natural disasters Crossword Puzzles
Natural Selection Vocabulary 2025-05-22
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- a trait that makes it less likely that an individual will survive in a specific environment
- the process in which two parents pass on their genes to create offspring
- an instruction for making a protein molecule
- a traitthat makes it more likely that an individual will survive in a specific environment
- living things, such as plants, animals, and bacteria
- to receive genes from a parent
- a characteristic that all members of a species have
- a random change to a gene that sometimes results in a new trait
- a group of individuals born and living at about the same time
- a long piece of DNA that contains many genes
- everything (living and nonliving) that surrounds an organism
- a specific characteristic of an individual organism
- any difference in traits between individual organisms
- an animal that is hunted or killed by another animal for food
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- an animal that hunts and kills other animals for food
- a group of the same type of organism living in the same area
- an idea about what might happen that is based on what you already know
- a type of molecule that genes and chromosomes are made of
- the process by which the distribution of traits in a population changes over many generations
- a graph that uses bars to show how characteristics or values are distributed within a group
- to stay alive
- a way of hiding by looking the same as the background
- the number of individuals with each trait in a population
- an organism produced as a result of reproduction
- a result or change that happens because of an event or process
- an event or process that leads to a result or change
26 Clues: to stay alive • to receive genes from a parent • an instruction for making a protein molecule • a long piece of DNA that contains many genes • an organism produced as a result of reproduction • a characteristic that all members of a species have • a specific characteristic of an individual organism • living things, such as plants, animals, and bacteria • ...
Natural Science 4b 2025-01-11
Across
- seda
- muchos
- restos
- cuero(piel de vaca)
- cartilaginoso
- deshechos
- galápago
- sapos
- la mayoría
- cambio de las mariposas o los anfibios
- tierra (no el planeta,sino donde se planta)
- alevín, bebé de pez
- miel
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- propiedades
- carroñeros,comen animales muertos
- fuente, de donde se saca...
- vigilar
- gusanos de tierra
- esencial/necesario
- arrastrando
- agallas
- principalmente
- rebaño/pastorear
- algunos
- con huesos
25 Clues: seda • miel • sapos • muchos • restos • vigilar • agallas • algunos • galápago • deshechos • la mayoría • con huesos • propiedades • arrastrando • cartilaginoso • principalmente • rebaño/pastorear • gusanos de tierra • esencial/necesario • cuero(piel de vaca) • alevín, bebé de pez • fuente, de donde se saca... • carroñeros,comen animales muertos • cambio de las mariposas o los anfibios • ...
Tok - Natural Sciences 2025-01-10
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- - Philosopher of science known for his work on paradigm shifts in scientific progress.(2 words)
- ...experiments - Systematic gathering of information to test hypotheses or build models.(2 words)
- - The capability of performing the same experiment and obtaining the same results.
- - A cause-and-effect relationship where one event leads directly to another.
- - Evaluation of scientific work by others in the same field to ensure validity.(2 words)
- - A systematic process of inquiry involving observation, experimentation, and hypothesis testing.(2 words)
- - A relationship or connection between two variables, not implying causation.
- - A fundamental change in the underlying principles of a scientific discipline.(2 words)
- - General agreement among scientists on a theory or finding.
- - The ability to achieve consistent results when experiments are repeated.
- - The development of abstract concepts and models to explain phenomena.(2 words)
- - The principle that the simplest explanation is usually the correct one.(2 words)
- - Reasoning that starts with a general principle and derives specific conclusions.
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- - A reasoning process that involves forming general conclusions from specific observations.
- - Philosopher who emphasized falsifiability as a criterion for scientific theories.(2 words)
- - Information gained through observation and experimentation.(2 words)
- - Claims or beliefs that appear scientific but lack empirical evidence or reproducibility.
- - Imaginary scenarios to explore theoretical concepts or hypotheses.(2 words)
- - Discoveries made by chance or unexpected observations.
- - The branch of physics dealing with phenomena at the atomic and subatomic levels.(2 words)
- - An expert or recognized source in a scientific field.
- - Classical physics principles based on observable and measurable phenomena.(2 words)
- - A simplified representation or framework to explain a scientific concept or phenomenon.
- - The process of testing a hypothesis to prove it false, a principle in science.
24 Clues: - An expert or recognized source in a scientific field. • - Discoveries made by chance or unexpected observations. • - General agreement among scientists on a theory or finding. • - Information gained through observation and experimentation.(2 words) • - The ability to achieve consistent results when experiments are repeated. • ...
Natural Selection Vocab 2025-12-04
Across
- to receive genes from a parent
- a group of individuals born and living at about the same time
- a way of hiding by looking the same as the background
- an animal that hunts and kills other animals for food
- any difference in traits between individual organisms
- an animal that is hunted or killed by another animal for food
- a related organism from a previous generation
- the number of individuals with each trait in a population
- a random change to a gene that sometimes results in a new trait
- to stay alive
- a type of molecule that genes and chromosomes are made of
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- a characteristic that all members of a species have
- a long piece of DNA that contains many genes
- everything (living and nonliving) that surrounds an organism
- having died out completely and no longer alive anywhere on Earth
- living things, such as plants, animals, and bacteria
- evidence of life from the past, such as fossilized bones, footprints, or leaf prints
- a group of the same type of organism living in the same area
- a specific characteristic of an individual organism
- an organism produced as a result of reproduction
- an instruction for making a protein molecule
21 Clues: to stay alive • to receive genes from a parent • a long piece of DNA that contains many genes • an instruction for making a protein molecule • a related organism from a previous generation • an organism produced as a result of reproduction • a characteristic that all members of a species have • a specific characteristic of an individual organism • ...
Natural Weather Phenomenon 2026-02-07
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- Effect – The turning of winds caused by Earth’s rotation.
- – Water that falls from clouds, such as rain.
- Winds – Winds that usually blow warm air and water across oceans.
- – The lowest layer of Earth’s atmosphere where weather happens.
- Cloud – A tall, thick cloud that produces thunderstorms.
- Cloud – A rotating column of air that hangs from a storm cloud.
- – A powerful tropical cyclone with very strong winds.
- – The loud sound caused by lightning heating the air.
- – Cold, heavy air that falls from a cloud to the ground.
- Niño – A climate event when warm ocean water moves toward South America.
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- – Substances that help plants and animals grow and survive.
- Pressure – An area where air pressure is lower than the surroundings.
- Cell – A convection cell inside a storm cloud.
- – The movement of warm air rising and cool air sinking.
- – A storm with rain, wind, lightning, and thunder.
- – Cold, nutrient-rich water rising from deep ocean layers.
- – A violent storm with fast, rotating winds touching the ground.
- – A bright flash of electricity in the sky during a storm.
- – Warm air that rises from the ground into the atmosphere.
- – A storm with rotating winds around a low-pressure center.
20 Clues: – Water that falls from clouds, such as rain. • Cell – A convection cell inside a storm cloud. • – A storm with rain, wind, lightning, and thunder. • – A powerful tropical cyclone with very strong winds. • – The loud sound caused by lightning heating the air. • – The movement of warm air rising and cool air sinking. • ...
Natural Selection Vocabulary 2026-02-11
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- A characteristic that increases an organism’s chances of surviving and reproducing in its environment.
- A __________ hunts and eats other organisms for food.
- A group of organisms that can mate with each other and produce fertile offspring.
- A __________ is hunted and eaten by another organism.
- A visible characteristic or part of an organism.
- A group of organisms born and living around the same time.
- The young produced by parents through reproduction.
- Offspring __________ traits from their parents through DNA.
- A __________ does not help an organism survive or reproduce in its environment.
- When an organism blends into its surroundings so predators have trouble seeing it.
- Structures inside cells that carry genetic information made of DNA.
- Over many generations, __________ explains why organisms with helpful traits become more common.
- Living things that are made of cells and can grow and reproduce.
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- A group of the same species living in one area is called a __________.
- A random change in DNA is called a __________ and it can introduce new traits into a population.
- All the living and nonliving things that surround an organism.
- Differences in traits among individuals in a population.
- The molecule inside cells that carries genetic instructions for life.
- An organism from the past that modern organisms developed from.
- Different forms of the same gene that can cause differences in traits.
- A type of reproduction that involves two parents and combines their genetic information.
- When scientists graph trait data using bars to show frequency, they often use a __________.
- The way different traits are spread out within a population.
- Organisms must compete for resources in order to __________.
- A section of DNA that contains instructions for a specific trait.
25 Clues: A visible characteristic or part of an organism. • The young produced by parents through reproduction. • A __________ hunts and eats other organisms for food. • A __________ is hunted and eaten by another organism. • Differences in traits among individuals in a population. • A group of organisms born and living around the same time. • ...
Evoltuion & Natural Selection 2026-04-03
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- heritable trait or behavior in an organism that aids in its survival and reproduction in its present environment
- (also, Darwinian fitness) individual’s ability to survive and reproduce
- flow of alleles in and out of a population due to the individual or gamete migration
- physical structure present in an organism but that has no apparent function and appears to be from a functional structure in a distant ancestor
- reproduction of individuals with favorable genetic traits that survive environmental change because of those traits, leading to evolutionary change
- parallel structures in diverse organisms that have a common ancestor
- all the alleles that the individuals in the population carry
- process by which groups of organisms evolve in diverse directions from a common point
- formation of a new species
- magnification of genetic drift as a result of natural events or catastrophes
- speciation that occurs in the same geographic space
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- speciation when one species radiates to form several other species
- event that initiates an allele frequency change in part of the population, which is not typical of the original population
- group of populations that interbreed and produce fertile offspring
- reproductive isolation mechanism that occurs after zygote formation
- reproductive isolation mechanism that occurs before zygote formation
- selection that favors characteristics at one end of the spectrum of existing variation
- selection that favors two or more distinct characteristics
- process by which groups of organisms independently evolve to similar forms
- effect of chance on a population’s gene pool
- selection that favors average characteristics
21 Clues: formation of a new species • effect of chance on a population’s gene pool • selection that favors average characteristics • speciation that occurs in the same geographic space • selection that favors two or more distinct characteristics • all the alleles that the individuals in the population carry • speciation when one species radiates to form several other species • ...
Extreme Natural Events 2026-03-30
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- Overflow of water that submerges land that is usually dry
- Hazard Occurs when temperatures drop below freezing damaging crops
- Sudden flow of snow down a mountain slope
- Extended period of unusually high temperatures
- Powerful rotating storm common in the South Pacific region
- Small rotating column of air also known as a dust devil
- Volcanic mudflow caused by melted snow and debris
- Soil behaving like a liquid during an earthquake, seen in Christchurch
- Release of lava, ash, and gases from a volcano
- Storm producing balls of ice that fall from the sky
- Sudden shaking of the ground caused by movement of tectonic plates
- Area known for geothermal activity and volcanic hazards
- Prolonged period of very low rainfall causing water shortages
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- Smaller earthquake that follows a larger one
- Site of the 1953 lahar disaster
- Opening in the Earth’s crust that erupts lava, ash, and gases
- Rapid movement of rock, earth, or debris down a slope
- Surge Rise in sea level during a storm causing coastal flooding
- Series of large ocean waves often triggered by underwater earthquakes
- Crack in the Earth’s crust where movement occurs
- Uncontrolled fire spreading rapidly through vegetation
- Location of the 2016 New Zealand earthquake
- Major fault line running through the South Island
- Breaking of the Earth’s surface during an earthquake
- Active volcano in the central North Island
25 Clues: Site of the 1953 lahar disaster • Sudden flow of snow down a mountain slope • Active volcano in the central North Island • Location of the 2016 New Zealand earthquake • Smaller earthquake that follows a larger one • Extended period of unusually high temperatures • Release of lava, ash, and gases from a volcano • Crack in the Earth’s crust where movement occurs • ...
Natural Hazard Puzzle 2026-04-16
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- ground collapse that forms a hole
- fine partices from volcanic eruption
- melted rock beneath earth`s surface
- long peroid with little or no rainfall
- Melted rock or hot substance
- A powerful tropical storm with strong winds
- surge rise of sea level due to a storm
- Eruption Realse of lava,ash and gases
- movement of rock and soil
- stronge movment on earth land
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- a uncontrollable fire
- catastrophic downhill movement of a large mass of snow, ice
- a smaller earthquake that occurs in the same area as a larger, earthquake
- a rapid or extreme, often irreversible, loss of soil, rock
- large ocean waves
- waves energy was relaesd durging a earthquake
- servel snowstorms with strong winds
- overflow pf water on land
- a fast spining object
- line A fracture in earth where movment occurs
- of the storm center of a hurricAane
21 Clues: large ocean waves • a uncontrollable fire • a fast spining object • overflow pf water on land • movement of rock and soil • Melted rock or hot substance • stronge movment on earth land • ground collapse that forms a hole • melted rock beneath earth`s surface • fine partices from volcanic eruption • servel snowstorms with strong winds • long peroid with little or no rainfall • ...
Natural Hazards CrosswordPuzzle 2026-04-16
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- melted rock beneath the earths surface
- energy waves released during an earthquake
- sudden ground shaking caused by moving plates
- when a volcano releases lava, ash, and gas
- large fire spreading quickly across forests or grasslands
- rise in sea level during strong storms
- smaller earthquakes after a main one
- fast spinning air column that touches the ground
- large ocean wave caused by underwater earthquakes or eruptions
- powerful storm with strong winds and heavy rain
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- crack in the earths crust where quakes accure
- of the storm calm center of a hurricane
- long period with little to no rain
- supplies prepared for emergencies
- safe place during a disaster
- being ready for a natural disaster
- moving people away from danger
- melted rock on the earths surface
- water covering land that is usually dry
- soil and rocks sudunly moving down a slope
- large amount of snow falling down from a mountain
21 Clues: safe place during a disaster • moving people away from danger • supplies prepared for emergencies • melted rock on the earths surface • long period with little to no rain • being ready for a natural disaster • smaller earthquakes after a main one • melted rock beneath the earths surface • rise in sea level during strong storms • water covering land that is usually dry • ...
Natural Selection Vocabulary 2026-05-04
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- molecule: a type of large molecule that performs important functions inside organisms
- a type of molecule that genes and chromosomes are made of
- the number of individuals with each trait in a population
- a result or change that happens because of an event or process
- a related organism from a previous generation
- a characteristic that all members of a species have
- trait: a trait that makes it more likely that an individual will survive in a specific environment
- everything (living and nonliving) that surrounds an organism
- living things, such as plants, animals, and bacteria
- any difference in traits between individual organisms
- a random change to a gene that sometimes results in a new trait
- reproduction: the process in which two parents pass on their genes to create offspring
- a young insect that looks somewhat different from the adult
- an organism produced as a result of reproduction
- an event or process that leads to a result or change
- a group of individuals born and living at about the same time
- to receive genes from a parent
- a long piece of DNA that contains many genes
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- to stay alive
- a group of the same type of organism living in the same area
- a way of hiding by looking the same as the background
- selection: the process by which the distribution of traits in a population changes over many generations
- a specific characteristic of an individual organism
- an animal that hunts and kills other animals for food
- pressure: something in the environment that affects an individual's chances of surviving
- an animal that is hunted or killed by another animal for food
- trait: a trait that makes it less likely that an individual will survive in a specific environment
- a group of organisms of the same kind (in one or more populations) that do not reproduce with organisms from any other group
- a graph that uses bars to show how characteristics or values are distributed within a group
- version: a specific form of a gene that provides instructions for making a particular protein molecule
- an instruction for making a protein molecule
- an idea about what might happen that is based on what you already know
32 Clues: to stay alive • to receive genes from a parent • an instruction for making a protein molecule • a long piece of DNA that contains many genes • a related organism from a previous generation • an organism produced as a result of reproduction • a specific characteristic of an individual organism • a characteristic that all members of a species have • ...
Who Studies Natural Disasters? 2023-10-09
Natural resources- ecology 2022-11-10
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- the entire planet
- both organisms benefit
- all of the living communities
- converts energy from the sun into food energy
- relating to or resulting from living things, especially in their ecological relations
- pollution sources that are diffused without a single point of origin
- the organisms in the community that are the same species
- made up of different layers and protects the earth
- any signle identifiable source of pollution from which polluants are discharged
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- a number of interconnecting food chains
- all the biotic factors in a given area
- certain traits that give an adaptive advantage to organisms and they can pass it down to their offspring
- the study of the relationship of living things to each other and their environment
- one organism(the parasite) benefits while the host does not
- the evolution of a biological community's ecological structure
- physical rather than biological; not derived from living organisms
- animals that depend on plants and other animals for food
- when one or more species over populate and affect the environment in a negative way
- a climax community or intermediate community is impacted by a disturbance
- one organism benefits, one unharmed
20 Clues: the entire planet • both organisms benefit • all of the living communities • one organism benefits, one unharmed • all the biotic factors in a given area • a number of interconnecting food chains • converts energy from the sun into food energy • made up of different layers and protects the earth • animals that depend on plants and other animals for food • ...
