plants Crossword Puzzles

Biosphere Crossword 2018-11-29

Biosphere Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. the Enviromint and community working together and living off each other
  2. an animal that only eats plants
  3. a resource that will limit the growth of a species or even ecosystem
  4. is the movement of individuals of a species from one place to another
  5. respiration and energy production occur due to this organelle
  6. a group of animals and plants living in a area
  7. the number of organisms/species in a location
  8. an organism deriving its nutritional requirements from complex organic substances
  9. the process by which a plant or animal community successively gives way to another until a stable climax is reached
  10. the preying of one animal on others
  11. an association between two organisms in which one benefits and the other derives neither benefit or harm
  12. where one organism lives off another causing it harm but not killing it
  13. an animal that eats both plants and meat
  14. a relationship where both species benefit
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  1. a substance produced during a natural, chemical, or manufacturing process
  2. a group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals capable of exchanging genes
  3. an animal that feeds on dead plants or animals
  4. moving to one region to another
  5. the max amount of animals a community can hold
  6. an animal that only eats meats
  7. the process in which plants make their food from the sun
  8. These are lichens and moss and are part of succession
  9. a change or the process of change by which an organism or species becomes better suited to its environment
  10. an organism that can form nutritional organic substances from simple inorganic substances such as carbon dioxide
  11. undergoes change during a reaction
  12. the part of a plant cell which makes a green pigment
  13. The process of breathing

27 Clues: The process of breathing • an animal that only eats meats • moving to one region to another • an animal that only eats plants • undergoes change during a reaction • the preying of one animal on others • an animal that eats both plants and meat • a relationship where both species benefit • the number of organisms/species in a location • ...

Science 10 2.1: Energy Flow Systems 2014-04-11

Science 10 2.1: Energy Flow Systems crossword puzzle
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  1. Between 80% and 90% of the food energy taken in by you and other organisms are used for chemical reactions in the body and is lost to the ecosystem as what?
  2. Food pyramids are also referred to as this.
  3. The breaking down of organic wastes and dead organisms.
  4. These obtain their energy by eating primary producers.
  5. A secondary consumer that eats primarily consumers.
  6. The action of living organisms such as bacteria to break down dead organic matter.
  7. Food pyramids illustrate that most of the Sun's energy that is trapped by ______ flows out of an ecosystem.
  8. Plants are called this because they form carbohydrates during photosynthesis.
  9. An insect such as a bee that feeds on a plant such as a sunflower is an example of this.
  10. The lower the trophic level, the ______ the number of organisms that can be supported by the ecosystem.
  11. Hawk, weasel, rabbit, grass; which of these organisms is at the top of the trophic level?
  12. Primary consumers that eat plants, like grasshoppers, are __________.
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  1. These change wastes and dead organisms into usable nutrients.
  2. Hawks and sea otters that feed on secondary consumers to obtain energy are which type of consumer?
  3. The total mass of living plants, animals, and fungi.
  4. Plants and algae are examples of this.
  5. A model that shows the loss of energy from one trophic level to another.
  6. These consumers obtain their energy and nutrients by eating the bodies of small dead animals, dead plant matter, and animal wastes.
  7. What are the steps in the food chain called?
  8. The primary producers that support marine life in aquatic food chains.
  9. A model that shows the flow of energy from plant to animal and from animal to animal.

21 Clues: Plants and algae are examples of this. • Food pyramids are also referred to as this. • What are the steps in the food chain called? • A secondary consumer that eats primarily consumers. • The total mass of living plants, animals, and fungi. • These obtain their energy by eating primary producers. • The breaking down of organic wastes and dead organisms. • ...

Exam 1 Review 2024-02-10

Exam 1 Review crossword puzzle
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  1. cell with 2 copies of each chromosome
  2. diploid generation of the plant life cycle
  3. photosynthesis primarily occurs in this plant organ
  4. union of sperm and egg
  5. movement in response to gravity
  6. cell that does not have organelles
  7. haploid generation of the plant life cycle
  8. suppression of branching by the apical meristem is termed apical ___
  9. place on a plant where growth occurs
  10. the product of meiosis in plants
  11. first group of plants to have vascular tissue
  12. domain plants are in
  13. cell division resulting in 2, identical cells
  14. plant cell walls are made with this compound
  15. organism that can make its own food
  16. symbiotic organism containing green algae and fungi
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  1. the stalk at the base of a leaf
  2. type of leaf arrangement when you have two leaves per node
  3. tissue that transports water and nutrients
  4. the plant life cycle is called ____ of generations
  5. plant group with flowers and fruits
  6. this type of growth is exemplified by outward growth of a tree trunk
  7. the outer layer of bark
  8. plants with seeds but not flowers
  9. one of the plant groups that does not have vascular tissue
  10. a type of stem that grows horizontally underground
  11. plant organ responsible for anchoring a plant
  12. this travels in phloem
  13. openings on a plant leaf used for gas exchange
  14. the fusion of a scion and rootstock
  15. green pigment that absorbs sunlight
  16. insect-trapping parts of carnivorous plants are variations of this plant organ
  17. cell division that begins with a diploid cell and results in haploid cells
  18. genetic change over time

34 Clues: domain plants are in • union of sperm and egg • this travels in phloem • the outer layer of bark • genetic change over time • the stalk at the base of a leaf • movement in response to gravity • the product of meiosis in plants • plants with seeds but not flowers • cell that does not have organelles • plant group with flowers and fruits • the fusion of a scion and rootstock • ...

Ecosystems 2022-06-21

Ecosystems crossword puzzle
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  1. The arrows in a food web or food chain show the flow of ______.
  2. A body made up of organs, organelles, or other parts that work together to carry on the various processes of life.
  3. The organisms at the top of a food chain and is eaten by nothing.
  4. Any thing that does not meet the requirements of MRSGREN.
  5. A wet ecosystem full of fish, coral, and plankton.
  6. The natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism.
  7. A dry ecosystem that does not have many plants except for some bushes and cacti.
  8. Relating to or resulting from living organisms.
  9. Plants bending towards light is an example of...
  10. Organisms that eat other organisms to get energy.
  11. The process organisms use to take in air and get rid of carbon dioxide.
  12. The acronym used to classify living and non-living things.
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  1. Organisms that make their own energy from the sun.
  2. A linear link of producers, consumers, and decomposers that follows the flow of energy.
  3. Any thing that meets the requirements of MRSGREN.
  4. Consumers that eat herbivores.
  5. Consumers that eat other carnivores.
  6. An ecosystem that has lots of tall trees, monkeys, and pythons.
  7. An interconnection of multiple food chains to represent the energy flow through an ecosystem.
  8. Physical rather than biological; not derived from living organisms.
  9. Organisms that break down dead plants and animals for energy.
  10. All plants and animals need _____ to sruvive, for example food and water.
  11. A geographic area where plants, animals, and other organisms, as well as weather and landscape, work together to form a bubble of life.
  12. Consumers that eat producers.

