plants Crossword Puzzles
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 • ...
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 • ...
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. • ...
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 • ...
Grade 4 Finals 2023-12-13
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- flowering plants
- the path water takes through earth's surface and atmosphere
- the majority of water on earth, found in oceans
- when the pollen fuses with the egg cell of a plant
- unit of distance
- water found in lakes, rivers, and ice
- a powdery substance plants use to reproduce
- when pollen is moved from the anther to the stigma
- where pollen is stored in a plant
- a type of graph used to compare parts to the whole
- a type of graph used to compare groups to each other
- the measure of how hot or cold it is
- when a seed sprouts
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- tool used to measure mass
- the last step of the scientific method
- the part of the plant that becomes fruit
- tool used to measure volume
- unit of volume
- data involving drawings and notes
- a type of graph to show change over time
- seed-bearing plants that do NOT have flowers
- the lowest layer of the atmosphere
- unit of mass
- data involving numbers
- plants with roots, stems, and leaves
- the amount of moisture in the air
26 Clues: unit of mass • unit of volume • flowering plants • unit of distance • when a seed sprouts • data involving numbers • tool used to measure mass • tool used to measure volume • data involving drawings and notes • where pollen is stored in a plant • the amount of moisture in the air • the lowest layer of the atmosphere • plants with roots, stems, and leaves • ...
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 • ...
Carl Denuard T. Almeida (12-Rizal) 2024-08-29
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- includes all the different kinds of ecosystem
- are slit-like structures on the lower epidermis of leaves which aids in the exchange of gases between plants and the environment
- This is where we generate and conduct impulses called neurons
- specialized structures that regulate the opening and closing of stomata.
- Has two types; Meristematic tissues and permanent tissues
- Gives rise to cork cells
- Composed of nondividing cells
- formed by different organ systems epithelial s
- distinct and specialized subcellular structures that contribute to the cell’s maintenance and reproduction
- found in the growing area of plants
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- organisms that belong to the same species and live in the same area
- includes all the communities interacting with one another and with their environment
- Consists of tracheids and vessel elements
- groups of cells that work together to perform a specialized function
- Gives rise to secondary xylem and phloem
- Responsible for the growth of plants
- It covers the whole body of nonwoody and young woody plants and is protected by a waxy cuticle
- Composed of sieve-tube elements
- groups of tissues that work together to perform a specialized function
- Tissue that has 3 types; skeletal, smooth and cardia
20 Clues: Gives rise to cork cells • Composed of nondividing cells • Composed of sieve-tube elements • found in the growing area of plants • Responsible for the growth of plants • Gives rise to secondary xylem and phloem • Consists of tracheids and vessel elements • includes all the different kinds of ecosystem • formed by different organ systems epithelial s • ...
Photosynthesis & Cell Respiration Crossword 2024-05-01
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- buried deposits of carbon that are used as fuel
- all living things are made up of
- laws of mass & energy that describes their consistency in the universe
- green pigment in plants that take in sunlight
- fossil fuels in liquid form
- process plants use to make their own food
- process of turning food into energy
- scientific name for the gas humans breathe out & plants take in
- substances before a chemical reaction
- the part of the plant that takes in sunlight
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- substances after a chemical reaction
- scientific name for sugar
- organelle where photosynthesis occurs
- movement of gas that moves to/from organisms & environment
- scientific name for water
- what producers need to do photosynthesis
- part of the plant that takes in water
- organelle where cellular respiration occurs
- scientific name for "energy"
- animals breathe this in & plants release this out
- scientific name for oxygen
- animals can not photosynthesis for energy, they must . . .
- main source of energy for all of life on earth
- the amount of matter in something
- fossil fuels in solid form
- all living things need this to do "work"
- energy can not be created nor destroyed, only . . .
27 Clues: scientific name for sugar • scientific name for water • scientific name for oxygen • fossil fuels in solid form • fossil fuels in liquid form • scientific name for "energy" • all living things are made up of • the amount of matter in something • process of turning food into energy • substances after a chemical reaction • organelle where photosynthesis occurs • ...
Enviromental Puzzle 2025-04-01
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- A plant that makes its own food.
- A living thing that breaks down dead things.
- One side benefits, the other gets hurt.
- A diagram that shows energy levels in food.
- A close relationship between two living things.
- An animal that eats only other animals.
- A group of the same animals in one place.
- A line that shows who eats who.
- The home of an animal or plant.
- An animal that hunts other animals.
- One side benefits, the other is not hurt.
- A relationship where both sides help each other.
- An animal that eats only plants.
- A non-living thing like water, sunlight, or soil.
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- When living things fight for food or space.
- An animal that eats plants or other animals.
- Many food chains connected together.
- An animal that is hunted and eaten.
- The role or job of a living thing.
- The most animals a place can support.
- Something that stops a population from growing.
- An animal that eats both plants and animals.
- A place where animals and plants live together.
- All the living things in one area.
- A living thing in nature, like a plant or animal.
25 Clues: A line that shows who eats who. • The home of an animal or plant. • A plant that makes its own food. • An animal that eats only plants. • The role or job of a living thing. • All the living things in one area. • An animal that is hunted and eaten. • An animal that hunts other animals. • Many food chains connected together. • The most animals a place can support. • ...
Science - Big Idea 2 Ecosystems 2024-07-23
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- dense upper layer of rainforest foliage
- a group of organisms and the environment in which they live
- being exposed, or unprotected from harsh weather conditions
- an organism that feeds on dead plant or animal matter
- an organism that makes its own food
- an organism that relies on other plants and animals for food
- to expose to air
- the waste expelled by earthworms
- an animal that eats both plants and other animals
- an animal that kills and eats other animals
- changes in an organism to become more suited to its environment
- tallest layer of rainforest trees
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- maintaining enough fluid
- a forest with at least 80 inches of rainfall every year
- web a network of interconnected food chains
- an animal that eats only plants
- chain a sequence of organisms in a community in which each member feeds on the one below it
- a struggle between two or more organisms for a limited resource
- an animal hunted or caught for food by another animal
- hot, often dry grassland with scattered trees
- a plant that grows above the ground, supported by another plant
- an animal that eats only animals
- layer of rainforest plants that grow beneath the canopy
- variety
24 Clues: variety • to expose to air • maintaining enough fluid • an animal that eats only plants • the waste expelled by earthworms • an animal that eats only animals • tallest layer of rainforest trees • an organism that makes its own food • dense upper layer of rainforest foliage • web a network of interconnected food chains • an animal that kills and eats other animals • ...
u&m 2025-02-18
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- Pollination by wind.
- The part responsible for nutrient and water absorption.
- Produces pollen in the flower male reproductive organ.
- The reproductive structure in sexual reproduction.
- Plants thriving in saline environments.
- Part of the flower that attracts pollinators.
- A shallow coastal waterbody intermittently separated from larger bodies of water by a natural barrier.
- Cell division producing two identical cells.
- Unspecialized cells capable of continuous division.
- dioxide Complete the equation: ____________ + water + sunlight → glucose + oxygen.
- A local factor found insignificant to mangrove growth rates.
- The floating position of a mangrove propagule in favorable conditions.
- Direction of water and mineral transport.
- Root A root structure resembling a human knee.
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- Transfer of pollen between different blooms.
- Plant hormones.
- Seeds germinating while still attached to the parent tree.
- A permanent tissue that transports water and minerals.
- Seed leaves enclosed in the propagule.
- A macronutrient essential for plant metabolism.
- Provides buoyancy to plants.
- These organisms lack true tissues.
- A hormone that promotes germination and flowering in plants.
- A root-like structure in seaweeds.
- Botany The study of marine plants and algae.
- meristem Found at the internodes or the base of leaves.
26 Clues: Plant hormones. • Pollination by wind. • Provides buoyancy to plants. • These organisms lack true tissues. • A root-like structure in seaweeds. • Seed leaves enclosed in the propagule. • Plants thriving in saline environments. • Direction of water and mineral transport. • Transfer of pollen between different blooms. • Cell division producing two identical cells. • ...
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 • ...
Energy in plants 2016-11-16
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- carries water and nutrients from soil to leaves
- carries food from the leaves to other parts in the plants
- to take in water and nutrients they also anchor the plants
- enables a plant to absorb light energy so it can produce food
- the gas plants take in
- they support the plants and enable the plants to reach sunlight
- Loss of water through leaves
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- to make food for the plant
- produces food for the plant and releases oxegen into air
- make their own food
- when you eat something
11 Clues: make their own food • when you eat something • the gas plants take in • to make food for the plant • Loss of water through leaves • carries water and nutrients from soil to leaves • produces food for the plant and releases oxegen into air • carries food from the leaves to other parts in the plants • to take in water and nutrients they also anchor the plants • ...
Photosynthesis 2024-02-04
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- dioxide people breathe this out and plants take this in
- energy from the sun
- this is inside the chloroplast and absorbs sunlight
- tiny holes on the plant's leaves that take in carbon dioxide
- sugar- a plant's food
- chloroplasts are in this part of a plant
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- the process of plants making their own food and oxygen
- most plants take this in through their roots
- a green cell in a plant's leaves where photosynthesis happens
- trees, flowers, and grass are examples of this
- people breathe this in and plants release it
11 Clues: energy from the sun • sugar- a plant's food • chloroplasts are in this part of a plant • most plants take this in through their roots • people breathe this in and plants release it • trees, flowers, and grass are examples of this • this is inside the chloroplast and absorbs sunlight • the process of plants making their own food and oxygen • ...
Photosynthesis and Cellular Resparation crossword 2024-02-15
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- a reactant that gets sucked up by the roots
- putting these together will result in a product
- A green pigment that makes plants have their green color
- A type of sugar that plants make and release
- in all types of cells in almost every living thing
- all plants need this to grow
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- A resource that we breath out that plant suck up
- The end result of reactants put together
- an organelle within the cells of plants
- A resource that plants make and humans breath in
- another word for energy
11 Clues: another word for energy • all plants need this to grow • an organelle within the cells of plants • The end result of reactants put together • a reactant that gets sucked up by the roots • A type of sugar that plants make and release • putting these together will result in a product • A resource that we breath out that plant suck up • ...