Natural resources- ecology 2022-11-10
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- the entire planet
- both organisms benefit
- all of the living communities
- converts energy from the sun into food energy
- relating to or resulting from living things, especially in their ecological relations
- pollution sources that are diffused without a single point of origin
- the organisms in the community that are the same species
- made up of different layers and protects the earth
- any signle identifiable source of pollution from which polluants are discharged
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- a number of interconnecting food chains
- all the biotic factors in a given area
- certain traits that give an adaptive advantage to organisms and they can pass it down to their offspring
- the study of the relationship of living things to each other and their environment
- one organism(the parasite) benefits while the host does not
- the evolution of a biological community's ecological structure
- physical rather than biological; not derived from living organisms
- animals that depend on plants and other animals for food
- when one or more species over populate and affect the environment in a negative way
- a climax community or intermediate community is impacted by a disturbance
- one organism benefits, one unharmed
20 Clues: the entire planet • both organisms benefit • all of the living communities • one organism benefits, one unharmed • all the biotic factors in a given area • a number of interconnecting food chains • converts energy from the sun into food energy • made up of different layers and protects the earth • animals that depend on plants and other animals for food • ...
Natural Science revision 2022-05-31
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- The area on earth consisting of rocks.
- The part of a cell that controls all activities.
- Spiders belong to this class of animals.
- Hutchinson-Gilford is what type of genetic disorder?
- The number floral parts of a dicotyledon.
- What is another name for Hutchinson-Gilford syndrome.
- Give the acronym for the abnormality on the 22 chromosome.
- The body part where a snails organs are found.
- In which climate do animals have a rounded body shape.
- Which disease is inherited and causes brain cells to deteriorate?
- The root system of a dicotyledon.
- This holds the eggs/ovules for the purpose of pollination.
- All areas on earth where life exists.
- What shape eyes do people with Down Syndrome have?
- When a seed begins to grow it is called this.
- The second most specific category of classification.
- Animals have large thin ears in which climate.
- Who developed the classification system we use today?
- The base that pairs with guanine.
- This is how many legs a crab has.
- The top part of the crab.
- Cones that produce seeds on their scales.
- The acronym for deoxyribonucleic acid.
- What are the respiratory organs of the crab?
- What is the breathing opening of diplopods called?
- This is what the difference in our characteristics are called.
- The veins of a monocotyledon leaf look like this.
- This is how many legs a crab uses to walk.
- The base that pairs with thymine.
- What syndrome occurs when there is a XYY chromosome present.
- The male part of the flower.
- Found under the crab.
- Spiders have these types of eyes.
- Attracts insects for the purpose of pollinating flowers.
- The body covering of a spider.
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- Which nomenclature system is used for classification.
- The area on earth consisting of water.
- The area on earth consisting of gases.
- The characteristics that are determined by the choices we make.
- Having or containing a single cell.
- This is how the vascular bundles in the stem of a monocotyledon are arranged.
- Plants that have net-veined leaves are called this.
- The term for living things.
- If snails were to stop producing slime, this would be a consequence.
- The term for non-living things.
- This is how the vascular bundles in the stem of a dicotyledon are arranged.
- A non-flowering plant that has an adventitious root system.
- Which syndrome is characterized by low birth weight and abnormally shaped face.
- The root system of a monocotyledon.
- The broadest category of classification.
- An example of a protist.
- The characteristics that are passed down to us from our parents.
- Protects plants during their budding stage.
- Fruit carries these inside of them.
- Which body part of the diplopod has the largest segment?
- Spiders have this type of lung.
- Another name for bacteria.
- The sticky part of the flower that catches pollen.
- Mammals are mentioned in this category of classification.
- The female part of the flower.
- This is a sensory organ of a fish that detects movement.
- The most specific category of classification.
- Animals in cold climates have this under their skin.
- Monocotyledon's have flowers in multiples of?
- Which cones are small and clustered on high branches.
- This holds pollen for the purpose of pollination.
- A spider uses this to spin its web.
- What type of eyes do crabs have?
- Ferns reproduce using these.
- The scientific term for having a copy of a chromosome.
70 Clues: Found under the crab. • An example of a protist. • The top part of the crab. • Another name for bacteria. • The term for living things. • The male part of the flower. • Ferns reproduce using these. • The female part of the flower. • The body covering of a spider. • The term for non-living things. • Spiders have this type of lung. • What type of eyes do crabs have? • ...
Natural Selection Crossword 2019-04-12
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- corresponding structurally, often because of a common evolutionary origin
- a condition that causes harm to the health of a person, animal, or plant; illness; sickness
- a natural process of evolution in which the organisms that are best adapted to their environment survive and are able to reproduce, while those that are weak leave fewer or no offspring.
- of, pertaining to, or being a vestige, esp. an anatomical one
- in biology, a change in an organism, over time, that better enables it to survive and multiply
- the theory that describes how all life forms developed from simpler life forms by changes that took millions of years
- everything that surrounds a particular type of living thing and affects its growth and health
- an animal that hunts other animals for food
- to fill with more inhabitants than available resources can sustain
- the branch of science that concerns the formation and development of embryos
- a variety
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- the degree to which something varies; amount of change or difference
- a way of hiding something by covering or coloring it so that it looks like its surrounding
- the child or young of a particular human, animal, or plant
- in biology, the evolutionary principle that only the forms of plants or animals best suited to or most easily able to adapt to existing conditions will survive, while other less suited forms will become extinct
- a group of living things that can mate with one another but not with those of other groups
- a sudden, apparently abnormal change or alteration in a genetically determined structure, as opposed to gradual evolutionary change
- an animal being hunted, caught, and eaten by another animal
- the process or act of trying to win
- in biology, similar in form or function, but of different evolutionary origin
- to have young or offspring
- the diversity of life forms on earth or part of the earth, including diversity of species, genes, and ecosystems, esp. when regarded as providing the optimal conditions for evolution
- money or things that are available for a particular use
- something that pollutes, esp. a waste substance that makes air, water, or land impure or unhealthy; contaminant.
24 Clues: a variety • to have young or offspring • the process or act of trying to win • an animal that hunts other animals for food • money or things that are available for a particular use • the child or young of a particular human, animal, or plant • an animal being hunted, caught, and eaten by another animal • of, pertaining to, or being a vestige, esp. an anatomical one • ...
Natural Grocers Wellness 2021-09-18
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- The four areas of balance are: Physical, _____, Spiritual, Mental.
- _____ and trans fats are considered unhealthy fats.
- On a hot day, it's important to keep hydrated with this.
- The meal you should start with every day.
- Putting your needs first and caring for yourself.
- A place people go to get fit.
- waxy chemical our bodies produce and need in small amounts
- A unit of heat that measures the energy available in foods.
- You should see this person each year for a physical.
- You should eat at least _____ servings of fruits and vegetables each day.
- A mineral that helps control the amount of fluid in your body.
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- _____ is needed to build muscles and help you digest your food. It also serves as a chemical messenger.
- You should _____ for 30 minutes 3x a week.
- An exercise focused on breathing and a series of poses to increase strength and flexibility.
- White potatoes are high in this vitamin.
- An _____ a day keeps the doctor away.
- The body’s reaction to any change that requires a response.
- A great source of calcium.
- Start off as oils and are made solid through processing.
- Fruits and vegetables contain _____, which helps keep your digestive system healthy.
- Citrus fruits contain citric acid, also known as _____
- Natural Grocers' EAP Provider, a free service to all Crew.
- The ability of the joints to move through their full range of motion.
- A type of holistic treatment.
- This fruit is dried in the sun to make raisins, grows on a vine, and is a healthy snack.
- Carbohydrates supply this to your body.
- Getting 8 hours of this a day is important to overall health.
- Vitamin C helps your body fight disease by maintaining a strong _____ system.
28 Clues: A great source of calcium. • A type of holistic treatment. • A place people go to get fit. • An _____ a day keeps the doctor away. • Carbohydrates supply this to your body. • White potatoes are high in this vitamin. • The meal you should start with every day. • You should _____ for 30 minutes 3x a week. • Putting your needs first and caring for yourself. • ...
Evolution/Natural selection 2021-04-22
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- scarce resources in the environment causes
- Traits aren't beneficial to an organism
- The Father of evolution
- ability for a organism to survive/reproduce
- Your body produces its own antibodies
- Everything is related to one another
- These target viruses
- Unable to reproduce due to enviro
- Can change, mutate, and evolve
- Traits benefit the organism in a habitat
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- Most powerful type of evidence of evolution
- Immunity you get through infancy/breastfeed
- takes decades to make heritable change
- Survival of the fittest
- formation of a new species due to evolution
- The first cells on planet Earth
- Reproductive isolation basedon specie
- A specific role in an environment
- First atmosphere of Earth
- Cross between two species
20 Clues: These target viruses • The Father of evolution • Survival of the fittest • First atmosphere of Earth • Cross between two species • Can change, mutate, and evolve • The first cells on planet Earth • A specific role in an environment • Unable to reproduce due to enviro • Everything is related to one another • Your body produces its own antibodies • ...
Natural Selection Crossword 2023-03-24
Across
- imitating other organisms
- Things found in nature used for survival
- of animals
- process that living organisms go through in order to change and adapt.
- adapting to blend into their environment.
- actions that are not taught
- change in the D.N.A. sequence of an organism.
- change in cells between individual or groups of species.
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- behaviors
- that hunt other organisms
- an organisms acts
- discoveries on Natural selection
- of genotypes
- traits
- change in genetic material
- way organisms conserve energy.
- feature that helps organisms survive in their environment.
- movement in the genetic material in an individual
- population or organisms' ability to survive and reproduce.
- characteristic in an individual.
20 Clues: traits • behaviors • of animals • of genotypes • an organisms acts • imitating other organisms • that hunt other organisms • change in genetic material • actions that are not taught • way organisms conserve energy. • discoveries on Natural selection • characteristic in an individual. • Things found in nature used for survival • adapting to blend into their environment. • ...
Natural Selection Crossword 2014-10-28
Across
- more individuals are born than survive to reproduce
- individuals of a species vary within a generation
- individuals with characteristics that are best suited to the environment is also known as 'survival of the .......'
- the first name of the man who contributed to the theory of evolution
- refers to the formation of new species
- who individuals pass their variations to
- whereby an organism has characteristics enabling it to survive under current environmental conditions. It will then pass these characteristics to its offspring
- something that carries the information that determines your traits that are passed on to you from your parents
- refers to the variety of living things
- the gradual change of organisms into new species over a long period of time due to the process of natural selection from a common ancestor
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- required for new species to form
- when the environment may be changed greatly through the activits of organisms, resulting in long term changes in the ecosystem
- a group of the same species living in an area together
- if an environmental change occurs those organisms with these variations will survive
- the surname of the man who contributed to the theory of evolution
- how individuals pass on their characteristics
- a variation that an organism has that helps it to survive in a particular environment
- when an organism no longer exists
- a type of variation that occurs in a species
- when changed populations may not be able to interbreed with other populations so species ......
20 Clues: required for new species to form • when an organism no longer exists • refers to the formation of new species • refers to the variety of living things • who individuals pass their variations to • a type of variation that occurs in a species • how individuals pass on their characteristics • individuals of a species vary within a generation • ...
Alberta's Natural Resources 2015-02-05
Across
- the type of farming that raises livestock
- wood sawed into beams and boards of convenient sizes
- a very useful energy source
- a long layer beneath the Earth's surface
- fossil fuel that is primarily used for energy generation in Alberta
- the natural resource that produces oxygen
- adjective to describe a resource that cannot be replaced
- thick, sticky tar made of oil
- industry that involves the cutting down of trees and converting them into useful materials
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- food product obtained from bee-keeping
- the careful use of natural resources in order that they do not run out
- the growing of crops and raising of animals
- type of renewable alternate energy source that uses sunlight
- the return of an area to its original state after it was mined
- an important cereal crop grown in Alberta
- natural gas that is mainly use for heating homes in Alberta and is a biofuel from animal wastes
- adjective to describe a useful resource that is replaceable, so it last for the future
- the type of fuel that come from the remains of ancient plants and animals
- fossil fuel found in Alberta that is the largest oil reserve in the world
- water supply for cultivated lands
- the ability to do work
21 Clues: the ability to do work • a very useful energy source • thick, sticky tar made of oil • water supply for cultivated lands • food product obtained from bee-keeping • a long layer beneath the Earth's surface • the type of farming that raises livestock • an important cereal crop grown in Alberta • the natural resource that produces oxygen • ...
Natural Resources Review 2016-01-14
Across
- Traditionally, this was the most valuable fish in the East Coast fishery
- The impact of these tropical storms are often worsened when wetlands are drained such as in Florida
- We live in this drainage basin
- the most destructive method of harvesting trees
- Arguably this was the most difficult thing to give up for the family in NO IMPACT MAN
- Notorious example of chemicals seeping into groundwater...happened near Buffalo NY
- How did the family in NO IMPACT MAN recycle their organic waste?
- 200 miles or 370 km
- Use of renewable resource at a rate that allows the resource to renew itself.
- This type of industry deals with research and development etc.
- This country emits the most total CO2/year
- Fish that feed near the water surface
- Most of the world’s water is located in?
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- Of the most developed countries of the world (G20) this country has the 2nd largest ecological footprint
- the most dangerous form of water pollution hence the ban on pesticide use
- For most Canadians, this “type” of footprint tends to be the largest contributor to their overall footprint.
- Arguably the most environmentally friendly method of harvesting trees
- Most of Canada’s most valued commercial forests are in which province?
- Example of biological contamination of groundwater in Ontario...happened in 2000
- Water use can be defined in two ways: Instream use and?
- Of the most developed economies, this country produces the most CO2/capita
- Fish farming
- Rich fishing grounds off the coast of NFLD
- This area of industry involves the extraction or harvesting of natural resources
24 Clues: Fish farming • 200 miles or 370 km • We live in this drainage basin • Fish that feed near the water surface • Most of the world’s water is located in? • Rich fishing grounds off the coast of NFLD • This country emits the most total CO2/year • the most destructive method of harvesting trees • Water use can be defined in two ways: Instream use and? • ...
Earths Natural Resources 2016-11-02
Across
- Where the ocean meets the land
- A really hot dry place
- Found at the beach under your feet
- A very high piece of land
- Can burn down things
- Ice that falls from the sky
- Fluffy white objects in the sky
- Frozen rain
- Land we grow animals and crops
- These are cut down for their wood
- A body of water surrounded by land
- Another word for stone
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- Water that flows over a cliff
- Plants and _________
- The loud noise during a storm
- Gives light to the Earth
- Water that falls from clouds
- A very large area of trees
- We breathe this to stay alive
- What plants grow in
- We drink this
21 Clues: Frozen rain • We drink this • What plants grow in • Plants and _________ • Can burn down things • A really hot dry place • Another word for stone • Gives light to the Earth • A very high piece of land • A very large area of trees • Ice that falls from the sky • Water that falls from clouds • Water that flows over a cliff • The loud noise during a storm • We breathe this to stay alive • ...
Natural Selection Vocab 2022-04-11
Across
- a group of islands in the Pacific off South America
- the people who inhabit a territory or state
- an outward semblance misrepresenting the nature of something
- group of genetically related organisms in a line of descent
- a taxonomic group containing one or more orders
- make a copy or equivalent of
- a change or alteration in form or qualities
- taxonomic group containing one or more families
- the totality of surrounding conditions
- a process in which organisms evolve to adapt to environment
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- the major taxonomic group of animals and plants; contains classes
- the process of adjusting or conforming to new conditions
- taxonomic group containing one or more species
- gotten through environmental forces
- continue existence
- the second highest taxonomic group
- the process of being or becoming different
- the taxonomic category above the kingdom
- undergo development
- group whose members can interbreed
20 Clues: continue existence • undergo development • make a copy or equivalent of • the second highest taxonomic group • group whose members can interbreed • gotten through environmental forces • the totality of surrounding conditions • the taxonomic category above the kingdom • the process of being or becoming different • the people who inhabit a territory or state • ...
