Category: My Classroom Material

 

Reptiles

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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

 

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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

 

Birds

Locate the orders of birds in the word search puzzle and then make a list of the common names of the birds in each order.

 

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Sponges, Cnidarians, & Ctenophorans

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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

 

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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