24 Clues: Consumers that eat producers. • Consumers that eat herbivores. • Consumers that eat other carnivores. • Relating to or resulting from living organisms. • Plants bending towards light is an example of... • Any thing that meets the requirements of MRSGREN. • Organisms that eat other organisms to get energy. • Organisms that make their own energy from the sun. • ...

Unit 3: Energy & Ecosystems 2024-02-27

Unit 3: Energy & Ecosystems crossword puzzle
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  1. the green pigment in plants that aids in the reaction
  2. which season does the chlorophyll in leaves decay resulting in color fade
  3. consists of all life on Earth
  4. eats plants only
  5. name the cell that sugar molecules are sent to to make ATP
  6. all of the organisms in a given area combined with their physical surroundings
  7. sugar molecules are sent to the cell's mitochondria to make what
  8. follows primary producers on a food chain/pyramid
  9. a group of ecosystems that share similar climates and typical organisms
  10. typically apex consumers
  11. a group of individuals that belong to the same species that live in the same area and compete for the same resources
  12. the energy in living organisms
  13. follows secondary consumers on a food chain/pyramid
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  1. follows primary consumers on a food chain/pyramid
  2. eats meat only
  3. a group of different populations that live together in a well defined area
  4. a single member of a population (not species)
  5. nonliving factors like soil, sunlight, air quality, sediment, and precipitation
  6. what percent is used while the extra energy is lost as heat or back to the environment
  7. food chains begin with...
  8. a chemical reaction in plants that allows them to make their own food in the form of sugar molecule
  9. tiny holes in the leaves that allow for gas exchange
  10. these are the first step in the food chain
  11. the study of the relationships between organisms and the living and nonliving parts of the environment
  12. eats both plants and meat
  13. organisms that eat other organisms for food
  14. living factors like predators, producers, adaptation, and interactions between organisms
  15. the reactant or byproduct released back into the environment from photosynthesis

28 Clues: eats meat only • eats plants only • typically apex consumers • food chains begin with... • eats both plants and meat • consists of all life on Earth • the energy in living organisms • these are the first step in the food chain • organisms that eat other organisms for food • a single member of a population (not species) • follows primary consumers on a food chain/pyramid • ...

Ecology Vocab 2024-04-05

Ecology Vocab crossword puzzle
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  1. An organism that can produce its own food using light, water, carbon dioxide, or other chemicals
  2. A community of living organisms (plants, animals and microbes) in a particular area
  3. a complex network of interconnecting and overlapping food chains showing feeding relationships within a community
  4. animals that are killed and eaten by other animals
  5. An interacting group of various species in a common location
  6. organisms that hunt and kill other organisms for food
  7. a linear sequence of organisms through which nutrients and energy pass as one organism eats another
  8. Organisms that make their own food
  9. The natural home or environment of a plant, animal, or other organism
  10. The region of the earth that encompasses all living organisms: plants, animals and bacteria
  11. An individual plant, animal, or single celled organism
  12. An organism that mostly feeds on plants
  13. a non-living part of an ecosystem that shapes its environment
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  1. The position of an organism in the food chain
  2. An organism that generally obtains food by feeding on other organisms or organic matter
  3. An organism that eats other plants or animals for energy and nutrients
  4. An organism that mostly eats meat, or the flesh of animals
  5. a larger organism that harbours a smaller organism
  6. Association between two different organisms wherein one benefits at the expense of the other
  7. an organism that mostly consumes decaying biomass, such as meat or rotting plant material
  8. any organism that breaks down or eats decaying material for its energy source
  9. the living components (organisms) that shape up the environment
  10. Natural Science of living organism in their environment
  11. An organism that eats plants and animals

24 Clues: Organisms that make their own food • An organism that mostly feeds on plants • An organism that eats plants and animals • The position of an organism in the food chain • animals that are killed and eaten by other animals • a larger organism that harbours a smaller organism • organisms that hunt and kill other organisms for food • ...

FE Part 2 Extra Credit 2024-05-24

FE Part 2 Extra Credit crossword puzzle
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  1. part of the flower where pollen is produced
  2. Part of the flower that becomes the seed.
  3. when light moves from one medium (like air) to another medium (like water) and changes directions.
  4. major fuel source of nearly all organisms that is produced during photosynthesis.
  5. this pigment is found in plants and is the site of photosynthesis. It's what also makes a plant green in color.
  6. Any organism that takes pollen from one flower and transfers it to another.
  7. Organisms that produce energy for the ecosystem.
  8. Structures in the eye that help us to see color.
  9. a period of halted plant growth that plants utilize in times of the year where it is unsuitable for plants to grow.
  10. Female part of the flower.
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  1. clear layer at the front of the eye that helps protect it.
  2. anything that constrains a population's size and slows or stops it from growing.
  3. Organisms that cannot produce their own energy, so they eat other plants and/or animals for energy.
  4. Brightly colored on the outside of flowers to attract pollinators.
  5. A cat would be an example of this type of factor.
  6. Organisms that eat dead decaying matter and help put nutrients back into the soil for plants to eat.
  7. the innate ability of an organism to turn or move in response to a stimulus. There are two types; positive and negative.
  8. light waves on the electromagnetic spectrum that have shorter wavelengths after visible light. All types of this radiation are emitted from the Sun.
  9. black hole in the middle of our eye where light enters.
  10. The Sun would be an example of this type of factor.

20 Clues: Female part of the flower. • Part of the flower that becomes the seed. • part of the flower where pollen is produced • Organisms that produce energy for the ecosystem. • Structures in the eye that help us to see color. • A cat would be an example of this type of factor. • The Sun would be an example of this type of factor. • ...

climate cafe 2024-10-14

climate cafe crossword puzzle
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  1. Organisms that cannot produce their own food and obtain energy by consuming other organisms.
  2. A type of autotroph that uses light energy to synthesize food, primarily through photosynthesis.
  3. A group of bacteria that can photosynthesize and are often found in aquatic environments; they are sometimes referred to as blue-green algae.
  4. An organism that primarily consumes plants.
  5. Living components of an ecosystem, including plants, animals, fungi, and microorganisms.
  6. Organisms that obtain energy by consuming other organisms. They can be classified into primary, secondary, and tertiary consumers.
  7. An organism that primarily consumes other animals.
  8. Referring to organisms that obtain energy by oxidizing inorganic substances, often found in environments like deep-sea vents.
  9. Organisms, typically plants and algae, that produce their own food and serve as the base of the food chain.
  10. An organism that consumes both plants and animals.
  11. An organism that feeds on primary consumers, typically carnivores or omnivores.
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  1. Organisms, such as bacteria and fungi, that break down dead organic matter, recycling nutrients back into the ecosystem.
  2. An organism that feeds directly on producers (e.g., herbivores).
  3. An organism that obtains energy by oxidizing inorganic or organic compounds, rather than through photosynthesis.
  4. Microscopic plants and algae that float in aquatic environments and are key producers in marine ecosystems.
  5. Referring to organisms that convert light energy into chemical energy (food) using sunlight, primarily through the process of photosynthesis.
  6. Organisms that can produce their own food through photosynthesis or chemosynthesis, using sunlight or inorganic chemicals.
  7. An organism that feeds on dead organic matter, particularly decomposing plant and animal parts.
  8. A community of living organisms interacting with each other and their physical environment.
  9. Non-living components of an ecosystem, such as temperature, water, sunlight, soil, and air.

