Reptiles Puzzle

 

 Reptiles

Across

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

 

Down

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 Puzzle

 

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.

 

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

 

 

ANSERIFORMES CICONIIFORMES COLUMBIFORMES
FALCONIFORMES PASSERIFORMES PSITTACIFORMES
SPHENISCIFORMES STRIGIFORMES

 

 

Solution

 

 

Puzzle Seed Plants

 

Seed Plants

Across 1. needed to break the dormancy of a seed so it will sprout 3. number of flower parts in dicots 5. leaf venation in monocots 6. have two seed leaves 9. young newly sprouted plant 12. example of a dicot 13. female part of a flowering plant 15. developing plant within a seed 16. cone bearing seed plants 17. includes pines and cedars 21. sprouting of a seed 24. shape of many conifer leaves 26. leaf venation in dicots 27. plant that loses its leaves at the end of its growingseason 29. flower producing seed plants 31. largest conifers 34. example of an angiosperm that is wind pollinated 35. seed leaves 36. have a single seed leaf 37. an African desert cone bearer with only two extremely long leaves 38. often help pollinate flowering plants Down 2. world’s largest flower 4. seeds of gymnosperms 7. number of flower parts found in monocots 8. plants with food and water conducting tissues 10. cone bearing desert shrub that produces a chemical used as a decongestant 11. another name for gymnosperms 14. scaly reproductive structure containing seeds in evergreens 18. food supply within a seed 19. example of a monocot 20. mobile sexual reproductive part of flowering plants 21. gymnosperm with fan shaped leaves native to China 22. gymnosperms with fern like leathery leaves on a short thick trunk 23. encloses and protects the seed of angiosperms 25. fossilized yellow resin from conifers that encases insects 28. state seeds are in when they aren’t growing 30. made mainly from conifers 32. largest phylum of plants 33. tough outer covering of a seed

 

Prefix-Suffix Worksheet

Prefix-Suffix Worksheet

Define the following terms using your prefix-suffix list.  Underline the prefix &/or suffix in each biological term.

Example:     THERMOMETER – therm means heat & meter means measure of so a thermometer is an instrument used to measure heat.

1. Biology 

2. Osteocyte

3. Dermatitis

4. Epidermis

5. Hematology

6. Herbicide

7. Neuritis

8. Protozoa

9. Carnivore

10. Polysaccharide

 11. Hypertension

 12. Hypodermic

 13. Macronucleus

 14. Pseudopod

 15. Intracellular


Using your prefix-suffix list, write the biological term for each of the following.
Example:   A bacteria killer – cide means killer so the term is bactericide.

16. White cell 

17. Outside skeleton

 18. Middle layer of the leaf

 19. Outside of the cell

 20. Study of animals

21. Study of form

 22. A one-celled organism

 23. A term describing an organism made up of many cells

 24. Green leaf

 25. Person that studies cells

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Prefix & Suffix List

    Scientific Prefixes & Suffixes
           Notebook Copy        

 

Element
Definition
Element
Definition
a-
ab-
ad-
aero-
alveus
arthron-
atrium-
auto-
bacterio-
bi-
bio-
carnis-,carn-
chele-
chloro-
chroma-
-cide
con-
cytis-
-cyte, cyto-
dermis-, derm-
di-
ecto-
endo-
epi-
eu-
exo-
feto-
gastro-
-gen
geo-
gymno-
halo-
hemato-
hemi-
herb-
hetero-
histo-
homo-
hydro-
hyper-
hypo-
inter-
intra-
iso-
-itis
karyo-
leuco-
locus
-logy
lysis
macro-
maxilla
mensis
mesos-
meta-
micro-
mono-
morph-
without
away from
near
air
cavity
joint
entrance room
self
bacteria
two
life
meat
claw
green
color
killer of
with
pouch
cell
skin
two
on the outside
inner, inside
upon
true
outside of
fetus
stomach
producing
earth
naked
salt
blood
half
plant
other
tissue
same, like
water
over
under
between
within
equal
infection
nucleus
white
place
study of
to loosen, break
large
jaw
month
middle
between
small
one
form
multi-
mut-
myco-
neco-
neur-
nomen-
niga-
oculo-
oligo-
-oma
omni-
oo, ovum
osteo-
paleo-
ped, pod
peri-
pestis
phaeo-
phage-
-phore
photo-
-phyll
-phyte, phyto-
pino-
plankto-
poly-
pseudo-
primordis-
pro-
renes-
reptilis-
rhiza, rhizo-
rodere
sacchrum
sapros-
-scopy
soma-
sonus-
sperma-
spirare
-stasis
taxis
telo-
thallus
therm-
thrombos
trans-
tri-
tricho-
troph-
umbilicus
uni-
vasculum
vor-
xero-
zoo-, zoa-
zygon-
many
to change
fungi
corpse
nerve
name
black
eye
few
tumor
all
egg
bone
old
foot
around
plague
brown
to eat
bearer
light
leaf
plant
to drink
drifting
many
false
original
first
kidney
crawling
root
to gnaw
sugar
rotten
observation
body
sound
seed
breathe
position
arrangement
end
green shoot
heat
clot
across
three
hair
feed
navel
one
vessel
to eat, devour
dry
animal
yoke

 

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