Landons Natural Resources 2021-12-08
Across
- Deep mineral deposits and is very dangerous with machines and man power with transportation
- Goverment stopped fishing this fish in 1992 but what fish
- toxic and dangerous to do.
- what can cause water pollution and acid rain.
- How much of the worlds fresh water is available for direct human use
- Humas is decaying organic material and is an important factor for a ... fertility
- Large hale that is dug for getting ore near the earths surface and leaving scars.
- 20 percent of worlds fresh water
- Large areas of land and little work
- Water Water includes lakes rivers above the earth
- Small areas of land and lots of work
- Not all plastics are recycable
- Water below the earths surface
- How many classes are there for minerals
- Can kill or harm fish in oceans.
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- neither of the 2 and is used for construction
- How much fresh water is locked up in ice.
- Minerals burned to make energy, dead plants/animals
- Burning coal, oil or natural gas, its not renewable, harmfull and its cheap easy setup
- Solar,Geothermal,Biomass,Hydro,Waves,Tides,Wind,Nuclear,Fossil Fuels
- Something that can replenish or replace its self.
- Sources, Transmission, Distribution
- Island of garbage that goes into ocean.
- Something that can only be used once and take years to replace.
- Shallow seas allow light to warm the waters MettalicMinerals Made for strength, rarity and known as metals
- near the earths surface to recover mineral deposits
- Flat and well drained land best for farming
- Soil,Climate,Biology,Topography
28 Clues: toxic and dangerous to do. • Not all plastics are recycable • Water below the earths surface • Soil,Climate,Biology,Topography • 20 percent of worlds fresh water • Can kill or harm fish in oceans. • Sources, Transmission, Distribution • Large areas of land and little work • Small areas of land and lots of work • Island of garbage that goes into ocean. • ...
Biology Natural Resources 2021-12-05
20 Clues: NH³ • NO² • NO³ • Littering • 78% Of Air • Atmosphere • Respiration • Fuel For Cars • Heating Water • Blanket Of Air • 3 Oxygen Atoms • Land For Plants • Atomic Number 6 • Fast Moving Air • Something Useful • Strongest Substance • Where Plants Can Grow • Water Dropping On Earth • Nitrogen Fixation Bacteria • Hello, I Am Under The _____
Natural Resources !!CROSSWORD!! 2021-12-05
Across
- plants converting raw materials into obtainable food for plants.
- greenhouse gas-CH₄
- Dead organisms combining with soil.
- Depletion of soil
- Losing of water in plants.
- O₃
- they are talking about sequences of events that repeat themselves in a scientific way.
- This is the process of warming of the earths surface due to to greenhouse gases.
- Turning of gas into liquid form.
- A process by which O2 is released and CO2 is released.
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- the scientific process of rain
- living organisms
- Symbiotic bacteria present in plants.
- N
- Process by which O2 is burned and CO2 is burned.
- Greenhouse gas-CFC
- A cycle in which gaseous cycle and sedimentary cycle are its types.
- O2
- The heating of the earths surface due to the greenhouse effect.
- Liquid turning into gaseous form.
20 Clues: N • O₃ • O2 • living organisms • Depletion of soil • greenhouse gas-CH₄ • Greenhouse gas-CFC • Losing of water in plants. • the scientific process of rain • Turning of gas into liquid form. • Liquid turning into gaseous form. • Dead organisms combining with soil. • Symbiotic bacteria present in plants. • Process by which O2 is burned and CO2 is burned. • ...
Natural Hazard Disaster 2021-12-02
Across
- heavy fall of snow, especially with a high wind
- make a quick movement to avoid a thrust
- a severe snowstorm with high winds
- drought shortage of rainfall
- a large frozen mass floating at sea
- winds rotating inwards to an area of low barometric pressure
- a storm with rain
- a mass of snow, ice and rocks falling rapidly down a mountainside
- shaking of the surface
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- flashing of light produced by a discharge of atmospheric
- a mountain head where there is lava and fire
- a strong current of air
- dying from natural disaster
- hot molten or semi-fluid rock erupted from a volcano or fissure
- an uncontrolled fire in a bush area
- the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto land
- A tornado is "a violently rotating column of air, in contact with the ground
- a period of excessively hot weather
- a storm with a violent wind, in particular a tropical cyclone in the Caribbean
- the earth's crust from which lava and other igneous rock is formed on cooling
20 Clues: a storm with rain • shaking of the surface • a strong current of air • dying from natural disaster • drought shortage of rainfall • a severe snowstorm with high winds • an uncontrolled fire in a bush area • a large frozen mass floating at sea • a period of excessively hot weather • make a quick movement to avoid a thrust • a mountain head where there is lava and fire • ...
Natural Selection Vocabulary 2022-01-25
Across
- to receive genes from a parent
- trait a trait that makes it more likely that an individual will survive in a specific environment
- a specific characteristic of an individual organism
- a way of hiding by looking the same as the background
- to stay alive
- a long piece of DNA that contains many genes
- a type of molecule that genes and chromosomes are made of
- a group of individuals born and living at about the same time
- selection the process by which the distribution of traits in a population changes over many generations
- everything (living and nonliving) that surrounds an organism
- a random change to a gene that sometimes results in a new trait
- an organism produced as a result of reproduction
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- the number of individuals with each trait in a population
- a group of organisms of the same kind (in one or more populations) that do not reproduce with organisms from any other group
- living things, such as plants, animals, and bacteria
- an instruction for making a protein molecule
- a related organism from a previous generation
- a graph that uses bars to show how characteristics or values are distributed within a group
- a group of the same type of organism living in the same area
- trait a trait that makes it less likely that an individual will survive in a specific environment
- any difference in traits between individual organisms
21 Clues: to stay alive • to receive genes from a parent • an instruction for making a protein molecule • a long piece of DNA that contains many genes • a related organism from a previous generation • an organism produced as a result of reproduction • a specific characteristic of an individual organism • living things, such as plants, animals, and bacteria • ...
Lauren Natural World 2023-10-10
Across
- coal is one of them
- long-term weather pattern in a region
- four different seasons
- soil that has frozen
- desert like area
- dry or rainy season
- warm summer cool winter
- resources that cannot be replaced
- cold areas
- the planting of trees
- dry areas
- front transition zone between two air masses
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- resources that are replaced naturally
- the clearing of trees
- place where animals and plants live
- soil when plant or animal decay
- to die out
- interacting organisms
- anything that humans use
- rainy and wet
20 Clues: dry areas • to die out • cold areas • rainy and wet • desert like area • coal is one of them • dry or rainy season • soil that has frozen • the clearing of trees • interacting organisms • the planting of trees • four different seasons • warm summer cool winter • anything that humans use • soil when plant or animal decay • resources that cannot be replaced • place where animals and plants live • ...
Reuben's natural world 2023-10-09
Across
- a seasonal prevailing wind in the region of South and Southeast Asia, blowing from the southwest between May and September and bringing rain or from the northeast between October and April
- a strong ocean current that brings warm water from the Gulf of Mexico into the Atlantic Ocean.
- clearing of trees
- materials or substances such as minerals, forests, water, and fertile land that occur in nature
- the production of making electricity from water
- a transition zone between two different air masses
- Earths prevaling winds
- There are 5 MAJOR thing of these
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- group of animals and plants the need each other
- resources that can be renewed
- resources that can not be renewed
- gas,coal,oil,and petroleum
- the organic component of soil, formed by the decomposition of leaves and other plant material
- the natural home or environment of an organism.
- large streams of surface seawater, they move heat around the earth.
- surroundings
- to die out
- a thick subsurface layer of soil that remains frozen throughout the year (occurring chiefly in polar regions)
- the process of turning into a desert
- usual weather around a certain area
20 Clues: to die out • surroundings • clearing of trees • Earths prevaling winds • gas,coal,oil,and petroleum • resources that can be renewed • There are 5 MAJOR thing of these • resources that can not be renewed • usual weather around a certain area • the process of turning into a desert • group of animals and plants the need each other • the natural home or environment of an organism. • ...
Natural Selection Crossword 2025-02-05
Across
- The state or fact of continuing to live or exist, typically in spite of challenging circumstances
- Made or produced by human beings rather than occurring naturally.
- Existing in or derived from nature; not made or caused by humankind
- A trait or characteristic that helps an organism survive in its environment
- The genetic characters transmitted from parent to offspring
- A group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals capable of exchanging genes or interbreeding
- Living entities that can react to stimuli, reproduce, grow, and maintain homeostasis
- The 4th part of Natural Selection, Successful _______
- A supposition or a system of ideas intended to explain something.
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- All the inhabitants of a particular area.
- Random genetic changes within the genetic material
- A change or difference in condition, amount, or level, typically with certain limits.
- The study of the distribution of species.
- The 19th-century naturalist who formulated a theory of evolution by natural selection
- Gaining protection by looking and acting like a different species
- The surroundings or conditions in which a person,animal, or plant lives or operates.
- Forming new species by evolution from pre-exisiting species
- Occurs when the last individual of a species dies
- Ability of an organism to survive and reproduce in its environment
- The process of increasing in size
20 Clues: The process of increasing in size • All the inhabitants of a particular area. • The study of the distribution of species. • Occurs when the last individual of a species dies • Random genetic changes within the genetic material • The 4th part of Natural Selection, Successful _______ • The genetic characters transmitted from parent to offspring • ...
Number, natural phenomena 2024-09-23
22 Clues: osm • tři • déšť • mrak • léto • oheň • zima • vítr • jaro • sníh • čtyři • tisíc • podzim • období • světlo • třicet • dvacet • třináct • osmnáct • dvanáct • čtyřicet • devatenáct
Natural Systems-Geology 2026-03-12
Across
- This area is still rising today
- What is formed where the earth plates pull apart?
- imprint in rock of the remains of a plant or animal that lived millions of years ago
- Word meaning fire
- One of two forces are constantly changing the earth’s surface
- Why most people do not know Canada had Volcanoes
- Force that made the continents move
- The dense nuclear furnace found at the center of the earth
- Supercontinent that consists of all the continents in one land mass.
- Where most of the earths volcanic activity is located
- the thick zone of molten material beneath the earth’s lithosphere
- Canadian that proved Wegener was correct
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- Region that had mountains higher than any found in Canada today
- Why authorities are reluctant to call evacuations
- Why people chose to live near volcanoes.
- imprint in rock of the remains of a plant or animal that lived millions of years ago
- Earth's crust
- What is formed where the earth’s plates push together
- hazard is associated with ash from volcanoes
- Invented the theory of Continental Drift
- Tectonics The study of plate movement to understand the formation of mountains, volcanoes and earthquakes
- Molten rock located under the earth's crust
22 Clues: Earth's crust • Word meaning fire • This area is still rising today • Force that made the continents move • Why people chose to live near volcanoes. • Invented the theory of Continental Drift • Canadian that proved Wegener was correct • Molten rock located under the earth's crust • hazard is associated with ash from volcanoes • ...
Diversity & Natural Selection 2024-11-27
Across
- natural selection causes a change in species over time; this is called
- islands off the coast of South America that is used for scientific studies of organisms
- means "different"
- the differences amongst living things
- if a species is unable to adapt to its environment, it might...
- the "outside" traits of an organism
- the "inside" traits of an organism (hint: DNA is ____)
- a physical trait on a finch that adapts to its food source
- a single, living thing
- Charles ______ studied how natural selection influences changes in species
- living organisms containing one cell
- a physical trait on a tortoise that adapts to its food source
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- a "revolution" or large growth of factories in the 1700s in England
- evidence of prehistoric species
- a beneficial change in the traits of an organism
- another way of saying a "variety"
- a characteristic of an organism
- changes in the population of this species based on the tree they lived on
- domain of plants, animals, and fungi
- genus and specie classifications create the ______ name for an organism
- living organism containing more than one cell
21 Clues: means "different" • a single, living thing • evidence of prehistoric species • a characteristic of an organism • another way of saying a "variety" • the "outside" traits of an organism • domain of plants, animals, and fungi • living organisms containing one cell • the differences amongst living things • living organism containing more than one cell • ...
Europe Natural Features 2024-12-03
Across
- This italian island is famous for Etna volcano
- The peninsula that looks like a boot
- The largest peninsula in Europe by area
- This archipelago is a part of Spain
- This archipelago is quite close to the North Pole
- This island is famous for its volcanoes and geysers
- This sea is named after the country it washes
- The longest river in France
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- This sea is surrounded by 22 countries
- The big river that flows through Paris
- The most western continental point of Europe is situated on this peninsula
- This sea drains through the Danish straits into the Atlantic Ocean
- The longest river in England
- This sea has a colored name
- The most international European river that flows into the Black Sea
- The bay that washes France and Spain
- The longest river in the Iberian Peninsula
- This island belongs to France
- The strait that devides two continents
- It is the biggest greek island
20 Clues: This sea has a colored name • The longest river in France • The longest river in England • This island belongs to France • It is the biggest greek island • This archipelago is a part of Spain • The peninsula that looks like a boot • The bay that washes France and Spain • This sea is surrounded by 22 countries • The big river that flows through Paris • ...
Natural Selection Vocab 2024-12-03
Across
- to receive genes from a parent
- a way of hiding by looking the same as the background
- a graph that uses bars to show how characteristics or values are distributed within a group
- an instruction for making a protein molecule
- a group of the same type of organism living in the same area
- any difference in traits between individual organisms
- the number of individuals with each trait in a population
- a characteristic that all members of a species have
- a random change to a gene that sometimes results in a new trait
- to stay alive
- a group of individuals born and living at about the same time
- a young insect that looks somewhat different from the adult
- a related organism from a previous generation
- an animal that hunts and kills other animals for food
- a type of large molecule that performs important functions inside organisms
- everything (living and nonliving) that surrounds an organism
- living things, such as plants, animals, and bacteria
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- a result or change that happens because of an event or process
- an organism produced as a result of reproduction
- a trait that makes it more likely that an individual will survive in a specific environment
- something in the environment that affects an individual's chances of surviving
- a specific form of a gene that provides instructions for making a particular protein molecule
- the process by which the distribution of traits in a population changes over many generations
- an animal that is hunted or killed by another animal for food
- an idea about what might happen that is based on what you already know
- an event or process that leads to a result or change
- a group of organisms of the same kind (in one or more populations) that do not reproduce with organisms from any other group
- a long piece of DNA that contains many genes
- a type of molecule that genes and chromosomes are made of
- a specific characteristic of an individual organism
30 Clues: to stay alive • to receive genes from a parent • an instruction for making a protein molecule • a long piece of DNA that contains many genes • a related organism from a previous generation • an organism produced as a result of reproduction • a characteristic that all members of a species have • a specific characteristic of an individual organism • ...
Natural Resources Management 2024-05-02
Across
- A resource that cannot be recycled or reclaimed
- The kind of power generated by dams/water
- Fossil fuel composed mostly of dead plant matter
- Mining the earth for resources is ____ harmful to the environment.
- A resource that can be regrown, reused, or recycled
- The state of matter you most often find oxygen or CO2 in on earth
- type of mining done beneath the earth's surface
- returning land to its pre-mined, original state
- Extracting metal from ore by heating and melting it
- another name for oil resources: p______
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- Raw materials from the earth that are useful to humans: natural ___
- The tendency for shared resources to be depleted because of a few selfish entities: ___ of the commons
- A way to extract gold and other precious metals from crushed rock in water
- Resource gathering done by sprinkling a solution on a pile of ore: heap ___
- type of mining done above ground
- Rock containing metal or minerals that can be profitably extracted
- caused by the uneven heating of the earth
- an aggressive and polluting form of mining: mountaintop ___
- A section of ore that is profitable to mine: ore ___
- A fossil fuel often used for heating: __ gas
20 Clues: type of mining done above ground • another name for oil resources: p______ • The kind of power generated by dams/water • caused by the uneven heating of the earth • A fossil fuel often used for heating: __ gas • A resource that cannot be recycled or reclaimed • type of mining done beneath the earth's surface • returning land to its pre-mined, original state • ...
Natural selection vocab 2024-11-01
Across
- an animal that hunts and kills
- a young insect that looks different from the adult
- living things
- a graph that uses bars to show how characteristics or values are distributed within a group
- a child
- the process that two parents make an offspring
- a specific characteristic
- everything (living and nonliving) that surrounds an organism
- a way to hide by blending in.
