to the stigma of a flower
2. physical feature or appearance of an organism resulting from a genotype
3. genotype also called the hybrid (Bb)
4. dominance resulting in the blending of alleles (pink flower color)
6. cross between a hybrid and a homozygous genotype (BB x Bb)
7. father of modern genetics
10. law that states that alleles for different traits are distributed to gametes independently
11. the study of genetics
12. genetic characteristic
16. trait or allele that is masked by a dominant allele
18. square used to solve genetics problems
21. first filial generation

 

Insects Puzzle

 

Insect Orders

Locate each insect order in the word search puzzle and then make a list of the common names for the insects in each order.

 

A R U L P O N A V L E Z A L A
H S I P H O N A P T E R A E R
E Y J D R D T L H T E D A P E
M O M P W A X O S T E R R I T
I H L E N L M O P R E Q E D P
P F E O N O L O M T Z H T O O
T Z D O P O R A P M N D P P E
E O U T Z E P O Y C C Q O T L
R M E A M T R T V F U K S E O
A R E E E U W Z E L D Y I R C
A E H R E Y W G X R V E T A O
X P A N G M T H Y S A N U R A
E W I A R E T P O H T R O W Q
P O C M D I P T E R A S R Y D
I J T K M B D T D K P P M B V

 

 

ANOPLURA COLEOPTERA DERMAPTERA
DIPTERA EPHEMEROPTERA HEMIPTERA
HOMOPTERA HYMENOPTERA ISOPTERA
LEPIDOPTERA NEUROPTERA ODONATA
ORTHOPTERA SIPHONAPTERA THYSANURA

 

 

Solution

 

 

Puzzle – Moss Fern

 

Mosses & Ferns
Use the word bank to complete the following paragraphs on mosses and ferns.
Plants that lack tubes to carry food and water are called __________ plants. These plants are also known as __________. Most bryophytes are __________ and live in moist environments. __________ is required so that the sperm can swim to the __________ during fertilization. Bryophytes do not produce __________, but instead produce spores to reproduce. These plants exhibit _______________ in their life cycle. Because these plants lack vascular tissue, they are __________ in height.

__________ is one example of a bryophyte that grows like a lush, green carpet. The dominant stage in the moss life cycle is the __________. Root like __________ attach each gametophyte to the soil but do not absorb water. Both __________ and __________ gametophytes exist. The __________ generation is attached to the __________ of the gametophyte. Mosses are called __________ plants because they often are the first plants to re-enter a barren area. Mosses also help prevent __________. __________, or peat moss, is harvested and burned as __________ in some countries.

__________ and hornworts are nonvascular plants that also grow in moist, shady places. Liverworts have __________ structures along a stem and lay __________ to the ground. __________, like algae, have a single large _________ in each cell.

Ferns are simple, __________ plants that also lack seeds and reproduce by __________. __________ ferns are the largest ferns. Most ferns have an __________ stem called a __________. New leaves of ferns are tightly __________ and are called __________. Mature fern leaves are called _________. Spores are produced on the __________ of fern fronds.
Word Bank:

nonvascular spores vascular
underground coiled fronds
Moss underside Tree
Hornworts rhizome terrestrial
male leaflike close
Liverworts bryophytes fiddleheads
top chloroplast Sphagnum
rhizoids gametophyte egg
sporophyte Water female
soil erosion seeds small
alternation of generations fuel pioneer

 

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