plants Crossword Puzzles
24HRWS5 2024-03-27
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- Organisms feeding on other organisms for energy-rich food.
- Lowest forest level; small plants, fungi, decomposing material.
- Meat eater.
- Undesirable or harmful organism.
- Process in green plant cells combining sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water to produce oxygen and carbohydrates.
- On or near water banks; land and plants influenced by adjacent water.
- Animal droppings or excrement.
- Colors or patterns enabling blending with surroundings.
- Water from rainfall exceeding soil's infiltration rate or flowing off land surface.
- Organism with a backbone and internal skeleton.
- Harvesting system like clear cutting, seed tree, selection, shelter wood.
- Larval phase of an insect with incomplete metamorphosis.
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- Organisms using sun’s energy to make food.
- Referring to cone-bearing. Forest with pines, firs, or spruces.
- Planned burning in predetermined area.
- Organisms synthesizing organic compounds from inorganic substances via photosynthesis or chemosynthesis.
- Animals without a backbone. Examples: insects, spiders, mollusks, crustaceans.
- Making adjustments to environment. Example: plants in balanced soil, moisture, sunlight conditions.
- Plant bearing seeds in cones; typically needle leaf trees.
- Area where land and water meet; includes hydrology, hydric soils, hydrophytic plants.
- Planned burning in predetermined area.
- Cutting of intermediate-aged or diseased trees in uneven-aged forest.
- Standing dead tree; often home for wildlife.
23 Clues: Meat eater. • Animal droppings or excrement. • Undesirable or harmful organism. • Planned burning in predetermined area. • Planned burning in predetermined area. • Organisms using sun’s energy to make food. • Standing dead tree; often home for wildlife. • Organism with a backbone and internal skeleton. • Colors or patterns enabling blending with surroundings. • ...
Plant and Soil Science: Plants 2023-02-15
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- Vessel used to transport sugars and carbohydrates
- What gives structure to growing plants?
- Enlarged structures used by plant to store nutrients
- Packing tissue
- Which type of respiration includes oxygen as an input?
- Vessel used to transport water
- Bottom layer of plant structure
- What gives structure to grown plants?
- Name give to the male reproductive parts of a plant
- A single layer of cells that covers the leaves, flowers, roots and stems of plants
- The central, innermost layer of cortex
- Input of photosynthesis with carbon dioxide
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- Which pigment allows photosynthesis to occur?
- The sugar made in photosynthesis
- Meristem is located in between permanent tissues
- Process where plant gains energy
- Two type of reproduction are sexual and ________
- Pore in the leaf that enables water and gas movement
- Meristematic tissue present at the growing tips of stems and roots
- A short, vertical, swollen underground plant stem that serves as a storage organ
- Which aerial component does most photosynthesis occur?
- A cylinder of parenchyma or sclerenchyma cells that lies just inside the endodermi
- Name given to the female reproductive parts of the plant
- A porous tissue found in the lignin/bark of dicotyledonous plants
24 Clues: Packing tissue • Vessel used to transport water • Bottom layer of plant structure • The sugar made in photosynthesis • Process where plant gains energy • What gives structure to grown plants? • The central, innermost layer of cortex • What gives structure to growing plants? • Input of photosynthesis with carbon dioxide • Which pigment allows photosynthesis to occur? • ...
8th Grade Unit 5 Vocab 2023-04-03
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- is the total number of plants or animals in a group
- the act of seeing or finding something for the first time
- Is all of the living and nonliving things that surround a person, animal, or plant
- A person who goes to a place to find new information about it
- To start something
- is not longer living
- is the place where a plant or animal naturally lives
- is a person who knows a lot about a subject
- is to make sure or certain
- to be arranged or put into groups
- Is having knowledge of something
- animals and plants that live freely outdoors without human care
- is a person who studies living things
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- Something to provide facts about it
- to be at risk of disappearing forever
- to become larger in number or size
- Is careful protection of something
- to grow strong and healthy
- is waste, chemicals, and gases that have a harmful effect
- is against the law
- to become smaller
- is a related group of animals or plants
- Is a trip or journey made for a particular purpose
- a person who hunts plants or animals illegally
24 Clues: to become smaller • To start something • is against the law • is not longer living • to grow strong and healthy • is to make sure or certain • Is having knowledge of something • to be arranged or put into groups • to become larger in number or size • Is careful protection of something • Something to provide facts about it • to be at risk of disappearing forever • ...
Environmental Sciences 2023-04-03
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- Organisms that make their own food
- individual living things
- Place where an organism lives
- A consumer that eats only animals.
- contains seeds or pollen which allow the plant to reproduce
- An organism that breaks down wastes and dead organisms
- absorb light and carry out photosynthesis
- A series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy.
- all the living and nonliving things that interact in an area
- organisms that make their own food (plants)
- an organism's role in its environment
- What eats this organism
- What an organism eats
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- Plants use the sun's energy to convert water and carbon dioxide into sugars and oxygen
- living things
- non-living things
- Organisms that eat living producers and/or other consumers for food.
- A carnivore that feeds on the bodies of dead organisms
- A consumer that eats only plants.
- Types of habitats
- Transports water and nutrients from the roots to the leaves and flower
- An animal that eats both plants and animals
- organism that obtains energy from the foods it consumes; also called a consumer
- Absorbs water and minerals from the ground. Anchors plant in ground.
24 Clues: living things • non-living things • Types of habitats • What an organism eats • What eats this organism • individual living things • Place where an organism lives • A consumer that eats only plants. • Organisms that make their own food • A consumer that eats only animals. • an organism's role in its environment • absorb light and carry out photosynthesis • ...
May 2025 Crossword Puzzle 2025-04-30
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- Clean, new, or recently made
- A day in late May to remember fallen soldiers.
- The color of new leaves and grass
- A ceremony to celebrate finishing school
- Putting seeds or young plants into the soil.
- A pleasant feeling from the sun as temperatures rise.
- The season that includes May in the Northern Hemisphere.
- A powdery substance from flowers that causes sneezing.
- A fun community event, often held in the spring.
- Water that falls from the sky and helps things grow.
- Day A holiday to honor moms, celebrated in May.
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- Eating outdoors, often on a blanket.
- A joyful event
- What flowers do as they open up.
- Small growths on trees or flowers before they open.
- A common spring reaction to pollen.
- The outdoors: plants, animals, and the environment.
- A tall pole with ribbons used in traditional May dances.
- What plants, animals, and even people do in spring.
- Bright light from the sky that warms the earth.
- colorful plants
- A place where you might plant flowers or vegetables.
- Opposite of indoor
- A special day off
- A fresh start, like nature's rebirth in spring.
25 Clues: A joyful event • colorful plants • A special day off • Opposite of indoor • Clean, new, or recently made • What flowers do as they open up. • The color of new leaves and grass • A common spring reaction to pollen. • Eating outdoors, often on a blanket. • A ceremony to celebrate finishing school • Putting seeds or young plants into the soil. • ...
Digestive System 2025-06-06
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- Bacteria lives where in animals?
- What is capable of causing disease & destroying plants & crops
- Brown Algae has cell wall _________, like plants.
- Prokaryotes & ________ are in competition with each other for food.
- ________ is an example of Eukaryotes
- ________ has resistance to antibiotics
- Is a natural process?
- What has genetic material that separates itself from Eubacteria & Eukaryotes?
- One example of Eukaryotes cell division
- Bacteria needs _______ to be able to move?
- What is the treatment of a disease using genes?
- _______ are only active when their genetic material has entered and taken control of a living cell
- Is a abnormal infectious proteins that cause rare and serious disease in mammals.
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- Single celled
- What is scattered throughout the cytoplasm?
- Individual species still members of same breed & _____
- ______ weakens any form of a dangerous virus
- Plants that are in communities with a bigger number of species are better to survive?
- ______ helps Bacteria attach to things.
- What can recycle nutrients?
- Almost all _______ rely on fungi to obtain the nutrients from the soil.
- Prokaryotes have no ____
- Prokaryotes mostly produce what way?
- What disease affected nearly 1 million cattle in 1980?
- Diatoms move by?
25 Clues: Single celled • Diatoms move by? • Is a natural process? • Prokaryotes have no ____ • What can recycle nutrients? • Bacteria lives where in animals? • ________ is an example of Eukaryotes • Prokaryotes mostly produce what way? • ________ has resistance to antibiotics • ______ helps Bacteria attach to things. • One example of Eukaryotes cell division • ...
Science summary 2023-05-16
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- Plant cycle for food
- Line all the way around the Earth that separate the Northern hemisphere from the southern hemisphere
- Eats the producer and is eaten by the predator
- Center of the earth
- Pigment that carries out photosynthesis in plants
- Something done to make a discovery
- Pliable sheet of tissue that is inside of sells that attaches to plants or animals
- A consistent thing
- Hooded layer in the Earth between the crust and core
- Taking a very focused look
- Eat plants
- An organism that depends on complex organic substances for nutrition
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- Outer layer of the Earth
- Demonstrate what something looks like without having to use the real thing
- Takes energy form the sun and gives it to other organisms that eat it
- Techtronic plate shifting
- Educated guess
- Collect facts
- Living thing that has the ability to function independently
- Structural function of all living organisms
- Eats the prey
- Small, icy object that orbits the sun and has a long tail of gas
- Explosion of steam and lava from a volcano
- Control center of the cell
- Warm-blooded, drinks milk, and has hair
- Breaks down dead plants and animals
26 Clues: Eat plants • Collect facts • Eats the prey • Educated guess • A consistent thing • Center of the earth • Plant cycle for food • Outer layer of the Earth • Techtronic plate shifting • Control center of the cell • Taking a very focused look • Something done to make a discovery • Breaks down dead plants and animals • Warm-blooded, drinks milk, and has hair • ...
Unit 8 2023-03-24
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- A group of individuals of the same species within a community
- large community of vegetation and wildlife
- all of the food chains in an ecosystem
- a non-living part of an ecosystem
- the study of organisms and how they interact with the environment around them
- made up of the parts of Earth where life exists
- a type of symbiotic relationship where all species involved benefit from their interactions
- the ecological process by which energy is transferred
- Animal that only eats flesh
- two or more distinct organisms living together for the benefit of one or both
- an organism that feeds mostly on plants
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- area where animals live in
- a non mutual relationship between two organisms in which one benefits at the expense of the other
- an organism that eats plants and animals
- linear sequence of organisms through which nutrients and energy pass as one organism eats another
- a geographic area where plants, animals, and other organisms
- an organism that eats other plants or animals for energy and nutrients
- an association between two organisms in which one benefits and the other
- the position of an organism in the food chain
- organism that breaks down dead organic material
20 Clues: area where animals live in • Animal that only eats flesh • a non-living part of an ecosystem • all of the food chains in an ecosystem • an organism that feeds mostly on plants • an organism that eats plants and animals • large community of vegetation and wildlife • the position of an organism in the food chain • made up of the parts of Earth where life exists • ...
Cellular energy crossword 2025-01-21
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- fluid filling up the inside of the chloroplast around the grana
- the first step of cellular respiration, breaks down glucose into pyruvate
- stage of photosynthesis that converts light energy into chemical energy
- second stage of photosynthesis, converts oxygen into glucose
- the site of photosynthesis
- similar to NADH, transports electrons to the electron transport chain
- stack of thylakoids
- carries electrons during cellular respiration
- organelle that generates energy, the site of cellular respiration
- the green pigment in plants used to make food
- a gas produced by photosynthesis and needed for cellular respiration
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- second step of cellular respiration, turns pyruvate into carbon dioxide, releases energy in the form of ATP, NADH, and FADH2
- last step of cellular respiration, uses electron transport to make ATP and water.
- process that occurs in animals and plants, releases carbon dioxide and water.
- the process where plants take in carbon dioxide and turn it into oxygen
- stores transfer energy in cells
- a gas thats absorbed by plants for photosynthesis but produced by cellular respiration
- doesn't need oxygen, produces less energy
- flat membrane sac in the chloroplast for photosynthesis
- needs oxygen, produces more energy
- sugar that provides energy for cells
21 Clues: stack of thylakoids • the site of photosynthesis • stores transfer energy in cells • needs oxygen, produces more energy • sugar that provides energy for cells • doesn't need oxygen, produces less energy • carries electrons during cellular respiration • the green pigment in plants used to make food • flat membrane sac in the chloroplast for photosynthesis • ...
Nutrition in plants 2017-05-14
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- process of taking in food and utilisation by the body
- process when green plants make food in the presence of sunlight,water and chlorophyll
- non green plants that live in or on other organisms
- plant from which parasites get their food
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- a symbiotic plant
- green pigment present in plants
- green structures in young cells of plants
- green plants that make food themselves
- plants that grow on dead and decaying matter
- when two kinds of organisms work together for mutual benifit
10 Clues: a symbiotic plant • green pigment present in plants • green plants that make food themselves • green structures in young cells of plants • plant from which parasites get their food • plants that grow on dead and decaying matter • non green plants that live in or on other organisms • process of taking in food and utilisation by the body • ...
Photosynthesis 2024-09-08
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- Green pigment that captured sunlight for photosynthesis
- Tiny openings on leaves that allow gas exchange
- Parts of the plants that absorb water
- By-product released by plants during photosynthesis
- The components produced during photosynthesis
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- The parts of the plants that do not help in the storage of starch.
- Process by which plants make their own food
- Gas absorbed by the plants during photosynthesis
- The parts in leaves where photosynthesis takes place
- Plants use this energy to drive photosynthesis
10 Clues: Parts of the plants that absorb water • Process by which plants make their own food • The components produced during photosynthesis • Plants use this energy to drive photosynthesis • Tiny openings on leaves that allow gas exchange • Gas absorbed by the plants during photosynthesis • By-product released by plants during photosynthesis • ...
Partho the Park-Keeper 2020-05-07
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- things that people do not want
- Saturday and Sunday
- cut the top part
- very happy
- make a broken thing right
- rows of short plants
- words on a piece of cardboard to tell something
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- to rub something to clean
- tidy rows of plants with flowers
- group of people
- to say yes
- food that is eaten between meals
- to remove unwanted plants
- pieces of waste things on the ground
14 Clues: to say yes • very happy • group of people • cut the top part • Saturday and Sunday • rows of short plants • to rub something to clean • to remove unwanted plants • make a broken thing right • things that people do not want • tidy rows of plants with flowers • food that is eaten between meals • pieces of waste things on the ground • words on a piece of cardboard to tell something
protector hedge for veg 2019-08-03
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- - tall plants
- - what plants grow in
- -a type of food that you grow
- you --- food
- - your standing on the ------
- -a type of food that you grow
- - where you grow stuff
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- - something that looks like half a sphere
- -something that covers something to --- it
- - it collects rays from the sun
- - people call them a pest
- - they are on the bottom of plants
- - a boundary or fence made out of bushes or shrubs
- - something you eat
- pests 11
15 Clues: pests 11 • you --- food • - tall plants • - something you eat • - what plants grow in • - where you grow stuff • - people call them a pest • -a type of food that you grow • - your standing on the ------ • -a type of food that you grow • - it collects rays from the sun • - they are on the bottom of plants • - something that looks like half a sphere • ...
