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 – 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

 

 

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