- to stay alive
- something in the enviroment that affects somethings change of survival
- the number of people with a trait
- having an idea about what is going to happen
- an instruction for making a protein molecule
- a group of people living at the same time.h
- the process by which the distribution of traits in a population changes over many generations
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- a specific form of a gene that provides instructions for making a particular protein molecule
- to receive genes from a parent
- a group of organisms of the same kind
- family member from a previous generation
- a random change to a gene that sometimes results in a new trait
- an animal getting hunted for food and gets killed by another animal
- a type of large molecule that makes you stronger
- something that helps you survive in a specific environment
- a molecule that genes and chromosomes are made of
- a characteristic that all members of a species have
- something that leads to results or change
- any difference in taits between individivual organisms.
- the amount of people in a civilisation
- a result of something from an event
- a trait that doesn't help someone adapt.
31 Clues: a child • living things • to stay alive • a specific characteristic • a way to hide by blending in. • to receive genes from a parent • an animal that hunts and kills • the number of people with a trait • a result of something from an event • a group of organisms of the same kind • the amount of people in a civilisation • family member from a previous generation • ...
Natural Selections Crossword 2024-11-01
Across
- similar organims that dont reproduce with another group
- a type of large molecule that performs important functions
- stay alive
- animals that are hunted by another
- everything that surrounds an organism
- two parents passing on their genes to their offspring
- living things
- event or process that leads to a result
- random changes to a gene that occasionally results in a new traits
- a characteristic that all members of a species have
- trait distributions in a population that changes over time
- to receive genes from a parent
- traits that makes it less likely to survive
- graphs that use bars to show how characteristics are distributed
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- a long piece of of DNA with many genes
- specific characteristic
- difference in triats between individuals
- something in environment that affects chance of survival
- group of individuals born and living at the same time
- specific form of a gene that provides instrutions for making a protein molecule
- organism living in the same area
- organism produced from reproduction
- related organism from a previous generation
- result or change that happens because of an event
- number of individuals with each trait in a population
- idea on what might happen, based on prior knowlegde
- a characteristic that helps an individual survive
- type of molecule genes and chromosomes are made of
- young insect that looks visually different from the adult
- way of hiding in the background
- an instruction for making a protein molecule
- animals that hunt and kills others
32 Clues: stay alive • living things • specific characteristic • to receive genes from a parent • way of hiding in the background • organism living in the same area • animals that are hunted by another • animals that hunt and kills others • organism produced from reproduction • everything that surrounds an organism • a long piece of of DNA with many genes • ...
Natural Selections Vocab 2024-11-13
Across
- a group of the same kind of organisms
- random change in a gene resulting in a new trait
- a shared trait all members of a species have
- an animal that is hunted and killed by a predator
- when two parents create an offspring
- to stay alive
- an event/process that leads to a result
- an individual's specific characteristic
- a young insect that looks different from the adult
- molecule that genes and chromosomes are made of
- when distribution of a trait changes over time
- an instruction for making a protein molecule
- a long piece of DNA that contains many genes
- living things, plants, animals, and bacteria
- everything living surrounding an organism
- a trait making something less likely to survive somewhere
- a form of a gene that instructs making particular protein molecule
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- hiding by blending in with your background
- a trait that helps something survive
- a related organism from a previous generation
- an organism resulting in reproduction
- something that affects an organisms chance of survival
- an idea of what will happen in the future
- an animal that hunts and kills others for food
- a result/change because of a process/event
- to receive genes from a parent
- a large molecule that does important things
- amount of people who have a trait in a group
- a group of the same organisms living together
- a graph using bars showing the distribution of characteristics
- difference between traits of an organism
- group of individuals living at the same time
32 Clues: to stay alive • to receive genes from a parent • a trait that helps something survive • when two parents create an offspring • a group of the same kind of organisms • an organism resulting in reproduction • an event/process that leads to a result • an individual's specific characteristic • difference between traits of an organism • an idea of what will happen in the future • ...
ENA7 Natural world 2025-08-11
Across
- Do you see that (runko) of birch tree over there?
- Doesn't you hamster belong to these (jyrsijä)?
- A horse or a donkey has four of these (sorkka, kavio)
- bird of prey
- hibernate
- tuhoeläin
- game (ei peli!)
- hump (A camel has two of these)
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- kasvissyöjä
- lihansyöjä
- An octopus has eight of these.
- moss
- kilpi, kuori
- All my roses used to (kuihtua) without watering
- meadow
- turpa, kuono
- kaikkiruokainen
- ___ patrol, be ready! (tassu, käpälä)
- Do mammoths have just one __ (syöksyhammas)?
- mammal
- My mum hates (matelija)!
21 Clues: moss • meadow • mammal • hibernate • tuhoeläin • lihansyöjä • kasvissyöjä • kilpi, kuori • turpa, kuono • bird of prey • kaikkiruokainen • game (ei peli!) • My mum hates (matelija)! • An octopus has eight of these. • hump (A camel has two of these) • ___ patrol, be ready! (tassu, käpälä) • Do mammoths have just one __ (syöksyhammas)? • Doesn't you hamster belong to these (jyrsijä)? • ...
Natural Selection Theory 2025-08-24
Across
- Idea that only best-adapted organisms survive and reproduce (7, 2, 3, 7)
- Shared origin of different species (6, 8)
- Shared limb structure evidence for common ancestry in vertebrates (11, 4)
- Evidence of evolution preserved in rocks (6, 6)
- Process where individuals better adapted to environment survive and reproduce (7, 9)
- When a species completely dies out (9)
- Ship that carried Darwin on his famous voyage (3, 6)
- Random change in DNA that can introduce variation (8)
- Biological process of producing new individuals (12)
- Producing more offspring than environment can support (13)
- Human-controlled reproduction to emphasize desired traits (9, 8)
- Formation of a new species from existing ones (10)
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- Inherited trait that improves survival or reproduction (10)
- Differences among individuals within a population (9)
- Principle that all living things share a common origin (6, 7)
- Scientist who proposed theory of evolution by natural selection (7, 6)
- Birds studied by Darwin showing variation in beak shapes (7)
- Trait that helps organisms blend into their surroundings (10)
- Bacteria evolving ability to survive drugs (10, 10)
- Gradual change in species over generations (9)
- Environmental factor that influences survival (9, 8)
- Insect used as an example of natural selection in action during Industrial Revolution (8, 4)
22 Clues: When a species completely dies out (9) • Shared origin of different species (6, 8) • Gradual change in species over generations (9) • Evidence of evolution preserved in rocks (6, 6) • Formation of a new species from existing ones (10) • Bacteria evolving ability to survive drugs (10, 10) • Ship that carried Darwin on his famous voyage (3, 6) • ...
Extreme natural events 2026-03-30
Across
- Overflow of water that submerges land that is usually dry
- Hazard Occurs when temperatures drop below freezing damaging crops
- Sudden flow of snow down a mountain slope
- Extended period of unusually high temperatures
- Powerful rotating storm common in the South Pacific region
- Small rotating column of air also known as a dust devil
- Volcanic mudflow caused by melted snow and debris
- Soil behaving like a liquid during an earthquake, seen in Christchurch
- Release of lava, ash, and gases from a volcano
- Storm producing balls of ice that fall from the sky
- Sudden shaking of the ground caused by movement of tectonic plates
- Area known for geothermal activity and volcanic hazards
- Prolonged period of very low rainfall causing water shortages
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- Smaller earthquake that follows a larger one
- Site of the 1953 lahar disaster
- Opening in the Earth’s crust that erupts lava, ash, and gases
- Rapid movement of rock, earth, or debris down a slope
- Surge Rise in sea level during a storm causing coastal flooding
- Series of large ocean waves often triggered by underwater earthquakes
- Crack in the Earth’s crust where movement occurs
- Uncontrolled fire spreading rapidly through vegetation
- Location of the 2016 New Zealand earthquake
- Major fault line running through the South Island
- Breaking of the Earth’s surface during an earthquake
- Active volcano in the central North Island
25 Clues: Site of the 1953 lahar disaster • Sudden flow of snow down a mountain slope • Active volcano in the central North Island • Location of the 2016 New Zealand earthquake • Smaller earthquake that follows a larger one • Extended period of unusually high temperatures • Release of lava, ash, and gases from a volcano • Crack in the Earth’s crust where movement occurs • ...
Human Environment Interaction Review 2022-10-20
Across
- the cutting, clearing and removal of trees in a forest
- into the
- dangerously lacking in security or stability natural resources any physical environmental item that people perceive to be useful
- natural resources natural resources that Earth or people can replace
- the use of natural resources or products
- the act or process of changing parts of something, such as the environment
- fuels a natural source that
- usable power that comes from heat, electricity, motion, etc.
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- the removal of natural resources from the environment
- removal a surface mining technique in which explosives are used to remove large areas of mountaintops in order to access underlying coal seams
- potential energy
- resources natural resources found on and in the Earth’s crust that include metals, nonmetals, and fuels
- natural resources natural resources that cannot be replaced in a relatively short period of time
- that is formed from the remains of once living organisms
- acidification the process by which oceans are becoming more acidic
- the presence in or
- renewable energy from plants and animals
- is a gas that occurs naturally in our atmosphere
- layer a region located in the atmosphere several miles above the surface of the Earth
- energy power created by splitting atoms apart of combining atoms together
- of a substance or thing that has harmful or poisonous effects
21 Clues: into the • potential energy • the presence in or • fuels a natural source that • renewable energy from plants and animals • the use of natural resources or products • is a gas that occurs naturally in our atmosphere • the removal of natural resources from the environment • the cutting, clearing and removal of trees in a forest • ...
Chapter 1 Roles and Responsibilities 2019-06-19
Across
- how work progresses through the department
- controlling access to SPD
- hoe people move through the department or processing area
- dealing with what is good and bad
- advocated the centralization process
- receives,cleans,decontaminates,assembles,disinfects, and sterilizes reusable medical devices
Down
- deal with or relate to principles of right and wrong behavior
- makes sure we are prepared for internal and external disasters
- Certified Board for Sterile Processing&Distribution
- The International Association of Healthcare Central Service Material Management
10 Clues: controlling access to SPD • dealing with what is good and bad • advocated the centralization process • how work progresses through the department • Certified Board for Sterile Processing&Distribution • hoe people move through the department or processing area • deal with or relate to principles of right and wrong behavior • ...
IH Crossword 2024-07-05
Across
- Short-term conditions of the atmosphere
- The process of change
- Group of people or a community
- The development of industries
- A representation of water level information over time
- Growing dependence of the world's economies, cultures, and population
- Resistance of a fluid
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- Long-term conditions of the atmosphere
- Unforseen events effecting the environment
- Explosion of steam and lava from a volcano
- The action of making amends for something wrong done by someone
- The result of sudden movements on the Earth
- Something formed on the surface of the Earth
- A mass of snow, ice, and rocks falling downhill
- New method/idea/product
- Overthrow of government due to social, economical or cultural problems.
- Something formed under the Earth's surface
- A dangerous phenomenon, substance, human activity or condition
- Transatlantic slave trade
19 Clues: The process of change • Resistance of a fluid • New method/idea/product • Transatlantic slave trade • The development of industries • Group of people or a community • Long-term conditions of the atmosphere • Short-term conditions of the atmosphere • Unforseen events effecting the environment • Explosion of steam and lava from a volcano • ...
XTREME PUZZLE 2024-03-11
Across
- Something with that you can make a fire which is black.
- A celebration which is every year.
- If you put water in a glass, which is empty, it is...?
- It is an accommodation which is simply designed.
- A boat that transports people across large rivers.
- A museum which you can see art.
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- Something that amplifies the voice.
- A person who works for the state.
- A vegetable that is orange.
- You take a bike with which you can ride a mountain...
- A Bow which has many colors.
- Something that birds have.
- A animal which is cute and have many hairs.
- A glass that is not full.
- A person who protects people from disasters.
15 Clues: A glass that is not full. • Something that birds have. • A vegetable that is orange. • A Bow which has many colors. • A museum which you can see art. • A person who works for the state. • A celebration which is every year. • Something that amplifies the voice. • A animal which is cute and have many hairs. • A person who protects people from disasters. • ...
Unit 6 Vocabulary 2017-10-30
Across
- Isolation between populations due to barriers related to time, such as differences in mating periods
- Evolution of one or more closely related species into different species
- Genetic drift that occurs after a small number of individuals colonize a new area
- Theory that states that speciation occurs suddenly and rapidly followed by long periods of little evolutionary change
- Inherited trait that is selected for over time because it allows organisms to better survive in their environment
- Pathway of natural selection in which one uncommon phenotype is selected over a more common phenotype
- Study of the distribution of organisms around the world
- Proportion of one allele, compared with all the alleles for that trait, in the gene pool
- Observable change in the allele frequencies of a population over a few generations
- Trace of an organism from the past
- Collection of alleles found in all of the individuals of a population
- Process by which humans modify a species by breeding it for certain traits
- Process by which one species evolves and gives rise to many descendant species that occupy different ecological niches
- Pathway of natural selection in which intermediate phenotypes are selected over phenotypes at both extremes
- Theory that states that natural disasters shaped Earth's landforms and caused extinction of some species
- Isolation between populations due to physical barriers
- Measure of an organism's ability to survive and produce offspring relative to other members of a population
- Process of biological change by which descendants come to differ from their ancestors
- Evolution of two or more species from one ancestral species
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- Genetic drift that results from an event that drastically reduces the size of a population
- Remnants of an organ or structure that functioned in an earlier ancestor
- Final stage in speciation, in which members of isolated populations are either no longer able to mate or no longer able to produce viable offspring
- Ability of a trait to be passed from one generation to the next
- All of the individuals of a species that live in the same area
- Pathway of natural selection in which two opposite, but equally common, phenotypes are selected over the most common phenotype
- Change in allele frequencies due to chance alone, occurring most commonly in small populations
- Study of fossils or extinct organisms
- Evolution toward similar characteristics in unrelated species
- Theory that states that the geologic processes that shape Earth are uniform throughout time
- Process in which two or more species evolve in response to changes in each other
- Mechanism by which individuals that have inherited beneficial adaptations produce more offspring on average than do other individuals
- Group of organisms so similar to one another that they can breed and produce fertile offspring
- Principle that states that changes in landforms result from slow changes over a long period of time
- Body part that is similar in structure on different organisms but performs different functions
- Elimination of a species from Earth
- Isolation between populations due to differences in courtship or mating behavior
- Body part that is similar in function as a body part of another organism but is structurally different
- Physical movement of alleles from one population to another
- Selection in which certain traits enhance mating success
- Differences in physical traits of an individual from the group to which it belongs
40 Clues: Trace of an organism from the past • Elimination of a species from Earth • Study of fossils or extinct organisms • Isolation between populations due to physical barriers • Study of the distribution of organisms around the world • Selection in which certain traits enhance mating success • Physical movement of alleles from one population to another • ...
Natraul disasters 2021-05-18
Across
- A whirling storm caused by the wind
- A huge wave caused by an ocean-floor earthquake
- When there has not been any rain for a long time
- When there is heavy rainfall and it gets out of control
Down
- A fire that gets out of control and hurts anything it touches
- When snow falls of a cliff in multiple turns
- A cold storm in the coldest parts in the world.
- A storm similar to a blizzard but more snow is involved
8 Clues: A whirling storm caused by the wind • When snow falls of a cliff in multiple turns • A cold storm in the coldest parts in the world. • A huge wave caused by an ocean-floor earthquake • When there has not been any rain for a long time • A storm similar to a blizzard but more snow is involved • When there is heavy rainfall and it gets out of control • ...
Narural disasters 2024-05-14
Across
- An extreme wind originates over ocean water
- A long period of dry weather when there isn't enough water for plants and animals to live
- When a large mass of snow, ice and rocks fall down the slide of a mountain.
Down
- An extremely violent storm consisting of air that spins very quickly
- A sudden shaking of earth's surface.
- It happens when a volcano erupts and gets lava out
- When water spreads over the land
- An unusual large destructive sea wave
8 Clues: When water spreads over the land • A sudden shaking of earth's surface. • An unusual large destructive sea wave • An extreme wind originates over ocean water • It happens when a volcano erupts and gets lava out • An extremely violent storm consisting of air that spins very quickly • When a large mass of snow, ice and rocks fall down the slide of a mountain. • ...