SOIL 2024-08-07
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- not dry
- the part of a flowering plant that contains the seeds.
- has a stem, leaves, and roots.
- dead plants and animals
- the reason why we can breath
- orange or grey in colour
- you drink this when you're thirsty
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- smooth rounded stone
- not wet
- dry soil, light in colour
- dark brown soil
- light brown with white pieces
- where we grow plants
- the blossom of a plant
14 Clues: not dry • not wet • dark brown soil • smooth rounded stone • where we grow plants • the blossom of a plant • dead plants and animals • orange or grey in colour • dry soil, light in colour • the reason why we can breath • light brown with white pieces • has a stem, leaves, and roots. • you drink this when you're thirsty • the part of a flowering plant that contains the seeds.
Aiden kielpinski 2023-03-01
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- it makes more
- the chain of what they eat
- it creates its own food
- level the position it occupies
- eats only meat
- they eat things
- plants use it to get food
- the web of what they eat
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- eats others for energy
- the thing that turns things into waste
- eats both plants and animals
- gives the plant color
- eats only plants
- they find food just laying around
14 Clues: it makes more • eats only meat • they eat things • eats only plants • gives the plant color • eats others for energy • it creates its own food • the web of what they eat • plants use it to get food • the chain of what they eat • eats both plants and animals • level the position it occupies • they find food just laying around • the thing that turns things into waste
MAMMALS 2023-01-12
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- its babies come from eggs
- mammals that live in the sea are ... mammals
- dolphins' fat
- the cleverest mammal
- deer and giraffes
- a mammal has hair and a ...
- Where do most mammals live?
- animals that eat plants and meat
- it has two fur coats
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- animals that eat plants
- animals that eat meat
- people, monkeys, apes, lemurs
- the biggest mammal on Earth
- it doesn't have teeth; it eats insects, plants, fruit
- its babies come from eggs
15 Clues: dolphins' fat • deer and giraffes • the cleverest mammal • it has two fur coats • animals that eat meat • animals that eat plants • its babies come from eggs • its babies come from eggs • the biggest mammal on Earth • a mammal has hair and a ... • Where do most mammals live? • people, monkeys, apes, lemurs • animals that eat plants and meat • mammals that live in the sea are ... mammals • ...
Solve the crossword 2015-06-07
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- that feed on other living bodies
- gives us silk
- used for producing gobar gas
- process by which plants make their own food
- slimy skin
- time period for which a specie live
- wheat plant
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- process by which living organism reproduce
- plants that need maximum amount of water
- plants that bear flower are called_____ plants
- a single cell organism
11 Clues: slimy skin • wheat plant • gives us silk • a single cell organism • used for producing gobar gas • that feed on other living bodies • time period for which a specie live • plants that need maximum amount of water • process by which living organism reproduce • process by which plants make their own food • plants that bear flower are called_____ plants
Plant Reproduction 2024-07-14
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- seeds dispersed by animals
- plants grow from leaves
- plants grow from stems
- seeds very light they easily carried by wind seeds dispersed by water
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- plants grow from roots
- the process by which a seed starts growing in to a seedling
- the process of production of plant in large scale
- seeds dispersed by explosion
- plants grow from spores
- plants grow from seeds
10 Clues: plants grow from seeds • plants grow from roots • plants grow from leaves • plants grow from stems • plants grow from spores • seeds dispersed by animals • seeds dispersed by explosion • the process of production of plant in large scale • the process by which a seed starts growing in to a seedling • ...
Food Chain, Habitats, and Adaptation Crossword 2023-03-03
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- living things that make their own food
- all of the living and nonliving things in an environment
- an animal that eats only plants
- an animal that eats both plants and animals
- living things that eat plants and animals to get their energy
- is a complex system of food chains
- living things that get their energy from dead matter
- how an animal's body or behavior helps it survive
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- an animal that is hunted by other animals
- an animal that hunts other animals
- an animal that eats only other animals
- a food relationship between plants and animals in the environment
- a living thing
- the place where an animal lives
14 Clues: a living thing • an animal that eats only plants • the place where an animal lives • an animal that hunts other animals • is a complex system of food chains • living things that make their own food • an animal that eats only other animals • an animal that is hunted by other animals • an animal that eats both plants and animals • ...
Characteristics of life, Food Chains, and Food Webs 2023-10-05
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- animals get this from the food that they eat
- eat decaying matter
- living things do this to get bigger
- all living things do this at the end of their lifespan
- shows how each living thing gets food, and how nutrients and energy are passed from creature to creature
- a non-living thing
- cannot make their own food, so they need to consume (eat) plants and/or animals
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- Animals that eat only animals
- a number of food chains connected together
- Animals that eat both animals AND plants
- Animals that eat only plants
- produce their own food
- a living thing
- plants create their own food using carbon dioxide, water, and ____light
14 Clues: a living thing • a non-living thing • eat decaying matter • produce their own food • Animals that eat only plants • Animals that eat only animals • living things do this to get bigger • Animals that eat both animals AND plants • a number of food chains connected together • animals get this from the food that they eat • all living things do this at the end of their lifespan • ...
Vocabulary Unit 9 2025-05-14
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- An . . . is a place where living things, like plants and animals, work together with the environment.
- A . . . eats plants or animals for food, like a rabbit munching on grass.
- The . . . shows who eats whom in nature, like a lion eating a zebra.
- . . . can be really tiny but important, helping us digest food or making us sick.
- A . . . is a group of animals or plants that are all the same kind, like lions or roses.
- . . . in the water makes oxygen, which helps fish and other creatures breathe.
- A . . . hunts other animals for food, like an eagle catching a fish.
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- . . . means having lots of different plants and animals in one place, which helps nature stay healthy.
- . . . like fungi and bacteria break down dead things and turn them into healthy soil.
- Some frogs are . . . to protect themselves from being eaten by other animals.
- The . . . flies super fast to catch its food in the sky, like a bird of prey.
- A . . . carries its home on its back and moves slowly with its slimy trail.
- A . . . relationship is when two creatures help each other, like a clownfish and a sea anemone.
- A . . . is a plant that makes its own food from sunlight, like a tree making food from the sun.
- A . . . uses its claws to defend itself and catch food, and it can walk sideways!
- Animals and plants . . . with each other, like bees flying from flower to flower.
- . . . like mushrooms help break down old plants and trees to make the soil richer.
17 Clues: The . . . shows who eats whom in nature, like a lion eating a zebra. • A . . . hunts other animals for food, like an eagle catching a fish. • A . . . eats plants or animals for food, like a rabbit munching on grass. • A . . . carries its home on its back and moves slowly with its slimy trail. • ...
Biome 2021-09-09
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- a wetland biome where the primary plant life consists of peat-forming plants. Mires include four basic types: bog, fen, marsh, and swamp.
- refers to areas where little or no precipitation occurs.
- an ecosystem is a community of plant and animal life.
- related to high mountains.
- a marine biome associated with coral formations.
- opposite of deciduous. These plants remain ‘green’ and keep their leaves throughout the year.
- refers to plants found in cities.
- refers to biomes in and under the waters of the Earth’s oceans.
- biomes positioned between the Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn latitudes (23.5° N and S).
- biome with a mix of woodland and grassland plants where the tree canopies do not deny light to reach the grass below.
- Dry, low humidity, or low rainfall. Basically a lack of plentiful water.
- refers to plants that lose leaves or fruit as the season changes.
- a distinct grouping of plant life based on the type of plants and their climate.
- relating to plants living on the ground. The opposite of aquatic biomes.
- refers to climates where there are high levels of water vapor or humidity.
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- climate consisting of a wide range of yearly temperature. Also identified by the zone between 35° and 50° latitude in both North and South hemispheres.
- A temperate grassland, savanna, or shrubland.
- a type of plant that relies on cones to spread their seeds. Examples include pine, cedar, fir, and cypress trees.
- also known as boreal forest is a forest found in the subarctic areas of the Northern hemisphere.
- biome where the primary plant life consists of grasses.
- the ice coverings found at either of the Earth’s poles
- biomes in areas flooded with water either seasonally or permanently
- – biomes found in caves and underground caverns.
- biome with little or no tree growth due to low temperatures or short growing periods. Plant life consists mostly of lichens, mosses, shrubs, and grasses.
- related to water. Aquatic biomes could be either fresh or saltwater biomes.
- biome where the primary plant life consists of trees.
- biome containing mostly shrubs in a climate of wet winters and hot dry summers.
- related to the land near the edge of an ocean or sea.
- Biomes found in seawater.
29 Clues: Biomes found in seawater. • related to high mountains. • refers to plants found in cities. • A temperate grassland, savanna, or shrubland. • a marine biome associated with coral formations. • – biomes found in caves and underground caverns. • an ecosystem is a community of plant and animal life. • biome where the primary plant life consists of trees. • ...
Unit 6.1 Vocabulary 2018-01-29
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- To check or hinder the growth or development of a plant
- Yellowing or whitening of normally green leaves caused by lack of nutrients, air pollution or diseases
- crops such as legumes or grasses that are grown to be plowed or spaded into the soil to increase humus content and improve soil structure
- Zn; assist with photosynthetic function, helps metabolic enzymes, and effects cell development
- B; an element essential for plant growth. Helps plant cells develop and assists with sugar translocation
- Cl; a heavy gas used in small amounts for the growth of plants
- Mn; an element that is often unavailable to plants
- K; macronutrient involved with photosynthesis primarily with the transformation of sugars
- When molecular nitrogen biologically or chemically converts to organic combinations or forms
- Trace nutrients
- N; macronutrient, vital to plant growing process, increases vegetative growth
- Primary plant nutrients
- produced by plants and animals with nothing "additional" added
- A change in color of the lower leaves of green plants usually attributed to a lack of plant nutrients or moisture deficiency
- Organic residues or their mixture placed in a pit, moistened and allowed to become decomposed
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- P; this nutrient stimulates early growth and root development
- an element or compound in a soil that is essential for the growth of a plant
- another name for micronutrient
- Essential to plant growth in smaller quantities or another name for micronutrient
- Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and Potassium or another name for macronutrient
- Excreta of animals used to fertilize land
- Mg; essential for plant growth because it is a constituent of chlorophyll
- Any organic or inorganic material added to soil or water to provide plant nutrients to increase growth
- A family of plants that includes food and forages like peas, beans, peanuts, clovers, alfalfas and kudzu
- An insufficiency in reference to the amount, volume, proportion
- Death of plants
- Fe; a deficiency in this element results in chlorosis
- Cu; can reduce plant uptake of phosphorus, iron, zinc, and molybdenum. Assists with photosynthetic function and metabolic enzyme breakdown
- S; element important for soil fertility and used in large amounts by plants
- Ca; essential in plant and animal growth & is the principal mineral element in bones
- Mo; essential in very small amounts, usually sufficient
31 Clues: Trace nutrients • Death of plants • Primary plant nutrients • another name for micronutrient • Excreta of animals used to fertilize land • Mn; an element that is often unavailable to plants • Fe; a deficiency in this element results in chlorosis • To check or hinder the growth or development of a plant • Mo; essential in very small amounts, usually sufficient • ...
Zach Dao's Taxonomy Crossword 2025-03-24
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- Pine trees, flowers, ginkgos, and apple trees all reproduce with _____.
- Vascular plants have true _____ unlike nonvascular plants that have rhizoids.
- Slime molds are “_____ like protists.”
- Class that lays watertight eggs and has watertight scales.
- Fungi has cell walls made of ______.
- Mammalia produces ____ for their young.
- Class that lays eggs, can fly, has wings, and has feathers.
- Most protists require a _____ environment to live.
- Gymnosperm's seeds develop on the _______ of reproductive structures.
- Class that has hair, produces milk, and is endothermic.
- Angiosperm's seeds develop in an _____ and are enclosed within a flower or fruit.
- Always multicellular and photoautotrophic.
- Class of fish that has a jaw and a skeleton made of cartilage.
- Gymnosperms make _____.
- Class of fish that has a skeleton made of bone and has a jaw.
- I have no nucleus and like harsh conditions
- Archaea are considered this because they are made of only one cell.
- Has a cell wall made of protein and sugars.
- Aves are the remains of _________.
- Agnatha fish have no ___ and a skeleton made of cartilage.
- Animals are always hetrotrophic, multicellular,and ______.
- Always reproduces with spores and has true roots.
- Flowering plants are also considered _______________.
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- Does not have xylem and phloem and has rhizoids.
- Protist group that absorb nutrients like fungi but some can move.
- Algae are “_____ like protists.”
- Protist group that photosynthesizes but some can move.
- Reptilia lays watertight eggs outside of _____.
- Why did the mushroom always get invited to parties? Because he was a _____.
- Chondrichthyes has skeletons made of _________.
- Seed plants Do Not reproduce with ______.
- Kingdom whose DNA composed of chromosomes and has a nucleus.
- Like archaea, bacteria are unicellular__________.
- Amphibia’s larval stage is usually _______.
- Some can photosynthesize and most require a moist environment to live in.
- Instead of using roots like vascular plants nonvascular plants use ________.
- It has true roots and has xylem and phloem.
- Amoebas, and plasmodium are all in the protist group called ________.
- Class of jawless fish with skeletons made of cartilage.
- Seedless plants reproduce with ______.
- Plant's cell walls are made of_________.
- Amphibia has two lives, one on water and one on ____.
- Protozoa are “______ like protists”
- Eukaryote's DNA is composed of___________.
- Are always multicellular, motile, and heterotrophic.
- Osteichthyes is the only class of fish that has a skeleton made of ____.
46 Clues: Gymnosperms make _____. • Algae are “_____ like protists.” • Aves are the remains of _________. • Protozoa are “______ like protists” • Fungi has cell walls made of ______. • Slime molds are “_____ like protists.” • Seedless plants reproduce with ______. • Mammalia produces ____ for their young. • Plant's cell walls are made of_________. • ...
Cycling of Matter and Flow of Matter 2025-05-06
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- A living thing like bacteria or fungi that breaks down dead plants and animals.
- Harmful things added to the air, water, or land that can hurt living things and the environment.
- A state where things stay balanced and don’t change quickly in an ecosystem.
