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Puzzle Solution – Ecology

Ecology Solution

A + + L + T + + + + S + + + N R + + + A + R T + U + + + E + D + + + + D R O O + + + R + + N + + + + E I U P + + I + + + U + + + S + D T + I T + + S + T R + E + I + + R I C + + A + + E D + C + + + C E + A + V + + T + E + + + Y + + T + L A + + A D T A I G A R + + N + N + + W + + + + + + + A + + I N + + H + + + + + + + + U + + A + + S G R A S S L A N D T + + + + E C I N A E C O + + + S + + + R + + + + + + + + + + + E + + F + + + + + + + + + + + + + (Over,Down,Direction) DECIDUOUS(3,9,NE) DESERT(3,7,NE) ESTUARY(14,14,NW) FRESHWATER(2,15,N) GRASSLAND(3,12,E) INTERTIDAL(13,10,NW) NERITIC(15,1,SW) OCEANIC(9,13,W) SAVANNA(14,5,S) TAIGA(4,9,E) TROPICAL(6,1,SE) TUNDRA(1,6,N)

Quiz Viruses

Name: 

Viruses

 

 

True/False
Indicate whether the sentence or statement is true or false.
1.
Although viruses do not consist of cells, biologists consider them to be living because they are capable of reproduction.
2.
Wendell Stanley made the important discovery that viruses are not cellular.
3.
Viruses consist of RNA or DNA surrounded by a coat of protein.
4.
Prions are the smallest known particles that are able to replicate.
5.
A virus can only reproduce by controlling a cell.
6.
People can contract the influenza virus more than once because the virus tends to mutate rapidly, avoiding the actions of the immune system.
7.
Smallpox is caused by bacteria.
8.
Chickenpox and shingles are caused by the same virus.
9.
The viruses that have been linked to human cancers are usually transmitted through the air.
 

Completion
Complete each sentence or statement.
10.
The protein coat of a virus is called a(n) ____________________.
11.
Most viruses occur in the shape of a(n) ____________________ or a(n) ____________________.
12.
A virus that transcribes DNA from an RNA template is called a(n) ____________________.
13.
An enzyme called ____________________ manufactures DNA that is complementary to a virus’s RNA.
14.
____________________ are bacterial viruses with a polyhedral head and a helical tail.
15.
All viruses reproduce by taking over the reproductive machinery of a ____________________.
16.
Viruses that infect a host cell and have their nucleic acid replicated but do not harm the host cell are in a ____________________ cycle.
17.
A viral DNA molecule formed from an RNA virus is called a(n) ____________________.
18.
The virus that causes AIDS is called ____________________.
19.
Some viruses are thought to induce ____________________, a disease characterized by uncontrolled cell division.
20.
An example of an emerging virus is the  ____________________ virus.

 
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Puzzle Solution – Fish

 

Fish Puzzle
Answer Key:
 

1)vertebrae small bones making up the backbone
2)cranium bony protection covering the brain
3)agnatha class containing hagfish & lampreys
4)chondrichthyes class containing sharks & rays
5)osteichthyes class of bony fish
6)arches bony supports for the gills
7)lateral line system that detects vibrations in the water
8)hagfish jawless marine fish that feed on dead fish
9)lamprey jawless and sometimes parasitic fish
10)external fertilization in jawless fish
11)cartilage flexible protein material in the skeleton of sharks
12)placoid toothlike scales on sharks
13)pectoral fins on sharks that appear like wings of an airplane
14)olfactory responsible for the shark’s acute sense of smell
15)ray flattened bat like fish with a skeleton of cartilage
16)slits openings into the gills on cartilagenous fish
17)claspers modified pelvic fins of male sharks used to transfer sperm
18)perch example of a ray finned fish
19)operculum bony covering over the gills of bony fish
20)caudal tail fin
21)liver organ that secretes bile to digest fats
22)arteries carry blood away from the heart
23)veins return blood to the heart
24)atrium heart chamber that receives blood bck form the heart
25)ventricle pumping chamber of the heart
26)countercurrent movement of blod across a fish’s gills for maximum absorption of oxygen
27)buoyancy property that the swim bladder gives to a fish
28)cerebrum forebrain
29)cerebellum hindbrain
30)spawing reproductive behavior where fish build nests and lay their eggs