Nutrition in plants 2017-05-09
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- Plants that live on dead, decaying organic matter and derive food from them
- Plants that live together and share shelter and nutrients
- Plants which feed on insects and get nutrients from it
- The components of food like carbohydrates,fats,protiens,vitamins etc.
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- Organisms that get their food directly or indirectly from green plants
- Lives in root nodules of legumes and does nitrogen fixation
- Plants that cannot prepare their own food and get food from plants known as hosts
- Food making process in plants
- Organisms that can prepare their own food
- The mode of taking in food by an organism and its utilization in the body
10 Clues: Food making process in plants • Organisms that can prepare their own food • Plants which feed on insects and get nutrients from it • Plants that live together and share shelter and nutrients • Lives in root nodules of legumes and does nitrogen fixation • The components of food like carbohydrates,fats,protiens,vitamins etc. • ...
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 • ...
chapter 1 2016-04-15
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- material used to prepare food
- a very famous food item of South India(Tamil Nadu, Kerala)
- an ingredient for idli
- a milk product
- turmeric is considered as
- ingredient obtained neither from plants or animals
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- a sweet juice produced by flowers
- animals that eat both plants and flesh of other animals
- plants are also known as
- seeds of legume plants rich in proteins
- a plant whose scaly leaves are used as an ingredient
- dry outer covering of seeds like rice or almond
12 Clues: a milk product • an ingredient for idli • plants are also known as • turmeric is considered as • material used to prepare food • a sweet juice produced by flowers • seeds of legume plants rich in proteins • dry outer covering of seeds like rice or almond • ingredient obtained neither from plants or animals • a plant whose scaly leaves are used as an ingredient • ...
Pest 101 2023-03-23
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- a destructive insect or animal that attacks crops and other plants
- use living organisms to control pest
- enters when you breath it in
- materials used to control mites and ticks
- absorbed through skin
- materials used to control insects
- act on certain plants and species and not others
- using chemicals to control pest and other diseases
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- kills all vegetation
- ladybugs eat aphids
- nature enemies of plant pest
- materials used to control fungi disease
- chemicals must be eaten
- materials used to kill rodents
- bacillus thurengiensus (bacteria) controls caterpillars
- materials used to kill unwanted plants (weeds)
16 Clues: ladybugs eat aphids • kills all vegetation • absorbed through skin • chemicals must be eaten • nature enemies of plant pest • enters when you breath it in • materials used to kill rodents • materials used to control insects • use living organisms to control pest • materials used to control fungi disease • materials used to control mites and ticks • ...
Herbs and Spices 2013-03-23
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- ethnic cuisine from Asia and Africa
- European, African, Portuguese, and Spanish recipes
- combines the flavors of a lot of other spices
- Mushrooms, leeks, potatoes, peas, dairy products, salad dressings
- Cinnamon, cloves, coriander, ginger, nutmeg, mace, cardamom
- leaf of spearmint plant
- Paprika, chili, garlic, allspice, thyme, cayenne
- Potatoes, leek, or onion dishes
- Mediterranean dishes
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- stands alone and does not need other herbs
- sweet piney
- Oregano, basil, marjoram, tarragon, parsley
- seeds of graceful lacy annual plants
- Fub on for insect bites
- bark,root,fruit or berry of perennial plants
- green,leafy parts of plants
16 Clues: sweet piney • Mediterranean dishes • Fub on for insect bites • leaf of spearmint plant • green,leafy parts of plants • Potatoes, leek, or onion dishes • ethnic cuisine from Asia and Africa • seeds of graceful lacy annual plants • stands alone and does not need other herbs • Oregano, basil, marjoram, tarragon, parsley • bark,root,fruit or berry of perennial plants • ...
Biology 2017-02-15
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- a thing that takes up space
- Carbon Dioxide
- A big molecule
- Organism that only eats plants
- fats
- An organism that only eats meat.
- Organic compounds
- usable enrergy. It's like a batery
- Process where sugar is turned into usable energy.
- helps transport energy throughout the body.
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- Something that can create food for itself.
- converts sugars into usable energy
- Organism that eats both meats and plants.
- process where plants get energy from the sunlight.
- something our body makes when going into anerobic respiration.
- Chemical element with the letter C in it.
16 Clues: fats • Carbon Dioxide • A big molecule • Organic compounds • a thing that takes up space • Organism that only eats plants • An organism that only eats meat. • converts sugars into usable energy • usable enrergy. It's like a batery • Organism that eats both meats and plants. • Chemical element with the letter C in it. • Something that can create food for itself. • ...
Photosynthesis 2024-01-23
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- created by plants during photosynthesis and used as food
- light absorbing molecule found in the thylakoids
- factors that affects the rate of photosynthesis
- reaction that occurs in the thylakoids
- glucose and oxygen
- reaction that occurs in the stroma
- carbon dioxide, water and sunlight
- organism that makes it's own food
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- a stack of thylakoids
- process by which plants use sunlight to make their own food
- another name for an autotroph
- adenosine triphosphate
- gas absorbed through the leaves
- released as waste from plants
- what chlorophyll does to green light
- where photosynthesis takes place
16 Clues: glucose and oxygen • a stack of thylakoids • adenosine triphosphate • another name for an autotroph • released as waste from plants • gas absorbed through the leaves • where photosynthesis takes place • organism that makes it's own food • reaction that occurs in the stroma • carbon dioxide, water and sunlight • what chlorophyll does to green light • ...
Triceratops 2024-11-22
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- Group of animals living together
- Length in meters of a Triceratops
- Bony shield at the back of their head
- What herbivores eat
- Continent where their fossils are found
- Height in meters of a Triceratops
- The period when Triceratops lived
- head bone, very large in Triceratops
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- Method of chewing tough material
- Triceratops is one of these
- A small one of these familiar animals weighs as much as a Triceratops
- Remains of ancient animals found in rocks
- Used to clip tough plants
- Famous predator of Triceratops
- They have three on their face
- Animals that eats plants
16 Clues: What herbivores eat • Animals that eats plants • Used to clip tough plants • Triceratops is one of these • They have three on their face • Famous predator of Triceratops • Method of chewing tough material • Group of animals living together • Length in meters of a Triceratops • Height in meters of a Triceratops • The period when Triceratops lived • ...
Ecology 2025-04-02
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- has to eat for energy
- consumers. eat the bottom level of the food pyramid
- eats plants
- makes their own energy
- plants at the bottom of the food pyramid
- one is happy, the other doesn't care
- the home of an animal: forest, ocean, grasslands, etc.
- consumers. eats primary consumers
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- one is happy, one is dead
- how two beings interact
- one gains, the other is unhappy, but alive
- eats animals
- consumers. eats secondary consumers
- eats plants and animals
- both gain and are happy
- consumers. eats all and is not eaten
16 Clues: eats plants • eats animals • has to eat for energy • makes their own energy • how two beings interact • eats plants and animals • both gain and are happy • one is happy, one is dead • consumers. eats primary consumers • consumers. eats secondary consumers • one is happy, the other doesn't care • consumers. eats all and is not eaten • plants at the bottom of the food pyramid • ...
Economy 2020-09-16
14 Clues: top • eats • gives • takes • moves • similar • eats meat • gets eaten • eats plants • breaks things • things that live • eating food chain • eats meat and plants • eats whatever is left
Unit 4 Plants Review 2024-02-16
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- type of plant with smaller, thinner, woodier stem
- part of the plant that makes seeds
- part of the plant that grows down into the soil
- things in the soil plants need to grow
- part of the plant that holds the plant up
- type of plant with a thick, hard stem
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- light from the sun needed by plants
- part of the plant that holds seeds
- type of plant with thin, soft stem
- name of the thick, hard stem of a tree
- roots take this in from the soil
- what you put seeds in to grow
- what you plant in the soil to grow new plants
- plants need enough _______ to grow
14 Clues: what you put seeds in to grow • roots take this in from the soil • part of the plant that holds seeds • type of plant with thin, soft stem • part of the plant that makes seeds • plants need enough _______ to grow • light from the sun needed by plants • type of plant with a thick, hard stem • name of the thick, hard stem of a tree • things in the soil plants need to grow • ...
Shop & Ag. - Plant Science Crossword 2024-11-02
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- This is like the plant's food.
- A gas in the air that plants need below ground.
- A gas in the air that plants need above ground.
- This plant requirement must fall within an acceptable range.
- Transport materials up and down in the plant.
- Absorb water and nutrients.
- Protects and promote the dispersal of seeds.
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- The process of a seed sprouting into a new plant.
- A baby plant with food in a protective case.
- Gives plant cells structure.
- The plants vitamins.
- Create sugars (energy) for the plant through the process of photosynthesis.
- Attract pollinators like bees, butterflies, bats, etc.
- Stores water and nutrients and makes them available to plants.
14 Clues: The plants vitamins. • Absorb water and nutrients. • Gives plant cells structure. • This is like the plant's food. • A baby plant with food in a protective case. • Protects and promote the dispersal of seeds. • Transport materials up and down in the plant. • A gas in the air that plants need below ground. • A gas in the air that plants need above ground. • ...
Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration 2022-10-07
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- involving, or requiring, oxygen
- name of a green pigment that is used by plants to make food
- the cycle of enzyme-catalyzed dark reactions that occur in plants
- (an acronym)it is used to donate electrons and hydrogens to reactions
- a cycle also known as the citric acid cycle
- the chemical breakdown of a substance by bacteria
- a shortened word for Adenosine triphosphate
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- not involding or requiring oxygen
- the process plants use to convert light energy into chemical energy
- natural coloring of an animal or plant
- membrane bound structures located in the chloroplasts
- the breakdown of glucose by enzymes, releasing energy
- multicellular organisms that produce their own food
- the ability to do work
14 Clues: the ability to do work • involving, or requiring, oxygen • not involding or requiring oxygen • natural coloring of an animal or plant • a cycle also known as the citric acid cycle • a shortened word for Adenosine triphosphate • the chemical breakdown of a substance by bacteria • multicellular organisms that produce their own food • ...
