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Puzzle – Protein Synthesis

 

Protein Synthesis
Across 2. a series of three mRNA nucleotides that codes for an amino acid 3. coded for by DNA and made of amino acids 7. process of assembling amino acids into polypeptides in the ribosomes 9. RNA that copies DNA in the nucleus 10. genetic language used to translate mRNA transcripts into proteins 11. UGA, UAA, and UAG codons 12. RNA that carries amino acids to be linked together to make proteins 15. site of transcription Down 1. both DNA and RNA are these types of compounds 2. where ribosomes are found 4. series of three bases on tRNA that code for an amino acid 5. base on RNA that replaces thymine 6. holes in the nuclear membrane where mRNA leaves to move to the ribosome 8. methionine codon (AUG) 13. RNA that makes up ribosomes along with proteins 14. site of protein synthesis

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

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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