20 Clues: An organism that primarily consumes plants. • An organism that primarily consumes other animals. • An organism that consumes both plants and animals. • An organism that feeds directly on producers (e.g., herbivores). • An organism that feeds on primary consumers, typically carnivores or omnivores. • ...

Agricultural Careers 2023-07-26

Agricultural Careers crossword puzzle
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  1. prepares and sells meat
  2. enforces fishing regulations and manages aquatic resources
  3. oversees daily operations and activities on a farm
  4. cleans and maintains animals' appearance
  5. provides financial support and management
  6. examines and ensures compliance with regulations
  7. gathers information and data
  8. applies engineering principles to agriculture
  9. studies water distribution and movement in the Earth
  10. handles and manages animals, often on a ranch
  11. focuses on crop production and soil management
  12. researches and develops new food products
  13. evaluates and assesses the quality of products
  14. designs solutions for environmental problems
  15. supplies food to animals on the farm
  16. designs systems for water distribution in agriculture
  17. conducts systematic investigation and study
  18. provides expert advice on farming practices
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  1. designs and develops vehicles
  2. ensures products meet standards and specifications
  3. removes wool or fleece from sheep
  4. analyzes and interprets data
  5. assists with various tasks on the farm
  6. oversees operations in a storage facility
  7. studies plants and their biology
  8. extracts milk from animals, usually cows
  9. selectively breeds plants or animals for specific traits
  10. harvests fruits from trees or plants
  11. cultivates crops and raises livestock
  12. provides medical care to animals
  13. operates a large vehicle for transporting goods
  14. gathers eggs from poultry
  15. manages the production and maintenance of crops
  16. transporting goods to their destination
  17. advises on animal or human diet and nutrition
  18. manages and keeps bees for honey production
  19. cultivates and produces plants or crops
  20. applies engineering principles to food processing
  21. supplies water to animals or plants
  22. studies the relationships between organisms and their environment

40 Clues: prepares and sells meat • gathers eggs from poultry • analyzes and interprets data • gathers information and data • designs and develops vehicles • studies plants and their biology • provides medical care to animals • removes wool or fleece from sheep • supplies water to animals or plants • harvests fruits from trees or plants • supplies food to animals on the farm • ...

Agricultural Careers 2023-07-26

Agricultural Careers crossword puzzle
Across
  1. prepares and sells meat
  2. enforces fishing regulations and manages aquatic resources
  3. oversees daily operations and activities on a farm
  4. cleans and maintains animals' appearance
  5. provides financial support and management
  6. examines and ensures compliance with regulations
  7. gathers information and data
  8. applies engineering principles to agriculture
  9. studies water distribution and movement in the Earth
  10. handles and manages animals, often on a ranch
  11. focuses on crop production and soil management
  12. researches and develops new food products
  13. evaluates and assesses the quality of products
  14. designs solutions for environmental problems
  15. supplies food to animals on the farm
  16. designs systems for water distribution in agriculture
  17. conducts systematic investigation and study
  18. provides expert advice on farming practices
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  1. designs and develops vehicles
  2. ensures products meet standards and specifications
  3. removes wool or fleece from sheep
  4. analyzes and interprets data
  5. assists with various tasks on the farm
  6. oversees operations in a storage facility
  7. studies plants and their biology
  8. extracts milk from animals, usually cows
  9. selectively breeds plants or animals for specific traits
  10. harvests fruits from trees or plants
  11. cultivates crops and raises livestock
  12. provides medical care to animals
  13. operates a large vehicle for transporting goods
  14. gathers eggs from poultry
  15. manages the production and maintenance of crops
  16. transporting goods to their destination
  17. advises on animal or human diet and nutrition
  18. manages and keeps bees for honey production
  19. cultivates and produces plants or crops
  20. applies engineering principles to food processing
  21. supplies water to animals or plants
  22. studies the relationships between organisms and their environment

40 Clues: prepares and sells meat • gathers eggs from poultry • analyzes and interprets data • gathers information and data • designs and develops vehicles • studies plants and their biology • provides medical care to animals • removes wool or fleece from sheep • supplies water to animals or plants • harvests fruits from trees or plants • supplies food to animals on the farm • ...

Unit 1 Vocabulary 2022-08-26

Unit 1 Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. Use of modern principles and practices in animal growth and management.
  2. Pest control program based on multiple-control practices.
  3. Science of insect life.
  4. Teaching and program management in agriculture.
  5. Science and economics of managing land and field crops.
  6. Activities concerned with the production of plants and animals, and the related supplies, services, mechanics, products, processing, and marketing.
  7. Application of science to an industrial or commercial objective; also, the equipment and expertise to cultivate, harvest, store, process, and transport crops for consumption.
  8. Use of electronics and ultra-modern equipment to perform tasks and control machinery and processes.
  9. Application of engineering principles in agricultural settings.
  10. Chemistry as it applies to living matter.
  11. Science dealing with the characteristics of elements or simple substances.
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  1. Animal growth, care, and management.
  2. Management of agricultural resources, including farms and agribusinesses.
  3. All aspects of water conservation and management.
  4. Use of cells or components of cells to produce products or processes.
  5. Fruits, vegetables, and ornamental plants.
  6. Use of modern principles in growing and managing crops.
  7. Raising of finfish, shellfish, and other aquatic animals under controlled conditions. Also, the management of the aquatic environment for production of plants and animals.
  8. The application of scientific principles and new technologies to agriculture.
  9. Commercial firms that have developed with or stem from agriculture.
  10. Basic science of the plant and the animal kingdoms.
  11. All the conditions, circumstances, and influences surrounding and affecting an organism.
  12. Resources provided by nature that can replace themselves.
  13. The science of producing, processing, and marketing fruits, vegetables, and ornamental plants.
  14. Study of the properties and management of soil to grow plants.

25 Clues: Science of insect life. • Animal growth, care, and management. • Chemistry as it applies to living matter. • Fruits, vegetables, and ornamental plants. • Teaching and program management in agriculture. • All aspects of water conservation and management. • Basic science of the plant and the animal kingdoms. • Use of modern principles in growing and managing crops. • ...