Disasters, accidents 2025-03-28
8 Clues: Aircraft disaster • Uncontrolled blaze • Suffocation in water • Ecological catastrophe • Sudden and violent burst • Train collision or derailment • Ingestion of toxic substances • Collision on streets or highways
Vocabulary, week 1 and week 2 2014-03-03
Across
- the force that pulls things to the center of the earth
- events that cause much suffering, distress, or loss
- a confusing series of passageways through witch people may have a hard finding there way
- to take something apart piece by piece
- not lived in
- changed or arranged to fit a need or demand
- to become successful or win
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- the air,water,and soil and all the other things surrounding a person animal or thing
- full of danger
- to leave and not return
- very cold
- a special job or task
- to do hard work
- a journey with a specific purpose
- a region or area that has some special use
- to work or act
16 Clues: very cold • not lived in • full of danger • to work or act • to do hard work • a special job or task • to leave and not return • to become successful or win • a journey with a specific purpose • to take something apart piece by piece • a region or area that has some special use • changed or arranged to fit a need or demand • events that cause much suffering, distress, or loss • ...
Old Testament 2023-08-17
Across
- Ancient city where the Israelites were exiled.
- The Nation to which the Israelites belonged.
- Communicator of divine messages.
- Patriarch who receive a promise of a great nation.
- The religious leader authorized to perform sacred rituals.
- A state of being removed from one's homeland.
- Specially trained individuals who copied and preserved religious texts.
- Mother of Isaac.
- The ability to discern and apply knowledge and experience.
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- King defeated Goliath and established Jerusalem as the capital.
- God's agreement and promise with His people.
- The complete Jewish Scriptures, including the Law, Prophets, and Writings.
- Series of disasters that befell Egypt before the Exodus.
- The first book in the Bible.
14 Clues: Mother of Isaac. • The first book in the Bible. • Communicator of divine messages. • God's agreement and promise with His people. • The Nation to which the Israelites belonged. • A state of being removed from one's homeland. • Ancient city where the Israelites were exiled. • Patriarch who receive a promise of a great nation. • ...
NCM 117 2026-03-23
Across
- is a potentially fatal side effect of clozapine characterized by a significant reduction in granulocytes (a type of white blood cell), leading to failure of the bone marrow to produce adequate white blood cells.
- refers to the newer generation of antipsychotic medications that act as both dopamine and serotonin antagonists.
- a preoccupation with the fear that one has, or will acquire, a serious disease (disease conviction or disease phobia), despite medical reassurance and absence of significant physical findings.
- Eventually answers the question but gives excessive unnecessary detail first
- crises that arise from extraordinary, unexpected external events such as natural disasters, war, terrorist attacks, riots, or violent crimes like rape or murder.
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- Fear of being in places where escape is difficult
- described as a perception-like experience that occurs without an external stimulus, which the person believes is real.
- Attributing your own unacceptable feelings to someone else
- is the most established mood-stabilizing drug used as a first-line agent in the treatment of bipolar disorder, particularly effective for bipolar mania and in reducing cycling toward bipolar depression.
- Repeated purposeless behaviors such as drumming fingers, twisting hair, tapping feet. Usually indicates anxiety.
10 Clues: Fear of being in places where escape is difficult • Attributing your own unacceptable feelings to someone else • Eventually answers the question but gives excessive unnecessary detail first • refers to the newer generation of antipsychotic medications that act as both dopamine and serotonin antagonists. • ...
Earths Natural Resources 2016-11-02
Across
- Found at the beach under your feet
- Water that falls from clouds
- Gives light to the Earth
- Water that flows over a cliff
- What plants grow in
- A body of water surrounded by land
- Fluffy white objects in the sky
- These are cut down for their wood
- Another word for stone
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- A very high piece of land
- Plants and _________
- Land we grow animals and crops
- We breathe this to stay alive
- A really hot dry place
- Frozen rain
- Ice that falls from the sky
- The loud noise during a storm
- Can burn down things
- Where the ocean meets the land
- A very large area of trees
- We drink this
21 Clues: Frozen rain • We drink this • What plants grow in • Plants and _________ • Can burn down things • A really hot dry place • Another word for stone • Gives light to the Earth • A very high piece of land • A very large area of trees • Ice that falls from the sky • Water that falls from clouds • We breathe this to stay alive • Water that flows over a cliff • The loud noise during a storm • ...
Evolution & Natural Selection 2017-05-17
Across
- the formation of new species
- two populations separated by geographic barriers (rivers/mountains/water) leading to the formation of two separate subspecies
- two of more species reproduces at different times
- inherited from ancestors lost much/all of original function due to different selection pressures acting on the descendant
- selective breeding of plants and animals to promote the occurrence of desirable traits in an offspring
- the preserved remains or traces of ancient organisms
- describes how well an organism can survive and reproduce in its environment
- the difference in rates of survival and reproduction
- the process of change over time
- body parts that share common function, but not structure
- a practice in which individuals select mates based on heritable traits, such as size, strength, or coloration
- the study of where organisms live now and where they and their ancestors lived in the past
- a kind of random change in allele frequency
- they compare stretches of DNA to mark the passage of evolutionary time
- a term used to refer to a species that has died out and has no living members
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- situation in which allele frequencies change as a result of the migration of a small subgroup of a population
- a trait controlled by only one gene
- any heritable characteristics that increases an organism's ability to survive and reproduce in its environment
- structures that are shared by related species and that have been inherited from a common ancestor
- the number of times an allele occurs in a gene pool compared to the total number of alleles in that pool for that same gene
- all the genes, including all the different alleles for each gene, that are present in a population at any one time
- individuals near the center of a distribution curve have higher fitness than individuals at wither end of the curve
- a population or group of populations whose members can interbreed and produce fertile offspring
- many traits are controlled by two or more genes
- individuals at the upper and lower ends of the curve have higher fitness than individuals near the middle of the curve
- individuals at one end of a distribution curve have higher fitness than individuals in the middle/other end of the curve
- two populations differences in courtship rituals or other behaviors that prevent them from breeding
- change in frequency following a dramatic reduction in the size of a population
- when a population not evolving, allele frequencies in its gene pool does not change, population is in __________
- process by which organisms with variations most suited to their local environment survive and leave more offspring
30 Clues: the formation of new species • a trait controlled by only one gene • the process of change over time • many traits are controlled by two or more genes • two of more species reproduces at different times • the difference in rates of survival and reproduction • ...
Arizona Natural Resources 2018-11-05
Across
- A rock used to heat homes
- It is more energy-packed than any other popular vegetable. We use them for French fries
- A rock that can float
- A by-product of copper mining
- Not fools gold or iron pyrite
- A fruit green on the outside and pink on the inside
- A grass widely cultivated for its seed and used in cereal and for making bread
- The fruit that come from palm trees
- The leading source of farm income - walks on four legs
- One of two most important crops in Arizona
- Used to build roads
- A blueish looking rock used to make jewelry
- Used to make nuclear weapons
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- The most important product mined in Arizona
- We've used the juice from this fruit in an experiment
- One of two most important crops in Arizona
- A by-product of copper mining
- Used as a major cereal grain and key ingredient in beer and whisky production
- A grass for large grazing animals raised as livestock, such as cattle, horses, goats, and sheep
- Pumped out of the ground and used to make gasoline
- An orange-colored citrus fruit that starts with a "t"
21 Clues: Used to build roads • A rock that can float • A rock used to heat homes • Used to make nuclear weapons • A by-product of copper mining • Not fools gold or iron pyrite • A by-product of copper mining • The fruit that come from palm trees • One of two most important crops in Arizona • The most important product mined in Arizona • One of two most important crops in Arizona • ...
Natural Science Vocabulary 2021-11-01
Across
- organism that obtains food by consuming other living things; also called a consumer
- physical or behavioral features of an organism that help them to survive in their environment.
- salt water biome. Includes oceans, seas, and estuaries that cover about 75% of the planet
- coldest and driest biome. Layers of permafrost, long winters and months of total darkness
- rich soil (for crops), but not enough rain for trees and cold winters.
- still and flowing bodies of water surrounded by land (like lakes, ponds, rivers, streams)?
- hot and humid biome found close to the equator, with lots of plant and animal diversity.
- an organism that eats other organisms for food
- an organism that eats only plants
- a series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy.
- an organism that makes its own food
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- a community of organisms where there are several interrelated food chains
- an organism that feeds on "leftovers" or dead and decaying matter
- large geographic areas that have similar climates.
- physical area in which an organism lives
- (Evergreen Forest)world's largest land biome. No permafrost with long cold winters and short summers.
- a relationship in which one organism benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed
- organism that can make its own food
- a system made up of an ecological community of living things interacting with their environment especially under natural conditions everything that exists in a particular environment
- a system composed of organisms and nonliving components of an environment.
- forest four seasons, rainfall spread through the year, and rich soil (Virginia)
- science dealing with the relation of living things to their environment and to each other
22 Clues: an organism that eats only plants • organism that can make its own food • an organism that makes its own food • physical area in which an organism lives • an organism that eats other organisms for food • large geographic areas that have similar climates. • an organism that feeds on "leftovers" or dead and decaying matter • ...
Natural Selection Crossword 2022-04-01
Across
- Characteristics that are passed on to you from your parents
- Famous naturalist who worked on the theory of natural selection
- Develop gradually
- A trait that exists in the present animal but not in its ancestors
- A group of similar organisms
- Differences in individuals of the same species
- Part of a DNA that controls growth and characteristics
- Progress or evolve through natural growth
- organism whose genetic material has been altered with genetic engineering
- The process or act of trying to win
- similar in form or function, but of different evolutionary origin
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- Derive genetically
- An individual animal, plant or single-celled life form
- A process in which a human chooses a plant or animal to breed based on specific traits
- An animal's natural coloring that enables it to blend in with its surroundings.
- A feature that helps a living thing survive better. Happens through natural selection
- An animals young
- The surroundings/conditions in which an organism lives
- Animals that are born and living at about the same time
- A change in genetic material, results from damage in DNA or exposure from radiation
20 Clues: An animals young • Develop gradually • Derive genetically • A group of similar organisms • The process or act of trying to win • Progress or evolve through natural growth • Differences in individuals of the same species • An individual animal, plant or single-celled life form • The surroundings/conditions in which an organism lives • ...
Natural Science (Energy) 2022-03-09
Across
- It is produced by the sun and is very important for the biosphere.
- This energy does not pollute, but it does affect the habitats of aquatic species.
- This can be seen in a wind farm and it transforms mechanical to electrical energy.
- Energy cannot be created or destroyed but it can be changed.
- Energy made by vibrations.
- A type of renewable energy that comes from the heat of the Earth’s surface.
- Nuclear power stations is dangerous because it releases a certain type of waste that harms both humans and the environment.
- The sum of potential and kinetic energy that is used to do work.
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- This is stored energy which is released when a chemical reaction takes place.
- Non-renewable energy is found in the form of fossil fuels. This is a type of fossil fuel.
- Solar energy is light from the sun. It can be transformed into electrical energy using a tool.
- A type of energy source that will never ran out, doesn’t cause pollution and are not harmful to the environment.
- The result of movement of tiny particles within an object.
- It is an energy to power machines because it can be transformed into many different forms.
- Energy that is stored in objects. When this energy is released, it can do work.
- This is a non-renewable energy source that was formed millions of years ago.
- Energy source that can’t be replaced once used up.
- Burning of fossil fuels is bad for the environment because it contributes to global warming and causes a certain type of pollution.
- A way to use trees, plants and rubbish to make energy.
- Energy produced when an object moves.
20 Clues: Energy made by vibrations. • Energy produced when an object moves. • Energy source that can’t be replaced once used up. • A way to use trees, plants and rubbish to make energy. • The result of movement of tiny particles within an object. • Energy cannot be created or destroyed but it can be changed. • The sum of potential and kinetic energy that is used to do work. • ...
Evolution/Natural Selection 2022-03-21
Across
- The most abundant type of organism
- Studying embryos to research similarities between populations
- Versions of a certain trait
- Transfer of genetic material through populations
- The creation of a new species
- A type of evolution where two species evolve to develop similar traits
- When a species changes over time
- Evidence of convergent evolution where populations have similar traits but different structures.
- Evolution in two closely connected populations to adapt to the other.
- An event that kills off the majority of a population
- A type of evolution in which a species splits into different species through evolution
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- A selection of genes present in a population
- Traits tailored to an organism's environment
- A change in frequency of a gene
- Reproduction by one organism, creates clones
- Evidence of divergent evolution where populations have similar general structures.
- Comparing DNA of different populations to see genetic and evolutionary similarities
- Reproduction involving a male and female organism, causes variation of traits
- Evolution caused by favorable traits
- When a species completely dies off
20 Clues: Versions of a certain trait • The creation of a new species • A change in frequency of a gene • When a species changes over time • The most abundant type of organism • When a species completely dies off • Evolution caused by favorable traits • A selection of genes present in a population • Traits tailored to an organism's environment • ...
Biology Natural Resources 2021-12-05
20 Clues: NH³ • NO² • NO³ • Littering • 78% Of Air • Atmosphere • Respiration • Fuel For Cars • Heating Water • Blanket Of Air • 3 Oxygen Atoms • Land For Plants • Atomic Number 6 • Fast Moving Air • Something Useful • Strongest Substance • Where Plants Can Grow • Water Dropping On Earth • Nitrogen Fixation Bacteria • Hello, I Am Under The _____
Landons Natural Resources 2021-12-07
Across
- Shallow seas allow light to warm the waters
- Natural parts from the ocean.
- Very toxic and dangerous to do.
- Not all plastics are recycable
- Soil,Climate,Biology,Topography
- Goverment stopped fishing this fish in 1992 but what fish
- Water includes lakes rivers above the earth
- How much of the worlds fresh water is available for direct human use
- Solar,Geothermal,Biomass,Hydro,Waves,Tides,Wind,Nuclear,Fossil Fuels
- Fuels: Burning coal, oil or natural gas, its not renewable, harmfull and its cheap easy setup
- Water below the earths surface
- Weeds, Plants, insect pests.
- What can cause water pollution and acid rain.
- Something that can replenish or replace its self.
- Island of garbage that goes into ocean.
- Can kill or harm fish in oceans.
- Humas is decaying organic material and is an important factor for a ... fertility
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- Small areas of land and lots of work
- Near the earths surface to recover mineral deposits
- Made for strength, rarity and known as metals
- Neither of the 2 and are used for construction
- 20 percent of worlds fresh water
- How much fresh water is locked up in ice.
- Minerals burned to make energy, dead plants/animals
- Deep mineral deposits and is very dangerous with machines and man power with transportation.
- Flat and well drained land best for farming
- renewable Something that can only be used once and take years to replace.
- How many classes are there for minerals
- Large areas of land and little work
- Large hale that is dug for getting ore near the earths surface and leaving scars.
- Sources, Transmission, Distribution
31 Clues: Weeds, Plants, insect pests. • Natural parts from the ocean. • Not all plastics are recycable • Water below the earths surface • Very toxic and dangerous to do. • Soil,Climate,Biology,Topography • 20 percent of worlds fresh water • Can kill or harm fish in oceans. • Large areas of land and little work • Sources, Transmission, Distribution • Small areas of land and lots of work • ...
Natural World 3 2022-05-31
Across
- n. an animal that does not have a backbone
- n. /v. move towards
- adj. diverse; different
- n. something that is secret and unknown
- adj. happening early in the history of humans and the world, or simple and not complicated
- adj. poisonous; spiteful, mean
- adj.being alone; lacking the company of others
- adj. 家养的 brought under human control; tamed or cultivated
- n. (豪猪等身上的)硬刺
- n. the maintenance of resources in their present condition; conservation
- n. (pl)pests
- n. a person who is qualified to treat sick or injured animals
- v. spend the winter in a dormant or inactive state
- n. an animal that has a backbone
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- n. one who advocates the conservation of natural resources
- v. to walk through water
- adj. 胎儿的 of or relating to a fetus
- v. search for food
- v. to change or modify
- n. 哺乳动物
- n. 一窝幼崽
- n. 爬行动物
- v. continue to live
- adj. having thorns/pricks
- adj. not common
- n. 血统,世系direct descent from an ancestor; derivation
- n. protection from harm
- v. 与......作斗争to fight against
- n. competitor, opponent
- v. 交配
30 Clues: v. 交配 • n. 哺乳动物 • n. 一窝幼崽 • n. 爬行动物 • n. (pl)pests • n. (豪猪等身上的)硬刺 • adj. not common • v. search for food • n. /v. move towards • v. continue to live • v. to change or modify • adj. diverse; different • n. protection from harm • n. competitor, opponent • v. to walk through water • adj. having thorns/pricks • v. 与......作斗争to fight against • adj. poisonous; spiteful, mean • ...
