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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

 

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Puzzle – Amphibians

 

Amphibians
Use the table below contains words that have been chopped in half. Find
the pieces the pieces that fit together and write them in the answer
area below. Then define each term.

 

 

aca ical duod fr
exus nt mo anic
caeci exte neous crossop
ating clo terygian ist
ander eum rphosis ney
il tad muc llian
ura rva atic cuta
la ve syst ap
an ad tymp oda
trop ampl mese pect
leg emic enum ation
uro less pulm salam
kid to adapt amph
nicti dou rnal ous
ble ntery og pel
oral metamo aqu onary
vic dela pole ibian

 
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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

 

 

Annelids Puzzle

 

Annelids
Fill in the blanks with the correct words.

The phylum __________ contains feather duster worms, common __________, and __________. Annelids have both internal and external __________. This makes the annelid’s body look like a series of __________. Annelids have __________ symmetry and a true __________ or body cavity. Their coelom is filled with __________ which their __________ push against. Many annelids have external bristles or __________ and some have flashy protrusions called __________ that appear paddle like. There three classes of annelids including __________, __________, and __________. All classes have well developed __________ systems.

Earthworms live in the __________, move by __________, and are in the class __________. Earthworms have many longitudinal and circular __________ to aid in movement. The __________ is a swollen band on the earthworm involved in reproduction. The digestive tract of an earthworm includes the mouth, __________, esophagus, __________, gizzard, __________, and anus. The __________ helps suck food into the mouth while the __________ temporarily stores food and the __________ grinds the food. Absorption of food takes place in the __________. Wastes leave the earthworm’s body through the __________. Five pairs of hearts or __________ pump blood through the earthworm’s body. __________ are tubules that filter & get rid of wastes from the earthworm’s blood. __________, a tough carbohydrate, surrounds and protects the earthworm. Earthworms reproduce sexually by exchanging __________; however, they are hermaphrodites. Exchanged sperm is stored in _______________ until fertilization. Fertilized eggs are placed in a cocoon made by the __________ until they hatch.

Hirudenia contains __________. Many leeches are external __________ that feed on blood. Leeches lack __________ or parapodia. Leeches secrete a chemical into the body of their hosts so the blood does not __________. Some leeches feed on small __________. Leeches have __________ for movement and attachment at both ends of their bodies. Most leeches live in __________water.

Polychaetes move by __________ and may also use them for respiration or __________ exchange. Polychaetes have sensory __________ on their head with strong __________. Polychaetes live in __________ environments.

 

 

Solution

 

 

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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