Transport in the xylem of plants - terminology 2022-09-14

Transport in the xylem of plants - terminology crossword puzzle
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  1. Long »micropipe« that consists of vessel elements aligned end to end
  2. A plant adapted for saline conditions
  3. The ____________________ pathway involves the movement of water through cytoplasm of root cells.
  4. Chemical bonds between water molecules, and between water molecules and plant cell walls
  5. Perforations at the end wall of a vessel element that enable water flow through the vessels
  6. A plant adapted for dry conditions
  7. A device used to measure water uptake in plants
  8. Thinner regions of secondary cell walls of tracheids and vessel elements, which allow lateral water movement between neighboring cells
  9. A waxy layer on top of the plant epidermis that has low permeability to gases and water
  10. Wider, shorter, thinner walled and less tapered water conducting cells, found in plants
  11. In regard to energy transformation, uptake of minerals in the roots is a(n) _______________ process.
  12. Strengthening and waterproofing polymer in the secondary cell walls of tracheids and vessel elements
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  1. The passive process by which water is absorbed into root cells
  2. The loss of water vapour from the leaves and stems of plants
  3. Vascular tissue in plants which conducts water and dissolved minerals throughout the plant
  4. The ____________________ pathway involves the movement of water through cells walls of root cells.
  5. Specialized cells that are located in a pair on each side of a stoma and control the aperture of a stoma
  6. Long, thin water conducting cells with tapered ends, found in plants
  7. The attraction between different substances, such as between water and plant cell walls
  8. Any of the pores in the epidermis of the leaf or stem of a plant that allows gas exchange
  9. The attraction between particles of the same substance, e.g. beetween water molecules

21 Clues: A plant adapted for dry conditions • A plant adapted for saline conditions • A device used to measure water uptake in plants • The loss of water vapour from the leaves and stems of plants • The passive process by which water is absorbed into root cells • Long »micropipe« that consists of vessel elements aligned end to end • ...

Succession 2023-05-22

Succession crossword puzzle
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  1. an interacting group of various species in a common location.
  2. a plantlike organism that typically forms a low crusty, leaflike, or branching growth on rocks, walls, and trees.
  3. pine, spruce, cedar, and fir.
  4. happens when a climax community or intermediate community is impacted by a disturbance
  5. anything that constrains a population's size and slows or stops it from growing.
  6. plants that germinate, flower, set seed, and die all in one season.
  7. a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.
  8. the species that first colonize new habitats created by disturbance
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  1. fires, insect outbreaks, disease epidemics, droughts, floods, hurricanes, windstorms, landslides, avalanches, and volcanic eruptions are all________
  2. when a new patch of land is created or exposed for the first time.
  3. An ecological community in which populations of plants or animals remain stable and exist in balance with each other and their environment
  4. oak, maple, cherry, walnut, and mahogany.\
  5. the process by which the mix of species and habitat in an area changes over time
  6. plants that can live for three or more growing seasons
  7. a living organism that shapes its environment
  8. a non-living part of an ecosystem that shapes its environment
  9. a flower of an uncultivated variety or a flower growing freely without human intervention.
  10. a number of people or things sharing a specified characteristic and following one after the other.
  11. vegetation consisting of typically short plants with long, narrow leaves, growing wild or cultivated on lawns and pasture, and as a fodder crop.
  12. small, non-vascular flowerless plants in the taxonomic division Bryophyta sensu stricto.

20 Clues: pine, spruce, cedar, and fir. • oak, maple, cherry, walnut, and mahogany.\ • a living organism that shapes its environment • plants that can live for three or more growing seasons • an interacting group of various species in a common location. • a non-living part of an ecosystem that shapes its environment • ...

Cell Energy 2025-03-29

Cell Energy crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Nucleic acid containing three phosphates that is the energy molecule for cells
  2. Organelle that is the site of aerobic respiration in eukaryotic cells
  3. Process by which yeast cells break down glucose to produce ATP, carbon dioxide, and ethanol alcohol
  4. Openings generally on the underside of leaves through which plants exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide gas
  5. Tissues that transport water, sugar, and other minerals throughout the plant
  6. Process by which cells use oxygen to help break down glucose into carbon dioxide, water, and ATP energy
  7. Vascular tissue that transports sugar from the leaves to other cells in the plant
  8. Cells located in the middle of leaves that are the main site of photosynthesis
  9. Organelle in which photosynthesis takes place inside of plant and algae cells
  10. Nucleic acid containing two phosphates that can be converted into ATP with the addition of a phosphate group
  11. Process by which bacteria, yeast, and animal muscle cells break down glucose to produce ATP without the help of oxygen
  12. Process by which some bacteria and animal muscle cells break down glucose to produce ATP and lactic acid
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  1. Process by which light energy is used to combine water and carbon dioxide to produce glucose and oxygen
  2. Main pigment that absorbs light energy used during photosynthesis
  3. Movement of water up the xylem tissues in stems of plants
  4. Pair of cells that control the opening and closing of stomata
  5. Vascular tissue that transports water from the roots to the leaves of plants
  6. Process by which water evaporates out of stomata in the leaves of plants
  7. Pigments that help plants absorb wavelengths of light that chlorophyll does not absorb
  8. Process by which organisms break down glucose to produce ATP energy

20 Clues: Movement of water up the xylem tissues in stems of plants • Pair of cells that control the opening and closing of stomata • Main pigment that absorbs light energy used during photosynthesis • Process by which organisms break down glucose to produce ATP energy • Organelle that is the site of aerobic respiration in eukaryotic cells • ...

Taxonomy 2025-03-24

Taxonomy crossword puzzle
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  1. These plants produce fruit or flowers
  2. larva stage is usually where
  3. Fungi like protist
  4. Some protists can form
  5. Animal like protist
  6. skeleton is made of what
  7. I am a domain with a nucleus
  8. Uses xylem and phloem and has true roots and can reproduce with seeds or spores
  9. lay what type of eggs
  10. Seedless plants use this to reproduce
  11. I am motile at some point in my lifetime
  12. Aves are
  13. Jawless fish
  14. Are archaea and bacteria both what size?
  15. Cartilage fish with a jaw
  16. Naked seed
  17. part of Chondrichthyes is made of cartilage
  18. Another name for Angiosperm is
  19. Uses the opposite of spores to reproduce
  20. Use Rhizoids instead of roots
  21. How algae get their nutrients
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  1. Skeleton that is a fish
  2. True or false plants that reproduce with seeds can be Non-Vascular
  3. Mammalia produce what for their young
  4. seeds develop where
  5. Animal size is
  6. time of their life in water and on land
  7. Slime molds absorb what
  8. skin
  9. Eukaryote's DNA is composed of
  10. I have no nucleus and like harsh conditions
  11. plants have this type of roots
  12. Cell wall made of protein and sugars
  13. Most are unicellular and most require a moist environment
  14. Protozoa ingest what
  15. ferns
  16. Non-Vascular plants are often in height
  17. Plant cell wall made of
  18. Have hair
  19. Bacteria is a unicellular
  20. Have wing and feathers
  21. Cell wall made of Chitin
  22. I can be vascular or non-vascular
  23. Agnathas skeleton is made of
  24. Is Fungi Unicellular, Multicellular, or both
  25. Plant like protist

46 Clues: skin • ferns • Aves are • Have hair • Naked seed • Jawless fish • Animal size is • Fungi like protist • Plant like protist • seeds develop where • Animal like protist • Protozoa ingest what • lay what type of eggs • Some protists can form • Have wing and feathers • Skeleton that is a fish • Slime molds absorb what • Plant cell wall made of • skeleton is made of what • Cell wall made of Chitin • ...