Natural science crossword 2022-07-14
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- transport the electricity
- gas turns into a liquid
- to separate liquids that have different boiling points in homogeneous mixtures
- to separate substances of different density in heterogeneous mixtures
- to separate solids from liquids or solids with different size particles, in heterogeneous mixtures
- solid turns into a gas
- liquid turns into a solid
- the same charge
- solid turns into a liquid
- transform the electricity into another type of energy
- controls the flow of electricity by closing or opening the circuit
- allow electrical charges to move freely
- provides the electricity
- different components can be distinguished
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- gas turns into a solid
- liquid turns into a gas
- object which attracts other objects made of iron and other magnetic metals
- Matter is made up of one or more
- when the original matter transforms into other new substances
- differents components cannot be distinguished
- Contain only one type of component
- Contain two or more pure substances
- do not allow electrical charges to move
- opposite charges
- to separate solids from liquids, in homogeneous mixtures
25 Clues: the same charge • opposite charges • gas turns into a solid • solid turns into a gas • liquid turns into a gas • gas turns into a liquid • provides the electricity • transport the electricity • liquid turns into a solid • solid turns into a liquid • Matter is made up of one or more • Contain only one type of component • Contain two or more pure substances • ...
A sobre natural 2022-09-21
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- rare
- escorpio
- noise
- to guess
- huesos
- to become depreesed
- to fear
- to dare
- to overcome
- complain
- to turn into
- to avoid
- dracula
- to dare (challanger)
- enferma
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- un predictions de la futuro
- mourn
- to figure out
- to frighten
- to disguise ones self
- una persona muerto
- leo, escorpio, gemini, ect. Usar _
- to bury
- tumb
- to set a date
- ET
- psychic
- strange
- to find out
- to set fire, to turn on
- to turn off
31 Clues: ET • rare • tumb • mourn • noise • huesos • to bury • psychic • strange • to fear • to dare • dracula • enferma • escorpio • to guess • complain • to avoid • to frighten • to overcome • to find out • to turn off • to turn into • to figure out • to set a date • una persona muerto • to become depreesed • to dare (challanger) • to disguise ones self • to set fire, to turn on • un predictions de la futuro • ...
Natural Hazard Crosswords 2021-11-25
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- a condition of the atmosphere in which the pressure is above average (e.g., in an anticyclone)
- a period when all lights must be turned out or covered to prevent them being seen by the enemy during an air raid
- cloud forming a towering mass with a flat base at fairly low altitude and often a flat top, as in thunderstorm
- hot fluid material below or within the earth’s crust from which lava and other igneous rock is formed on cooling
- an involuntary quivering movement
- a mass of snow, ice, and rocks falling rapidly down a mountainside
- pellets of frozen rain which fall in showers from cumulonimbus cloud
- a luminous cloud or a halo surrounding a supernatural being or saint
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- a swindler or a dishonest person
- a column of air moving rapidly round and round in a cylindrical or funnel shape
- a thick subsurface layer of soil that remains below freezing point throughout the year, occurring chiefly in polar regions
- the process or eroding or being eroded by wind, water, or other natural agents
- a system of winds rotating inwards to an area of low barometric pressure, with an anticlockwise (northern hemisphere) or clockwise (southern hemisphere) circulation
- the SI unit of electromotive force, the difference of potential that would carry one ampere of current against one ohm resistance
- a large-scale and violent event in the natural world
- a very strong wind
- relating to earthquakes or other vibrations or the earth and its crust
- the criminal act of deliberately setting fire to property
- a sudden strong rush of wind
- an instrument measuring atmospheric pressure, used especially in forecasting the weather and determining altitude
20 Clues: a very strong wind • a sudden strong rush of wind • a swindler or a dishonest person • an involuntary quivering movement • a large-scale and violent event in the natural world • the criminal act of deliberately setting fire to property • a mass of snow, ice, and rocks falling rapidly down a mountainside • ...
BIO NATURAL RESOURCES 2021-12-03
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- PRECIPITATION OF NITRIC AND SLPHURIC ACID
- ADDING POLLUTANTS IN THE ATMOSPHERE
- PRECIPITATION IN THE FORM OF WATER
- LIVING COMPONENTS OF THE BIOSPHERE
- O3
- PROCESS OF FOOD PRODUCTION IN PLANTS
- GENERAL DOMESTIC WASTES
- OZONE IS FOUND HERE
- ECOSYSTEM COMPOSING BIOTIC AND ABIOTIC FACTORS
- REMOVAL OF TOP LAYER OF SOIL
- MAKES UP THE HYDROSHPHERE
- USED BY ANIMALS, GIVEN OUT BY PLANTS
- THINGS THAT CAN BE SEEN ONLY UNDER A MICROSCOPE ARE M-CROS---IC
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- MAKES UP 78% OF ATMOSPHERE
- SUBSTANCES INVOLVED IN POLLUTION
- LIVES IN ROOT NODULES OF LEGUME PLANTS
- DECOMPOSED MATERIAL THAT MAKES SOIL FERTILE
- GASES CAUSING GREENHOUSE EFFECT
- RAPID BURNING
- USABLE FORM OF NITROGEN ( a not i)
- BLANKET OF EARTH
- CAUSED BY UNEVEN HEATING OF ATMOSPHERE
- CHLORO-FLURO-CARBONS
- SMOKE+FOG
- MADE OF WEATHERED AND BROKEN ROCKS
25 Clues: O3 • SMOKE+FOG • RAPID BURNING • BLANKET OF EARTH • OZONE IS FOUND HERE • CHLORO-FLURO-CARBONS • GENERAL DOMESTIC WASTES • MAKES UP THE HYDROSHPHERE • MAKES UP 78% OF ATMOSPHERE • REMOVAL OF TOP LAYER OF SOIL • GASES CAUSING GREENHOUSE EFFECT • SUBSTANCES INVOLVED IN POLLUTION • PRECIPITATION IN THE FORM OF WATER • LIVING COMPONENTS OF THE BIOSPHERE • USABLE FORM OF NITROGEN ( a not i) • ...
Evolution/Natural Selection 2023-12-04
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- biochemical evidence of evolution
- antibiotics
- has membrane-bound organelles
- all organisms are related to one another
- fossil, biochemical, and anatomical evidence all support the theory of what?
- a lot of the same species is a ____
- a variety of things living on earth.
- the process of things no longer existing
- is evolution fast or slow?
- photosynthesis happens in the ______
- euks evolved from a pros
- Charles Darwin came up with the idea of _______ _________.
- sickle cell anemia is an adaptation against ______.
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- your body creates its own antibodies
- appendix, wisdom teeth, etc are all examples of what?
- process of creating a new species
- Characteristics of organisms that enhance their survival and reproduction in specific environments
- Kills most members of insects but leaves the most resistant to reproduce
- the study of embryos
- helps fight viruses. typically comes in the form of a shot
- cellular respiration happens in the _______
- you are given or passed antibodies
- used to help fight pathogens
- don't have membrane-bound organelles
- molecules found on pathogens
- targets bacteria
- targets viruses
- change over time
28 Clues: antibiotics • targets viruses • targets bacteria • change over time • the study of embryos • euks evolved from a pros • is evolution fast or slow? • used to help fight pathogens • molecules found on pathogens • has membrane-bound organelles • process of creating a new species • biochemical evidence of evolution • you are given or passed antibodies • a lot of the same species is a ____ • ...
Evolution/Natural Selection 2023-12-04
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- movement of genetic material through organisms
- theory that eukaryotic cells came from prokaryotic cells
- chemical that kills pests
- things that separate a group; water, mountains, etc
- struggle for survival
- structures that are no longer used
- changes of a group/organism over time
- timeline of fossils
- antibodies are passed to you; breast feeding
- characteristics that allow an organism to thrive
- all organisms are related by a ______
- structures that look similar but have different functions
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- factors that prevent a specific number of a species: water, food, resources
- variety of living things
- bacteria not affected by antibodies
- your body produces antibodies
- organisms with helpful traits survive
- medicine that fights viral infections
- a species is separated by its group due to a barrier
- medicine that kills bacteria
- study of embryos to show how organisms are related
- proteins that fight pathogens
- chemical that kills insects
- creation of a new species
- using anatomy to show how organisms are related
25 Clues: timeline of fossils • struggle for survival • variety of living things • chemical that kills pests • creation of a new species • chemical that kills insects • medicine that kills bacteria • your body produces antibodies • proteins that fight pathogens • structures that are no longer used • bacteria not affected by antibodies • organisms with helpful traits survive • ...
Lauren Natural World 2023-10-09
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- resources formed from the remains of plants
- wind that causes dry seasons
- resources earth replaces naturally
- where animals and plants live
- coldest climate zone
- large streams of surface water
- area of tall grasses and scattered trees
- the spread of desert like conditions
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- frozen layers of soil
- animals and plants that depend on others
- very dry climate type
- material in nature that people value
- average weather conditions over a long period
- semidry grasslands or prairies
- decayed plant of animal matter
- the place where two air masses meet
- animals that die out
- the short-term changes in the air
- coldest of the biomes
- really hot fire ball
20 Clues: coldest climate zone • animals that die out • really hot fire ball • frozen layers of soil • very dry climate type • coldest of the biomes • wind that causes dry seasons • where animals and plants live • semidry grasslands or prairies • decayed plant of animal matter • large streams of surface water • the short-term changes in the air • resources earth replaces naturally • ...
Noelle Natural World 2023-10-09
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- decayed plant or animal matter
- areas of tall grasses and scattered trees and shrubs
- the short term changes in the air for a given place and time
- recources that cannot be replaced
- clearing of trees
- a region's average weather conditions over a long period
- surroundings
- winds that blow in the same direction over areas of earth
- permanently frozen layers of soil
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- large streams of surface seawater
- semidry grasslands or prairies
- seasonal winds that bring either dry or moist air
- the place where two air masses meet
- spreading of desertlike conditions
- place for an animal or plant to live
- died out
- coal for example
- resources earth replaces naturally
- planting trees to replace lost forestland
- place for multiple animals to live
20 Clues: died out • surroundings • coal for example • clearing of trees • decayed plant or animal matter • semidry grasslands or prairies • large streams of surface seawater • recources that cannot be replaced • permanently frozen layers of soil • spreading of desertlike conditions • resources earth replaces naturally • place for multiple animals to live • the place where two air masses meet • ...
Natural Selection vocabulary 2024-01-26
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- Natural scientist who created a theory of evolution by natural selection.
- Transfer of genetic material from on population to another.
- Organisms of the same species living together.
- A movement of individuals out of a population.
- Trait that gives an organisms greater chances of surviving.
- Inherited characteristic that increases an organism's chance of survival.
- Ability of traits to be passed down from one generation to the next through genetic inheritance.
- A change to a populations gene pool by chance.
- Group of similar organisms that can breed and produce a fertile offspring.
- Change in the DNA sequence of an organism.
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- A living thing that can reproduce and grow.
- Change in a kind of organism over time.
- Process where organisms with favorable traits to their environment survive.
- Factors in the environment that influences the survival of an organism.
- Well tested explanation that unifies a broad range of observations.
- Process by which two population of the same species become different that they no longer interbreed.
- Any difference between individuals of the same species.
- Disappearance of a species from all parts of its geographical range
- New organisms joining or entering a different population.
- Measure of an organism's ability to survive in a given environment.
- Science that studies living organisms
- Material that carries all genetic information located in the nucleus of the cell.
22 Clues: Science that studies living organisms • Change in a kind of organism over time. • Change in the DNA sequence of an organism. • A living thing that can reproduce and grow. • Organisms of the same species living together. • A movement of individuals out of a population. • A change to a populations gene pool by chance. • ...
Natural Disaster Crossword 2020-04-05
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- The storm surge and heavy rains caused the ____, New York Harbor, and East River to flood streets, tunnels, and subways lines in New York City.
- How much did the damage caused by Hurricane Katrina cause?
- What closed due to Hurricane Sandy and was the longest weather-related closure since 1888?
- What was another name for the Australia Bush Fires?
- Who was the president during Hurricane Katrina?
- How many people were killed by Hurricane Sandy?
- Tsunamnis are not moved by ____.
- How many workers died in the Chernobyl explosion?
- What day did a dangerous EF-5 tornado hit Joplin, Missouri?
- How many days did it take to put out the Chernobyl fires?
- What was the event called where San Francisco showcased their rebuilt city?
- More than 3,000 people ____ because of the San Francisco earthquake and fires.
- What ocean did the Japanese earthquake occur in?
- What state did the Joplin tornado happen in?
- What country in the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant found in?
- What huge sports structure served as a "shelter of last resort" during Hurricane Katrina?
- When was the most recent small eruption of Mt. St. Helens?
- What month did Hurricane Sandy hit the U.S. and other Atlantic islands?
- How many people died in the Mt. St. Helens eruption?
- ____ are waves caused by disruptions, not gravity.
- Japan's ____ island was most affected by the earthquake and tsunami.
- On August 29, 2005 Hurricane Katrina struck the ____ of the U.S.
- What exploded on April 26, 1986?
- What city experienced completed darkness following the Mt. St. Helens eruption?
- Who built a system of levees and floodwalls around New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina?
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- What was the forest called after the Chernobyl explosion (because of the look of the trees)?
- 944 ____ were rescued after the Joplon tornado?
- What two months were the Australia fires the worst?
- How much money did damage from Hurricane Sandy add up to?
- What animal that looks like a dog lives in the Chernobyl exclusion zone today?
- What park did people camp at following the San Francisco earthquake and fires?
- St. Bernard Parish and the _____ were almost completely under water after Hurricane Katrina.
- The San Francisco earthquake and fires destroyed around 28,000 ____.
- What was carried by the wind after the Chernobyl fires?
- Chile and ____ (two countries in South America) dealt with smoke all the way from Australia.
- Who was Mount Saint Helens named by?
- What name was given to the Japanese earthquake of 2011?
- How far did ash from Mt. St. Helens fall? (Hint" eastern ____)
- _____was the nearest town to the Chernobyl Power Plant.
- What state is Mount Saint Helens located in?
- Louisiana, _____, and Alabama were all affected by Hurricane Katrina.
- How much money was donated by celebrities and various organizations around the world to help fight the Australia bush fires?
- What island was affected by Hurricane Sandy other than Cuba, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, and the Bahamas?
- How many animals died because of the Australia bush fires?
- Fire management practices and ____ were thought to be causes of the Australia bush fires.
- How many tornadoes had hit Joplin between May 1971-May 2011?
- What state's coastline received extensive damage from Hurricane Sandy?
- How many people died or went missing after the Japanese earthquake?
- What major fault line moved and caused the San Francisco earthquake of 1906?
- Five hospital patients died in the Joplin tornado because their ____ stopped working when the power went out.
- What percentage of people died in their vehicles in the Joplin tornado?
- This New Jersey city had 20,000 residents isolated in their homes due to flooding from Hurricane Sandy.
- ____ waves are caused by gravitational effects of the sun and moon on the earth.
- What caused massive flooding after Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans?
- Roads, bridges, railways, and ____ have all been rebuilt after being destroyed by the earthquake and tsunami.
55 Clues: Tsunamnis are not moved by ____. • What exploded on April 26, 1986? • Who was Mount Saint Helens named by? • What state is Mount Saint Helens located in? • What state did the Joplin tornado happen in? • 944 ____ were rescued after the Joplon tornado? • Who was the president during Hurricane Katrina? • How many people were killed by Hurricane Sandy? • ...
Natural Crossword Puzzle 2020-05-21
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- four legs, a tail usually and a bark
- tree that grows food for squirrels
- often red flower
- australian wild dog
- big bird to keep on a long string !
- moo-whoops !
- huge swarms in africa now
- romanian shepherd's dog
- sea tortoise
- for your bread and something to put your drink in
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- four legs, very tall, long neck and long eye-lashes
- cat that likes ice cream dessert
- black and white sorts with horn
- fruit on rose trees !
- big black bird and to swear !
- four legs,a tail usually and a meow
- fruit bush in grandma's garden
- fruit bush that used to be in grandma's garden
- part lady and part cricket !
- the only mammal to lay eggs
- freshwater tortoise
21 Clues: moo-whoops ! • sea tortoise • often red flower • australian wild dog • freshwater tortoise • fruit on rose trees ! • romanian shepherd's dog • huge swarms in africa now • the only mammal to lay eggs • part lady and part cricket ! • big black bird and to swear ! • fruit bush in grandma's garden • black and white sorts with horn • cat that likes ice cream dessert • ...