Biology crossword 2023-01-12
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- the living things than can walk and are small
- a big group of animals
- the species than are almost go to disappear
- what the living things need to drink
- of what are the living things made of
- what the living things need to survive
- the living things than can walk and they are big
- what the plants need to do the photosynthesis
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- the animals than have bones
- when a specie disappears
- the part than you can go and see a lot of plants and animals
- what the plants do to made air
- the live thing than do the photosynthesis
- the cycle that the water have to do
14 Clues: a big group of animals • when a specie disappears • the animals than have bones • what the plants do to made air • the cycle that the water have to do • what the living things need to drink • of what are the living things made of • what the living things need to survive • the live thing than do the photosynthesis • the species than are almost go to disappear • ...
earth 2020-05-10
15 Clues: bugs • safe • humans • plants • animals • dry area • food plants • rainy forest • breaking down • near extinction • how a plant eats • wet area (i think) • directional device • where an animal lives • an area with lots of trees
Tobin - science crossword 2021-12-06
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- it is a negative impact on the ecosystem
- its the variety of plants and animals leaving in a area
- living things that can make their own food using air,light,soil or water
- an area that has previously been removed for example forest fires
- balance that avoids depletion of natural resources
- it is the cycle of life
- a area were animals,plants and organisms work together
- it is a positive impact on the ecosystem
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- they finish were the scavengers have left off and keep on breaking it down
- it is a primary succession
- it is a living thing in a ecosystem
- happens in lifeless areas were soil is not able to live anymore for example land slides
- nonliving things in a ecosystem
- animals that eat died animals or plants and break them down into small bits
- eats other animals or plants
- it is a secoundary succession
16 Clues: it is the cycle of life • it is a primary succession • eats other animals or plants • it is a secoundary succession • nonliving things in a ecosystem • it is a living thing in a ecosystem • it is a negative impact on the ecosystem • it is a positive impact on the ecosystem • balance that avoids depletion of natural resources • ...
Unit 7 2023-04-17
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- a diagram that shows how energy flows from one organism to another.
- consume (eat) and break down dead plants and animals.
- eat dead plants and animals
- ________ consumers- consumers that eat producers to get energy.
- organisms that cannot make their own energy.
- the study of interactions between organisms and their environment.
- any biotic or abiotic factor that causes a population to decrease is called a
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- eat only plants
- plant growth in response to a stimulus
- eat only animals
- The temperature in the biome varies greatly. Hot, dry summers limit plants to mostly grasses.
- _____ tropism- when a plant grows away from the stimulus
- Theis biome has a lack of rain, extreme temperatures and nutrient-poor soil make this biome one of the most extreme biomes.
- any living thing
- growth response to light
- Photosynthesis transforms ______ energy into chemical energy
16 Clues: eat only plants • eat only animals • any living thing • growth response to light • eat dead plants and animals • plant growth in response to a stimulus • organisms that cannot make their own energy. • consume (eat) and break down dead plants and animals. • _____ tropism- when a plant grows away from the stimulus • Photosynthesis transforms ______ energy into chemical energy • ...
Denver Botanic Gardens Crossword 2025-10-21
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- 's pavilion, a turbulent ocean
- effect, a controlled environment that allows for year-round plant growth
- number 40 on the Denver Botanic Gardens Map
- conic section, in honor of Nancy Schotters
- a low-water garden, _________ showcases yuccas and other members of the agave family
- Stone, the park adjacent to the botanic gardens
- a living potpourri, the _________ Garden features aromatic herbs and flowering plants
- plants, evolved and grown naturally in a particular region or ecosystem
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- some herbs are culinary where others are ________
- the art and science of growing fruits, vegetables, flowers, trees, shrubs and ornamental plants
- to walk, garden of the west
- majestic trees on a miniature scale
- the natural science of the relationships among living organisms and their environment
- this educational display garden focuses on plants important to Native Americans from the Four Corners Region
- biome, so beautiful you will stop and stair
- dia de los ________
16 Clues: dia de los ________ • to walk, garden of the west • 's pavilion, a turbulent ocean • majestic trees on a miniature scale • conic section, in honor of Nancy Schotters • number 40 on the Denver Botanic Gardens Map • biome, so beautiful you will stop and stair • Stone, the park adjacent to the botanic gardens • some herbs are culinary where others are ________ • ...
Seeds: Planting and Germination Crossword 2025-11-05
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- Decayed organic material added to soil to improve growth
- The distance between seeds or plants to allow for proper growth
- The upper layer of earth where plants grow
- The act of planting seeds
- Coat the outer layer that protects the seed
- The amount of water in soil
- The process of a seed sprouting and beginning to grow
- Moving a young plant from one place to another
- A young plant that has just started to grow from a seed
- How deep a seed is planted in the soil
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- The composition of soil - Sand,Silt,Clay
- The part of a plant that can grow into a new plant
- The first shoot that emerges from a germinating seed
- The tiny plant material inside of a seed
- Freezing conditions that can harm young plants
- planting seeds or transplants in soil
- Substance in soil that plants need to grow - NPK
17 Clues: The act of planting seeds • The amount of water in soil • planting seeds or transplants in soil • How deep a seed is planted in the soil • The composition of soil - Sand,Silt,Clay • The tiny plant material inside of a seed • The upper layer of earth where plants grow • Coat the outer layer that protects the seed • Freezing conditions that can harm young plants • ...
Biotechnology Vocabulary 2015-03-03
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- A set of moral principles and values
- Taking genes from one organism and inserting them into another
- The product of medicines or drugs in plants or animal
- The offspring of two different plants or animals
- The use of organisms to clean an environment
- All the genetic material in the chromosomes of a particular organism
- The farming of plants and animals in water
- To make an exact copy of an organism by asexual means
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- Growing plants in a lab from cells instead of seeds
- To add a harmful substance to something
- An alternative fuel used in diesel engines that is made from animal fats or vegetable oils
- The use of living organisms to solve problems
- Taming of wild things
- The production of crops or livestock
- To produce a product
15 Clues: To produce a product • Taming of wild things • A set of moral principles and values • The production of crops or livestock • To add a harmful substance to something • The farming of plants and animals in water • The use of organisms to clean an environment • The use of living organisms to solve problems • The offspring of two different plants or animals • ...
Food Chains VA S3.5 2023-11-07
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- the order in which one kind of organism eats another kind of organism
- It provides almost ALL of the energy on Earth!
- having to do with land
- having to do with water
- An organism that makes its own food from sunlight, air, and water
- An animal that eats meat only.
- a community of living things and nonliving things that share a common environment
- the environment or home of an organism
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- An organism that breaks down decayed (dead) plants and animals into smaller pieces to be used again
- An organism that eats plants and animals.
- An animal that eats plants only.
- any living object
- An animal that is hunted for food.
- An animal that hunts for food.
- An animal that eats plants and meat.
15 Clues: any living object • having to do with land • having to do with water • An animal that hunts for food. • An animal that eats meat only. • An animal that eats plants only. • An animal that is hunted for food. • An animal that eats plants and meat. • the environment or home of an organism • An organism that eats plants and animals. • It provides almost ALL of the energy on Earth! • ...
Environmental Science 2023-03-20
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- the term for growing plants and raising animals animals to eat
- the increase of world temperatures due to an increase in the greenhouse effect
- the term just for growing plants to eat
- A chemical used to kill insects
- consuming more than the environment can support
- cutting down a large area of trees
- when there are too many people or living things in one area
- this gas is released by humans, absorbed and plants, and causes global warming
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- when overconsumption leads to loss of resources
- this will occur when it rains if there are no trees
- when gasses in the atmosphere absorb heat
- contamination from cars, factories, etc.
- A chemical used to kill pests
- the term just for raising animals to eat
- growing plants and crops without using soil
15 Clues: A chemical used to kill pests • A chemical used to kill insects • cutting down a large area of trees • the term just for growing plants to eat • contamination from cars, factories, etc. • the term just for raising animals to eat • when gasses in the atmosphere absorb heat • growing plants and crops without using soil • when overconsumption leads to loss of resources • ...
Carbon Cycle 2024-02-28
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- Gases that can raise the global temperature of the Earth
- Process where organisms return carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
- Gas used by plants to make food
- Gas that all organisms are made up of
- The clearing of trees
- Are non-renewable energy sources created from the remains of ancient plants and animals
- Process where plants convert carbon dioxide to make their own food
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- Warming of the Earth and the air above it
- Most carbon in the carbon cycle is found here
- Process where animals decay and return carbon to the soil
- What carbon passes through
- Solar energy reflecting off of snow or ice
- First organism to use the carbon dioxide in the cycle
- Gas given off by plants
- Waters What carbon dissolves in
15 Clues: The clearing of trees • Gas given off by plants • What carbon passes through • Gas used by plants to make food • Waters What carbon dissolves in • Gas that all organisms are made up of • Warming of the Earth and the air above it • Solar energy reflecting off of snow or ice • Most carbon in the carbon cycle is found here • First organism to use the carbon dioxide in the cycle • ...
PHOTOSYNTHESIS 2024-09-19
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- process Describes the series of reactions involved in photosynthesis.
- by-product of photosynthesis
- means "to put together"
- responsible for the green color of many plants and algae
- a route of electron flow
- chemical formula CO₂
- chemical formula H₂O
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- can be divided into three main stages: carbon fixation, reduction, and regeneration of the starting molecule
- the process by which green plants and certain other organisms transform light energy into chemical energy.