- The movement of animals from one place to another, often to find food or better weather.
- Material that comes from living or once-living organisms. This includes things like dead plants, animals, and waste.
- The way carbon moves through the Earth, air, plants, animals, and back again.
- The effect that people have on the environment, like pollution, deforestation, or helping to protect nature.
- The usual weather conditions in a place over a long time, like how hot, cold, wet, or dry it is.
- Something in the environment that living things need to survive, like water, food, or shelter.
- When water covers land that is usually dry, often caused by heavy rain or melting snow.
- The way living things act with each other and their environment.
- The movement of nitrogen through the air, soil, plants, and animals. It helps living things get what they need to grow.
- The removal or cutting down of trees in a forest, often to make room for farms or buildings.
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- When organisms try to get the same resource (like food, water, or space) because there isn't enough for everyone.
- A group of the same kind of organism living in the same place.
- The natural home or environment of a plant, animal, or other organism.
- A process where substances change into new substances. For example, when food is broken down in your body or plants turn carbon dioxide into oxygen.
- A change in a plant or animal that helps it survive better in its environment.
- The variety of living things in a place, like plants, animals, and tiny organisms.
- All the living things and nonliving things in an area and how they interact with each other.
- An organism, like a plant, that makes its own food using sunlight through photosynthesis.
- An animal that eats plants or other animals for energy.
- A large, uncontrolled fire that spreads quickly in a forest or grassland.
23 Clues: An animal that eats plants or other animals for energy. • A group of the same kind of organism living in the same place. • The way living things act with each other and their environment. • The natural home or environment of a plant, animal, or other organism. • A large, uncontrolled fire that spreads quickly in a forest or grassland. • ...
Plant Physiology Review 2021-10-06
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- plants rest or grow slowly
- when plants first start to grow
- tendency to grow toward the light
- movement of nutrients from one part to another
- state with zones 6-8
- nutrients and water into cell walls
- plants categorized by zones based on minimum temperature
- oxygen/glucose=carbon dioxide
- short day plant
- 90% of the plant tissue is made of water
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- light+6CO2+6H2O=C6H12O6+O2
- response to the amount of light
- long day plant
- losing water from leaves
- plant produce flowers, seeds, and fruit
- taking in water and nutrients
16 Clues: long day plant • short day plant • state with zones 6-8 • losing water from leaves • light+6CO2+6H2O=C6H12O6+O2 • plants rest or grow slowly • oxygen/glucose=carbon dioxide • taking in water and nutrients • response to the amount of light • when plants first start to grow • tendency to grow toward the light • nutrients and water into cell walls • ...
Foods Wordpuzzle 2018-09-21
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- Substances used in place of sugar to sweeten foods; few calories
- Sugars with with single-unit chemical structure
- Carbohydrates with complicated structures; starches
- Complicated chemical arrangements that plants form; single glucose that builds starches
- Formed when plants combine single glucose units; complicated structure
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- main source of energy
- Simple process that makes carbohydrates
- Sugars extracted from plants and used to sweeten foods
- Simple carbohydrates chemically formed from plants
- Plant materials; not digested by human enzymes
- Sugars formed from simple one and two unit structures
- (single sugar) two monosaccharides chemically combined
- Green pigment
13 Clues: Green pigment • main source of energy • Simple process that makes carbohydrates • Plant materials; not digested by human enzymes • Sugars with with single-unit chemical structure • Simple carbohydrates chemically formed from plants • Carbohydrates with complicated structures; starches • Sugars formed from simple one and two unit structures • ...
Yellowstone 2021-03-08
12 Clues: Eats only meat • Eats only plants • Helps plants grow • Eats other animals • Feeds on dead things • Eats plants and Meat • Top of the food chain • Bottom of the food chain • Very fluffy and big ears • Way of showing top animal • Eats berries and hibernates • Connecting different Ecosystems
rocks 2025-04-25
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- The layer under topsoil. It has fewer nutrients and more clay.
- The best mix of sand, silt, clay, and humus. It’s great for growing plants.
- How soil feels based on the size of its particles.
- Things in the soil that once were alive, like dead leaves or roots. They help plants grow.
- Very tiny particles that feel sticky. Clay holds a lot of water but drains slowly.
- How much of the food (nutrients) plants need is in the soil. Healthy soil has a lot.
- The top layer of soil. It’s where most plant roots grow and is full of nutrients.
- The process of breaking down dead plants and animals into nutrients. Worms and bacteria help with this.
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- Dark, rich part of soil made from decomposed plants and animals. It adds nutrients to the soil.
- Parts of soil that were never alive, like sand, clay, or minerals.
- How good the soil is at helping plants grow. Fertile soil has nutrients and water.
- Medium-sized particles that feel soft, like flour. Silt holds some water.
- Large soil particles that feel gritty. Sand doesn’t hold much water.
- The outer layer of the Earth that includes rocks and soil.
14 Clues: How soil feels based on the size of its particles. • The outer layer of the Earth that includes rocks and soil. • The layer under topsoil. It has fewer nutrients and more clay. • Parts of soil that were never alive, like sand, clay, or minerals. • Large soil particles that feel gritty. Sand doesn’t hold much water. • ...
Photosynthesis & Cell Respiration 2022-11-04
15 Clues: input • sugar • plants • energy • output • animals • sunlight • green pigment • breaks down glucose • how plants make food • traps carbon dioxide • output of photosynthesis • output of cellular respiration • where photosynthesis takes place • where cell respiration takes place
AGRICULTURE & FARMING TERMS 2022-05-16
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- To supply land with water by using pipes or hoses
- Small sticky soil particles with minerals (water often sits)
- The amount of something that is produced by a plant or farm
- The organic component of soils that made of decomposed and very small decomposed organism parts and microorganisms.
- A substance that is added to soil to help the growth of plants; used to add nutrients to the soil that will help the growth of plants. Can be an organic or chemical source.
- A chemical that is used to kill animals or insects that damage plants or crops
- A tool used to prepare land for growing crops
- A soil made of a mix of sand, silt, and clay. Often considered the best soil type for agriculture.
- Government certification given to businesses and farmers who produce products without the use of chemicals.
- A decayed mixture of plants and or animal manure (such as leaves and grass) that is used to improve the soil in a garden
- Small plant grown from a seed that is grown in a greenhouse and will be planted outside in the ground
- Plants that are grown by farmers
- A component of soil that is made up of once-living things (as compared to the majority of soil which is made up of things that are mineral).
- A plan that you make before you begin planting that determines when, what, where and how much of each crop you will plant throughout the growing season.
- A large vehicle that has two large back wheels, two smaller front wheels, and is used
- A substance that is made by humans that is generally used for controlling pests and is often dangerous.
- Removing parts of the plant to reduce disease, increase airflow through the plant, and direct more energy towards the fruit of the plant.
- Agricultural services in each county in the state that provide Training and technical assistance for agricultural producers of all kinds.
- The dry stems of wheat and other grasses; often used as mulch on a farm
- United States Department of Agriculture. Provides grants and technical support for agriculture and conservation.
- Farming with the use of chemical pesticides and fertilizers (not organic).
- Plants that grow very quickly in places they are unwanted and often cover or kill other plants
- A test that can tell you how much fertility is in your soil, and how much (and what kinds) should be added for optimal production.
- The macro nutrients in soil, what crops need the most of. Stands for nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium.
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- removing some plants to make room for others to grow
- A structure made of bent poles that is covered in plastic used by farmers to extend the seasons as the structure can be made hotter (plastic) or colder (shade cloth) and about climate control to control humidity and moisture.
- The period of time during the year when you can produce crops (depending on temperature and daylight etc.).
- Animal waste that is rich in nutrients.
- The amount of plant nutrients, and the availability of those nutrients, in your soil.
- Chemicals used to kill plants or stop growth. Usually used on weeds
- A material (such as straw, leaves or pieces of wood) that is spread over the ground in a garden to protect the plants and stop weeds from growing
- The percentage of sand, silt and clay particles in the soil, which determines how water and nutrients move through the soil.
- When a plant begins to grow or sprout
- A fabric material that is installed over crops to exclude pests and / or warm the air around the plant.
- Nutrients for plants that are chemically derived and human-made.
- To plant crops at multiple times during the season so that you can harvest them several times
- A building made of plastic or glass that is used for growing plants
- An engine used for moving water from a water source to where water is needed.
- Moving seedlings into larger containers for healthy root development
- Includes compost, manure, minerals, and other materials from the natural environment
- Things added to the soil (chicken manure, straw, or compost) to make it healthier and make plants grow stronger
- To gather or collect a crop
- Medium size soil smooth soil particle, that can form dust
- A large gritty soil particle that forms loose soil (often drains too fast)
- A flat plastic hose with holes that is used to water plants slowly and directly to the roots without wetting the entire plant to promote plant health. Used to conserve water.
45 Clues: To gather or collect a crop • Plants that are grown by farmers • When a plant begins to grow or sprout • Animal waste that is rich in nutrients. • A tool used to prepare land for growing crops • To supply land with water by using pipes or hoses • removing some plants to make room for others to grow • Medium size soil smooth soil particle, that can form dust • ...
Unit 3 Week 1 Yellow Vocab 2023-02-28
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- something that eats plants and meat/animals
- two things working together and both benefitting
- To save for later
- something that creates its own food. Like plants
- something that eats only meat/animals
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- something that only eats plants
- to work together
- important or necessary
- To move something
- The energy chain between plants and animals eating
- Something that eats something
11 Clues: to work together • To move something • To save for later • important or necessary • Something that eats something • something that only eats plants • something that eats only meat/animals • something that eats plants and meat/animals • two things working together and both benefitting • something that creates its own food. Like plants • ...
Producers, Consumers, decomposers 2025-02-09
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- They eat dead animals or plants & help to ‘recycle’ dead animals but are not decomposers(as no nutrients are returned to the soil).
- Obtains food by eating other organisms.
- Organism that eats plants only.
- Break down the remains of dead plants and animals, as well as waste from living animals (e.g. fungi).
- Organism that eats both plants and animals.
- They eat secondary consumers (e.g. owl eats the snake).
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- Herbivores- eat plants, algae & other producers(e.g.hopping mouse eats grass)
- They eat herbivores (e.g.snake eats hopping mouse).
- All plants are called this.
- They have no natural predators except humans (e.g. wedge-tailed eagle).
- Organism that eats only animals.
11 Clues: All plants are called this. • Organism that eats plants only. • Organism that eats only animals. • Obtains food by eating other organisms. • Organism that eats both plants and animals. • They eat herbivores (e.g.snake eats hopping mouse). • They eat secondary consumers (e.g. owl eats the snake). • They have no natural predators except humans (e.g. wedge-tailed eagle). • ...
Photosynthesis Crossword 2021-10-27
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- a cycle where carbon is distributed in the atmosphere, biosphere, etc.
- the green substance that fills chloroplasts
- carbon dioxide, water, and sunlight
- oxygen and glucose
- the power house of the cell
- an important part in the light dependant stage
- the cycle where oxygen and glucose is made
- living cells in plants such as chloroplasts and cell wall
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- a sugar that a plant makes to use for energy
- occurs in the mitochondria of the organisms
- contains things such as chlorine, calcium, and sulfur
- a gas made by plants and used by humans to breath
- a gas plants need to make photosynthesis happen
- cells inside plants that are filled with a green substance
- energy is stored in their c-c and c-h bonds
15 Clues: oxygen and glucose • the power house of the cell • carbon dioxide, water, and sunlight • the cycle where oxygen and glucose is made • occurs in the mitochondria of the organisms • the green substance that fills chloroplasts • energy is stored in their c-c and c-h bonds • a sugar that a plant makes to use for energy • an important part in the light dependant stage • ...
Plant Science Careers 2015-03-17
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- Manager grow, manage and sell hay crops for various animal producers
- Manager manages a business that grows and sells greenhouse plants
- a person who studies insects
- Architect a professional trained in the art and science of arranging land and the objects upon it
- Breeder person who develops new plants through, selection, hybridization, etc
- Physiologist person who studies plant processes and functions
- Supervisor manages the production of wines
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- grain Inspector federal employee that inspects harvested grain crops
- Grower grows and sells vegetables
- maintains lawn and landscape areas
- Operator manages a business that grows and sells trees, shrubs and other ornamental plants
- Manager manages retail produce departments of grocery stores
- Contractor a person licensed to install landscapes based on passing certification exams
- Course Superintendent manages the golf course grounds
- designs and arranges cut flowers
- a specialist in soil and crop sciences
- a person who grows and maintains plants for estates, institutions,etc.
- Propagator a person who reproduces plants
18 Clues: a person who studies insects • designs and arranges cut flowers • Grower grows and sells vegetables • maintains lawn and landscape areas • a specialist in soil and crop sciences • Propagator a person who reproduces plants • Supervisor manages the production of wines • Course Superintendent manages the golf course grounds • ...
Nutrition In Plants 2017-05-08
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- small openings at the underside of leaves
- green pigments present in a leaf
- this is released during photosynthesis
- specialized conducting tissues found in plants
- food making process in plant
- an insectivorous plants depends on it
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- plants that prepare their own food
- plants that cannot prepare their own food
- components of food like proteins,fats,carbohydrates,etc.
- conducting tissues found in plants
10 Clues: food making process in plant • green pigments present in a leaf • plants that prepare their own food • conducting tissues found in plants • an insectivorous plants depends on it • this is released during photosynthesis • small openings at the underside of leaves • plants that cannot prepare their own food • specialized conducting tissues found in plants • ...
nutrition in plants 2017-05-20
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- non green plants live on dead and decaying matter.
- nutrition non-green plants cannot prepare their own food and depend on green plants.
- presence of green pigment.
- the parasites get their food from.
- carbohydrates ,proteins ,fats ,minerals , vitamins.
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- eg dodder.
- nutrition green plants make their own food.
- plants eg pitcher plant.
- something to eat.
- eg fungi and bacteria.