 

Puzzle Solution – Fungi

Fungi Solution

 

+ A D S + S + + L + A + M T N M + T E E + P O + N + M U R I + U + O U L O O T + + U I O T S + I + C T F H R + + S N F I E T + L S Y E F + E A H O E H P + O D L R M R U T S R G U C T I A L I I E O O R + O O Q + A O C D O A C C G M T O C U + T + I S H N Y I + Y Y M S O S + U + P A M S + N + Z C A R P M M Y C O L O G Y E + A O + O B H + C + B + + + + P T + T R U + S + B A S I D I A I + + A D A + + + S + R + + + N + + N D + M + + I + + H + + A + + G I + + Y + D L O M I + M + + I N + + + C I + + + + Z A + R U G C O E N O C Y T I C O I + M + + + + + M R + S + + N I Y + + + + + + Y + R + N G + E D + M U I L E C Y M H W E A + + S A I D I N O C + O I S H + + + + + + + + T + R + T Z + C + + + + + + + A M + + + + A + I + S U L L I G R E P S A + + + L (Over,Down,Direction) AMANITA(12,17,N) ANTHERIDIUM(11,1,SW) ASCI(5,10,NW) ASCOGONIUM(13,10,N) ASCOMYCOTA(2,14,NE) ASPERGILLUS(11,25,W) BASIDIA(5,13,E) BASIDIOMYCOTA(6,12,S) BUDDING(1,12,S) CHITIN(15,6,N) COENOCYTIC(2,18,E) CONIDIA(7,22,W) DEUTEROMYCOTA(3,1,SE) HYPHAE(2,12,NE) LICHENS(15,25,NW) MOLD(9,16,W) MUSHROOM(12,2,S) MYCELIUM(8,21,W) MYCOLOGY(2,11,E) MYCORRHIZA(3,15,SE) PENICILLIUM(11,12,NW) RHIZOIDS(8,14,SE) RINGWORM(14,17,SW) ROUQUEFORT(14,10,N) SEPTA(1,4,S) SPORANGIUM(15,9,S) SPORES(6,1,SE) STOLONS(1,4,SE) TOADSTOOL(1,9,NE) TRUFFLES(11,8,NW) YEAST(14,19,SW) ZYGOMYCOTA(11,10,NW)

Puzzle Solution – Insects

Insect Orders Solution

 

A R U L P O N A + + + + A L A H S I P H O N A P T E R A E R E Y + + + + T + H + E D A P E M + M + + A + O + T E R R I T I + + E N + M + P R E + E D P P + + O N O + O M T + + T O O T + D + P O R A P + + + P P E E O + T + E P O + + + + O T L R + E + M T R T + + + + S E O A R + E E U + + E + + + I R C A + H R E + + + + R + + + A + + P A N + + T H Y S A N U R A E + + A R E T P O H T R O + + + + + + D I P T E R A + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + (Over,Down,Direction) ANOPLURA(8,1,W) COLEOPTERA(15,10,N) DERMAPTERA(12,3,SW) DIPTERA(5,14,E) EPHEMEROPTERA(1,13,NE) HEMIPTERA(1,2,S) HOMOPTERA(9,3,SW) HYMENOPTERA(1,2,SE) ISOPTERA(13,10,N) LEPIDOPTERA(14,1,S) NEUROPTERA(4,12,NE) ODONATA(2,8,NE) ORTHOPTERA(13,13,W) SIPHONAPTERA(2,2,E) THYSANURA(7,12,E)