Author: Biology Junction Team

Sponges Puzzle

 

Sponges, Cnidarians, & Ctenophorans

Across

4. live in oceans & seas

5. ability to produce their own light such as the ctenophorans

6. phylum containing sponges

8. organism that lives in the tentacles of coral (Nemo)

9. example of a freshwater cnidarian

10. underwater islands that from from the limestone cases of corals

14. flexible extensions that surround the mouth of cnidarians

15. material between the body wall of sponges for support

16. cells in sponges that beat their flagella to bring in water

17. protein fibers making up the simple skeleton of a sponge

18. how animals like sponges feed 19. regeneration is an example of this type of reproduction

20. class of cnidarians containing the Portuguese man of war

23. live attached to surfaces

24. bell-shaped form of cnidarians with tentacles the hang below the body 27. nervous system shape of cnidarians

28. vase-shaped form of cnidarians with upright tentacles

32. phylum in which coral animals are found

33. phylum containing marine comb jellies

34. sponges that produce both eggs & sperm

35. inner cell layer of cnidarians

37. interior body cavity of corals & jellyfish

40. holes in a sponge where water with food enters

 

Down

1. stinging cells in the tentacles of cnidarians

2. simplest of all animals

3. internal buds formed by sponges during droughts or cold weather

7. cnidarians have this arrangement of body parts

11. outer cell layer of sponges & cnidarians

12. example of a marine cnidarian

13. class of cnidarians containing corals

16. cells of ctenophorans that eject a sticky substance to capture prey

21. sponge has this arrangement of body parts

22. a sponge’s ability to regrow missing body parts

25. any animal such as sponge without a backbone

26. tiny hard spikelike calcium carbonate or silicon dioxide particles in a sponges skeleton

29. large opening at the top of a sponge where excess water & wastes leave 30. number of cells in the body wall of sponges

31. coiled filament inside a stinging cell of jellyfish

36. free swimming larval stage of jellyfish

38. movable cells in a sponge that can pick & deliver food to other cells

39. class of cnidarians containing jellyfish

Puzzle Seed Plants

 

Seed Plants

Across 1. needed to break the dormancy of a seed so it will sprout 3. number of flower parts in dicots 5. leaf venation in monocots 6. have two seed leaves 9. young newly sprouted plant 12. example of a dicot 13. female part of a flowering plant 15. developing plant within a seed 16. cone bearing seed plants 17. includes pines and cedars 21. sprouting of a seed 24. shape of many conifer leaves 26. leaf venation in dicots 27. plant that loses its leaves at the end of its growingseason 29. flower producing seed plants 31. largest conifers 34. example of an angiosperm that is wind pollinated 35. seed leaves 36. have a single seed leaf 37. an African desert cone bearer with only two extremely long leaves 38. often help pollinate flowering plants Down 2. world’s largest flower 4. seeds of gymnosperms 7. number of flower parts found in monocots 8. plants with food and water conducting tissues 10. cone bearing desert shrub that produces a chemical used as a decongestant 11. another name for gymnosperms 14. scaly reproductive structure containing seeds in evergreens 18. food supply within a seed 19. example of a monocot 20. mobile sexual reproductive part of flowering plants 21. gymnosperm with fan shaped leaves native to China 22. gymnosperms with fern like leathery leaves on a short thick trunk 23. encloses and protects the seed of angiosperms 25. fossilized yellow resin from conifers that encases insects 28. state seeds are in when they aren’t growing 30. made mainly from conifers 32. largest phylum of plants 33. tough outer covering of a seed

 

Reptiles Puzzle

 

 Reptiles

Across

2. habitat where most reptiles live

4. upper shell of a turtle

7. extinct reptiles of the Mesozoic era

11. membrane that stores wastes in an egg

13. tiny air sacs in the lungs for gas exchange

16. type of circulation in reptiles

18. number of heart chambers in crocodiles & alligators

20. order containing lizards & snakes

23. snake that injects poison

24. reptiles that give live bird

25. snakes or vipers with heat sensitive areas on their head

28. organisms like reptiles whose body temperature is controlled by the environment

 

Down

1. order containing alligators

3. “white” of an egg containing water 7 protein

5. order containing tuataras 6. organs of respiration in reptiles

8. lower shell of a turtle

9. food inside an egg

10. reptiles who retain their shelled eggs inside their bodies until they hatch

12. snakes that kill prey by squeezing them to death

14. protein making the skin of reptiles watertight

15. cover the body of reptiles

17. egg-laying reptile

19. membrane surrounding the cushioning fluid in an egg

20. wall of tissue in snakes & turtles partially dividing the lower heart chamber

21. type of shelled egg in reptiles

22. sense organ in the roof of reptile’s mouth

26. order for turtles

27. blood being returned to the heart

Puzzle – Protists

 

Protists

Across
1. unicellular, aquatic algae
2. multicellular algae
6. golden algae
7. animal like protist
10. gel-like material from red algae
11. red algae
14. brown pigment
16. color of tides in the Gulf of Mexico due to population explosions of dinoflagellates
17. cell division resulting in identical cells
18. life cycle consisting of a haploid & diploid stage
19. autotrophic protists
20. body portion of an algae
22. protein layer surrounding the cell membrane in paramecia
23. aquatic algae with a two-part shell or valve
24. serious disease caused by plasmodium in the water
25. shell covering foraminiferans
26. colonial algae
27. groove on paramecium where the mouth is found
Down
1. brown algae
3. red pigment
4. green algae
5. sexual reproduction in protists
8. protozoans, algae, and water molds
9. organelles in algae that make & store starch
10. example of a sarcodine
12. cytoplasm extensions used by some protists to move
13. protists
15. vacuole that helps protists remove excess water
21. tiny hairs that a paramecium uses for movement

 

Puzzle – Photosynthesis

 

Photosynthesis
   

Fill in the blanks with the correct words from the bank at the bottom of the page.

 

All organisms use __________ to carry out their life functions. Some organisms obtain this energy from __________. The process by which this energy transfer takes place is called _______________. Photosynthesis involves a  _________ pathway in which the __________ of one reaction is(are) consumed in the __________ reaction.  __________ are organisms that carry on photosynthesis and includes  __________ and other organisms containing the __________ pigment __________. Autotrophs use ______________ and water to make __________ and the simple sugar __________. The pigment chlorophyll absorbs __________ energy from the sun during the light __________.  __________ pigments also in the __________ absorb other __________ of light that chlorophyll does not absorb. These accessory __________ are responsible for other colors we see in plants such as _______, orange, and __________. Chloroplasts are surrounded by a __________ membrane. Inside chloroplasts is a system of membranes arranged as stacks of __________ sacs called __________. Each sac in the stack is called a __________. The thylakoids are surrounded by a solution called the _________. The _______ reactions of photosynthesis take place in the stroma. Most chloroplasts are found in the _________ of plants. The __________ of a leaf contains openings called __________ where __________ such as oxygen and carbon dioxide enter and leave. These openings or stomata are __________ during the hottest times of the day by cells called __________ cells.

 

      Word Bank:

sunlight   autotrophs carbon dioxide
biochemical chlorophyll light
photosynthesis next wavelengths
energy plants glucose
yellow accessory stroma
plastids pigments reactions
leaves oxygen dark
stomata underside gases
closed red thylakoids
flattened guard double
product granum green

 

 

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