Taxonomy by Katie` 2025-03-23

Taxonomy by Katie` crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Fungi’s cell walls are made of
  2. Most protists live in what type of environments
  3. Slime molds are the what type protists
  4. Reptilia is another name for
  5. A plant’s cell wall is made of
  6. Mammalia is another name for
  7. Mammalia produce milk for their
  8. Aves is another name for
  9. Gymnosperms produce
  10. A fish with bone and a jaw is an
  11. Archaea and bacteria are both what size?
  12. Amphibia is another name for
  13. Bacteria is a prokaryote meaning it does not have a
  14. Vascular plants have true
  15. I’m a slime mold. What am I?
  16. I am photoautotrophic
  17. Seed plants reproduce with
  18. Another name for non-flowering
  19. Algae are what like protists
  20. I am a Eukaryote. What is my DNA made of?
  21. Amphibia’s skin allows the passage of
  22. My cell wall is made of protein and sugars
Down
  1. A jawless ectothermic fish is an
  2. Protozoa get food by doing what to it
  3. I have rhizoids
  4. Chondrichthyes is a what fish
  5. I have a nucleus and mitochondria
  6. I’m a fern. What am I?
  7. Seedless plants reproduce with
  8. Seed plants are vascular and have xylem and
  9. Algae gets it food through
  10. Slime molds do what to nutrients
  11. Another name for flowering
  12. I have xylem and phloem
  13. Nonvascular plants are often
  14. Osteichthyes is a what fish
  15. Seeds in an Angiosperm are enclosed within an
  16. I secrete digestive enzymes
  17. A fish made of cartilage thqat also has a jaw is a
  18. Agnatha is a what fish
  19. Reptilia’s scales are
  20. Aves come from the remains of
  21. I have no nucleus and like harsh conditions
  22. Protozoa are the what like protists
  23. Animals are the only Eukaryote that are always
  24. I am always motile and multicellular

46 Clues: I have rhizoids • Gymnosperms produce • Reptilia’s scales are • I am photoautotrophic • I’m a fern. What am I? • Agnatha is a what fish • I have xylem and phloem • Aves is another name for • Vascular plants have true • Algae gets it food through • Another name for flowering • Seed plants reproduce with • Osteichthyes is a what fish • I secrete digestive enzymes • ...

Food Supply and Deforestation 2025-04-15

Food Supply and Deforestation crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Harmful substances that can pollute soil and rivers during mining activities.
  2. The process of gathering mature crops from the fields.
  3. Choosing the best plants or animals to reproduce for better traits.
  4. A chemical used to kill pests that damage crops.
  5. The large-scale removal of trees and forests, often leading to habitat loss and environmental damage.
  6. Reduce competition between weeds and crop plants
  7. A livestock production system where animals graze over large areas with low input and lower output.
  8. The activity of growing crops and raising animals for food.
  9. A livestock production system with high input and output, where animals are kept in confined spaces.
  10. Add more mineral ions to the soil
  11. The continuous movement of water through evaporation, condensation, and precipitation, which is disrupted by deforestation, leading to reduced rainfall.
  12. A farming method where one uniform crop is growneasier to harvest, market, and sell.
Down
  1. Tiny algae living in coral tissues that provide nutrients through photosynthesiskey to healthy coral reefs.
  2. A dense forest found in tropical areas with heavy rainfall and a rich variety of plants and animals.
  3. The gradual removal of topsoil by wind, water, or human activity, often leading to land degradation.
  4. The ability of soil to provide nutrients that plants need to grow.
  5. Monoculture reduces this variety of living organisms in an ecosystem.
  6. Insects that feed on the sap of rice plants and can lower crop yields.
  7. The permanent disappearance of a species from Earth, often due to environmental changes or human activity.
  8. A large machine used to harvest crops like wheat and corn by cutting, threshing, and collecting all in one go.

20 Clues: Add more mineral ions to the soil • A chemical used to kill pests that damage crops. • Reduce competition between weeds and crop plants • The process of gathering mature crops from the fields. • The activity of growing crops and raising animals for food. • The ability of soil to provide nutrients that plants need to grow. • ...

IntroBioi9ppsproj2497 2025-04-21

IntroBioi9ppsproj2497 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The study of humans and their interaction with the society
  2. the study of viruses.
  3. study of chemicals and reactions that take place inside the living things. One of its numerous applications is DNA fingerprinting.
  4. the study of formation and development of embryo of plants and animals.
  5. the study of animals.
  6. the science of naming. grouping and classifying plants and animals. It is also called Systematics.
  7. the study of gross structure of the organs in an organism as seen in dissection.
  8. The study of birds.
  9. the study of algae.
  10. the study of fishes.
  11. study of minute structures or tiny bits of the body at tissue level as seen with the help of a compound microscope.
  12. the study of insects.
  13. study of structure and function of animal and plant cells.
Down
  1. the study of bacteria.
  2. - the study of parasites [ the organisms that live on (ectoparasite) or inside (endoparasite) other organisms and draw nourishment from the hosts].
  3. the science which aims to improve the human race through controlled heredity. For example, discouraging a marriage that is likely to show unfavourable or harmful characters in children.
  4. the study of form and structure of plants and animals.
  5. the study of metabolism (functions and activities) of organisms and their parts.
  6. the study of reptiles like lizards, snakes, etc.
  7. the study of fungi.
  8. the science that deals with the phenomena and causes of immunity (resistance to or defence against diseases).
  9. the study of plants.
  10. the study of diseases of plants and animals.
  11. Biology the study of human as a living organism and his relationship with other living organisms.

24 Clues: the study of fungi. • The study of birds. • the study of algae. • the study of plants. • the study of fishes. • the study of viruses. • the study of animals. • the study of insects. • the study of bacteria. • the study of diseases of plants and animals. • the study of reptiles like lizards, snakes, etc. • the study of form and structure of plants and animals. • ...