10 Clues: eg dodder. • something to eat. • eg fungi and bacteria. • plants eg pitcher plant. • presence of green pigment. • the parasites get their food from. • nutrition green plants make their own food. • non green plants live on dead and decaying matter. • carbohydrates ,proteins ,fats ,minerals , vitamins. • ...
cellular respiration 2022-12-13
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- goes through the roots of the plant
- part of the formula for photosynthesis
- where the green in plants comes from
- the process that plants use to make their own food
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- dioxide the air that plants need for photosynthesis
- where photosynthesis takes place
- energy
- where the ATP is made into usable energy
- the air that plants make during photosynthesis
- green things
10 Clues: energy • green things • where photosynthesis takes place • goes through the roots of the plant • where the green in plants comes from • part of the formula for photosynthesis • where the ATP is made into usable energy • the air that plants make during photosynthesis • the process that plants use to make their own food • dioxide the air that plants need for photosynthesis
Nutrition In Plants 2016-04-20
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- organism which get food directly or indirectly from plants
- plants which obtain their nutrition from dead and decaying organics
- plants which are green but also depend on insects for nutrients like nitrogen
- plants which are association of two organisms that mutually benefit from each other
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- the process of taking in food by an organism and its utilization by the body
- the green pigment present in plants
- organism which can prepare their own food
- the process by which plants prepare their own food
- plants which are unable to perform photosynthesis and thus are completely dependent on their host
- the pipe which helps in transporting water
10 Clues: the green pigment present in plants • organism which can prepare their own food • the pipe which helps in transporting water • the process by which plants prepare their own food • organism which get food directly or indirectly from plants • plants which obtain their nutrition from dead and decaying organics • ...
Nutrition In Plants 2016-04-20
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- organism which can prepare their own food
- organism which get food directly or indirectly from plants
- plants which are green but also depend on insects for nutrients like nitrogen
- the green pigment present in plants
- plants which are association of two organisms that mutually benefit from each other
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- the process by which plants prepare their own food
- the process of taking in food by an organism and its utilization by the body
- plants which obtain their nutrition from dead and decaying organics
- plants which are unable to perform photosynthesis and thus are completely dependent on their host
- the pipe which helps in transporting water
10 Clues: the green pigment present in plants • organism which can prepare their own food • the pipe which helps in transporting water • the process by which plants prepare their own food • organism which get food directly or indirectly from plants • plants which obtain their nutrition from dead and decaying organics • ...
Needs of Plants 2023-01-03
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- most plants grow in ______ to gather the nutrients it needs to survive
- different plants may need different _________ of water, light, or space to grow
- a gas that plants TAKE IN through their leaves
- plants need ________ for energy to make their own food
- substances that help a living thing grow and stay healthy
- living things that do NOT get what they need may do this
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- plants need _______ to grow and spread out to get enough water, nutrients, and sunlight
- this kind of plant needs a lot of SUNlight to grow
- plants take this liquid in ______ through their roots
- a gas that plants GIVE OFF or LET OUT through their leaves
10 Clues: a gas that plants TAKE IN through their leaves • this kind of plant needs a lot of SUNlight to grow • plants take this liquid in ______ through their roots • plants need ________ for energy to make their own food • living things that do NOT get what they need may do this • substances that help a living thing grow and stay healthy • ...
Plant Crossword Activity 2023-05-09
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- transports water and minerals from the root
- plants that complete their life cycle in one year
- plants that have soft stems and are killed by frost
- transports food from the leaves
- in Greek means covered seed or enclosed seed, means plants that flower and produce seeds protected by fruit or pods
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- plants that complete their life cycle in two growing seasons
- an embryonic leaf which becomes the seed leaf
- plants with hardy stems that can survive winter frost
- means naked seed in Greek, plants that produce seeds not protected by fruit
- plants that produce for more than two years of growing seasons
10 Clues: transports food from the leaves • transports water and minerals from the root • an embryonic leaf which becomes the seed leaf • plants that complete their life cycle in one year • plants that have soft stems and are killed by frost • plants with hardy stems that can survive winter frost • plants that complete their life cycle in two growing seasons • ...
Ecosystems Vocabulary 2024-10-07
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- must eat food to get energy
- consumer that eats dead/decaying organic matter
- matter that is or was alive
- consumer that eats only animals (meat)
- process that plants use to make their own food
- five basic needs for all living organisms are food, water, air, shelter,& __
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- all plants are considered this because they make their own food
- consumer that eats both animals and plants
- diagram that shows the order in which organisms depend on each other for food
- main source of energy for all ecosystems
- diagram that connects all food chains in an ecosystem
- scientists who study ecosystems
- break down food into small pieces
- consumer that eats only plants
14 Clues: must eat food to get energy • matter that is or was alive • consumer that eats only plants • scientists who study ecosystems • break down food into small pieces • consumer that eats only animals (meat) • main source of energy for all ecosystems • consumer that eats both animals and plants • process that plants use to make their own food • ...
Soil and Soil Animals 2025-09-23
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- Food substances that help plants grow
- How much water soil can hold
- Animals with 6 legs, like ants
- Rich, dark soil made from decomposed organic matter
- How soil feels when you touch it (rough, smooth, grainy)
- - Animals with hard shells and segmented bodies, like woodlice
- Natural substances in soil that help plants grow
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- Tiny living things that break down dead plants and animals
- A layer of soil (like A Horizon, B Horizon)
- - The deepest layer of solid rock under the soil
- Dead plants and animals that become part of soil
- Animals with soft bodies, often with shells, like snails
- - Animals with 8 legs, like spiders
- Animals with many legs, like millipedes
14 Clues: How much water soil can hold • Animals with 6 legs, like ants • - Animals with 8 legs, like spiders • Food substances that help plants grow • Animals with many legs, like millipedes • A layer of soil (like A Horizon, B Horizon) • - The deepest layer of solid rock under the soil • Dead plants and animals that become part of soil • ...
ag crossword 2022-10-05
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- is the process of growing plants in sand, gravel, or liquid, with added nutrients but without soil.
- developing buds/flower
- taking place every other year. Perennial lasting or existing for a long or apparently infinite time; enduring or continually recurring.
- take in water of plant
- Culture fragments of tissue from a plant that are transferred to an artificial environment
- a destructive insect or other animal that attacks crops, food, livestock, etc.
- engineering the deliberate modification of the characteristics of an organism by manipulating its genetic material. Aquaponics is a system of aquaculture in which the waste produced by farmed fish or other aquatic animals supplies nutrients for plants grown hydroponically, which in turn purifies the water. Aquaculture the rearing of aquatic animals or the cultivation of aquatic plants for food. Aeroponics is a plant-cultivation technique in which the roots hang suspended in the air while a nutrient solution is delivered to them in the form of a fine mist. fruits the sweet and fleshy product of a tree or other plant that contains seed and can be eaten as food. Vegetables a plant or part of a plant used as food, typically as accompaniment to meat or fish, such as a cabbage, potato, carrot, or bean
- are a substance that provides nourishment essential for growth and the maintenance of life.
- media mixture that provide nutrients
- is the blossom of the plant
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- propagating a plant by layering
- minerals aluminum magnesium and iron that helps plant growth
- trim (a tree, shrub, or bush) by cutting away dead or overgrown branches or stems, especially to increase fruitfulness and growth. Pinching grip (something, typically someone's flesh) tightly and sharply between finger and thumb. Photosynthesis is the process by which green plants and some other organisms use sunlight to synthesize foods from carbon dioxide and water. Photosynthesis in plants generally involves the green pigment chlorophyll and generates oxygen as a byproduct. Annual occurring once every year.
- ground consisting of disintegrated
- Moss any moss after its dried
- the act of a person or thing that cuts
- separating something into parts
- tissues of plants are joined to continue their growth together
- manufacturer food for plants
- mineral rock in potting soil that helps with drainage
- the main body of a plant
21 Clues: developing buds/flower • take in water of plant • the main body of a plant • is the blossom of the plant • manufacturer food for plants • Moss any moss after its dried • propagating a plant by layering • separating something into parts • ground consisting of disintegrated • media mixture that provide nutrients • the act of a person or thing that cuts • ...
Plant Growth Regulators 2020-10-02
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- Auxins promote the branching of __________ while cytokinins inhibit the branching of ________. (same word)
- Plants treated with growth retardants are compact making them more attractive, often greener, and easier to __________.
- Gibberellin ____________ winter dormancy of plants while abscisic acid promotes it; samem is true for seed dormancy.
- Play a key role in stimulating the development of flowers and also cause internodes to stretch.
- This hormone is produced in the roots of the plants.
- Hormones and synthetic growth regulators are known as these (abbreviated).
- Since these types of flowers have no roots and their lives are shortened, they are sometimes sprayed with cytokinins to extend their vase life.
- Growth or movement response of a cell or an organism to gravity.
- This fruit is picked and shipped green so before they are delivered to grocery stores, they are placed in storage and treated with ethylene gas which causes them to ripen.
- Auxins migrate down the _______ from the apical meristem.
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- The response by a plant to bend toward a light source.
- This hormone speeds the aging of plant parts, especially fruit.
- Abscisic acid is sometimes called the ________ hormone because it promotes changes in a plant in response to unfavorable growing conditions.
- A common problem with your poinsettia plants if they are spaced too closely and begin to shade one another.
- Cytokinins are produced in the roots of the plants and are transported through the plant via the _______.
- Which plant hormone is at work when the stem of the plant gets really long and "lanky"?
- This layer of cells loses their grip on the stem making the leaves to fall in autumn because auxin levels decline and ethylene is produced.
- If we want seeds to germinate, the level of abscisic should be __________.
- A common practice used to produce bushy, well-branched floriculture crops; this practice stops the flow of auxins down the stem allowing side shotts to develop.
- The abscisic acid causes this to close on leaves in times of drought.
- Naturally occurring chemicals that regulate all growth and development of plants.
- How many different groups of hormones are produced in plants?
- Auxins inhibit the growth of __________ shoots while cytokinins promote _________ shoots. (same word)
23 Clues: This hormone is produced in the roots of the plants. • The response by a plant to bend toward a light source. • Auxins migrate down the _______ from the apical meristem. • How many different groups of hormones are produced in plants? • This hormone speeds the aging of plant parts, especially fruit. • ...
Plant Growth Regulators 2020-10-02
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- Auxins promote the branching of __________ while cytokinins inhibit the branching of ________. (same word)
- Plants treated with growth retardants are compact making them more attractive, often greener, and easier to __________.
- Gibberellin ____________ winter dormancy of plants while abscisic acid promotes it; samem is true for seed dormancy.
- Play a key role in stimulating the development of flowers and also cause internodes to stretch.
- This hormone is produced in the roots of the plants.
- Hormones and synthetic growth regulators are known as these (abbreviated).
- Since these types of flowers have no roots and their lives are shortened, they are sometimes sprayed with cytokinins to extend their vase life.
- Growth or movement response of a cell or an organism to gravity.
- This fruit is picked and shipped green so before they are delivered to grocery stores, they are placed in storage and treated with ethylene gas which causes them to ripen.
- Auxins migrate down the _______ from the apical meristem.
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- The response by a plant to bend toward a light source.
- This hormone speeds the aging of plant parts, especially fruit.
- Abscisic acid is sometimes called the ________ hormone because it promotes changes in a plant in response to unfavorable growing conditions.
- A common problem with your poinsettia plants if they are spaced too closely and begin to shade one another.
- Cytokinins are produced in the roots of the plants and are transported through the plant via the _______.
- Which plant hormone is at work when the stem of the plant gets really long and "lanky"?
- This layer of cells loses their grip on the stem making the leaves to fall in autumn because auxin levels decline and ethylene is produced.
- If we want seeds to germinate, the level of abscisic should be __________.
- A common practice used to produce bushy, well-branched floriculture crops; this practice stops the flow of auxins down the stem allowing side shotts to develop.
- The abscisic acid causes this to close on leaves in times of drought.
- Naturally occurring chemicals that regulate all growth and development of plants.
- How many different groups of hormones are produced in plants?
- Auxins inhibit the growth of __________ shoots while cytokinins promote _________ shoots. (same word)
23 Clues: This hormone is produced in the roots of the plants. • The response by a plant to bend toward a light source. • Auxins migrate down the _______ from the apical meristem. • How many different groups of hormones are produced in plants? • This hormone speeds the aging of plant parts, especially fruit. • ...
Unit 5-Biomes & Ecosystems 2025-03-20
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- Relating to water environments, including oceans, lakes, rivers, and ponds.
- The ability to do work or cause change, which organisms obtain from food to grow, move, and survive.
- A community of living organisms (plants, animals, and microbes) and their non-living environment (soil, water, air) interacting as a system.
- The non-living components of an ecosystem, including sunlight, water, air, soil, and minerals.
- Organisms, like plants and algae, that create their own food through photosynthesis.
- A coastal wetland flooded and drained by salt water brought in by the tides, home to many plants and animals.
- The movement of energy from one organism to another through food chains and webs.
- Organisms that eat other living things for energy, including herbivores (plant eaters), carnivores (meat eaters), and omnivores (both).
- A vast body of saltwater that covers most of the Earth’s surface, containing diverse ecosystems.
- A group of individuals of the same species living in a specific area.
- Open areas dominated by grasses, with few trees, often found in regions with moderate rainfall.
- Large, flowing bodies of freshwater that move from higher to lower ground, often feeding into lakes or oceans.
- A sequence that shows how energy and nutrients flow from one organism to another in an ecosystem.
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- A coastal area where freshwater from rivers meets and mixes with saltwater from the ocean.
- The specific environment where an organism lives, providing food, shelter, and other resources.
- Organisms, like fungi and bacteria, that break down dead plants and animals, returning nutrients to the soil.
- The living components of an ecosystem, such as plants, animals, and microorganisms.
- The action of consuming food to obtain energy and nutrients.
- Large, still bodies of freshwater surrounded by land.
- All the different populations of organisms living and interacting in a particular area.
- Smaller bodies of still freshwater, often shallower than lakes.
- The way in which two or more organisms or groups interact with each other.
- Smaller, flowing bodies of freshwater, usually smaller than rivers.
- Areas densely populated with trees and other plants, providing habitat for many animals.
- Any living thing, including plants, animals, and microorganisms.
- Relating to land environments, such as forests, deserts, and grasslands.
- A complex network of interconnected food chains showing how different organisms are related through feeding relationships.
27 Clues: Large, still bodies of freshwater surrounded by land. • The action of consuming food to obtain energy and nutrients. • Smaller bodies of still freshwater, often shallower than lakes. • Any living thing, including plants, animals, and microorganisms. • Smaller, flowing bodies of freshwater, usually smaller than rivers. • ...
Farm to School Crossword Puzzle 2016-11-24
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- Where people usually plant at
- Things that grow during the Adult Plant stage (only for flowering plants)
- the growth of the plant
- A place where we plant plants
- Expired or rotten food that will turn into liquid for the plants to grow healthier
- The first stage of the plants cycle
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- Dirt
- A simple way to take care of your plant
- A type of liquid reused from washing the rice grains to make the plants grow healthier
- Living things such as Fruits and Vegetables
10 Clues: Dirt • the growth of the plant • Where people usually plant at • A place where we plant plants • The first stage of the plants cycle • A simple way to take care of your plant • Living things such as Fruits and Vegetables • Things that grow during the Adult Plant stage (only for flowering plants) • ...