- the quantitative property that is transferred to a body or to a physical system,
- organelle in which photosynthesis takes place
- photosynthesis, process by which plants and plantlike organism use the energy to produce sugar
- means "light"
- microscopic holes through which plants "breathe" through
- is a sugar with the molecular formula C₆H₁₂O₆
15 Clues: means "light" • chemical formula CO₂ • chemical formula H₂O • means "to put together" • a route of electron flow • by-product of photosynthesis • organelle in which photosynthesis takes place • is a sugar with the molecular formula C₆H₁₂O₆ • microscopic holes through which plants "breathe" through • responsible for the green color of many plants and algae • ...
seed to plant 2022-11-10
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- A substance that helps plants grow by giving it extra nutrients. _______________
- The upper layer of Earth where plants grow. _______________
- To notice something using your senses. _______________
- The part of a plant that can grow into new plants. _______________
- Very small grains of rock. _______________
- The part of a plant that contains the seeds. _______________
- A powder found inside flowers that is needed to make new plants. _______________
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- To spread around; move from one place to another. _______________
- Stiff, sticky material found on the Earth’s surface. _______________
- The process of moving pollen from one flower to another. _______________
- The part of a plant that can grow into more plants. _______________
- A combination of sand, clay, minerals and dead or decaying plant material. _______________
12 Clues: Very small grains of rock. _______________ • To notice something using your senses. _______________ • The upper layer of Earth where plants grow. _______________ • The part of a plant that contains the seeds. _______________ • To spread around; move from one place to another. _______________ • The part of a plant that can grow into new plants. _______________ • ...
3.01 2022-10-10
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- plants generally go dormant in response to ___ conditions such as extreme heat or cold
- in Cool Season plants relish cool temperatures,growing best in spring or fall.an Example is a ____
- when a plant rests or grows very little
- lives more than two years
- plants that lose leaves during dormant season
- a plant that does NOT have enough moisture
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- the part of Biology that deals with plants
- plant that has plenty of moisture
- remain green all year round
- in Warm seasons plants grow best in warm temperatures, growing best in the summer and early fall.Examples are Zinnia, Marigold,and ____
- complete its life cycle in one year
- plant that completes life cycle within two years
12 Clues: lives more than two years • remain green all year round • plant that has plenty of moisture • complete its life cycle in one year • when a plant rests or grows very little • the part of Biology that deals with plants • a plant that does NOT have enough moisture • plants that lose leaves during dormant season • plant that completes life cycle within two years • ...
getting to know plants 2020-02-21
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- Plants with weak stem that take support of the wall or other plant to climb.
- The arrangement of veins on leaf blade.
- The region of the stem between the two adjacent nodes.
- An aerial root specialized for gaseous exchange of gases.
- Plants having medium height with thin hard and brown stems.
- The fusion of male and female gametes.
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- The process of making food by green plants.
- Plants with weak stem which spread on the ground.
- Plants having short height with thin soft and green stems.
- Transfer of pollen grains from anther to stigma of flower
- Soil erosion is the displacement of the upper layer of soil
- The small outgrowth on the stem of a plant
12 Clues: The fusion of male and female gametes. • The arrangement of veins on leaf blade. • The small outgrowth on the stem of a plant • The process of making food by green plants. • Plants with weak stem which spread on the ground. • The region of the stem between the two adjacent nodes. • Transfer of pollen grains from anther to stigma of flower • ...
PLANTS INCREASING THE NUMBERS 2018-04-23
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- well-drained sandy soil
- water dispersel
- clayey soil
- two cotyledons
- rabi crops
- kharif crops
- chemical used for detroying harmful insects
- leaf germination
- explosion
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- seed leaves
- one cotyledon
- artificially watered
- black soil
- chemicals used for destroying pests
- seeds getting scattered away from the parent plant
- seed developing into a new plant
- seed wind dispersel
- animal dispersal
- stem cutting
19 Clues: explosion • black soil • seed leaves • clayey soil • rabi crops • kharif crops • stem cutting • one cotyledon • two cotyledons • water dispersel • animal dispersal • leaf germination • seed wind dispersel • artificially watered • well-drained sandy soil • seed developing into a new plant • chemicals used for destroying pests • chemical used for detroying harmful insects • ...
Non Vascular/Seedless plants 2022-04-07
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- Group of bryophytes in which a primitive conductive system appears
- species
- Tangle of single celled called filaments that forms from the haploid spore
- Female spore
- Produce two types of spores
- Describes an organ that grows in an unusual place, such as roots growing from the side of a stem
- Other name for land plant; embryo is protected and nourished by the sporophyte
- Mosses Earliest group of seedless vascular plants
- Case of the sporangium in mosses
- No longer existing species
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- plant Plant that lacks vascular tissue, which is formed of specialized cells
- Male spore
- Group that includes green algae and land plants
- Seedless vascular plant that produces large fronds; the most advanced group of seedless vascular plants
- Vascular plant
- that surrounds the opening of the capsule and allows periodic release of spores
- Seedless vascular plant characterized by joints
- Diploid stage is the dominant stage
- (Plural, gemmae) Leaf fragment that spreads for asexual reproduction
19 Clues: species • Male spore • Female spore • Vascular plant • No longer existing species • Produce two types of spores • Case of the sporangium in mosses • Diploid stage is the dominant stage • Group that includes green algae and land plants • Seedless vascular plant characterized by joints • Mosses Earliest group of seedless vascular plants • ...
Plants and Cultural Beliefs 2024-09-25
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- Seed used by ancient Aztecs and Mayans as a superfood. (4)
- Cane: Stem used to produce sweeteners, molasses, and rum. (5, 4)
- as the "plant of immortality" in ancient Egypt, used for wound healing. (Aloe Vera)
- Herb known for enhancing memory, used in cooking. (8)
- to have calming and protective energies in ancient Rome. (Chamomile)
- for its antioxidant properties and used to lower blood pressure. (Hibiscus)
- rhizome is used in cooking and for treating colds and digestion issues. (Ginger)
- Flower used in teas for relaxation and sleep aid. (9)
- Leaves used by Indigenous Australians for respiratory ailments. (11)
- used in Mexican cuisine, this cactus is a source of vitamins and fiber. (Nopal Cactus)
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- Flower used in teas, known for lowering blood pressure. (8)
- from this plant are used in teas and oils for antibacterial properties. (Eucalyptus)
- Flowers used in aromatherapy for relaxation and skin care. (8)
- Rhizome used in Asian cultures for digestion and flu symptoms. (6)
- herb is traditionally used to enhance memory and for pain reduction. (Rosemary)
- Rhizome with anti-inflammatory properties, sacred in Hindu rituals. (8)
- Vera: Believed to be the "plant of immortality" and used for skin healing. (4, 4)
- Bark with anti-inflammatory properties, used in cooking. (8)
- bark of this plant was highly valued in ancient Egypt and used in traditional medicine. (Cinnamon)
- in aromatherapy for relaxation, this flower also acts as a natural insect repellent. (Lavender)
- Cactus: Pads used in Mexican culture for food and managing blood sugar. (5, 6)
- by ancient Aztecs, these seeds are rich in omega-3 and protein. (Chia)
22 Clues: Herb known for enhancing memory, used in cooking. (8) • Flower used in teas for relaxation and sleep aid. (9) • Seed used by ancient Aztecs and Mayans as a superfood. (4) • Flower used in teas, known for lowering blood pressure. (8) • Bark with anti-inflammatory properties, used in cooking. (8) • Flowers used in aromatherapy for relaxation and skin care. (8) • ...
6.1 Plant Food 2021-04-15
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- – Ca; a chemical element present in variable amounts in all soils. It is essential for plant and animal growth and is the principal mineral element in bones.
- – Cl; a heavy gas used in very small amounts for the growth of plants.
- – Zn; a metallic chemical element, one of the micronutrient elements in soils, essential for both plant and animal growth.
- – Includes primary plant nutrients N, P, and K; and secondary plant nutrients Ca, Mg, and S.
- the manufacture of ammonia. Legume roots convert nitrogen gas to nitrates by bacteria.
- – Mo; a gray metallic element, essential in very small amounts to the growth of plants, but usually present in sufficient amounts. Deficiencies have been discovered in a few highly acid soils.
- – Fe; a metallic element essential to people, animals, and plants; very common in some minerals, most rocks, and all soils. In plants, iron deficiency results in iron chlorosis.
- – P; a chemical element found in soils in various mineral forms, but only small amounts are
- – Cu; a metallic element found in soils at 1 to 50 parts per million, and in plants up to 100 parts per million. It is necessary for all animal and plant life. High soil phosphorus, zinc, and molybdenum can induce a copper deficiency in plants. Also, high copper can reduce plant uptake of phosphorus, iron, zinc, and molybdenum.
- – A change in color of the lower leaves of green plants usually attributed to a lack of plant nutrients or moisture deficiency.
- – Mg; a white metal, essential for people and animals, and for plant growth because it is a
- humus content and improve soil structure.
- – Produced by plants and animals; of plant or animal origin.
- (tonnage) – Unit of weight equivalent to 2000 pounds.
- – K; the chemical element, an alkali metal, which occurs widely in minerals. Regarded as an
- it is often in forms unavailable to plants. It is regarded as essential to normal plant growth and is often applied, usually as manganous sulfate, to soils deficient in this element.
- of plants and animals.
- – Excreta of animals, dung, and urine (usually with some bedding), used to fertilize the land.
- available to plants at any one time. It stimulates early growth and root development and hastens grain maturity.
- by bacteria and other natural processes. This nutrient is a constituent of proteins and is vital to the plant growth processes. Nitrogen can be added to the soil in any of three fertilizer forms as urea, ammonia, or nitrates.
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- fixation – When molecular nitrogen biologically or chemically converts to organic combinations or
- – S; an elementary, yellow mineral, insoluble in water, easily fusible, and inflammable. One of the secondary but important elements in soil fertility and used in relatively large amounts by most plants, it is an important constituent of both protein and protoplasm.
- – For plants: boron, chlorine, cobalt, copper, iron, manganese, molybdenum, and zinc.
- – Mn; a metallic element found in soils from a mere trace to as much as 15 percent, but when
- available for biological processes. Biological fixation occurs with legumes, whereas chemical fixation
- – Yellowing or whitening of normally green leaves caused by lack of nutrients, air pollution, or diseases.
- – N; a gas that occurs naturally in the air and soil, where it is converted into usable forms for plant
- – An insufficiency in reference to amount, volume, proportion, etc.; a lack; a state of
- of chlorophyll.