CELLS AND MOLECULES OF LIFE 2025-11-28

CELLS AND MOLECULES OF LIFE crossword puzzle
Across
  1. – A mineral your body needs to make haemoglobin.
  2. acid – Molecules like DNA and RNA that store genetic information.
  3. material – DNA or RNA that carries hereditary information.
  4. – A simple sugar the body uses for energy.
  5. – A protein that speeds up chemical reactions in the body.
  6. – The stored form of glucose in animals.
  7. – The green pigment plants use to capture sunlight.
  8. – A chemical that plants use to help them grow.
  9. system – The body system that carries messages using nerves.
  10. – A spongy protective layer on some plants.
  11. wall – The stiff outer layer that supports plant cells.
  12. tissue – The body’s fat-storing and cushioning tissue.
  13. reserve – Stored energy in the body, such as fat or glycogen.
  14. – A phosphorus-containing chemical important for bones and energy.
  15. hormone – The hormone that helps the body grow.
  16. – The blood protein that carries oxygen.
Down
  1. – A fat molecule that forms cell membranes.
  2. acid (RNA) – A molecule that helps make proteins using DNA’s instructions.
  3. – The stored form of glucose in plants.
  4. – A very small germ that can make living things sick.
  5. – A gas in the air that plants use to make proteins.
  6. – A mineral needed for strong bones and teeth.
  7. – A molecule needed for life, such as proteins or DNA.
  8. – A type of fat stored for energy.
  9. – A strong material found in plant cell walls.
  10. information – Instructions in DNA that guide growth.
  11. – A chemical that controls body functions like mood or metabolism.
  12. Theory – The idea that all living things are made of cells.
  13. – A protein the body makes to fight infection.
  14. – A mineral important for bones and muscles.
  15. – A tiny organism that causes disease.
  16. – A natural substance your body needs to stay healthy.
  17. – The molecule that carries genetic instructions.
  18. membrane – The thin outer layer that controls what enters or leaves a cell.
  19. – The tough outer covering of a tree trunk.

35 Clues: – A type of fat stored for energy. • – A tiny organism that causes disease. • – The stored form of glucose in plants. • – The stored form of glucose in animals. • – The blood protein that carries oxygen. • – A simple sugar the body uses for energy. • – A fat molecule that forms cell membranes. • – A spongy protective layer on some plants. • ...

CHAPTER 2 2015-03-09

CHAPTER 2 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. an area that receives less than 25 centimeters of precipitation per year
  2. an organism that can make its own food
  3. species that are carried to a new location by people
  4. the region of shallow ocean water over the continental shelf
  5. an organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms
  6. a consumer that eats only animals
  7. soil that is frozen all year
  8. the area between the highest high-tide line and lowest low-tide line
  9. The typical weather pattern in an area over a long period of time
  10. a tree that sheds its leaves and grows new ones each year
  11. a layer of shorter plants that grow in the shade of a forest canopy
  12. a consumer that eats both plants and animals
Down
  1. a consumer that eats only plants
  2. a habitat in which the fresh water of a river meets the saltwater of the ocean
  3. the very slow motion of the continents
  4. a group of land ecosystems with similar climates and organisms
  5. a tree that produces its seeds in cones and that has needle-shaped leaves
  6. the study of where organisms live
  7. an area populated by grasses and other nonwoody plants
  8. a leafy roof formed by tall trees in the forest

20 Clues: soil that is frozen all year • a consumer that eats only plants • a consumer that eats only animals • the study of where organisms live • an organism that can make its own food • the very slow motion of the continents • a consumer that eats both plants and animals • a leafy roof formed by tall trees in the forest • species that are carried to a new location by people • ...

ecolgy review 2016-01-28

ecolgy review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. succession occurs after a forest fire
  2. makes its own food
  3. fixation bacteria take nitrogen from the air and change it into a form that can be used by plants
  4. [by plants] water, sunlight, carbon dioxide
  5. must eat something for energy
  6. recycles dead organisms and waste
  7. eats meat
  8. the variety of life [or species] on earth
  9. [by animals] food\glucose
  10. all of the different populations living in an area [no abiotic factors]
  11. factor living or once living [and now dead] or made by something that was alive
Down
  1. all the members of one species living in an area
  2. pyramids show the amount of energy that moves from one energy level to the next
  3. eats plants
  4. being dependent on others for some needs, being mutually dependent on each other
  5. eat both plants and animals
  6. how an ecosystem changes overtime
  7. provides the energy for food chains
  8. one living thing
  9. larger particles allow it to drain quickly
  10. all of the living and nonliving things that interact in an area
  11. succession occurs after a volcanic eruption forms new land [where there is no soil]
  12. factor environmental factor that is not alive, never lived, and was not part of something living

23 Clues: eats meat • eats plants • one living thing • makes its own food • [by animals] food\glucose • eat both plants and animals • must eat something for energy • how an ecosystem changes overtime • recycles dead organisms and waste • provides the energy for food chains • succession occurs after a forest fire • the variety of life [or species] on earth • ...

environmental science crossword 2020-09-21

environmental science crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. evaporation through plants
  2. a pigment that makes the leaves green
  3. they are designed, like scissors, to make a cut
  4. refers to a single layer of cells on the lower surface of the leaf that contains stomata and guard cells
  5. the process that plants use to capture light for energy
  6. type of plant that reproduces from seeds in cones
  7. In plants, it is part of the mesophyll, where it forms a layer next to the palisade cells in the leaf.
Down
  1. orange pigments in leaves
  2. located beneath the upper epidermis
  3. are plant cell organelles that convert light energy into relatively stable chemical energy via the photosynthetic process
  4. reduces the rate of water loss from the leaf surface. Other leaves may have small hairs on the leaf surface
  5. located in the leaf epidermis and pairs surround and form stomatal pores, which regulate CO2 influx from the atmosphere into the leaves for photosynthetic carbon fixation
  6. yellow pigments in leaves
  7. holes underneath the leaves
  8. molecules that absorb color
  9. conifers that have needle-like leaves
  10. red and purple pigments in leaves
  11. This is a single layer of cells containing few or no chloroplasts
  12. allows gaseous exchange between the leaf and the outside atmosphere through the stomata
  13. part of the transport system in vascular plants

20 Clues: orange pigments in leaves • yellow pigments in leaves • evaporation through plants • holes underneath the leaves • molecules that absorb color • red and purple pigments in leaves • located beneath the upper epidermis • a pigment that makes the leaves green • conifers that have needle-like leaves • they are designed, like scissors, to make a cut • ...

Tropical Dry Forest 2023-06-19

Tropical Dry Forest crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a natural home to organisms
  2. a non-living part of the ecosystem that shapes the environment
  3. nature's way of reusing carbon atoms
  4. an area classified by its species that live there
  5. an organism that produces their own food
  6. green plants that convert energy into organic matter
  7. a non-native species that causes harm
  8. a species in which others largely depend on
  9. the study of organisms and how they interact with the environment around them
  10. an organism that eats other plants and animals
  11. organisms that receive their energy from primary consumers
  12. a biological community of organisms and their environment
  13. the variety of life in an ecosystem
Down
  1. a pyramid showing the energy found in trophic levels of an ecosystem
  2. related to living organisms
  3. symbiosis that is beneficial to both organisms involved.
  4. an organism that feeds on meat
  5. a carnivore at the highest level of the food chain
  6. organisms that are placed in the second trophic level
  7. two organisms where one benefits from the other and the other gets no benefit or harm
  8. a parasite living in or on another organism
  9. an organism that decomposes organic material
  10. an organism that feeds on plants and meat
  11. a system of interlocking food chains
  12. an organism that feeds on plants

25 Clues: related to living organisms • a natural home to organisms • an organism that feeds on meat • an organism that feeds on plants • the variety of life in an ecosystem • nature's way of reusing carbon atoms • a system of interlocking food chains • a non-native species that causes harm • an organism that produces their own food • an organism that feeds on plants and meat • ...