Plants 2nd grade 2023-05-08
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- It aborbs sunlight and carbon dioxide to make food
- Plants use sunlight, carbon dioxide, water, and minerals to make _ _ _ _
- It transports water and minerals from the soil to the rest of the plant
- Flowers produce seeds to reproduce other _ _ _ _ _ _
- Plants absorb this from the soil
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- Flowers produce this to produce other plants
- It produces seeds to reproduce other plants
- Plants absorb water and minerals from the _ _ _ _
- Leaves absorb this to make food
- They absorb water and minerals from the soil
10 Clues: Leaves absorb this to make food • Plants absorb this from the soil • It produces seeds to reproduce other plants • Flowers produce this to produce other plants • They absorb water and minerals from the soil • Plants absorb water and minerals from the _ _ _ _ • It aborbs sunlight and carbon dioxide to make food • Flowers produce seeds to reproduce other _ _ _ _ _ _ • ...
Autumn Woodland Words 2024-09-22
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- Photosynthesis occurs mainly in the _____ of plants.
- dioxide Plants use this gas from the air to make food.
- The process by which plants convert sunlight into food.
- The gas released by plants during photosynthesis that we breathe in.
- The source of energy for photosynthesis.
- Plants absorb this from the ground through their roots.
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- Tiny openings in leaves that allow carbon dioxide in and oxygen out.
- A simple sugar produced by photosynthesis.
- A green pigment responsible for capturing sunlight in plants.
- The color of chlorophyll.
10 Clues: The color of chlorophyll. • The source of energy for photosynthesis. • A simple sugar produced by photosynthesis. • Photosynthesis occurs mainly in the _____ of plants. • dioxide Plants use this gas from the air to make food. • The process by which plants convert sunlight into food. • Plants absorb this from the ground through their roots. • ...
World of Plants Crossword 2025-10-30
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- A tiny structure needed for plants, such as ferns, to make new plants
- A part of a living thing
- A gas in the air that plants use to make food
- Process in which plants use water, carbon dioxide, and sunlight to make sugar and oxygen
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- Not deep
- To stay alive
- A nonliving material that plants take in through their roots
- A plant part that can grow into a new plant
- A gas made by plants
- A short, sharp part of a plant or animal
10 Clues: Not deep • To stay alive • A gas made by plants • A part of a living thing • A short, sharp part of a plant or animal • A plant part that can grow into a new plant • A gas in the air that plants use to make food • A nonliving material that plants take in through their roots • A tiny structure needed for plants, such as ferns, to make new plants • ...
REWARDS Unit 2 2023-10-04
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- plants use energy from the ___ to make food
- the opposite of cellular respiration (produces energy rather than using it)
- Ms. Farr is the ___ (glucose + oxygen)
- glucose + oxygen= lots of ____ released (like the bomb in "The Martian" movie)
- During cellular ___, plants use energy for power.
- absolutely necessary
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- "Photo" in photosynthesis means ____.
- a sugar that is synthesized (put together) by plants
- putting together
- Plants release ___ into the air.
- During photosynthesis, water (H2O) is split into ___ and oxygen.
- Chlorophyll is what color?
12 Clues: putting together • absolutely necessary • Chlorophyll is what color? • Plants release ___ into the air. • "Photo" in photosynthesis means ____. • Ms. Farr is the ___ (glucose + oxygen) • plants use energy from the ___ to make food • During cellular ___, plants use energy for power. • a sugar that is synthesized (put together) by plants • ...
REM252 - Invasive Plants 2024-02-14
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- Identify plant A from slide
- Plants that disperse well and tend to dominate the ecosystem
- Plants that causes problems or is generally undesirable
- Identify plant B from slide
- Identify plant C from slide
- Forb in the Euphorbiaceae family
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- Identify plant D from slide
- The only native plant in the invasive plants section
- Annual grass with distinct reddish-black nodes
- Legal designation requiring control of a plant species
- Annual grass with spike inflorescence
- Plants not native to a region
12 Clues: Identify plant A from slide • Identify plant D from slide • Identify plant B from slide • Identify plant C from slide • Plants not native to a region • Forb in the Euphorbiaceae family • Annual grass with spike inflorescence • Annual grass with distinct reddish-black nodes • The only native plant in the invasive plants section • ...
Year 8 Photosynthesis 2025-10-15
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- Dioxide needed for photosythesis
- Way plants make food
- Gas produced by photosynthesis
- Provides the energy for photosynthesis
- A protein that allows photosynthesis to proceed at a faster rate
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- Insoluble form of carbohydrates that acts as a store in plants
- Counted to determine the rate of photosynthesis
- A plant used in the textile industry
- Green pigment in plants
- A rate limiting factor
- A polymer of glucose used to make cell walls
- Used by plants to convert glucose into amino acids
12 Clues: Way plants make food • A rate limiting factor • Green pigment in plants • Gas produced by photosynthesis • Dioxide needed for photosythesis • A plant used in the textile industry • Provides the energy for photosynthesis • A polymer of glucose used to make cell walls • Counted to determine the rate of photosynthesis • Used by plants to convert glucose into amino acids • ...
Living things 2014-01-19
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- An animal that produces milk to feed its own young.
- I swim, I lay eggs, I have scaly skin, and a hard shell. Who am I?
- The largest class of animals on earth.
- Another name for the "backbone".
- Most plants use this to make their own food.
- Animals that have a backbone.
- The way our cells release the energy from food.
- Most plants have a chemical this colour so that they can make their own food.
- Food is a source of this.
- A mammal that can fly.
- Tough animals that lay eggs, but can have trouble keeping themselves warm.
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- All living things are composed of these small units
- How green plants make their own food.
- Most plants do this much more slowly than animals
- Microorganisms can only be seen one of these.
- Living things.
- The surroundings of an organism
- These animals have gills for breathing.
- A guide you might use to identify a plant or animal.
- The way that living things get rid of waste products from their bodies.
- What organisms do when there is a change in their environment.
21 Clues: Living things. • A mammal that can fly. • Food is a source of this. • Animals that have a backbone. • The surroundings of an organism • Another name for the "backbone". • How green plants make their own food. • The largest class of animals on earth. • These animals have gills for breathing. • Most plants use this to make their own food. • ...
Animal and Plant Cells 2014-06-12
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- Part of chloroplasts in the plant cell
- Where ATP is made
- Were microtubiles are made
- Membrane A semipermeable, small layer of fat and protein around the cell
- and it packages proteins and membrane-bound vesicles
- Rod shaped organelles with a double membrane that converts energy to glucose
- An organelle in the nucleus where RNA is produced
- E.R. Trnasports material around the cell and makes and digests lipids
- Body "Shipping company"; produces membrane that surrounds
- Small organelle that is the site for protein synthesis
- E.R. Transports material around the cell and produces proteins
- Fluid filled membrane that takes the waste and takes it out of the cell
- Membrane Membrane that surrounds the nucleus
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- Reproduction/Plants do this reproduction process to reproduce
- This is a process that plants do to get food
- Jelly-like substance were organelles are located there
- Disc shaped organelle that holds chlorophyll
- This contains green pigments that make the plants' color green
- place for Plants' energy
- Round organelles surrounded by membranes, contains enzymes and does the digestive process for the cells' nutrients
- It contains DNA and many organelles
- Special structures inside Plant and Animal cells
22 Clues: Where ATP is made • place for Plants' energy • Were microtubiles are made • It contains DNA and many organelles • Part of chloroplasts in the plant cell • This is a process that plants do to get food • Disc shaped organelle that holds chlorophyll • Membrane Membrane that surrounds the nucleus • Special structures inside Plant and Animal cells • ...
B2 1.5 Organ Systems 2013-01-22
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- Main supporting tissue in plants (5)
- Tissue that covers plants (9)
- What system breaks down and absorbs food into the blood (9)
- A human ..... is the size of a pin head before it starts to differentiate (6)
- A multicellular body develops from a ...... (6)
- Plant organ tha absorbs water and minerals (5)
- covers the surface as skin and lines all tubes (16)
- A cell will die without a ....... (7)
- Organ beginning with 's' in plants (4)
- What gland is found in the mouth (8)
- A organelle which contains green pigment (11)
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- Where does photosynthesis occur in a plant (6)
- Which cell has extensions into the soil to absorb water(12)
- Which organ cell has the greatest number of mitochondria (5)
- Cells that have different shapes and many special features (11)
- Spindle shaped cell with fibrils that can shorten and lengthen (6)
- Tissue that carries out photosynthesis in plants (9)
- Which organ stores and digests food (7)
- Which tissue produces enzymes and hormones (9)
- A specialised cell of the same type (6)
- The largest organ in the digestive system (17)
21 Clues: Tissue that covers plants (9) • Main supporting tissue in plants (5) • What gland is found in the mouth (8) • A cell will die without a ....... (7) • Organ beginning with 's' in plants (4) • Which organ stores and digests food (7) • A specialised cell of the same type (6) • A organelle which contains green pigment (11) • Where does photosynthesis occur in a plant (6) • ...
tacology 2016-01-26
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- all of the living and nonliving things that interact in an area
- all the members of one species living in an area
- an environmental factor that is not alive, never lived, and was not part of something living
- larger particles allow it to drain quickly. sandy soils dries out quickly
- a close relationship between species that benefits at least one of the species
- one living thing
- one species benefits, the other is neither helped or harmed
- eats plants
- - recycles dead organisms and waste -examples molds, mushrooms, and some bacteria
- smaller tightly packed particles keep it from draining quickly
- all of the different populations living in an area (no abiotic factors)
- eats both plants and animals
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- both species benefit from the relationship
- a cycle using photosynthesis by plants and respiration by animals
- one species benefits, and the other is harmed in some way
- eats dead animals
- eats meat
- the variety of life (or species) on earth
- how an ecosystem changes over time
- being dependent on others for some needs, being mutually dependent on others
- mix sand soil drown plants because it absorbs so much water
21 Clues: eats meat • eats plants • one living thing • eats dead animals • eats both plants and animals • how an ecosystem changes over time • the variety of life (or species) on earth • both species benefit from the relationship • all the members of one species living in an area • one species benefits, and the other is harmed in some way • ...
Food Chains, Food Webs, Energy Pyramids 2023-02-16
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- ________ is made in plant cells that make it green.
- A model that shows how energy flows between living things.
- A plant is an example of a _______.
- Energy is measure in ______ (represented by a capital letter J)
- This consumer eats both plants and animals.
- To calculate 10% of a number, move the decimal one time to the ____.
- (0% of available energy is lost as ____ as you go up each trophic level.
- Plants get their energy from the _____.
- This type of consumer only eats producers.
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- The energy transformation that occurs in photosynthesis is radiant to ____________.
- This is the gas that is released as a product of photosynthesis.
- Non-living things in an ecosystem (air, sun, temperature, rocks)
- This consumer eats only meat.
- Producers make their own food through the process called ______.
- Many food chains combined is called a ________.
- These organisms consume dead plants and animals and decompose them.
- _______ is the ability to cause a change in matter.
- Living factors in an ecosystem (plants, animals, trees, etc)
- _______ consumers are also known as top predators.
- Only 10% of energy is transferred to the next ________.
20 Clues: This consumer eats only meat. • A plant is an example of a _______. • Plants get their energy from the _____. • This type of consumer only eats producers. • This consumer eats both plants and animals. • Many food chains combined is called a ________. • _______ consumers are also known as top predators. • ________ is made in plant cells that make it green. • ...
Nutrient Cycles 2023-04-21
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- Animals eat ____ containing nitrogen
- Some organisms use nitrogen to make their own ____
- The equation for photosynthesis
- Burning these has released more CO2 in the atmosphere today
- The ocean is the main _______ of CO2 in the atmosphere
- Deposits of ____ plants and animals contained large amounts of carbon in the past
- The process animals use to make CO2 out of oxygen
- Bacteria that breaks down ammonia into the gaseous form of nitrogen
- Phosphorus is contained mostly in ____ and minerals
- A natural source for CO2
- Phosphorus moves between the ____ and plants
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- This effect is caused by too much CO2 in our atmosphere
- The process plants using CO2 to make sugar and oxygen
- This happens when there is too much phosphorus in the water
- Animal waste products help return the ____ for the next generation of phosphorus in the soil
- A gas that makes up 78% of our atmosphere
- An essential nutrient for life that is made from phosphorus
- Bacteria that use nitrogen in our atmosphere and fixes it so other organisms can benefit
- Animals and plants ______ directly use all nitrogen found in our atmosphere
- Fossil fuels include ____, coal, and natural gas
20 Clues: A natural source for CO2 • The equation for photosynthesis • Animals eat ____ containing nitrogen • A gas that makes up 78% of our atmosphere • Phosphorus moves between the ____ and plants • Fossil fuels include ____, coal, and natural gas • The process animals use to make CO2 out of oxygen • Some organisms use nitrogen to make their own ____ • ...
Unit 2 Vocab Crossword Puzzle 2021-09-16
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- process that releases energy by breaking down glucose and other food molecules in the presence of oxygen, happens in 3 processes
- organelle found in only plants and it is the site of photosynthesis
- the process by which cells release energy without oxygen
- a flattened membrane sac inside the chloroplast(site of light reactions)
- green pigment in plants that absorbs light energy for photosynthesis
- organism that eats dead organic matter
- respiration that requires oxygen
- electron carrier that provides high-energy electrons for photosynthesis
- an animal that eats both plants and animals
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- the breakdown of glucose enzymes, releasing energy and pyruvate, 1st step in cellular respiration
- an organism that eats only plants
- second stage in cellular respiration
- stacks of thylakoids
- respiration that doesn't require oxygen
- organisms that obtains energy from the food it consumes
- the fluid of the chloroplast surrounding the thylakoid membrane
- organelle that is the site of energy production
- organisms that make their own food
- the passage of energy through the components of the ecosystem
- last stage in cellular respiration, produces the most ATP of any of the processes
- organisms that obtains energy by eating animals
21 Clues: stacks of thylakoids • respiration that requires oxygen • an organism that eats only plants • organisms that make their own food • second stage in cellular respiration • organism that eats dead organic matter • respiration that doesn't require oxygen • an animal that eats both plants and animals • organelle that is the site of energy production • ...
