Author: Biology Junction Team

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

 

 

Nucleic Acids Puzzle

 

Nucleic Acids

 

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

Find the following terms and then number and define them on the back of this paper.

 

ADENINE BASE COMPLEMENTARY
CRICK CYTOSINE DEOXYRIBOSE
DNA FORK FRANKLIN
GUANINE HELICASE HYDROGEN
IDENTICAL MUTATION NITROGEN
NUCLEOTIDE NUCLEUS PHOSPHATE
POLYMERASE PROOFREAD PURINE
PYRIMIDINE REPLICATION RIBOSE
RNA TRANSCRIPTION TRANSLATION
URACIL

 

 

 

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

 

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

 

 

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