21.Natural Wonders 2024-09-07
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- Natural sinkholes in Yucatán.
- ---- Jungle, rich in biodiversity.
- active volcano.
- highest peak in Mexico.
- ---- Riviera, Known for its beautiful beaches.
- Sótano de las ----, deep cave in San Luis Potosí.
- ---- del Cobre Copper Canyon, larger than the Grand Canyon.
- Known for its Natural Caves.
- Natural monuments in Cabo San Lucas.
- A river running through Sumidero Canyon.
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- Known for its Coral reefs.
- ---- Monarca butterfly reserve.
- Island of ----, known for Day of the Dead.
- Biosphere reserve in Tulum.
- A desert that covers the northwestern Mexican states.
- known as the Lagoon of Seven Colors.
- Canyon in Chiapas.
- National parks, preserving natural beauty.
- Waterfall in Chiapas.
- Sierra ---- Occidental a major mountain range system.
20 Clues: active volcano. • Canyon in Chiapas. • Waterfall in Chiapas. • highest peak in Mexico. • Known for its Coral reefs. • Biosphere reserve in Tulum. • Known for its Natural Caves. • Natural sinkholes in Yucatán. • ---- Monarca butterfly reserve. • ---- Jungle, rich in biodiversity. • known as the Lagoon of Seven Colors. • Natural monuments in Cabo San Lucas. • ...
Natural Resources Terms 2024-05-08
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- Forest in which the trees lose their leaves every year
- from the market
- industry related to the harvesting of raw resources
- Logging method whereby all trees in an area (except for very small ones) are cut
- clear-cut parts of the forest leaving some seed-bearing to regenerate the logged area
- zone between the deciduous forest and the boreal forest
- Vegetation region that contains both coniferous and deciduous trees It is a
- to allow it to be harvested by the forest industry
- Part of a forest that has trees too small to harvest or is too far
- the field of jobs surrounding resources
- are cut
- Method of logging often used in forests with trees of uniform age and
- Bugs that spread disease and destroy trees
- Highly destructive element that actually sometimes helps trees
- Lumbering technique in which only trees of a certain type size and
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- Part of a forest that has large enough trees and is close enough to a
- Use of forest resources at a rate that allows forests
- A form of rain destroying trees
- industry relating to high-tech
- a form of forest fire that is intentional so that certain types of trees can grow and be fertilized
- industry related to service and the selling of goods
- renew themselves
- industry related to the manufacturing of goods involving factories
- Coniferous (needle-point) forest that stretches from east to west across Canada
- one time
- country of origin of a disease that has killed over 35 million elm trees
- the industry associated with lumber
- of the tundra but north of the grasslands and mixed forest
28 Clues: are cut • one time • from the market • renew themselves • industry relating to high-tech • A form of rain destroying trees • the industry associated with lumber • the field of jobs surrounding resources • Bugs that spread disease and destroy trees • to allow it to be harvested by the forest industry • industry related to the harvesting of raw resources • ...
Evolution and Natural 2024-03-11
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- what occurs when two groups of the same species evolve different traits
- tiny, single-celled living organisms
- effect the loss of genetic variation that occurs after outside forces destroy most of a population
- a branch of biology dealing with embryos and their development
- how a new kind of plant or animal species is created
- the process whereby organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring.
- one of two cycles that a virus can use to reproduce inside a host cell
- type of reproduction that does not involve the fusion of gametes or change in the number of chromosomes.
- reciprocal evolutionary changes brought about by interactions between species
- body structures that help an organism find and consume food and water
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- some individuals of the same kind of living thing are more likely to survive than others in their environment.
- an infective agent that typically consists of a nucleic acid molecule in a protein coat
- a viral reproductive stage where the virus's DNA is replicated using the host cell's DNA
- the fact or process of a species, family, or other group of animals or plants becoming extinct.
- the transfer of genetic material from one population to another.
- the change in frequency of an existing gene variant in the population due to random chance
- the independent evolution of similar features in species of different periods or epochs in time
- the production of new organisms by the combination of genetic information of two individuals of different sexes.
- the action or process of adapting or being adapted.A
- one of two or more alternative forms of a gene that arise by mutation
20 Clues: tiny, single-celled living organisms • how a new kind of plant or animal species is created • the action or process of adapting or being adapted.A • a branch of biology dealing with embryos and their development • the transfer of genetic material from one population to another. • one of two or more alternative forms of a gene that arise by mutation • ...
Evolution & Natural Selection 2024-06-03
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- Multiplying or increasing number.
- Where a body demands for change.
- Limited factor.
- Normal functioning organism.
- Organisms evolutionary process.
- Reproduction of the organism.
- Mechanism of evolution.
- Heredity passed on.
- Organisms striving for the same resources.
- Biologist contributing to evolution.
- Ability to pass on offspring.
- DNA among individuals
- How a new species is created.
- Branch of biology study.
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- Information encoded in a gene.
- Examining behavior.
- Any change in DNA.
- Future gene pool.
- Continuing or successive objects.
- Relationship between 2 versions of genes.
- Alternations to bodies function.
- Trait that is passed through genes.
- Offspring from common ancestor
- Traits with better chance of survival.
- Altering DNA
- Where energy is transferred.
- Process that involves change.
27 Clues: Altering DNA • Limited factor. • Future gene pool. • Any change in DNA. • Examining behavior. • Heredity passed on. • DNA among individuals • Mechanism of evolution. • Branch of biology study. • Normal functioning organism. • Where energy is transferred. • Reproduction of the organism. • Ability to pass on offspring. • Process that involves change. • How a new species is created. • ...
The Natural World 2024-10-03
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- a very large number of something:
- to cut down a tree:
- the air, water, and land in or on which people, animals, and plants live:
- living or growing in, happening in, or connected with water:
- to stop and catch something or someone before that thing or person is able to reach a particular place:
- a large group of things or people,
- the activity of cutting down trees in order to use their wood:
- relating to the earth
- the fact of soil, stone, etc. being gradually damaged and removed by the waves, rain, or wind:
- the cutting down of trees in a large area, or the destruction of forests by people:
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- the ability to protect against attack or harm,
- damage caused to water, air, etc. by harmful substances or waste:
- to prevent someone from doing something
- plants in general, or plants that are found in a particular area:
- fixed or stops changing:
- any substance that plants or animals need in order to live and grow:
- complete and in the original state:
- to add to something in order to make it bigger or longer:
- the natural environment in which an animal or plant usually lives:
- to disappear or stop being present or existing,
20 Clues: to cut down a tree: • relating to the earth • fixed or stops changing: • a very large number of something: • a large group of things or people, • complete and in the original state: • to prevent someone from doing something • the ability to protect against attack or harm, • to disappear or stop being present or existing, • ...
Evolution & Natural Selection 2023-03-08
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- The process where distantly related organisms independently evolve similar traits to adapt to similar necessities.
- The study of the formation and development of an embryo and fetus.
- The loss of genetic variation that occurs after outside forces destroy most of a population.
- A term that describes mechanisms of gene transfer from one population to another.
- A microorganism that infects cells and may cause disease.
- The reduction in genomic variability that occurs when a small group of individuals becomes separated from a larger population.
- Asexual reproduction by a separation of the body into two new bodies.
- The complete disappearance of a species from Earth.
- Choosing parents with particular characteristics to breed together and produce offspring with more desirable characteristics.
- The adjustment of organisms to their environment in order to improve their chances at survival in that environment.
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- How a new kind of plant or animal species is created.
- Organisms whose cells lack a nucleus and other organelles.
- The process through which populations of living organisms adapt and change.
- The change in the characteristics of a species over several generations and relies on the process of natural selection.
- The process by which different organisms having common ancestors develop different traits or characteristics to adapt to the changing environmental conditions and needs
- Evidence of bacteria, animals, and plants that lived in the past.
- Cells containing membrane-bound organelles and are the basis for both unicellular and multicellular organisms.
- Occurs when a virus has infected a cell, replicated new virus particles, and bursts through the cell membrane.
- The change in frequency of an existing gene variant in the population due to random chance.
- The process by which individuals compete for access to mates and fertilization opportunities
- A large group of single-cell microorganisms.
- A branch of science that is related to the formation, growth, and development of embryo.
22 Clues: A large group of single-cell microorganisms. • The complete disappearance of a species from Earth. • How a new kind of plant or animal species is created. • A microorganism that infects cells and may cause disease. • Organisms whose cells lack a nucleus and other organelles. • Evidence of bacteria, animals, and plants that lived in the past. • ...
Evolution & Natural Selection 2023-03-09
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- a genetically determined characteristic
- a group of organisms that are closely related and can mate to produce fertile offspring
- type of virus called a ____ and has a complex replication cycle
- the formation of new species as a result of evolution
- singular,pilus
- when environmental conditions are harsh, some types of bacteria produce a structure called an ____
- the division of a cell into two genetically identical cells
- the viral DNA inserts, or integrates, into a chromosome in a host cell
- a nonliving strand of genetic material within a protein coat
- the host cell makes many copies of the viral RNA or DNA
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- sometimes called eubacteria
- the human practice of breeding animals or plants that have certain desired trait
- the process in which inherited characteristics within a population change over generations such that new species sometimes arise
- a characterisitic that improves an individuals ability to survive and reproduce in a particular environment
- some prokaryotes secrete a layer of polysaccharides around the cell wall, forming a ____
- some prokaryotes exhibit a form of reproduction called
- infectious particle or ____
- the outer layer of all viruses is made of proteins
- their genes are found on a large, circular chromosome in an area of the cell called the ____
- the period between the birth of one generation and the birth of the next generation
20 Clues: singular,pilus • sometimes called eubacteria • infectious particle or ____ • a genetically determined characteristic • the outer layer of all viruses is made of proteins • the formation of new species as a result of evolution • some prokaryotes exhibit a form of reproduction called • the host cell makes many copies of the viral RNA or DNA • ...
Evolution & Natural Selection 2025-05-01
Across
- Change in a kind of organism over time; process by which modern organisms have descended from ancient organisms.
- change in a DNA sequence that affects genetic information
- structures structures that do not have a common evolutionary origin but are similar in function
- separation from others; aloneness
- The hiding of something as a result of its appearance
- An organism's physical appearance, or visible traits.
- The process of grouping things based on their similarities
- Characteristics that makes an organism more likely to survive, reproduce, and pass the characteristics onto their offspring.
- The variety of different types of genes (DNA) in a species or population.
- Chronological collection of life's remains in sedimentary rock layers
- the study of similarities and differences among structures of living species
- remnant of a structure that may have had an important function in a species' ancestors, but has no clear function in the modern species.
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- A process in which individuals that have certain inherited traits tend to survive and reproduce at higher rates than other individuals because of those traits.
- similar structures that related species have inherited from a common ancestor
- a characteristic passed on from a parent to an offspring like eye or fur color
- English naturalist. He studied the plants and animals of South America and the Pacific islands, and in his book On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection (1859) set forth his theory of evolution.
- A complex molecule containing the genetic information that makes up the chromosomes.
- a group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals capable of exchanging genes or interbreeding.
- Chain of islands near South America where Darwin developed his theory of natural selection by studying the unique life there.
- A term that typically describes a species that no longer has any known living individuals.
- A trait that helps an organism survive and reproduce
- Ability of an animal to look like another more harmful animal
- difference, variety; a condition of having many different types of forms
- An organism's genetic makeup, or allele combinations.
24 Clues: separation from others; aloneness • A trait that helps an organism survive and reproduce • The hiding of something as a result of its appearance • An organism's physical appearance, or visible traits. • An organism's genetic makeup, or allele combinations. • change in a DNA sequence that affects genetic information • ...
Natural Selection/Evolution 2025-05-13
Across
- If species B and C evolved from species A then species B is what type of species to species A
- "I didn't pay attention and got kicked off the bus" getting kicked off is an
- A specified version of a gene
- Thick fur in cold weather
- An example of this would be long arms
- Species B and C evolved from species A, so species A is what kind of population to them
- The population of Fulton has been about 750 for the past 10 years, so it is
- Your classmates, your desks, the floor, all make up your
- This is one of the main types of evidence a paleontologist uses
- A small piece of DNA
- Humans and blue whales share a common ancestor so we are
- A place where you can find genes
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- A cat's leg and a human's arm are an example of a
- Non-adaptive traits become ________ common over time
- This is about 15-20 years for a human
- When a population gets divided into two environments and evolves differently its called
- These form your traits (plural)
- Altering a gene in a human so they become spiderman is
- Breeding tiny dogs together so you get a rat called a chihuahua, is
- The kind of adaptation you make many times a day
- In a population 50 humans have blonde hair. This shows
- A change in the distribution of traits over many generations
- You can't tell if a gene will be passed down because it's
- Making many adaptations over time through natural selection can cause what
24 Clues: A small piece of DNA • Thick fur in cold weather • A specified version of a gene • These form your traits (plural) • A place where you can find genes • This is about 15-20 years for a human • An example of this would be long arms • The kind of adaptation you make many times a day • A cat's leg and a human's arm are an example of a • ...
Natural Texas Safari 2023-05-08
Across
- A fishermans favorite
- The surprising mammal with the most protection
- Mexican Freetail Bats call this cave home
- Color of the blue laceys (TX State Dog) collar
- A sad doves other name
- The color of a Prickly Pears Cactus in bloom
- This big cat has tufts of hair at the tip of its ears
- The brightest color on the leopard frog
- This large white bird scoops fish whole from the surf to eat
- A bird with a lizard in its mouth
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- Another name for a mountain lion
- Widow This spider has a red hourglass on its back
- A lizard with a red jowl
- The stinkiest Texas creature
- Small mammal with white chin
- The most royal of butterflies
- This snake hunts with its mouth open to the sky
- Cattle breed with a long history in Texas
- What color is the spoonbill crane
- AKA trash panda
- A native pig that was a tasty meal for the Karankawa
- Red-Eared Sliding Turtles are resting on what?
22 Clues: AKA trash panda • A fishermans favorite • A sad doves other name • A lizard with a red jowl • The stinkiest Texas creature • Small mammal with white chin • The most royal of butterflies • Another name for a mountain lion • What color is the spoonbill crane • A bird with a lizard in its mouth • The brightest color on the leopard frog • Mexican Freetail Bats call this cave home • ...
Natural Selection Vocabulary 2025-02-17
Across
- a group of the same type of organism living in the same area
- a type of molecule that genes and chromosomes are made of
- an organism produced as a result of reproduction
- a trait that makes it less likely that an individual will survive in a specific environment
- a young insect that looks somewhat different from the adult
- the number of individuals with each trait in a population
- a type of large molecule that performs important functions inside organisms
- a result or change that happens because of an event or process
- a related organism from a previous generation
- a way of hiding by looking the same as the background
- an animal that is hunted or killed by another animal for food
- a specific characteristic of an individual organism
- a graph that uses bars to show how characteristics or values are distributes within a group
- any difference in traits between individual organisms
- an instruction for making a protein molecule
- everything (living and nonliving) that surrounds an organism
- a random change to a gene that sometimes results in a new trait
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- an animal that hunts and kills other animals for food
- living things, such as plants, animals, and bacteria
- something in the environment that affects an individual's changes of surviving
- to stay alive
- the process by which the distribution of traits in a population changes over many generations
- the process in which two parents pass on their genes to create offspring
- an event or process that leads to a result or change
- a characteristic that all members of a species have
- a group of individuals born and living at about the same time
- a group of organisms of the same kind (in one or more populations) that do not reproduce with organisms from any other group
- a long piece of DNA that contains many genes
- an idea about what might happen that is based on what you already know
- a trait that makes it more likely that an individual will survive in a specific environment
- a specific form of a gene that provides instructions for making a particular protein molecule
- to receive genes from a parent
32 Clues: to stay alive • to receive genes from a parent • a long piece of DNA that contains many genes • an instruction for making a protein molecule • a related organism from a previous generation • an organism produced as a result of reproduction • a characteristic that all members of a species have • a specific characteristic of an individual organism • ...
NATURAL SELECTION REVIEW 2026-01-21
Across
- Finite environmental supply
- Producing many offspring
- Differences within species
- Living long enough
- Where organisms live
- Change over time
- Helpful for success
- Surviving chemical pesticides
- Source of variation
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- Passing down genes
- Inherited physical characteristic
- Father of Evolution
- Blending with environment
- Animal being hunted
- Animal that hunts
- Nature choosing survivors
- Ability to reproduce
- Evidence of evolution
- Group that evolves
- Inherited favorable trait
20 Clues: Change over time • Animal that hunts • Passing down genes • Living long enough • Group that evolves • Father of Evolution • Animal being hunted • Helpful for success • Source of variation • Ability to reproduce • Where organisms live • Evidence of evolution • Producing many offspring • Blending with environment • Nature choosing survivors • Inherited favorable trait • Differences within species • ...