- nutrient – Nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium.
- – Organic residues or their mixture, such as peat, manure, or discarded plant material and soil, placed in a pit or enclosure, moistened, and allowed to become decomposed. Sometimes lime and chemical fertilizers are also added. Used as a fertilizer.
- – To check or hinder the growth or development of an animal or plant.
- plant nutrient, potassium is present naturally in some form in all soils but in extremely variable amounts and is likely to be in the largest amounts in clay soils and in the least amounts in highly silicious soils and in peats.
- nutrient – Calcium, magnesium, and sulfur are the secondary nutrient elements, so-called because they are essential to plant growth in a lesser quantity than the primary nutrients nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium, and in greater quantity than the micronutrients.
- manure – Crops such as legumes or grasses that are grown to be plowed or spaded into the soil to
- element – Any of certain chemical elements necessary in minute quantities for optimum growth and
- – B; an element essential for plant growth. The original source of boron is tourmaline, but available forms are from soil organic matter.
- – Death of plant or animal cells in the tissue, usually in localized areas.
38 Clues: of chlorophyll. • of plants and animals. • humus content and improve soil structure. • nutrient – Nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium. • (tonnage) – Unit of weight equivalent to 2000 pounds. • – Produced by plants and animals; of plant or animal origin. • – To check or hinder the growth or development of an animal or plant. • ...
AGRICULTURE & FARMING TERMS 2022-05-16
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- A fabric material that is installed over crops to exclude pests and / or warm the air around the plant.
- Removing parts of the plant to reduce disease, increase airflow through the plant, and direct more energy towards the fruit of the plant.
- The amount of plant nutrients, and the availability of those nutrients, in your soil.
- A substance that is made by humans that is generally used for controlling pests and is often dangerous.
- Moving seedlings into larger containers for healthy root development
- 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.
- The dry stems of wheat and other grasses; often used as mulch on a farm
- To gather or collect a crop
- 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.
- Chemicals used to kill plants or stop growth. Usually used on weeds
- 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.
- Includes compost, manure, minerals, and other materials from the natural environment
- A building made of plastic or glass that is used for growing plants
- 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 amount of something that is produced by a plant or farm
- Medium size soil smooth soil particle, that can form dust
- An engine used for moving water from a water source to where water is needed.
- 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.
- When a plant begins to grow or sprout
- Small plant grown from a seed that is grown in a greenhouse and will be planted outside in the ground
- Animal waste that is rich in nutrients.
- A large gritty soil particle that forms loose soil (often drains too fast)
- Agricultural services in each county in the state that provide Training and technical assistance for agricultural producers of all kinds.
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- Farming with the use of chemical pesticides and fertilizers (not organic).
- To plant crops at multiple times during the season so that you can harvest them several times
- Nutrients for plants that are chemically derived and human-made.
- United States Department of Agriculture. Provides grants and technical support for agriculture and conservation.
- The macro nutrients in soil, what crops need the most of. Stands for nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium.
- The period of time during the year when you can produce crops (depending on temperature and daylight etc.).
- Plants that are grown by farmers
- A tool used to prepare land for growing crops
- A chemical that is used to kill animals or insects that damage plants or crops
- Plants that grow very quickly in places they are unwanted and often cover or kill other plants
- A large vehicle that has two large back wheels, two smaller front wheels, and is used
- Government certification given to businesses and farmers who produce products without the use of chemicals.
- 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
- To supply land with water by using pipes or hoses
- Small sticky soil particles with minerals (water often sits)
- A soil made of a mix of sand, silt, and clay. Often considered the best soil type for agriculture.
- The percentage of sand, silt and clay particles in the soil, which determines how water and nutrients move through the soil.
- 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).
- Things added to the soil (chicken manure, straw, or compost) to make it healthier and make plants grow stronger
- The organic component of soils that made of decomposed and very small decomposed organism parts and microorganisms.
- removing some plants to make room for others to grow
44 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 • ...
Ecosystems 2021-08-19
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- The study of the way organisms interact
- Break down the remains of living things
- A complicated diagram showing energy flow in an ecosystem
- The non-living parts of the ecosystem
- Eats plants and animals
- where a species can be found
- Arrows in a food web show the direction of flow of this
- Eats other organisms for food
- A triangular diagram showing distribution of mass in an ecosystem
- These animals have to try and get food before another species eats it
- Eats only meat
- The place where an organism lives
- This level of consumers eat plants
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- Organisms like plants which can make their own food
- Made of living and non-living things that interact
- Is hunted by other animals for food
- how many organisms live in an area
- Shows a simple flow of energy in an ecosystem
- Eats the remains of dead animals
- Only eats plants
- The living parts of an ecosystem
- A living thing
- A habitat must provide eveything an organism needs to ________
- Hunts other animals for food
- This is the name for levels in a food web
25 Clues: A living thing • Eats only meat • Only eats plants • Eats plants and animals • where a species can be found • Hunts other animals for food • Eats other organisms for food • Eats the remains of dead animals • The living parts of an ecosystem • The place where an organism lives • how many organisms live in an area • This level of consumers eat plants • ...
lectures 11-13 and 22-23 2017-12-11
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- the dormancy hormone.
- protect plants such as Brassica, become active when the plant is mechanically broken
- when plants with better genes are selected for human benifits
- plant in which sugar come from, domesticated in the pacific islands
- this plant produce the cardiac glycoside digoxin
- an insect hormone analogue produced by ferns and conifers
- traditionally used as money and bitter drinks
- a protein that can detect light and change form (cis/trans).
- the target of taxol
- produce taxol
- a small hair that trap insects
- the only widely cultivated plant in North-America
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- lignin, flavonoids, terpenes and alkalinoids are exemple of
- embryonic shoot in the seed
- this plant was domesticated independently in various location of the world
- an anti-cancer (leucemia) that is difficult to synthesize in the lab
- domesticates plants grown in large concentration to produce food
- isolated from european yew leaves
- for those plants, flowering indicate the end of their life
- another name for cotyledon
- a plant missing gene A and B, while have flower made only of this structure
- antimalarial produced by the wormwood
- a dangerous amino acid produced by the jack bean
- primitive shoot in dicots
24 Clues: produce taxol • the target of taxol • the dormancy hormone. • primitive shoot in dicots • another name for cotyledon • embryonic shoot in the seed • a small hair that trap insects • isolated from european yew leaves • antimalarial produced by the wormwood • traditionally used as money and bitter drinks • this plant produce the cardiac glycoside digoxin • ...
LIVING AND NON-LIVING 2016-05-24
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- SMALL PORES FROM WHICH PLANTS EXCRETE WATER VAPOUR AND CARBON DIOXIDE
- THE RESPONSE OF A PLANT TO LIGHT
- LIVING THINGS THAT HAVE ONLY ONE CELL THROUGHOUT THEIR LIFE
- PROCESS BY WHICH GREEN PLANTS MAKE THEIR OWN FOOD
- CARBOHYDRATES PRESENT IN PLANTS THAT CANNOT BE DIGESTED AND WHICH MOVE FOOD THROUGH THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
- AN OPTICAL INSTRUMENT USED FOR VIEWING VERY SMALL OBJECTS
- THE PLANT THAT FOLDS ITS LEAVES WHEN WE TOUCH IT
- AN SINGLE-CELLED LIVING ORGANISM
- THE STRUCTURAL AND FUNCTIONAL UNIT OF A LIVING THING
- A NON-LIVING THING THAT GROWS
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- AN LIVING THING THAT GROWS THROUGHOUT THEIR LIFE
- LIVING THINGS THAT DEPEND ON OTHER LIVING THINGS FOR FOOD
- PROCESS IN WHICH ENERGY IS RELEASED FROM FOOD
- PROCESS BY WHICH A LIVING ORGANISM CREATES A LIKENES OF ITSELF
- PROCESS OF REMOVAL OF WASTE PRODUCTS FROM THE BODY
- LIVING THINGS THAT START LIFE AS ONE CELL BUT DEVOLOPE MORE
- LIVING THINGS THAT MAKE THEIR OWN FOOD
- THE RESPONSE OF ROOTS AND STEMS TOWARDS AND AGAINST EARTH
- PORES IN WHICH INSECTS BREATHE THROUGH
- A GROUP OF SIMILAR LIVING THINGS THAT CAN REPRODUCE AMONG THEMSELVES
20 Clues: A NON-LIVING THING THAT GROWS • THE RESPONSE OF A PLANT TO LIGHT • AN SINGLE-CELLED LIVING ORGANISM • LIVING THINGS THAT MAKE THEIR OWN FOOD • PORES IN WHICH INSECTS BREATHE THROUGH • PROCESS IN WHICH ENERGY IS RELEASED FROM FOOD • AN LIVING THING THAT GROWS THROUGHOUT THEIR LIFE • THE PLANT THAT FOLDS ITS LEAVES WHEN WE TOUCH IT • ...
Layers of Soil 2016-12-06
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- organisms that break the remains of dead organisms down
- the leaves that plants have shed on top of the top soil
- dark colored substance that forms as plants and animals decay
- crumbly dark brown soil is a mixture of humus, clay, and minerals
- grinding away of rock by other rock particles
- iron combines with oxygen and water to form rust
- farmers disturb the soil as little as possible
- b horizon and consists of clay and other particles washed down
- rock is broken down by chemical changes
- where farmers plow their fields along the curves of a slpoe
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- layer of soil that differs in color and texture from other layers
- farmer plants a different crop in a field each year
- the removal of rock by wind, water, and ice
- when rock is physically broken down
- material is full of tiny air spaces that let water seep
- measure of how well the soil supports plant growth
- the loose,weathered material on Earth's surface plants grow here
- solid layer of rock beneath the soil
- process that breaks down rock with heat, cold, or water
- soil that is made of equal parts of clay, sand, and silt
20 Clues: when rock is physically broken down • solid layer of rock beneath the soil • rock is broken down by chemical changes • the removal of rock by wind, water, and ice • grinding away of rock by other rock particles • farmers disturb the soil as little as possible • iron combines with oxygen and water to form rust • measure of how well the soil supports plant growth • ...