Photosynthesis 2021-05-27
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- complete name of ATP
- opposite of photosynthesis, a process in which plants take energy from glucose
- liquid found inside the chloroplast where the light independent reaction happens
- All of photosynthesis starts with the ______
- Colour that most plants reflect
- ATP is _________ energy
- Waste product of photosynthesis, and gas that humans breathe
- Leaf cells are ___________ cells
- Organelle found in all living cells that stores ATP energy inside the plant
- site where the light dependent reaction happens, which contains the chlorophyll
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- second name for a light independent reaction
- process that plants use to make their own food
- any coloured material of a plant or animal cell
- The process that makes carbon dioxide enter the plant
- The food that plants create for themselves
- Tiny pores on the bottom of the plant leafs where carbon dioxide enters the plant
- Stack of thylakoids found in the chloroplast
- pigment found in the plant that absorbs sunlight
- plant cell where all of photosynthesis happens
- Photosynthesis is a never ending __________
- Part of the plant were photosynthesis happens
- path that water takes in order to get to the leafs
- part of the plant from which water gets in
23 Clues: complete name of ATP • ATP is _________ energy • Colour that most plants reflect • Leaf cells are ___________ cells • The food that plants create for themselves • part of the plant from which water gets in • Photosynthesis is a never ending __________ • second name for a light independent reaction • All of photosynthesis starts with the ______ • ...
ECOSYSTEMS 2023-12-12
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- A living thing that hunts prey
- The process of plants making food from the sun
- The main source of oxeygen
- Livning organisms that live on earth like humans
- A cycle that produces H20
- What a living being eats
- How the weather is usually in one place
- Something that has never been alive
- Something that is or was alive at one point in time
- Something that changes to better convinience a living thing such as wings to fly
- All interacting parts of the environment
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- A specific ecosystem such as a rain forest
- Living organisms that grow from soil
- Something that consumes a producer
- Depending on this you will feel a hot or cold sensation
- A thing in the ground that helps plants grow
- A living thing that gets hunted by a predator
- A place that a or a group of animals or plants live
- The chain of what eats what for example one would be sharks eat fish and fish eat algae
- The amount of rain in an area
- A big biome full of sand
- Something that produces food for consumers
22 Clues: What a living being eats • A big biome full of sand • A cycle that produces H20 • The main source of oxeygen • The amount of rain in an area • A living thing that hunts prey • Something that consumes a producer • Something that has never been alive • Living organisms that grow from soil • How the weather is usually in one place • All interacting parts of the environment • ...
ECOSYSTEMS 2023-12-12
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- An animal that strictly eats plants
- An organism that is caught and eaten by another organism of a different species
- An animal that eats both animals and plants
- Any non-living things in an environment such as water and air
- Any creature that eats plants and/or other animals
- Any type of plants that produce nutriets using the sun and water
- The overall weather in an area over a period of time
- Water(rain, snow, hail, sleet) that falls from the sky
- What a living organism consumes on a regular basis
- A specific type of an ecosystem such as a desert
- A biome that has very low precipitation
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- All the interacring parts of a biological community and its environment
- An animal that eats other animals
- The system in which different living things consume
- Any living things living an environment such as humans and birds
- An organism that catches and eats other organisms of a different species
- A biome that is very flat and doesn't have many trees
- How hot or cold something is
- A charecteristic that helps and organism survive in its environment
- A more specific classification for grouping organisms
20 Clues: How hot or cold something is • An animal that eats other animals • An animal that strictly eats plants • A biome that has very low precipitation • An animal that eats both animals and plants • A specific type of an ecosystem such as a desert • Any creature that eats plants and/or other animals • What a living organism consumes on a regular basis • ...
Cells 2024-01-23
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- packages proteins
- movement of substances across the cell
- powerhouse of the cell
- how plants make food
- makes proteins
- protects the cell
- keeps nucleus safe
- water passing through a cell
- contains digestive enzymes
- controls the cell
- stores the DNA
- with nucleus
- proteins that help speed up the chemical reactions in our bodies
- passive movement of molecules along the concentration gradient
- breaks down waste
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- diffusion that takes energy
- moving from high concentration to low concentration
- cells in plants
- process by which cells derive energy from glucose
- cells in animals
- organisms made up of multiple cells
- large, complex molecules that play many critical roles in the body
- green organelles that only plants have
- molecules that combine to form proteins
- organisms made up of one cell
- basic unit of life
- comprising the chemical reactions that occur in living cells
- the delivery guy of the cell
- parts of a cell
- diffusion made without the use of energy
- has three parts
- only plants have them
- doesn't fully oxidize glucose
- jelly liquid inside the cell
- without nucleus
35 Clues: with nucleus • makes proteins • stores the DNA • cells in plants • parts of a cell • has three parts • without nucleus • cells in animals • packages proteins • protects the cell • controls the cell • breaks down waste • basic unit of life • keeps nucleus safe • how plants make food • only plants have them • powerhouse of the cell • contains digestive enzymes • diffusion that takes energy • ...
8th Grade Unit 5 Vocab Review 2024-03-19
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- means animals and plants that live freely outdoors without human care
- careful protection of something
- to make sure or certain
- is related to a group of animals or plants
- is the act of seeing or finding something for the first time
- means to be arranged of put into groups
- is the total number of plants or animals in a group
- is a person who studies living things
- to start something
- is all of the living and nonliving things that surround us
- means to become larger in number or size
- a person who goes to a palce that is new to him or her to find information about it
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- having knowledge of something
- is a person who hunts plants or animals illegally
- is the place where a plant or an animal naturally lives
- is a trip or journey made for a particular purpose
- means to grow strong and healthy
- is waste, chemicals, and gases that have a harmful effect
- to provide facts
- is against the law
- means to become smaller
- is a person who knows a lot about a subject
22 Clues: to provide facts • is against the law • to start something • to make sure or certain • means to become smaller • having knowledge of something • careful protection of something • means to grow strong and healthy • is a person who studies living things • means to be arranged of put into groups • means to become larger in number or size • is related to a group of animals or plants • ...
Unit 1 Review 2023-10-03
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- _________ have rough dry skin.(p39)
- __________ have smooth, moist skin.(p40)
- _________ live in water.(p40)
- Plants and _______ are living things.(p18)
- Polar bears live in the ______.(p47)
- Many plants need _____ too.(p26)
- A ________ fruit is part of a plant.(p18)
- An ocean is a large, deep body of ______ water.(p48)
- A mother kangaroo carries her baby in her _______.(p22)
- Baby birds hatch from the _____.(p37)
- He moves toward the ______ looking for food to bring his kits.(p55)
- The _________ help plants grow.(p26)
- The ________ holds up the plant.(p29)
- Many kinds of plants and animals live in a ________.(p45)
- Living things _____ and change. (p19)
- ______ have wings, too.(p37)
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- A _________ is where a plant or animal lives.(p44)
- Ants are _______.(p38)
- ________ things do not grow and change.(p21)
- The ________ grow into the ground.(p29)
- Most mammals live on _____.(p36)
- Nonliving things _________ make living things.(p22)
- Mammals have hair and ____.(p36)
- Ferns don't need much _______.(p30)
- _______ are smaller than oceans.(p49)
- A ________ is a very dry place.(p46)
- ________ make food for the plant.(p29)
- The fox feels _______.(p52)
- The _______ is an animal's home.(p34)
- They need food and _______. (p19)
30 Clues: Ants are _______.(p38) • The fox feels _______.(p52) • ______ have wings, too.(p37) • _________ live in water.(p40) • Most mammals live on _____.(p36) • Mammals have hair and ____.(p36) • Many plants need _____ too.(p26) • They need food and _______. (p19) • _________ have rough dry skin.(p39) • Ferns don't need much _______.(p30) • Polar bears live in the ______.(p47) • ...
cellular energy puzzle 2024-10-24
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- The organelles in cells where cellular respiration occurs.
- A sugar molecule produced by photosynthesis, used as energy by cells.
- the chemical breakdown of a substance by bacteria
- Requiring oxygen.
- process where plants make their own food
- dependent reactions The first stage of photosynthesis, where light energy is converted to chemical energy
- The first stage of cellular respiration, breaking down glucose into pyruvate.
- An organism that can produce its own food through photosynthesis, like plants.
- transport chain The final stage of cellular respiration where most ATP is produced.
- the process that oxygen is taken to make energy
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- The organelle in plant cells where photosynthesis occurs.
- cycle The second stage of photosynthesis, where carbon dioxide is fixed into glucose.
- cycle A series of chemical reactions in the mitochondria that generate ATP.
- a green pigment in plants that is responsible for absorbing light
- dioxide A gas used by plants in photosynthesis.
- An organism that must consume other organisms to obtain energy, like animals.
- Not requiring oxygen
- The primary energy currency of cells, produced during cellular respiration.
- A gas released as a byproduct of photosynthesis, used in cellular respiration.
- A reactant in both photosynthesis and cellular respiration.
20 Clues: Requiring oxygen. • Not requiring oxygen • process where plants make their own food • dioxide A gas used by plants in photosynthesis. • the process that oxygen is taken to make energy • the chemical breakdown of a substance by bacteria • The organelle in plant cells where photosynthesis occurs. • The organelles in cells where cellular respiration occurs. • ...
SEBASTIANS SCIENCE 2025-02-20
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- A biome with lots of grass and few trees.
- An animal that is hunted and eaten by a predator.
- A way animals blend into their environment to stay safe.
- When animals move to a new place during different seasons.
- An animal that sleeps during the day and is active at night.
- A biome with many trees and animals.
- An animal that eats both plants and meat.
- When an animal sleeps for a long time in winter to save energy.
- How plants use sunlight to make their own food.
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- An animal that eats only plants.
- A large area with plants, animals, and climate that are similar.
- A special feature or behavior that helps a living thing survive.
- The usual weather in a place over a long time.
- A cold, treeless biome where the ground stays frozen.
- The natural home of a plant or animal.
- A dry place with very little rain.
- An animal that hunts and eats other animals.
- To stay alive, even in tough conditions.
- A community of living and nonliving things that work together.
- An animal that eats only meat.
20 Clues: An animal that eats only meat. • An animal that eats only plants. • A dry place with very little rain. • A biome with many trees and animals. • The natural home of a plant or animal. • To stay alive, even in tough conditions. • A biome with lots of grass and few trees. • An animal that eats both plants and meat. • An animal that hunts and eats other animals. • ...
TRF interaction of biotic and abiotic components 2025-05-13
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- The process of water vapor release from plants.
- Describes substances mixed into a liquid.
- Organisms that eat other organisms for energy.
- Organic material on the soil surface.
- A step in the food chain.
- An organism that eats both plants and animals.
- The process cells use to convert glucose into energy.
- Green pigment essential for photosynthesis.
- The top predator in an ecosystem.
- Non-living components of an ecosystem.
- A stable state in an ecosystem where species coexist.
- Organisms that convert sunlight into energy.
- Living organisms in an ecosystem.
- A complex network of feeding relationships.
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- The movement of nutrients through ecosystems.
- Organisms that break down dead matter.
- An animal that primarily eats plants.
- Material that comes from living organisms.
- The transfer of energy through a food chain.
- Process by which plants convert sunlight into energy.
- Water flow on the ground surface after rain.
- The removal of waste from an organism.
- The total mass of living matter in a given area.
- The process of nutrients being washed away by water.
- A common soil decomposer.
- An animal that primarily eats other animals.
- The variety of life in a particular habitat.
27 Clues: A step in the food chain. • A common soil decomposer. • The top predator in an ecosystem. • Living organisms in an ecosystem. • An animal that primarily eats plants. • Organic material on the soil surface. • Organisms that break down dead matter. • The removal of waste from an organism. • Non-living components of an ecosystem. • Describes substances mixed into a liquid. • ...
Genetics 2025-09-03
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- When they are different
- The physical appearance of an organism because of its genotype is known as
- The total genetic makeup of an organism
- The different forms of genes are known as
- is the science of biological heredity and variations in living plants, animals, and other organisms.
- is the substance in chromosomes that make up genes.
- allele is masked by the dominant allele
- allele masks a recessive gene
- Square diagram used to predict the outcome of breeding
- The genes for a trait, represented by a combination of letters are known as a
- Gregor Mendel, who studied the nature
- the organism is said to be
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- Breeding is the selective act of mating plants and animals to achieve desired traits in the offspring.
- When they are the same in
- is the transmission of parental traits to offspring
- genetics is based on the work
- is a unit of heredity information consisting of a specific sequence in DNA.
- is the act of choosing parents with the desired traits.
- is the breeding of different breeds of animals or varieties of plants.
- code is the specific arrangement of DNA within the genes.
- is the crossing of two different, but closely related, plants or animals
- the organism is said to be
- genetics is based on the structure of DNA
- inheritance in plants in the mid-1800s.
24 Clues: When they are different • When they are the same in • the organism is said to be • the organism is said to be • allele masks a recessive gene • genetics is based on the work • Gregor Mendel, who studied the nature • The total genetic makeup of an organism • allele is masked by the dominant allele • inheritance in plants in the mid-1800s. • ...
planty 2025-11-04
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- root system with one thick root
- hard stem that can survive the winter
- a embroatic leaf that becomes a seed leaf
- provides sticky surface to catch pollen
- soft stem that cant survive the winter
- a flower or fruit thats not protected
- takes many growing seasons to grow and repeats
- waxy coating preventing water loss
- attracts insects and bird for pollination
- complete there life cycle in 2 growing seasons
- the movement and loss water through evvaperation
- plants that complete a life cycle in a year
- have man and woman parts on one flower
- man part of an flower
- system with many small roots
- contain xylem and pholem
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- produces food for plants using the sun
- a one seed angiosperms
- protective layer of cells
- plant product used by humans
- a two seed angiosperms
- transport food throigh leaves
- plants using restored energy
- names for these plants and fruits
- transport food and water through the stem
- woman part of the flower
- protects unopened flower
- product not used by humans
- flowers and produce seeds protected by fruit
- have man and woman parts on seperate flowers
30 Clues: man part of an flower • a one seed angiosperms • a two seed angiosperms • woman part of the flower • protects unopened flower • contain xylem and pholem • protective layer of cells • product not used by humans • plant product used by humans • plants using restored energy • system with many small roots • transport food throigh leaves • root system with one thick root • ...
Biogeochemical cycle 2023-12-06
17 Clues: (No3) • (h20) • (Nh3) • (Nh4) • (Co2) • breathing • liquid to gas • (NH4) into (NO2) • decomposed organics • Nitrogen into ammonia • water flows over land • 78% of earth atmosphere • water released to ground • Nitrates get broken down • plants release water with • Plants get nitrogen in this • changing into liquid or solid
Food webs lab station crossword puzzle 2021-04-18
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- A diagram that shows all the pathways of energy transfer through food.
- an individual form of life.
- organisms that decompose non living biotic factors.
- eat both plants and meat.
- An organism that eats the secondary consumer.
- An organism that eats the primary consumer.
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- An organism that eats producers.
- the process by which green plants and certain other organisms transform light energy into chemical energy.
