Author: Biology Junction Team

Mollusks Puzzle

 

Mollusks
The table below contains words that have been chopped in half. Find the pieces that fit together and write them in the answer area below, and then define them.

 

phore gastr chromat sna
omate llop sq opods
lymph sip acles nudib
ebrate urnal usca ranch
ot oct ula eral
opus tor coel coel
hemo incu ophores ams
lvia troco propu uid
ter ilus oys opod
sl fo hon hemo
biva visc addu mar
lsion ils ugs man
rad tle cepha sca
pter naut ctor invert
lopods tent cl sion
rrent moll noct ine

 
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Solution

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

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

 

 

 

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

 

Solution