The Living Organisms and their surroundings 2019-06-26
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- A partnership between organisms that helps one or both of them survive .
- An animal killed for food .
- Organisms that produce their own Food .
- Living factors that directly or indirectly affect an organism in its environment , such as disease , predators and parasites .
- Organisms that get nutrients by eating other organisms .
- Change of water from a liquid to a gas state .
- The process plants use to make food from from sunlight , Water and Carbon Dioxide .
- Natural home of a plant or animal .
- Green material in plant leaves
- Water vapour forms clouds and returns to Earth .
- Network of related Food Chains .
- A type of consumer that eats plant materials .
- Plants and animals in an area , functioning together with their surroundings
- A type of consumer that only eats animal material .
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- Non Living factors that affect organism survival , such as water availability , Pollution , and temperature range
- Consumers that feed upon organisms that other organisms have killed .
- The number of different organisms in an ecosystem .
- An animal that kills other animals for food .
- Ecosystems where species are endangered .
- Water lost to the atmosphere by the activities of plants .
- Tiny plants and animals that break down dead materials into nutrients .
21 Clues: An animal killed for food . • Green material in plant leaves • Network of related Food Chains . • Natural home of a plant or animal . • Organisms that produce their own Food . • Ecosystems where species are endangered . • An animal that kills other animals for food . • Change of water from a liquid to a gas state . • A type of consumer that eats plant materials . • ...
Iggy's Science Crossword 2014-12-04
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- Green pigment found chlorophyll
- Compartments filled with water or waste products
- Plant without a transport system
- Vascular tissue in plants that moves sugars downward into the plant
- Process to convert light energy into chemical energy
- Multicelluar eukarotes of the Plantae kingdom
- Organ of a vascular plant and the main lateral appendage
- Every other year
- Hormone found in plants effecting rate of elongation in cells
- Turning movement of a plant in response to an environmental stimulus
- Vascular tissue in plants that moves water and nutrients from the roots
- One of the two main structural axes of a vascular plant
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- The process by which chemical energy is released
- A plant that lives for more than two years
- Plant's system to transport nutrients, water and sugars
- Structure in green plant cell where photosynthesis occurs
- Biological response to a change in the proportion of light and dark in a 24 hr cycle
- Process in which water is carried through plants from roots to pores on the leaves
- Pores in the leaves or stem allowing for the movement of gases
- A plant that live for one year
- The organ that typically lies below the soil
21 Clues: Every other year • A plant that live for one year • Green pigment found chlorophyll • Plant without a transport system • A plant that lives for more than two years • The organ that typically lies below the soil • Multicelluar eukarotes of the Plantae kingdom • The process by which chemical energy is released • Compartments filled with water or waste products • ...
Climate Cafe Project 2023-03-08
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- consumers that eat both plants and meat
- organisms that break down dead organisms and put nutrients back into the soil
- when water is evaporated from plants
- process of creating a new ecosystem after a natural disaster (forest fire, flood, etc.)
- consumers that only eat meat
- the non living parts of an ecosystem
- organisms that eat producers (typically are herbivores)
- organisms that eat herbivores
- organisms that are at the top of the food chain and have little or no predators in an ecosystem
- organisms that are the first to arrive during primary succession (lichens, moss, etc.)
- renewable organic matter from plants and animals
- process in which clouds are formed
- organisms that don not need to consume other organisms for energy
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- process in which the sun heats up water and turns it into water vapor
- consumers that only eat plants
- organisms that can not make their own food
- organisms that eat other organisms for energy
- community of organisms working together for survival
- the living parts of an ecosystem
- organisms that make their own food
- process in which clouds release water in the form of rain, sleet, hail, or snow
21 Clues: consumers that only eat meat • organisms that eat herbivores • consumers that only eat plants • the living parts of an ecosystem • organisms that make their own food • process in which clouds are formed • when water is evaporated from plants • the non living parts of an ecosystem • consumers that eat both plants and meat • organisms that can not make their own food • ...
Interactions in the Ecosystem 2024-03-21
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- all non-living things are considered
- made up of the parts of Earth where life exists
- non-renewable resources
- an animal that feeds on dead and decaying matter
- all living things are considered
- an organism that feeds on and breaks down dead plants or animal matter, making organic nutrients available to the ecosystem.
- a community or group of living organisms that live in and interact with each other in a specific environment
- the study of all living things
- long-term weather pattern in a region
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- a species that's diet consists of strictly of meat
- the clearing of forested land
- a species that's diet consists of both meat and plants
- a species that's diet consists of strictly plants
- the process by which plants use sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide to create oxygen and energy in the form of sugar.
- an area classified according to the species that live in that location.
- how carbon moves between the atmosphere, soils, living creatures, the ocean, and human sources.
- the study of animals
- mixture of ingredients used as plant fertilizer and to improve soil's physical, chemical, and biological properties
- mixture of gasses that surrounds the Earth
- any living thing
20 Clues: any living thing • the study of animals • non-renewable resources • the clearing of forested land • the study of all living things • all living things are considered • all non-living things are considered • long-term weather pattern in a region • mixture of gasses that surrounds the Earth • made up of the parts of Earth where life exists • ...
Ecology Introduction 2024-04-05
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- the home of an organism
- a chain that shows which organism eats the other
- community of organisms in one area
- organisms that make their food with the sun
- when one organism benefits at another organisms expense
- an individual living being
- study of organisms and their environment
- where an organism is on the food web
- organisms that are killed for food
- an organism that has another organism living on it
- organisms that hunt and kill for their food
- part of earth that holds all things living
- a nonliving component in an environment
- number of organisms in an area
- organism that cant make food,so it eats plants and animals
- an organism that eats animals instead of plants
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- a living component in an environment
- all of the food chains in an ecosystem put together
- lots of species in one common area
- an organism that eats other organisms for energy
- an organism that eats both plants and animals
- an organism that feeds off of remains that are lying around
- an organism that eats plants instead of animals
- an organism that breaks down decaying material
- organisms that make their own food
25 Clues: the home of an organism • an individual living being • number of organisms in an area • lots of species in one common area • community of organisms in one area • organisms that are killed for food • organisms that make their own food • a living component in an environment • where an organism is on the food web • a nonliving component in an environment • ...
Lupine (Lupinus spp.) 2023-06-07
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- - Bird species that is attracted to Lupine flowers (One word)
- - Lupine plants can grow to be relatively tall (One word)
- - Soil condition preferred by some Lupine species (One word)
- - Flower that grows in a natural, uncultivated state (One word)
- - Tall, elongated cluster of Lupine flowers (One word)
- - Sweet liquid produced by flowers to attract pollinators (One word)
- - Type of fruit produced by Lupine, containing seeds (One word)
- - Common name of the flowering plant belonging to the Lupinus genus (One word)
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- - The flower or flowers on a plant (One word)
- - Scientific family to which Lupinus belongs (One word)
- - Pertaining to the scientific study of plants (One word)
- - Plant that comes back year after year (One word)
- - The flattened structure of a plant that is usually green and collects sunlight (One word)
- - Place where Lupines are often cultivated (One word)
- - Colorful bloom often found in gardens and meadows (One word)
- - Lupine plants are known for their sturdy and vigorous growth (One word)
- - Term describing plants that are indigenous to a particular region (One word)
- - Common color of Lupine flowers (One word)
- - Another color variation of Lupine flowers (One word)
- - Lupines produce seeds for reproduction (One word)
20 Clues: - Common color of Lupine flowers (One word) • - The flower or flowers on a plant (One word) • - Plant that comes back year after year (One word) • - Lupines produce seeds for reproduction (One word) • - Place where Lupines are often cultivated (One word) • - Another color variation of Lupine flowers (One word) • - Tall, elongated cluster of Lupine flowers (One word) • ...
Ecosystems. Name ____________________ 2023-04-12
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- an organism that eats only plants.
- a group of similar ecosystems
- part of an ecosystem that includes air, water and other non-living things.
- this moves from the sun all the way through an ecosystem.
- what animals need that plants give off.
- another word for rain, sleet, snow and hail.
- a number of different organisms in an ecosystem.
- a model that shows the transfer of energy in interlocking food chains.
- these get their energy by eating the remains of other organisms.
- all organisms of the same species living in the same location.
- living things that make their own food.
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- an organism that eats plants and animals.
- an organism that only eats other animals.
- the sum of all ecosystems on Earth.
- a model used to show the amount of energy available in each step of a food chain.
- a model that shows how energy moves from the Sun to producers and consumers.
- an element that is in everything that is alive or was once alive.
- what plants need that animals exhale.
- plant and animal part of an ecosystem.
- organisms that get energy by eating other organisms.
- the cycle that includes evaporation and condensation
21 Clues: a group of similar ecosystems • an organism that eats only plants. • the sum of all ecosystems on Earth. • what plants need that animals exhale. • plant and animal part of an ecosystem. • what animals need that plants give off. • living things that make their own food. • an organism that eats plants and animals. • an organism that only eats other animals. • ...
Sensory Receptors / Growth & Development of Organisms Vocab 2023-04-13
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- a nerve ending that senses and responds to stimulus
- the first stage of life for flowering plants and some nonflowering plants
- a sensory receptor for smell
- an organism’s stages of growth and development that lead to the production of offspring
- a nerve cell
- a watery liquid in the mouth that softens food for swallowing
- relating to electric and magnetic fields
- an unborn or unhatched organism undergoing the process of growth and development
- a photoreceptor in the eye responsible for night vision
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- a fiber or bundle of fibers that transmit signals to and from the body, brain, and spinal cord
- a photoreceptor in the eye that processes color vision
- an involuntary response
- the nerve that connects the eye to the brain
- a reproductive structure in some nonflowering plants and fungi
- an organism that breathes through gills in its larval stage and through lungs in its adult stage
- the transfer of pollen from the male to female parts of a plant
- the layer at the back of the eye that contains photoreceptors
- a sensory receptor that detects sound
- the reproductive structure in flowering plants
- a group of cells in the mouth that contain sensory receptors for taste
20 Clues: a nerve cell • an involuntary response • a sensory receptor for smell • a sensory receptor that detects sound • relating to electric and magnetic fields • the nerve that connects the eye to the brain • the reproductive structure in flowering plants • a nerve ending that senses and responds to stimulus • a photoreceptor in the eye that processes color vision • ...