- eat bodies of dead organisms.
- eat only plants.
- A diagram that shows one half way of energy transfer through food.
- an organism that makes its own food(plants).
- eat only meat
13 Clues: eat only meat • eat only plants. • eat both plants and meat. • an individual form of life. • eat bodies of dead organisms. • An organism that eats producers. • An organism that eats the primary consumer. • an organism that makes its own food(plants). • An organism that eats the secondary consumer. • organisms that decompose non living biotic factors. • ...
ecology 2023-03-28
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- The second level of the food web, eats the plants
- organism that eats both plants and meat, Bears
- The third level of the food web, usually a carnivore but can eat plants
- a group of organisms in a ecosystem
- an area of land that houses certain ecosystems and organisms
- one single living thing
- organism that only eats plants
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- oraganism that only eats meat
- the bottom level of the food web, usually a plant
- a community of many organisms working together
- all ecosystems combined
- a group of a certain species
- the end of the web, breaks down plant matter
13 Clues: all ecosystems combined • one single living thing • a group of a certain species • oraganism that only eats meat • organism that only eats plants • a group of organisms in a ecosystem • the end of the web, breaks down plant matter • organism that eats both plants and meat, Bears • a community of many organisms working together • ...
Ecosystems 2025-10-02
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- Gas released by plants and used by animals
- Process by which plants make food using sunlight
- An organism that breaks down dead matter
- dioxide Gas that plants take in for photosynthesis
- Liquid product of cellular respiration
- Place where an organism lives
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- Simple sugar made during photosynthesis
- Animals that eat plants or other animals
- The part of a plant cell where photosynthesis happens
- Organism that makes its own food using sunlight
- Energy from the _____ powers photosynthesis
- Diagram that shows how energy moves through many food chains
- Type of energy created by cellular respiration
13 Clues: Place where an organism lives • Liquid product of cellular respiration • Simple sugar made during photosynthesis • Animals that eat plants or other animals • An organism that breaks down dead matter • Gas released by plants and used by animals • Energy from the _____ powers photosynthesis • Type of energy created by cellular respiration • ...
Cell Functions Vocabulary - use the word bank from the word search 2023-11-14
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- gas required for respiration
- the energy carrier of cells
- the process of cell division
- where respiration takes place
- primary energy storage molecule
- where photosynthesis takes place
- source of energy for plants
- reactant liquid for plants to make energy
- splitting into two
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- process of turning light into energy, usually in plants
- a word meaning "needing air"
- the breaking of glucose for energy in the form of ATP
- the ability to do things
- dioxide what animals breathe out because of respiration
- acid a by-product of anaerobic respiration
- a word meaning "without air"
16 Clues: splitting into two • the ability to do things • the energy carrier of cells • source of energy for plants • a word meaning "needing air" • gas required for respiration • the process of cell division • a word meaning "without air" • where respiration takes place • primary energy storage molecule • where photosynthesis takes place • reactant liquid for plants to make energy • ...
Photosynthesis and Respiration 2022-12-06
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- process by which plants generate glucose
- cellular respiration process in the absence of oxygen
- gas released by plants during photosynthesis
- gas taken in by plants during photosynthesis
- energy molecule created during cellular respiration
- where cellular respiration takes place in a cell
- cellular respiration process that requires oxygen
- where the light dependent reaction of photosynthesis takes place
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- sugar produced by plants during photosynthesis
- pigment in plant choloroplasts that absorbs sunlight
- where the Calvin Cycle of photosynthesis takes place
- organelle in plant cells where photosynthesis occurs
- this is the light independent reaction that generates glucose
- produced by yeast and some bacteria cells during anaerobic respiration
- builds up in cells during anaerobic cellular respiration in the absence of oxygen and makes your muscles burn
15 Clues: process by which plants generate glucose • gas released by plants during photosynthesis • gas taken in by plants during photosynthesis • sugar produced by plants during photosynthesis • where cellular respiration takes place in a cell • cellular respiration process that requires oxygen • energy molecule created during cellular respiration • ...
The effect of Human Activity on food Chains by daniela, amanda and regina 2020-11-19
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- synonym of ecosystem
- are violent events that are outside the control of humans
- plants and animals the living parts of an ecosystem
- shows how each living thing gets food, and how nutrients and energy are passed from creature to creature
- get their energy from eating other animals
- get their energy by eating plants and meat
- damage the balance of natural ecosystem
- they need to eat the producers food
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- it is made of all the members of one specific especies
- chemicals are introduced into the environment in large doses that makes it harmful for humans, animals and plants
- make their own food
- they get their energy from eating plants
- the living things inside an ecosystem from a…
- are bacteria and fungi
- have both living and non living things.
15 Clues: make their own food • synonym of ecosystem • are bacteria and fungi • they need to eat the producers food • have both living and non living things. • damage the balance of natural ecosystem • they get their energy from eating plants • get their energy from eating other animals • get their energy by eating plants and meat • the living things inside an ecosystem from a… • ...
Environment 2024-12-09
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- The natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism.
- a complex network of interconnected food chains.
- Organisms that break down dead material and return nutrients to the soil.
- Role or function of an organism in an ecosystem
- the protection and preservation of natural environments.
- Animals that eat both plants and animals.
- The process by which plants make their own food using sunlight.
- living things such as plants, animals, and bacteria
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- a gradual increase in the overall temperature of the earth's atmosphere
- Animals that eat plants.
- Total mass of organisms in a given area
- Nonliving things such as sunlight, soil, and water.
- non-native species that cause harm to the environment.
- shows how each organism depends on the next for food.
- eat other organisms for energy
15 Clues: Animals that eat plants. • eat other organisms for energy • Total mass of organisms in a given area • Animals that eat both plants and animals. • Role or function of an organism in an ecosystem • a complex network of interconnected food chains. • Nonliving things such as sunlight, soil, and water. • living things such as plants, animals, and bacteria • ...
Unit 6 Vocab Choice Board 2024-04-18
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- 1st set of leaves
- A sterile environment is necessary for micropropagation
- separating natural structures of a plant without making a cut
- plants that produce woody tissue
- is a form of grafting when a bud is is used instead of a scion
- plants are soft tissue plants
- is joining separate plants parts together so that they form a union and grow together to make 1 plant
- starts with anything but a seed
- Layering mounding the soil on a branch
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- making a incision at the node of a branch
- is cutting a trench and laying a branch in the trench
- starts with seeds
- seedlings when the 1st true leaves appear
- rate is the % of seeds that sprouts
- is the seeds capability of growing or developing
15 Clues: 1st set of leaves • starts with seeds • plants are soft tissue plants • starts with anything but a seed • plants that produce woody tissue • rate is the % of seeds that sprouts • Layering mounding the soil on a branch • making a incision at the node of a branch • seedlings when the 1st true leaves appear • is the seeds capability of growing or developing • ...
Grasses 1 2019-06-22
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- The green coloured chemical that plants use to carry out photosynthesis
- The reproductive organs of plants
- Plants that reproduce using flowers
- The digestion of food by microbes including bacteria and yeast
- To take turns or go in another direction
- a group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals capable of breeding and producing fertile offspring
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- The chemical reaction plants use to make sugar to feed themselves
- Essential nutrients are compounds that the body can’t make or can’t make in sufficient quantity.
- Sexual reproduction in plants, the act of plant fertilization.
- The tough fibre that makes up plants.
- When earth is washed away by rain or tides or blown away in strong winds
11 Clues: The reproductive organs of plants • Plants that reproduce using flowers • The tough fibre that makes up plants. • To take turns or go in another direction • Sexual reproduction in plants, the act of plant fertilization. • The digestion of food by microbes including bacteria and yeast • The chemical reaction plants use to make sugar to feed themselves • ...
Module 11 Crossword 2023-02-14
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- An ovule with a protective coating, encasing a mature plant embryo and a nutrient source.
- A fine dust that contains the sperm of seed-producing plants.
- A mature ovary that contains a seed or seeds.
- Plants that live for only one year.
- Flowers with both stamens and carpels.
- A “seed leaf” that develops as a part of the seed; it provides nutrients to the developing seedling and eventually becomes the first leaf of the plant.
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- Plants that grow year after year.
- Plants that life for two years.
- The transfer of pollen grains from the anther to the carpel in flowering plants.
- Flowers with either stamens or carpels, but not both.
- The study of plants.
11 Clues: The study of plants. • Plants that life for two years. • Plants that grow year after year. • Plants that live for only one year. • Flowers with both stamens and carpels. • A mature ovary that contains a seed or seeds. • Flowers with either stamens or carpels, but not both. • A fine dust that contains the sperm of seed-producing plants. • ...
sustainability 2020-08-02
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- PROTECTION OF WILDLIFE
- PLANTS OF THE TIME
- LOTS OF FORESTS
- FARMING FOOD
- FIND WAY NORTH
- TO KEEP GOING
- CUTTING DOWN OF TREES
- IN TROUBLE OF BEING WIPED OUT
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- LARGE SAND
- VAST WET AREAS
- ANIMALS OF THE TIME
- PATH OF WATER
- SPACE
- LOTS OF TREES
- VAST GREEN SPACE
- WHARE WE LIVE
- WET FROM THE SKY
- GROUPS OF LIVING PLANTS
- SMALL BUGS
19 Clues: SPACE • LARGE SAND • SMALL BUGS • FARMING FOOD • PATH OF WATER • LOTS OF TREES • WHARE WE LIVE • TO KEEP GOING • VAST WET AREAS • FIND WAY NORTH • LOTS OF FORESTS • VAST GREEN SPACE • WET FROM THE SKY • PLANTS OF THE TIME • ANIMALS OF THE TIME • CUTTING DOWN OF TREES • PROTECTION OF WILDLIFE • GROUPS OF LIVING PLANTS • IN TROUBLE OF BEING WIPED OUT
Photosynthesis Vocabulary Review 2022-05-31
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- transports food from the leaves to the rest of the plants
- a gas that is produced during respiration and combustion (burning); used by plants during photosynthesis
- controls the opening and closing of the stoma (stomata)
- transports water and nutrients from the roots to the leaves
- process in which plants use energy from sunlight to produce glucose and oxygen from carbon dioxide and water
- an organelle within the cells of plants and algae that is the location of photosynthesis
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- the basic unit of life in organisms that are plants; have special organelles to perform functions of photosynthesis
- liquid; one of the reactants in photosynthesis
- a simple sugar that is a major energy source for cells glucose is produced in photosynthesis
- a green pigment in plants that absorbs light energy and converts it into a form the plant can use for photosynthesis
- a substance that is formed as a result of a chemical reaction; products in photosynthesis are 6O2 and C6H12O6
- tiny opening or pores in plant tissue that allow for gas exchange
- the ingredients of a chemical reaction; reactants in photosynthesis are CO2 and H2O
- a gas that is released as a product during photosynthesis; photosynthesis put oxygen back into the atmosphere
14 Clues: liquid; one of the reactants in photosynthesis • controls the opening and closing of the stoma (stomata) • transports food from the leaves to the rest of the plants • transports water and nutrients from the roots to the leaves • tiny opening or pores in plant tissue that allow for gas exchange • ...
Unit 6 Vocabulary 2025-04-25
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- The top layer of the soil where plant roots grow and is full of nutrients.
- Parts of soil that were never alive like sand,clay, or minerals.
- Medium-sized particles that feel soft, like flour and can hold some water.
- How much of the nutrients plants need is in the soil.
- The best mix of sand, silt, clay, and humus and is great for growing plants.
- Very tiny particles that feel sticky and can hold lots of water.
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- The dark, rich part of the soil made from decomposed plants and animals which add nutrients to the soil.
- How good the soil is at helping plants grow.
- The outer layer of the Earth includes rocks, soil and is where we live and grow food.
- The process of breaking down dead plants and animals into nutrients.
- Things in the soil that once were alive-like dead leaves or roots-that help plants grow.
- How the soil feels-like if it's smooth or rough-based on the size of its particles.
- The layer under topsoil and has fewer nutrients but more clay.
- Large soil particles that feel gritty and don't hold much water.
14 Clues: How good the soil is at helping plants grow. • How much of the nutrients plants need is in the soil. • The layer under topsoil and has fewer nutrients but more clay. • Parts of soil that were never alive like sand,clay, or minerals. • Large soil particles that feel gritty and don't hold much water. • ...
Venture into First for Schools:- Unit 4 2024-07-04
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- Coal, oil, natural gas, and other fuels that are ancient remains of plants and animals.
- extremely dry
- independent
- a place where animals and plants live and are protected
- something you do as a reaction
- want, wish, anticipate, to be eager for something to happen.
- lands just beyond the border of a country
- processed and treated so it can be used again
- a substance that causes illness, injury or death if taken into the body or produced within the body.
- one half of the earth
- receiving energy from the sun
- food or plants raised in a natural way
- capturing fish faster than they can reproduce
- groups of mountains
- A fine dust that comes from seed-producing plants
- An organism that has been altered through some genetic engineering technology or technique.
- mild, moderate climate
- a way to end a business letter
- an area of land or water
- A diesel substitute produced by extracting and chemically altering oil from plants
- to participate
- a change in global or regional climate patterns
- The removal of trees faster than forests can replace themselves.
- to complete something successfully
- a person who owns and takes care of bees
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- The average level of the ocean's surface at any given time
- not necessary
- an area where people have never been
- fracture
- behaviour and products that do not harm the environment
- meanwhile
- you don't need to have done it before
- work in an organized and active way toward a particular goal, typically a political or social one.
- an area or stretch of land having a particular characteristic
- towers designed to raise the antennae up high enough to send and receive radio signals
- An imaginary circle around the middle of the earth, halfway between the North Pole and the South Pole
- richness of growth, especially of vegetation, trees and plants.
- animals that live and grow in natural condition
- plants grown for food
- in addition, also
- a lot of different
- a mark of a foot or shoe on a surface
- the desire to own something or want to do something
- a special container where people keep bees, or a place where bees live
44 Clues: fracture • meanwhile • independent • not necessary • extremely dry • to participate • in addition, also • a lot of different • groups of mountains • one half of the earth • plants grown for food • mild, moderate climate • an area of land or water • receiving energy from the sun • something you do as a reaction • a way to end a business letter • to complete something successfully • ...