Natural desasters crossword 2025-11-06
Across
- Violent windstorm that can destroy houses and trees.
- When water covers land that is usually dry.
- A deep, narrow valley with steep sides, usually created by a river cutting through rock over many years.
- A large wave caused by an underwater earthquake.
- The movement of water caused by the rise and fall of the sea (tides), which can be strong and affect boats or swimmers.
- People who offer to help or work without being paid, usually during emergencies or community projects.
- People who cannot escape from a dangerous place.
- It happens when the ground shakes violently.
- When a large amount of earth, rocks, or mud suddenly falls down the side of a hill or mountain.
- A low area of land between hills or mountains, often with a river running through it.
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- The food, water, tools, or other necessary things people need, especially in emergencies or long trips.
- Large, uncontrolled fires that spread quickly through forests or grasslands, often caused by dry weather or lightning.
- When buildings fall down during an earthquake.
- Lack of rain for a long period of time.
- To take action or reply when something happens, such as helping quickly after a disaster.
- When a mountain suddenly releases lava and ash.
- The people who help during an emergency or disaster.
- A very strong tropical storm with violent winds and heavy rain, especially in the Pacific Ocean region.
- Frozen mass of snow that falls down a mountain.
- People who live after a disaster.
20 Clues: People who live after a disaster. • Lack of rain for a long period of time. • When water covers land that is usually dry. • It happens when the ground shakes violently. • When buildings fall down during an earthquake. • When a mountain suddenly releases lava and ash. • Frozen mass of snow that falls down a mountain. • A large wave caused by an underwater earthquake. • ...
Natural Selection Crossword 2026-03-25
Across
- (passing traits to offspring)
- (continuation of existence)
- (variety in population)
- (random genetic change)
- (immediate descendants)
- (physical expression)
- (beneficial trait)
- (units of heredity)
- (gene shuffling)
- (struggle for resources)
- (group of same species)
- (organism that hunts)
- (differences in traits)
- (genetic makeup)
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- (disappearance of species)
- (single step in descent)
- (adjustment to environment)
- (distinguishing feature)
- (external factors)
- (surrounding conditions)
- (producing offspring)
- (change over time)
- (organisms that interbreed)
- (hiding mechanism)
- (reproductive success)
25 Clues: (gene shuffling) • (genetic makeup) • (external factors) • (beneficial trait) • (change over time) • (hiding mechanism) • (units of heredity) • (physical expression) • (producing offspring) • (organism that hunts) • (reproductive success) • (variety in population) • (random genetic change) • (immediate descendants) • (group of same species) • (differences in traits) • (single step in descent) • ...
Natural hazard vocab 2026-04-16
Across
- Surge: Ocean water pushed onto land
- Snow rushing down a mountain
- Waves: Energy from earthquakes
- A strong storm with wind and rain
- Line: A crack where plates move
- Uncontrolled forest fire
- Cloud: Volcanic ash in the air
- Spinning column of air
- Huge ocean waves from underwater events
- Land worn away by water/wind
- Melted rock on the surface
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- Preparedness Planning to stay safe
- Smaller quake after the main one
- Melted rock underground
- Rock and soil moving downhill
- Ground shaking from plate movement
- of the Storm: Calm center of a hurricane
- Long time without rain
- Eruption: Lava, ash, and gas are released
- Water covering land
- Flood: A sudden, fast flood
21 Clues: Water covering land • Long time without rain • Spinning column of air • Melted rock underground • Uncontrolled forest fire • Melted rock on the surface • Flood: A sudden, fast flood • Snow rushing down a mountain • Land worn away by water/wind • Rock and soil moving downhill • Waves: Energy from earthquakes • Cloud: Volcanic ash in the air • Line: A crack where plates move • ...
Natural language processing 2026-06-01
Across
- Semantic relation where one concept is a subtype of another
- Logical expression representing properties or relationships
- Part of speech expressing action or occurrence
- NLP phase that analyzes grammatical sentence structure
- NLP preprocessing step that standardizes text forms
- NLP level concerned with meaning representation
- Study of contextual meaning in communication
- Dividing sentences into syntactic phrase groups
- Smallest meaningful unit in morphology
- Part of speech modifying verbs, adjectives, or adverbs
- Frequently occurring words removed during preprocessing
- NLP phase that splits text into smaller meaningful units
- Grammar symbol expandable into other symbols
- Grammar symbol that cannot be expanded further
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- Logical operator expressing quantity in predicate logic
- Process of removing suffixes to obtain root forms
- Semantic relation involving similar meanings
- Morphological analysis reducing words to dictionary base form
- Process of assigning grammatical categories to words
- Part of speech representing a person, place, or thing
- Part of speech describing nouns or pronouns
- Morphological modification expressing grammatical information
- Morphological process forming new words
- Hierarchical structure representing sentence derivation
- System of rules governing sentence formation
25 Clues: Smallest meaningful unit in morphology • Morphological process forming new words • Part of speech describing nouns or pronouns • Semantic relation involving similar meanings • Study of contextual meaning in communication • System of rules governing sentence formation • Grammar symbol expandable into other symbols • Part of speech expressing action or occurrence • ...
Evolution 2013-11-18
Across
- Selection A process in which individuals that have certain heritable characteristics survive and
- An evolutionary process in which one species splits into two or more species.
- The transfer of alleles from one population to another, resulting from the movement of fertile individuals, or their gametes.
- A change in a population over time, which occurs by a modification in a descendant, which in other words, suggests the idea that living species are descendants of ancestral species that were different from the actual ones.
- Condition describing a nonevolving population, one that is in genetic equilibrium.
- that share similar characteristics, as the result of convergent evolution, not homology.
- Characteristics of organisms that enhance their survival and reproduction in specific environments.
- A process in which events, cause unpredictable fluctuations in allele frequencies, from one generation to the next.
- French biologist, who argued that evolution happens due to the innate drive, organisms have to become more complex.
- The idea that parts that of the body that are used extensively, become larger and stronger, while those who are not used, tend to deteriorate.
- Evolution Species that originate from a common ancestor, but due to cataclysmic disasters, one allele is favored, causing a different development in the characteristics of these populations.
- New layers of sediment that cover older ones, and compresses them into superimposed layers of rock.
- An English biologist, who argued that there is unity in life because all organisms descent from an ancestor that lived in the remote past.
- Mechanisms that produce the observed pattern of change, or the natural causes of the natural phenomena observable.
- of acquired characteristics: The idea that an organism could pass on, to their offspring, these modifications.
- Facts and observations about the natural world.
- Cuvier Scientist who developed Paleontology, and stated that every boundary represented a new catastrophe.
- The principle that events in the past occurred suddenly and were caused by mechanisms different from those operating in the present.
- A process by which humans have modified species over many generations by selecting and breeding individuals that possess desired traits.
- A diagram, which resulted from a resemblance between certain species, showing the evolutionary interrelations of a group of organisms derived from a common ancestral form, which shows the pattern of evolution.
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- Mechanics of change are constant over time, meaning that the same geologic process of the past is operating now.
- It’s not the individual, but rather the ________ that evolves.
- The independent evolution of similar features in different lineages.
- A type of natural selection that occurs when a phenotype is favored between the individuals, and is going to give an advantage to the individual.
- Underlying or basic skeletal structure, in different species, that represent variations from a common structural heme, that was present in their common ancestor.
- Organisms, who are a potent force.
- selection Selection favors the formation of two distinct genes or alleles, causing a shift towards the extremes or the minority.
- Selection Natural Selection, in which the majority or intermediate phenotypes, survive, or reproduce more successfully, than the extreme phenotypes.
- Remains or traces of past organisms, which are found in sedimentary rocks, formed by layers of sediment that settle into the bottom of seas, lakes, and swamps.
- A Swedish physician and botanist who developed the binomial system of naming species, which is still used by scientists.
- Speciation that occurs when a population becomes divided into two entirely different isolated populations.
- Genetic drift that occurs when a few individuals become isolated from a larger population and form a new population, whose gene pool composition is not as reflective of that of the original population.
- Speciation, where there is no physical barriers to
- A leading geologist of Darwin´s time, who incorporated Hutton´s idea into his principle, which later influenced Darwin´s ideas.
- The study of fossils.
35 Clues: The study of fossils. • Organisms, who are a potent force. • Facts and observations about the natural world. • Speciation, where there is no physical barriers to • It’s not the individual, but rather the ________ that evolves. • The independent evolution of similar features in different lineages. • ...
Less meat more green 2026-04-07
Across
- noun: advantage
- verb: it is used with 'to', meaning leads to
- adj.: harmful
- adj.: worried
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- verb: to help something to develop or increase
- noun: sudden accidents which cause great damage or suffering
- adj.: much more than is reasonable or necessary
- verb: tries to judge the value, size etc. of something, without calculating it exactly
- verb: showed that something is definitely true, especially by providing more proof
9 Clues: adj.: harmful • adj.: worried • noun: advantage • verb: it is used with 'to', meaning leads to • verb: to help something to develop or increase • adj.: much more than is reasonable or necessary • noun: sudden accidents which cause great damage or suffering • verb: showed that something is definitely true, especially by providing more proof • ...
Branding 2025-09-16
7 Clues: What is the strongest brand ? • Whats the best redesign logo ? • What is the richest branding ? • Whats the worse redesign logo ? • What is the number 1 branding value ? • What was the worst branding disasters ? • Whats the worst corporate rebrands ever ?
Sustaining Biodiversity 2024-02-08
Across
- Area of ocean needed to sustain the consumption of an average person, a nation, or the world, based on the weight of fish he, she, or they consume annually.
- Species Act (ESA) U.S. law that identifies and protects endangered and threatened species and calls for recovery programs to help species recover to levels where legal protection is no longer needed.
- on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) International treaty that bans hunting, capturing, and selling of threatened or endangered species.
- Unfenced grassland in temperate and tropical climates that supplies vegetation for grazing (grass-eating) and browsing (shrub-eating) animals.
- area Area that has not been disturbed by humans and that is protected by law from all harmful human activities.
- Temporary or permanent removal of large expanses of forest for agriculture, settlements, or other uses.
- Too many animals grazing an area for too long, leading to reduced grass cover, which in turn leads to erosion that compacts soil and reduces its capacity to hold water.
- plantation Managed forest containing only one or two species of trees that are all the same age.
- zone Outer zone surrounding a strictly protected inner core of a reserve where local people can extract resources sustainably.
- swap Arrangement in which participating countries act as custodians of protected forest reserves in return for foreign aid or debt relief.
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- concession Strategy in which governments or private conservation organizations pay governments or landowners in other nations to preserve their land’s natural resources for a set amount of time.
- breeding Process by which wild individuals of a critically endangered species are collected for breeding in captivity, with the aim of reintroducing the offspring into the wild.
- burn Carefully planned and controlled fire that removes flammable small trees and underbrush in the highest-risk forest areas.
- restoration Deliberate alteration of a damaged habitat or ecosystem to a state close to its original one.
- Managed grassland or enclosed meadow often planted with domesticated grasses or other vegetation to be grazed by livestock.
- forest Uncut or regenerated forest that has not been seriously disturbed by human activities or natural disasters for 200 years or more.
- ecology Method of protecting terrestrial biodiversity by finding ways for humans to share with other species some of the spaces they dominate.
- on Biological Diversity (CBD) International treaty that commits participating governments to reduce the global rate of biodiversity loss and to share the benefits from use of the world’s genetic resources.
- hotspot Area rich in highly endangered endemic species
- reserve Area that contains a strictly protected core ecosystem surrounded by a buffer zone where local people can extract resources sustainably.
- Concentration of an aquatic species suitable for commercial harvesting in an ocean area or inland body of water.
- forest Stand of trees resulting from secondary ecological succession. These forests develop after the trees in an area have been removed by human activities, such as clear-cutting for timber or cropland, or by natural forces such as wildfires and hurricanes.
22 Clues: hotspot Area rich in highly endangered endemic species • plantation Managed forest containing only one or two species of trees that are all the same age. • Temporary or permanent removal of large expanses of forest for agriculture, settlements, or other uses. • ...
deneme 2024-05-04
Across
- The whole world immediately needs to take action to combat ………….. change and its impacts.
- The fundamental rights and freedoms to which all humans are entitled, often enshrined in national and international law.
- According to the UN World Water Development Report 2023, what percentage of the world population does not have access to clean drinking water?
- The variety of life on Earth, including species diversity, genetic diversity, and ecosystem diversity.
- A term referring to the unequal distribution of power, resources, and opportunities between men and women.
- A type of energy derived from natural resources that are replenished on a human timescale.
- …………….. growth considers social, environmental, and economic factors.
- A widespread occurrence of an infectious disease over a whole country or the world at a particular time.
- A …………. …………. is a technologically modern urban area that uses different types of electronic methods and sensors to collect specific data.
- The process of reusing materials or products to create new items, thereby reducing waste.
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- According to the International Telecommunication Union's (ITU) 2023 report, approximately percentage of the world's population does not have access to the Internet
- SDG1 aims to end ____ in all its forms everywhere.
- The term refers to the gap between those who have access to ICTs and the Internet and those who do not
- The condition of being deprived of access to resources, rights, or opportunities.
- The World ……… …….….. provides food assistance to millions of people affected by crises and disasters.
- There are ____ Sustainable Development Goals adopted by the United Nations in 2015.
- The leading cause of marine pollution, often entering the ocean through rivers , runoff and people.
- ……… agreement, adopted in 2015, outlines global efforts to combat climate change.
18 Clues: SDG1 aims to end ____ in all its forms everywhere. • …………….. growth considers social, environmental, and economic factors. • The condition of being deprived of access to resources, rights, or opportunities. • ……… agreement, adopted in 2015, outlines global efforts to combat climate change. • ...
English 9 2022-01-13
Across
- Someone who has been sick recently might be described as _______.
- In which state was Harper Lee born/where does TKAM take place?
- Ms. McDonald all coffee that is not from Starbucks to be _______.
- What should you do when you finish a late assignment?
- the male head of the family
- someone who is friendly is _______
- Not having or using
- I always ________ my notes.
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- a noun that means an expert article
- A changemaker can also be called a ______ of change
- Where do we dismiss from?
- to leave one's country for another
- Accumulation of valuable items
- In 2021 ______________ disasters cost $145 Billion
- in Europe?
- City of massive apartment fire
- Who is the top-seller of electric
- Slaves ability to read and write would increase their desire for _________
18 Clues: in Europe? • Not having or using • Where do we dismiss from? • the male head of the family • I always ________ my notes. • Accumulation of valuable items • City of massive apartment fire • Who is the top-seller of electric • to leave one's country for another • someone who is friendly is _______ • a noun that means an expert article • ...
Natural Resources Review 2013-03-18
Across
- an area of underground water storage
- when a gas becomes a liquid once again
- the process including evaporation, condensation, and precipitation
- to become a part of something else
- to change directly from a solid to a gas
- natural resources that cannot be replaced in the time of a normal lifespan
- energy produced by splitting the nucleus of an atom
- water found on the top surface of our earth
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- energy produced using the power of the ocean's tides
- water that is naturally stored underground
- energy created using the movement of water
- energy made from garbage
- energy produced using turbines taking up huge amounts of land
- energy produced using heat from inside the earth
- forms of water falling from the sky
- natural resources that are easily replaced
- energy produced by capturing the power of waves
- energy produced using the power of our sun
- the process of water becomes a gas
- the wise use of resources
- natural resources made from decaying life forms
21 Clues: energy made from garbage • the wise use of resources • to become a part of something else • the process of water becomes a gas • forms of water falling from the sky • an area of underground water storage • when a gas becomes a liquid once again • to change directly from a solid to a gas • water that is naturally stored underground • energy created using the movement of water • ...
Natural creatures ADV 2020-12-03
40 Clues: ёж • усы • ива • шип • сук • ель • дуб • клюв • пень • кора • клен • клык • ветвь • грива • жабры • когти • перья • чешуя • бутон • копыто • добыча • сажать • иголки • бревно • тюлень • посевы • цвести • пыльца • береза • плавник • стебель • хворост • кузнечик • стрекоза • лепестки • удобрять • хобот,ствол • млекопитающее • собирать урожай • буйно разрастаться