Unit 5 2023-01-29
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- a factor that is non-living
- water located below Earth's surface
- where liquid water turns into water vapor
- a type of predator that is top of the food chain
- when plants convert sunlight into energy
- where water falls from the sky
- make their own food
- break down dead organisms
- a factor that is living or once living
- One benefits, One is unaffected
- water that flows over the land without sinking into the ground
- when water evaporates from plants
- when all populations live in an area at the same time
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- when bacteria converts nitrogen gas to ammonium
- get their energy from other organisms
- organisms that only eat plants
- where water vapor turns into liquid
- a group of organisms that share traits together
- organisms that eat plants & meat
- Both benefit
- when all organisms of the same species live in the same place
- One benefits, One is harmed
- includes all living and non-living parts of an environment
- when nitrates are converted into nitrogen gas
- organisms that only eat meat
- the burning of fossil fuels
- when animals breathe out oxygen and release CO2
27 Clues: Both benefit • make their own food • break down dead organisms • a factor that is non-living • One benefits, One is harmed • the burning of fossil fuels • organisms that only eat meat • organisms that only eat plants • where water falls from the sky • One benefits, One is unaffected • organisms that eat plants & meat • when water evaporates from plants • ...
Irrigation105.5 2022-12-07
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- Usable groundwater deposit
- One of the sectors in which water is used in households
- Type of irrigation where a field is overflowed with water
- Type of irrigation where channels of water are used to hydrate the soil
- Type of irrigation where water is pumped and shot out over a field
- Sector that uses the most amount of water
- Forms when water table is lowered by excess pumping
- Type of irrigation where water slowly drips out onto plants
- When saturated soil prevents plant roots from "breathing" oxygen
- Liquid used in irrigation
- Most inefficient type of irrigation
- Mimicked by spray irrigation
- One of the sectors in which water is used for power plants/plastic or metal manufacturing
- Mineral that causes salinization
- Using water for agricultural purposes, such as watering plants
- Poking holes in soil to allow air and water to drain through soil
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- When rainwater percolates through soil into aquifer
- When too much salt is left in the soil after water evaporates
- Water stored in sedimentary layers
- One of the sectors in which water is used to grow plants
- Type of aquifer that recharges slowly
- Type of aquifers that recharge quickly
- Excess pumping of groundwater lowers its pressure, allowing saltwater to seep in
- Most efficient type of irrigation
24 Clues: Liquid used in irrigation • Usable groundwater deposit • Mimicked by spray irrigation • Mineral that causes salinization • Most efficient type of irrigation • Water stored in sedimentary layers • Most inefficient type of irrigation • Type of aquifer that recharges slowly • Type of aquifers that recharge quickly • Sector that uses the most amount of water • ...
Trophic Feeding Relationships 2024-10-01
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- a process by which plants and algae use sunlight to make their own food
- in a trophic pyramid what is the location of the producer?
- interconnected food chains (two words)
- the amount of energy transferred from one level to the next
- plant or plant-like organisms that drift with the ocean currents
- bottom dwelling organisms
- animal or animal-like organisms that drift with the ocean currents
- the arrow in a food chain or food web faces this organism
- a gas produced by plants
- an animal that eats both plants and animals
- an organism who converts organic matter to inorganic matter
- an organism that produces its own food
- an animal that eats meat
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- also called the consumer
- an organism that does the hunting
- also called a decomposer
- the ultimate source of energy that drives a food chain
- a linear sequence that shows the transfer of energy from one organism to the next (two words)
- free swimming organisms
- microscopic organisms that drift with the ocean currents
- an animal that eats plants
- an organism that must get its food by eating other organisms
- as you proceed up a trophic pyramid the energy...
- an organism that is hunted
- also called the producer
25 Clues: free swimming organisms • also called the consumer • also called a decomposer • a gas produced by plants • also called the producer • an animal that eats meat • bottom dwelling organisms • an animal that eats plants • an organism that is hunted • an organism that does the hunting • interconnected food chains (two words) • an organism that produces its own food • ...
Ecology - Kheri 2024-11-19
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- Another name for Autotroph
- Groups of individuals that belong to the same species and live in the same area
- A mass that comes from plants and animals
- A mushroom eats by ________ dying wood
- Full scale of trophic levels
- Assembly of different populations that live together in a defined area
- Another name for consumer
- Eats both meat and plants
- The way a mushroom makes its food
- Only eats meat
- A study of relations of organisms to one another and to their physical surroundings.
- Only eats plants
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- Animals that are dependent on other animals and those animals are dependent on the plants
- Complex food chain
- The way a flower makes its food
- A group of organisms so similar they can reproduce
- Eats dead things
- A group of all organisms that live in a particular place, together with nonliving, or physical, environment
- Another name for producer
- Another name for heterotroph
- The pyramid of the food chain
- A group of ecosystems that have the same climate & dominate communities
- The study of everything in a biome to the atmosphere and the depth of the ocean
23 Clues: Only eats meat • Eats dead things • Only eats plants • Complex food chain • Another name for producer • Another name for consumer • Eats both meat and plants • Another name for Autotroph • Full scale of trophic levels • Another name for heterotroph • The pyramid of the food chain • The way a flower makes its food • The way a mushroom makes its food • ...
The animal world #1 2024-12-11
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- Part of the process of making a seed to produce new plants.
- The small young plant that grows out of a seed.
- A thick forest where there is a lot of rainfall.
- A tree that always has leaves.
- Simple plantlike organisms.
- So small that it can only be seen by using a special instrument called Microscope that makes things look bigger.
- Fit and well.
- A powder that plants need to make seeds.
- Movement of water in a river or in the ocean.
- Having warm or hot weather all year long.
- Contains the parts to grow a tiny flowering plant.
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- Leaves growing in a ring around a stem.
- Materials found in the soil that help plants to grow & stay healthy.
- part of a large leaf sharing the same stalk.
- A rich mixture of minerals and other substances to help the plant grow.
- A large number of plants of one kind grown for human use.
- The moving of the pollen from one flower to another.
- The young part of a plant that you can see growing above the ground.
- A juice made from sugar and water.
- A huge, round object that moves around a star.
20 Clues: Fit and well. • Simple plantlike organisms. • A tree that always has leaves. • A juice made from sugar and water. • Leaves growing in a ring around a stem. • A powder that plants need to make seeds. • Having warm or hot weather all year long. • part of a large leaf sharing the same stalk. • Movement of water in a river or in the ocean. • ...
Trash and environment crossword by Fahri, Fata, Ichsan, Ridwan, Faiz 2025-01-20
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- type of tree that has a "1000 of function" nickname in Indonesia
- leaves, plants, rotten fruit are one of the types of "...." waste (organic / inorganic)
- the last place of the garbage
- what do you call "trash can" in british?
- Recycle, Reduce,"...."
- "....", Reduce, Reuse
- after composting some waste, usually the compost can be used to "...." the plants
- perennial plant with an elongated stem, or trunk, usually supporting branches and leaves.
- such as plastic, cans, and even rusty metal they are "...." type of waste (organic/
- some garbage or trash may "...." Our air and water
- as worthless, defective, or of no use
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- plants action that converting carbon dioxide (CO²) to oxygen (O²) with help of sun rays
- rubbish or garbage
- Recycle,"....",Reuse
- what is the general color of plants?
- garbage can, wastebasket, waste bin, rubbish bin trash can, litter bin, wastepaper basket (not trash can)
- smell of trash
- a place that called "world's lungs" or source of most oxygen
- a sum total of all the living and non-living elements and their effects that influence human life
- action of renewing forest cover or called "Go green!"
20 Clues: smell of trash • rubbish or garbage • Recycle,"....",Reuse • "....", Reduce, Reuse • Recycle, Reduce,"...." • the last place of the garbage • what is the general color of plants? • as worthless, defective, or of no use • what do you call "trash can" in british? • some garbage or trash may "...." Our air and water • action of renewing forest cover or called "Go green!" • ...
PHOTOSYNTHESIS CROSSWORD 2025-08-27
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- When light contacts the thylakoid, electrons become _____________.
- During the light reactions, plants produce ______________ gas.
- One factor that can affect the rate of photosynthesis.
- The dark reactions occur here.
- and carotenoids).
- The __________ cycle is a series of reactions used to create sugar.
- A process in which plants make glucose using light energy, water, and carbon dioxide.
- The decomposition of water into hydrogen ions and oxygen gas.
- The part of the plant that contains chloroplasts.
- Stacks of thylakoids.
- The chloroplast is a _____________ membrane organelle.
- ATP and NADPH are created during the _______ _________chain.
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- An atmospheric gas required to make sugar.
- ATP and _____________ are energy storage molecules that provide the energy to make sugar.
- During the ______ reaction, the Calvin Cycle processes glucose.
- Organelle in which photosynthesis takes place.
- During the ___________ reactions, sunlight is absorbed by plants and energy storage molecules are created.
- Carbon dioxide is fixed into glucose during carbon _______________.
- This pigment absorbs most of the sunlight and gives leaves their green color.
- The primary sugar formed during photosynthesis.
- Light reactions occur in the membranes of the _________________.
- A special light-absorbing structure found in plants (examples include
- A molecule created during the light reaction which stores energy.
23 Clues: and carotenoids). • Stacks of thylakoids. • The dark reactions occur here. • An atmospheric gas required to make sugar. • Organelle in which photosynthesis takes place. • The primary sugar formed during photosynthesis. • The part of the plant that contains chloroplasts. • One factor that can affect the rate of photosynthesis. • ...
FOOD CHAIN AND WEBS 2025-11-05
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- The green organism that makes its own food using sunlight
- A large fish that eats smaller fish
- A predator that can also eat dead animals
- The flow of energy in a food chain always begins with the .......