Botany 2023-03-03

Botany crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a branch of biological science that has to do with plants
  2. female bee who does all the work to keep the hive alive
  3. includes the style, stigma and carpel of a flower,the female part
  4. conifers and cycads,seeds in cones
  5. the green pigment in a plant responsible for photosynthesis
  6. the combination of biotic and abiotic factors that enable an organism to live
  7. includes the anther and filament, male part of a flower
  8. male bee whose job it is to fertilize the Queen's eggs
  9. the process by which plants make their own food from sunlight, CO2 aqnd water
  10. when sperm combines with an egg and produces an embryo or seed
  11. worts and mosses
  12. a type of fruit that has many seeds from one ovule and thin edible skin, like an apple
  13. the sperm of the flower, combines with the egg to produce a seed
  14. the part of the lab report that states an answer to the question
Down
  1. record of scientific experiment
  2. plants that have flowers
  3. microscopic plants
  4. the special food worker bees feed selected larvae to produce a Queen
  5. has roots and other vessels that transport water and nutrients
  6. reproduction that does NOT involve male and female parts

20 Clues: worts and mosses • microscopic plants • plants that have flowers • record of scientific experiment • conifers and cycads,seeds in cones • male bee whose job it is to fertilize the Queen's eggs • female bee who does all the work to keep the hive alive • includes the anther and filament, male part of a flower • reproduction that does NOT involve male and female parts • ...

FOOD WEB KEY TERMS 2023-05-16

FOOD WEB KEY TERMS crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a geographic area where plants, animals, and other organisms, as well as weather and landscape, work together
  2. allows the planet to remain hospitable for life.
  3. an organism that mostly consumes decaying biomass
  4. a plant eating animal
  5. Take in energy from the sun through photosythesis
  6. A plant and meat eating animal or human
  7. the position of an organism in the food chain
  8. the smallest unit that can live on its own
  9. A meat eating animal
  10. The cell where cellular respiration occurs
  11. non-Living organisms
  12. Takes energy from the consumer
  13. make or produce their own food
  14. A chemical process in which oxygen is used to make energy
Down
  1. Takes the energy from the producer
  2. What humans breathe out
  3. a graphical representation of the energy found within the trophic levels of an ecosystem.
  4. the energy plants produce
  5. organisms that break down dead plants or animals
  6. a living organism characterized by voluntary movement.
  7. The process to make glucose
  8. how energy flows through an ecosystem
  9. The plant cell structure where photosynthesis occurs
  10. Living organisms
  11. actual feeding pathways within an ecosystem
  12. A pigment found in the thylakoid that absorbs light energy and uses it to produce carbohydrates

26 Clues: Living organisms • A meat eating animal • non-Living organisms • a plant eating animal • What humans breathe out • the energy plants produce • The process to make glucose • Takes energy from the consumer • make or produce their own food • Takes the energy from the producer • how energy flows through an ecosystem • A plant and meat eating animal or human • ...

The man who made a forest 2022-03-26

The man who made a forest crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a tall tropical grass with hard, hollow stems the stick-like central part of a plant that grows above the ground and from which leaves and flowers grow
  2. hoping or believing that good things will happen in the future
  3. often
  4. a young tree
  5. the cutting down of trees in a large area, or the destruction of forests by people
  6. the air, water, and land in or on which people, animals, and plants live
  7. to finish something successfully or to achieve something
  8. a person who cuts down trees for wood
Down
  1. causing worry or fear
  2. a very small insect that lives under the ground in large and well-organized social groups
  3. the material on the surface of the ground in which plants grow
  4. animals and plants that grow independently of people, usually in natural conditions
  5. to get milk from an animal
  6. unable to produce plants, fruit, children or young animals
  7. a large wild animal of the cat family with yellowish-orange fur with black lines that lives in parts of Asia
  8. having or showing a lack of hope
  9. to (cause something to) get better
  10. a thin piece of wood or other material
  11. a period of 100 years
  12. as much as is necessary

20 Clues: often • a young tree • causing worry or fear • a period of 100 years • as much as is necessary • to get milk from an animal • having or showing a lack of hope • to (cause something to) get better • a person who cuts down trees for wood • a thin piece of wood or other material • to finish something successfully or to achieve something • ...

Bio 2022-03-04

Bio crossword puzzle
Across
  1. organic compound and hydrotrope that provides energy to drive many processes
  2. the capacity for doing work
  3. the chemical reactions in the body's cells that change food into energy.
  4. Fermentation, which converts sugars such as glucose, fructose, and sucrose into cellular energy,
  5. simple sugar
  6. the part of a tissue or organ with a structural or connective role
  7. chemical breakdown of a substance by bacteria
  8. photosynthesis takes place
  9. minute opening especially in an animal or plant
  10. Respiration, process by which organisms combine oxygen with foodstuff molecules
  11. substances produced by living organisms that have a color resulting from selective color absorption.
Down
  1. Respiration, respiration using electron acceptors other than molecular oxygen
  2. an organism that eats other plants or animals for energy and nutrients.
  3. able to form nutritional organic substances from simple inorganic substances
  4. Dioxide, : a heavy colorless gas that is formed by burning fuels, by the breakdown or burning of animal
  5. pigment that gives plants their green color, and it helps plants create their own food
  6. Acid, which cells produce energy without oxygen around.
  7. essential to the flow of energy in living cells.
  8. Respiration, the process of producing cellular energy involving oxygen
  9. process by which green plants and some other organisms use sunlight to synthesize foods from carbon dioxide and water.

20 Clues: simple sugar • photosynthesis takes place • the capacity for doing work • chemical breakdown of a substance by bacteria • minute opening especially in an animal or plant • essential to the flow of energy in living cells. • Acid, which cells produce energy without oxygen around. • the part of a tissue or organ with a structural or connective role • ...

Africa Key Word Crossword 2025-01-29

Africa Key Word Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. An enemy or opponent
  2. The daily conditions like rain, sun, or wind.
  3. A large area with a certain climate, plants, and animals, like a desert or rainforest.
  4. The growth and improvement of a country or area, like better roads, schools, and jobs.
  5. A large open area covered in grass, with few trees.
  6. When one country takes control of another country and rules it.
  7. A dry area with little rain and few plants.
  8. Plants grown by farmers for food or other uses.
  9. A large continent with many countries, cultures, and landscapes.
  10. How many babies are born in a place each year.
  11. Growing plants and raising animals for food.
  12. The percentage of people who can read and write.
Down
  1. A specific location or area on Earth.
  2. Using resources in a way that protects them for the future.
  3. When a country expands its power and influence over other places.
  4. When land turns into desert, often because of too little rain or overuse.
  5. Related to nature and the world around us.
  6. Related to money, jobs, and trade.
  7. A hot, wet forest with many trees and animals.
  8. The average age people live to in a place.
  9. Related to people and how they live together.
  10. The usual weather in a place over a 30 year period.