CH 1 and CH 2 2022-05-31
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- process of using the absorbed food for growth
- channels, to transport water and minerals, to different parts of the plant
- tiny pores that are present on the surfaces of leaves
- mode of nutrition in which non-green plants derive their food from other living organisms
- green pigment present in the leaves of plants
- organisms that can make their own food
- process of taking in food
- front teeth used for cutting and biting
- breaking down of complex food into simple soluble forms with the help of digestive juices
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- white substance that covers the teeth
- insect-eating plants
- mode of nutrition in which organisms derive their food from dead and decaying animals
- the living organisms from which a parasite derives its food
- organisms that derive their food from other living organisms
- process by which digested food passes into the blood
- process of elimination of undigested food
- the process by which plants make their own food
- bag-shaped part, at the beginning of the large intestine, present in ruminants
- the process of obtaining and utilising the food
- pointed teeth used for tearing of food
20 Clues: insect-eating plants • process of taking in food • white substance that covers the teeth • pointed teeth used for tearing of food • organisms that can make their own food • front teeth used for cutting and biting • process of elimination of undigested food • process of using the absorbed food for growth • green pigment present in the leaves of plants • ...
Chapter 5 Glossary 2021-08-23
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- an animal that is eaten by a predator
- an organism able to manufacture its
- the process used by plants to make their own food
- the place where all life exists; consists of Earth and its atmosphere
- characteristics that help an organism to survive in its environment
- an organism in or on which a parasite lives
- active or hunting at night
- all living thing
- food; plants are producer organisms
- the term used to describe all the
- living factors in the environment
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- in a balanced way
- an animal that eats only plants
- an animal that eats other animals
- an interaction between organisms in which both the organisms benefit from the relationship and neither is harmed
- the place where an organism lives
- an interaction between two organisms in which one of them benefits but the other one is not affected
- a system formed by organisms interacting with each other and with their non-living
- an animal that eats both plants and animals
- that affect a plant or animal in its habitat
- non-living factors in the environment
- depending on each other for survival
22 Clues: all living thing • in a balanced way • active or hunting at night • an animal that eats only plants • an animal that eats other animals • the place where an organism lives • the term used to describe all the • living factors in the environment • an organism able to manufacture its • food; plants are producer organisms • depending on each other for survival • ...
Unit 8 2023-03-24
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- A group of individuals of the same species within a community
- large community of vegetation and wildlife
- all of the food chains in an ecosystem
- a non-living part of an ecosystem
- the study of organisms and how they interact with the environment around them
- made up of the parts of Earth where life exists
- a type of symbiotic relationship where all species involved benefit from their interactions
- the ecological process by which energy is transferred
- Animal that only eats flesh
- two or more distinct organisms living together for the benefit of one or both
- an organism that feeds mostly on plants
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- area where animals live in
- a non mutual relationship between two organisms in which one benefits at the expense of the other
- an organism that eats plants and animals
- linear sequence of organisms through which nutrients and energy pass as one organism eats another
- a geographic area where plants, animals, and other organisms
- an organism that eats other plants or animals for energy and nutrients
- an association between two organisms in which one benefits and the other
- the position of an organism in the food chain
- organism that breaks down dead organic material
20 Clues: area where animals live in • Animal that only eats flesh • a non-living part of an ecosystem • all of the food chains in an ecosystem • an organism that feeds mostly on plants • an organism that eats plants and animals • large community of vegetation and wildlife • the position of an organism in the food chain • made up of the parts of Earth where life exists • ...
Unit A Vocab 2023-04-06
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- a relationship in which both organisms benefit
- several living arrangements between members of two different species.
- organisms that break down dead material.
- chain describes how nutrients and energy move.
- eat meat, or flesh on animals
- compounds in food that provide us with energy adaption species become fitted to its environment.
- relationships in which one animal benefits but the other is neither helped or harmed.
- A chemical process in which oxygen is used to make energy
- relationships between animals that strives for the same resources
- to utter threat against
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- species that exists in a certain part of a plant.
- is an organism that feeds mostly on plants.
- process where species and habitat change over time.
- used by plants and other organisms to convert light energy.
- where animals get their energy by eating plants or other animals.
- association between species of plants or animals in which one benefits at the expense of the other.
- cycle continuous movement of water within the earth and the atmosphere
- group of organisms that can produce fertile.
- one animal kills and consumes another.
- is an area where different animals and organisms.
20 Clues: to utter threat against • eat meat, or flesh on animals • one animal kills and consumes another. • organisms that break down dead material. • is an organism that feeds mostly on plants. • group of organisms that can produce fertile. • a relationship in which both organisms benefit • chain describes how nutrients and energy move. • ...
B2 1.5 Organ Systems 2013-01-22
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- A multicellular body develops from a ...... (6)
- Cells that have different shapes and many special features (11)
- Tissue that carries out photosynthesis in plants (9)
- Which cell has extensions into the soil to absorb water(12)
- Where does photosynthesis occur in a plant (6)
- Tissue that covers plants (9)
- Which organ cell has the greatest number of mitochondria (5)
- What gland is found in the mouth (8)
- The largest organ in the digestive system (17)
- Organ beginning with 's' in plants (4)
- Main supporting tissue in plants (5)
- Plant organ tha absorbs water and minerals (5)
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- What system breaks down and absorbs food into the blood (9)
- Spindle shaped cell with fibrils that can shorten and lengthen (6)
- covers the surface as skin and lines all tubes (16)
- A organelle which contains green pigment (11)
- A specialised cell of the same type (6)
- Which tissue produces enzymes and hormones (9)
- Which organ stores and digests food (7)
- A cell will die without a ....... (7)
- A human ..... is the size of a pin head before it starts to differentiate (6)
21 Clues: Tissue that covers plants (9) • What gland is found in the mouth (8) • Main supporting tissue in plants (5) • A cell will die without a ....... (7) • Organ beginning with 's' in plants (4) • A specialised cell of the same type (6) • Which organ stores and digests food (7) • A organelle which contains green pigment (11) • Which tissue produces enzymes and hormones (9) • ...
GBage Protein 2017-01-23
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- green pigment in plants;must be present for photosynthesis to occur
- cells that store fat from foods and grow larger as they store additional fat
- formed when 2 monosacharrides combine chemically
- carbohydrates with complicated structures,starches
- plant materials that are eaten but cant be digested by human enzymes
- fats
- formed when plants combine single glucose units into more complicated chemical structures
- fat-like substance in all body cells
- protein with globular shape, transports oxygen in blood to all body cells
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- unsaturated fatty acid with two or more hydrogen units missing
- sugars extracted from plants and used to sweeten foods
- chemical "packages" that transport fatty acids through bloodstream
- plant proteins that lack at least one essential amino acid
- nutrient that is a person's main source of energy, found mostly in plant foods
- proteins that contain all essential amino acids
- chemical building blocks of proteins that link together in many arrangements
- simple carbs chemically formed from plants
- chemical process that turns vegetable oils into solids
- fats produced when oils are turned into solids in food production
- lipoprotein that picks up cholesterol and takes it back to liver for excretion, "good" cholesterol
20 Clues: fats • fat-like substance in all body cells • simple carbs chemically formed from plants • proteins that contain all essential amino acids • formed when 2 monosacharrides combine chemically • carbohydrates with complicated structures,starches • sugars extracted from plants and used to sweeten foods • chemical process that turns vegetable oils into solids • ...
baller science crossword 2016-05-20
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- where an animal lives and thrives
- the process by which all the different kinds of living things change over time
- eats plants and animals
- eat plants and animals
- an igneous rock layer formed when magma forms under earths surface
- these are the species that have a large affect on the population
- the grinding away of rock by water wind and ice
- a fossil that is a copy of an organisms shape and formed when minerals seep into a mold
- a rich fertile soil made of clay sand and silt
- all the parts opf the ecosystem that are alive and have been alive
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- are the parts of the environment that have never been alive and never will be alive
- is a large community of plants and animals that live in the same place
- an animals job
- size,shape,pattern of the rocks grains?
- a wide sloping deposit of sediment formed when a stream leaves a mountain range
- eat plants
- basalt is the most common?
- moving out
- moving into a place
- the study of how living things interact with each other and there environment
20 Clues: eat plants • moving out • an animals job • moving into a place • eat plants and animals • eats plants and animals • basalt is the most common? • where an animal lives and thrives • size,shape,pattern of the rocks grains? • a rich fertile soil made of clay sand and silt • the grinding away of rock by water wind and ice • ...
3.1 Food chains & energy transfer 2016-06-13
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- an organism that eats plants & meat
- Organisms which use light energy, carbon dioxide & water in the process of photosynthesis to make organic substances
- the total mass of living materials in a specific area at a given time
- The arrows on a food chain represent the transfer of this
- organisms that obtain their energy by feeding on other organisms (can be primary, secondary or tertiary)
- A stage in a food chain
- Organisms that break down complex materials in dead organisms into simpler materials, which releases minerals & elements to plants
- an organism that eats plants
- the bi-product of photosynthesis
- first consumer in a food chain
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- Many food chains linked together
- second consumer in a food chain
- third consumer in a food chain
- Describes a feeding relationship where producers are eaten by primary consumers, which are eaten by secondary consumers, which are eaten by tertiary consumers
- the process in which plants use light energy, carbon dioxide & water to produce glucose
- method used to estimate the chemical energy store in dry mass
- Another term for saprobionts
- scientific word for ‘feed on’
- an organism that eats meat
- Examples of saprobionts are ____________ & fungi
20 Clues: A stage in a food chain • an organism that eats meat • Another term for saprobionts • an organism that eats plants • scientific word for ‘feed on’ • third consumer in a food chain • first consumer in a food chain • second consumer in a food chain • Many food chains linked together • the bi-product of photosynthesis • an organism that eats plants & meat • ...
Year 7 Crossword Puzzle - Chapter 7 2022-03-08
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- Very small living organisms that can only be seen through a microscope.
- Animals that kill and eat other animals.
- Decomposers absorb this and return it to the soil. This helps plants to grow.
- The arrows in a food chain shows the ________ transfer.
- Animals that eat both plants and animals.
- Many food chains combine to form a __________.
- The third consumer in a food chain
- organisms that make organic matter decay are called ___________.
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- The fungus you see on rotten food.
- The first consumer in a food chain.
- Animals that are eaten by other animals.
- This type of microorganisms are usually harmless but some can make us sick.
- This type of microorganism can sometimes be seen with the naked eye.
- Animals that only eat other animals.
- Another word for decay.
- The second consumer in a food chain.
- Plants need sunlight to perform ___________.
- Animals that only eat plants.
- The first organism in a food chain.
- A type of plant-like microorganism usually found in pond water.
- A type of animal-like microorganism usually found in pond water.
- A single cell of microorganism can replicate and grow to form a collection of cells called a __________.
22 Clues: Another word for decay. • Animals that only eat plants. • The fungus you see on rotten food. • The third consumer in a food chain • The first consumer in a food chain. • The first organism in a food chain. • Animals that only eat other animals. • The second consumer in a food chain. • Animals that are eaten by other animals. • Animals that kill and eat other animals. • ...
Gardening 2022-03-09
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- degree of hotness or coldness measured on a definite scale
- to convert (a material, such as plant debris) to compost.
- Require 2 growing seasons to produce seed.
- upper layer of earth where plants grow, black dark brown material Seedling Young plants, especially plants grown from seed rather than cutting.
- indefinite growth can produce seed annually grasses,trees.
- Rocks made of soil, which are medium thick of sand and clay soil.
- the mixture of invisible odorless tasteless gases that surrounds the earth.
- Water vapor in the atmosphere.
- Units counting during one-24th of the day.
- an earthy material that is plastic when moist but hard.
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- package containing an embryo.
- process of seed to plant.
- relating to, derived from, or consisting of matter.
- complete life cycle in 1 growing season.
- the whole mass of air surrounding the earth
- It is found in large quantities in protein foods such as milk and dairy products and alternative foods such as beans, lentils, and nuts.
- the part of the world in which life can exist
- wild plants grown in unwanted places.
- the quality or state of being porous.
- Rock crumbled powder covering the earth's surface.
20 Clues: process of seed to plant. • package containing an embryo. • Water vapor in the atmosphere. • wild plants grown in unwanted places. • the quality or state of being porous. • complete life cycle in 1 growing season. • Require 2 growing seasons to produce seed. • Units counting during one-24th of the day. • the whole mass of air surrounding the earth • ...
Food Chains and Food Web Crossword 2023-11-13
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- An organism that cannot produce its own energy/food
- An organism which consumes both plants and other organisms
- The chemical process by which organic compounds release energy
- An organism that can produce its own food/energy
- An organelle within the cells of plants and certain algae that is the site of photosynthesis
- A type of bacteria that causes severe, bloody diarrhea
- The process in which plants produce their own food by converting water, carbon dioxide and sunlight to create energy
- An organism that consumes other organisms
- A microscopic organism
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- A series of food chains which makes up an ecosystem's flow of energy
- An organism that consumes only plants
- An association between two organisms in which one benefits and the other derives neither benefit nor harm
- Organisms that hunt other organisms
- A type of antibiotic
- Association between organisms of two different species in which each benefits
- An organism that can produce its own energy/food
- Where an organism lies on a food chain
- A graphical portrayal of biomass present in a unit of territory of different trophic levels
- A diagram of who eats whom
- Organisms that are hunted by other organisms
20 Clues: A type of antibiotic • A microscopic organism • A diagram of who eats whom • Organisms that hunt other organisms • An organism that consumes only plants • Where an organism lies on a food chain • An organism that consumes other organisms • Organisms that are hunted by other organisms • An organism that can produce its own energy/food • ...
Life Science Unit 2 Review 2024-02-22
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- Root system that has many branching roots that go wide
- Process plants use to convert sunlight into energy
- Plant organ system that consists of stems, leaves, and flowers
- Plant vascular tissue that moves sugar through plant
- A living thing that can carry out life processes independently
- Plant Organ system in plants that take up water and nutrients
- Vascular tissue that moves water through plants
- Sexual reproductive organs in plants
- Body system that delivers nutrients and oxygen to all cells
- Large main root that goes down
- Underground organ of vascular plants that hold plants in place and stores water
- Body system that moves bones
- Plant organ system that is used for support and storage
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- Group of similar cells that perform a common function
- Plant tissue that is used to transport water and nutrients
- Breaks down food into essential nutrients and expels solid waste
- Body System that takes in oxygen and releases carbon dioxide
- Plant tissue that protects the plant
- Plant organ that is the main site of photosynthesis
- Group of organs that work together to perform body functions
- Body system that removes liquid waste from the body
- Body system that supports the body and protects organs
- Plant structure that provides support
- Body system that controls movement and communication with brain and environment
- Collection of tissues that carry out a specialised function
25 Clues: Body system that moves bones • Large main root that goes down • Plant tissue that protects the plant • Sexual reproductive organs in plants • Plant structure that provides support • Vascular tissue that moves water through plants • Process plants use to convert sunlight into energy • Plant organ that is the main site of photosynthesis • ...