- A complex network of many connected food chains
- The sequence of who eats whom in an ecosystem
- The process that uses sunlight to make food in plants
- A herbivore in the savannah ecosystem with long neck
- A big cat in the forest that eats deer
- A small jumping insect that eats rice plants
- A bird that hunts at night in the farmland ecosystem
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- Small animal plankton that eats phytoplankton
- The top predator in the savannah ecosystem
- An example of a producer in the marine ecosystem
- A small green plant in forests and rice fields eaten by deer or mouse
- An organism that breaks down dead plants and animals
- The place where living things and non-living things interact
- Tiny green plant-like organisms found floating in water
- An animal that eats only plants
- An organism that lives in soil and helps decompose organic matter
20 Clues: An animal that eats only plants • A large fish that eats smaller fish • A big cat in the forest that eats deer • A predator that can also eat dead animals • The top predator in the savannah ecosystem • A small jumping insect that eats rice plants • Small animal plankton that eats phytoplankton • The sequence of who eats whom in an ecosystem • ...
Ecosystems Crossword 2017-01-26
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- The air in the biosphere that surrounds earth.
- One of the steps in a food chain or food pyramid.
- ecosystem Very large ecological areas on the earth’s surface with fauna and flora (animals and plants) adapting to their environment.
- An organism or plant that is able to absorb energy from the sun through photosynthesis.
- The process of repeatedly cutting trees to a stump every 10-25 years
- Relating to non-living things.
- A consumer that feeds on dead plants and animals.
- The parts of our earth that can sustain life.
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- A complex hierarchy of plants and animals relying on each other for food.
- A set of processes whereby organisms extract minerals necessary for growth from soil or water, before passing them on through the food chain - and ultimately back to the soil and water.
- A group of different populations interacting in an ecosystem.
- Creature that eats herbivores and/or plant matter.
- An organism that breaks down dead tissue, which is then recycled to the environment.
- The connections between different organisms (plants and animals) that rely on one another as their source of food.
- Relating to living things.
- An organism that is caught and eaten by other organisms.
- A community of plants and animals that interact with each other and their physical environment.
17 Clues: Relating to living things. • Relating to non-living things. • The parts of our earth that can sustain life. • The air in the biosphere that surrounds earth. • One of the steps in a food chain or food pyramid. • A consumer that feeds on dead plants and animals. • Creature that eats herbivores and/or plant matter. • ...
Carbohydrates 2018-09-21
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- sugars extracted from plants and used to sweeten food
- chemical process that makes carbohydrates
- fiber plant materials that are eaten but can't be digested by humans
- sugars with one-unit structures
- plants combine single glucose units
- substitutes substances used in place of sugar to sweeten food few or no calories
- carbohydrates complicated structures/starches
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- sugars with two-unit structures always includes glucose
- complicated chemical arrangements made by plants by single glucose
- carbohydrates their one and two unit structures are chemically simple
- green pigment
- main source of energy
- simple carbohydrates chemically formed from plants
13 Clues: green pigment • main source of energy • sugars with one-unit structures • plants combine single glucose units • chemical process that makes carbohydrates • carbohydrates complicated structures/starches • simple carbohydrates chemically formed from plants • sugars extracted from plants and used to sweeten food • sugars with two-unit structures always includes glucose • ...
Ecosystems crossword 2022-04-08
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- consumer An organism that eats a producer
- Organisms in an ecosystem depend on each other to survive
- An organism that hunts and eats other organisms
- All members of one species that live in the same area
- An organism that eats other organisms
- An organism that only eats plants
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- All the organisms that live in a habitat
- Plants that begin food chains
- Living organisms in an area interacting with non-living surroundings
- The number of different species in an ecosystem
- Organisms that move pollen between plants
- An organism that eats plants and other organisms
- An organism eaten by predators
13 Clues: Plants that begin food chains • An organism eaten by predators • An organism that only eats plants • An organism that eats other organisms • All the organisms that live in a habitat • consumer An organism that eats a producer • Organisms that move pollen between plants • An organism that hunts and eats other organisms • The number of different species in an ecosystem • ...
Energy in Food Webs 2025-05-15
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- all living things
- organisms that make their own food
- an organism that cannot produce its own food and must eat other plants/animals to get energy
- description of species within a community and the relationships
- organisms that eat primary consumers
- an animal that eats primary consumers and secondary consumers
- an animal that eats both plants and animals
- an animal that feeds on animals
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- all nonliving things
- animals that eat plants
- an animal that feeds on plants
- group of organisms linked in order of the food they eat
- an organism that decomposes organic material
13 Clues: all living things • all nonliving things • animals that eat plants • an animal that feeds on plants • an animal that feeds on animals • organisms that make their own food • organisms that eat primary consumers • an animal that eats both plants and animals • an organism that decomposes organic material • group of organisms linked in order of the food they eat • ...
han's final review 2021-12-07
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- a class of photoreceptor in plants, bacteria and fungi used to detect light
- branched and made of a complex mixture of sugars
- the process of aging in plants
- powerful growth hormone produced naturally by plants
- the turning or bending of a plant or other organism in response to a touch stimulus
- indispensable for plant development and is accompanied by a dramatic growth of lytic vacuoles, which gradually digest cytoplasmic content leading to self-clearance of dying cells
- Formed from Monolignols that are crosslinked by free radicals generated by peroxidase and laccase
- the cells change their phenotypic characteristics as they migrate to the surface and fully differentiate
- made of cellose, skeleton
- an organic compound found in several plants including jasmine
- period in an organism's life cycle when growth, development, and (in animals) physical activity are temporarily stopped
- blue-light receptors controlling a range of responses that serve to optimize the photosynthetic efficiency of plants
- light-mediated development, where plant growth patterns respond to the light spectrum
- organic c compound
- a plant hormone which promotes leaf detachment, induces seed and bud dormancy, and inhibits germination.
- Specialized metabolites Hypersensitive response Systemic acquired resistance Induced systemic resistance
- The xylem conducts water and minerals from the root to the shoot and provides mechanical strength to the plant body
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- the critical stage in plant growth and development when. 1) The root must penetrate into the soil so that it can successfully acquire water and nutrients. 2) The shoot must elongate and leaves must expand to begin photosynthetic activity.
- protein that organizes membrane proteins at Casparian strip
- the sprouting of a seed, spore, or other reproductive body, usually after a period of dormancy
- Possibly rheostat-like regulation, Protein-protein interactions
- important plant growth response to the environment that directs shoots upward and roots downward, thereby allowing each organ to reach environments that are adequate for performance of their primary functions
- makes cellulose and microfibril
- Environmental Response Pathogen Attack
- mix of polymers
- Physical Specialized compounds/metabolites
- A large family of compounds with a few biologically active members Identified as the toxin produced by some fungi that caused rice to grow too tall
- are a class of flavoproteins found in plants and animals that are sensitive to blue light
- a class of plant hormones that promote cell division
- UV-B sensing protein in plants and others
- class of polyhydroxylated steroidal phytohormones in plants with similar structures to animals’ steroid hormones, regulate a wide range of physiological processes including plant growth, development and immunity
- are proteins showing loosening activity of plant cell wall
- the natural detachment of parts of a plant, typically dead leaves and ripe fruit
33 Clues: mix of polymers • organic c compound • made of cellose, skeleton • the process of aging in plants • makes cellulose and microfibril • Environmental Response Pathogen Attack • UV-B sensing protein in plants and others • Physical Specialized compounds/metabolites • branched and made of a complex mixture of sugars • powerful growth hormone produced naturally by plants • ...
Spring Semester Biology Review 2022-05-13
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- can't make their own food
- largest classification group
- smallest whole part of a living thing
- flower part that attracts bees
- has xylem and phloem
- coal, oil, natural gas
- the actual genes for a trait
- disease transmission by desktops, door knobs, etc
- study of the environment and its components
- created binomial nomenclature
- characteristic in genetic-speak
- contain chlorophyll
- caused by HIV virus
- anything that causes disease
- all members of a species in a given area
- very primitive plant
- non-living particle that makes people sick
- "left over" body structures that are no longer used, such as the appendix
- most specific taxon
- made of one cell
- burning of fossil fuels
- site of photosynthesis in plants
- half of the normal # of chromosomes
- example is a mushroom
- like ticks on dogs
- genetic cross dealing with two traits at a time
- carries food and nutrients in plants
- organelle that make proteins
- cells with no nucleus
- shows the results of a cross between two parents
- how plants make food
- top predator
- a single living thing
- "powerhouse" of the cell
- ocular
- change over time
- cells that have DNA contained in a nucleus
- contains genetic material of most plants
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- study of inherited traits
- Darwin's birds on Galapagos Islands
- anchor plants
- one dominant and one recessive allele in a pair
- type of t cell destroyed by HIV
- dark photosynthesis
- how animals process energy
- those organisms that live to pass their genes on to the next generation
- make their own food
- made during photosynthesis
- two identical genes for a trait
- eggs or sperm
- diagram showing how small group of animals are related
- flowering plants
- gene ___, happens when organisms migrate to new population
- the full # of chromosomes for a species
- body system that fights disease
- used to look at tiny things
- both are helped
- the hunter
- kind of inflammatory response
- opening on underside of leaf
- the physical expression of a pair of alleles
- pesticide that made eagle egg shells soft
- round bacteria
- carries water in plants
- medicine that destroys cell wall of bacteria
- type of plant with naked seeds
- plants in a food web
- abiotic
- all members of species are dead
- a change in genetic material
- another name for a pair of genes
- genetic cross dealing with one trait
- creature that is hunted
- adenosine triphosphate
74 Clues: ocular • abiotic • the hunter • top predator • anchor plants • eggs or sperm • round bacteria • both are helped • flowering plants • made of one cell • change over time • like ticks on dogs • dark photosynthesis • make their own food • contain chlorophyll • caused by HIV virus • most specific taxon • has xylem and phloem • very primitive plant • how plants make food • plants in a food web • ...