22 Clues: An enemy or opponent • Related to money, jobs, and trade. • A specific location or area on Earth. • Related to nature and the world around us. • The average age people live to in a place. • A dry area with little rain and few plants. • Growing plants and raising animals for food. • The daily conditions like rain, sun, or wind. • ...

Fertilizer 2023-10-21

Fertilizer crossword puzzle
Across
  1. - lack of this nutrient is common in acid-loving houseplants grown in high pH media
  2. - fertilization method where the fertilizer is applied during the planting process: _____ incorporation
  3. - nutrient that helps form chlorophyll
  4. - form of fertilization that has easy application, quick response time, and can easily burn plants
  5. - nutrient that aids vegetative growth
  6. - fertilizer form that is most popular outdoors, but not on top of the soil, and can be released over a certain amount of time
  7. - fertilization method via plant leaves
  8. - symptoms of this issue are browned tips and stunted growth
  9. - fertilization method for shallow rooted plants
Down
  1. - turf grass, ground coverings, and some shrubs are best fertilized this way
  2. - fertilizer application method for tries that doesn’t require large equipment
  3. - used to fertilize deeply rooted plants
  4. - category of fertilizer that is most concentrated and has rapid release
  5. - category of fertilizer that is natural but more expensive
  6. - a chemical or natural substance added to soil or land to increase fertility
  7. - fertilizer compressed into bead sized particles
  8. - granular, soluble powder, tablets, and spikes are what type of fertilizer
  9. - has the same advantages and disadvantages of a liquid fertilizer
  10. - fertilization method best used for rows of plants
  11. - nutrient that is important for root development

20 Clues: - nutrient that helps form chlorophyll • - nutrient that aids vegetative growth • - fertilization method via plant leaves • - used to fertilize deeply rooted plants • - fertilization method for shallow rooted plants • - fertilizer compressed into bead sized particles • - nutrient that is important for root development • ...

Into to Ecology/Taylor N 2024-11-19

Into to Ecology/Taylor N crossword puzzle
Across
  1. is a collection of all the organisms that live in a place
  2. are groups of organisms so similar to each other
  3. is a system of interlocking and interdependent food chains
  4. a diagram that shows the distribution of energy, biomass, or other resources in an ecosystem by trophic level
  5. is a series of organisms each dependent on the next in line as a source of food
  6. weathers of the ecosystem
  7. break down organic matter
  8. relations between living organisms and their environment
  9. is a renewable organic material that comes from plants and animals and can be used as an energy source
  10. is a process in which some autotrophs make food using chemical energy
  11. organisms that capture energy from the sun
  12. is another name for autotroph
Down
  1. plant eaters only
  2. eat food on plants and animal remains
  3. Absorbs other organisms to make their food
  4. contains the combined portion of the planet in which all life exits
  5. eat other animals
  6. is another name for heterotroph
  7. is a process in which plants make their food
  8. eat from plants and animals
  9. different populations that live together in an area
  10. groups or individuals that belong to the same species
  11. is a group of ecosystems that have the same climate and communities

23 Clues: plant eaters only • eat other animals • weathers of the ecosystem • break down organic matter • eat from plants and animals • is another name for autotroph • is another name for heterotroph • eat food on plants and animal remains • Absorbs other organisms to make their food • organisms that capture energy from the sun • is a process in which plants make their food • ...

Plant Crossword Puzzle 2022-10-04

Plant Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a mature, ripened ovary
  2. Moss grows in dense masses
  3. used on young plants to encourage branching
  4. used as a growing media
  5. provides mechanical support
  6. attached to the plant stem
  7. connects two severed plant segments together
  8. the way a plant behaves
  9. engineering copies genes from an organism
  10. Culture the cultivation of plant cells and tissue
  11. the upper layer of the earth
  12. things the plant needs to survive
  13. growing plant without the use of soil
Down
  1. a section of the plant used for vegetation
  2. added to the soil to improve the ventilation
  3. two years to complete their life cycle
  4. the plant is broken up into two or more parts
  5. living for more than three growing seasons
  6. the structures of the plant
  7. the bud of a plant is grafted onto the stem
  8. a seed planted into the ground and blooms
  9. the edible portion of the plant(s)
  10. cutting away dead or overgrown stems or branches
  11. plants use sunlight and water
  12. take up water for the plant
  13. breeding, raising, and harvesting fish, shellfish, and aquatic plants. Farming in water
  14. insect that can cause damage to the plant
  15. media mixture of components providing plants/food
  16. the plant is partially connected to the mother

29 Clues: a mature, ripened ovary • used as a growing media • the way a plant behaves • Moss grows in dense masses • attached to the plant stem • the structures of the plant • provides mechanical support • take up water for the plant • the upper layer of the earth • plants use sunlight and water • things the plant needs to survive • the edible portion of the plant(s) • ...

Ecology 2022-06-18

Ecology crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the living factors of the environment
  2. the relationship between the flea and the dog.
  3. organisms that feed on dead and decaying matter
  4. A raw material required for photosynthesis
  5. The physical factors of the environment
  6. A swarm of bees
  7. the relationship between the nitrogen fixing bacteria and leguminous plants
  8. A group of jaguars, sloths, parrots and plants living together.
  9. __________________ increases the rate of reaction of enzymes and affect other processes such as photosynthesis and transpiration.
  10. a lion hunting a zebra is called a __________.
  11. The interaction of the living organisms and the physical factors of the environment
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  1. corn birds in their nest
  2. a relationship between two organisms where one benefits and the other does not benefit nor is it harmed.
  3. the role of the species is called the_______.
  4. Loams are the ideal_______.
  5. Organisms that can interbreed and produce fertile offspring
  6. organism that consumes other organisms as food
  7. A level of a food chain
  8. Organisms that feed on plants for nutrients
  9. chlorophyll molecules trap ______ which helps the process of photosynthesis.
  10. organisms that consume both plants and animals.
  11. study of the living organisms and how it interacts in the environment.
  12. An organism that is being hunted as food

23 Clues: A swarm of bees • A level of a food chain • Loams are the ideal_______. • corn birds in their nest • The physical factors of the environment • An organism that is being hunted as food • A raw material required for photosynthesis • Organisms that feed on plants for nutrients • organisms that consume both plants and animals. • ...

Chapter 1 Vocabulary 2025-09-04

Chapter 1 Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. a person who moves from place to place
  2. a group’s way of life, including types of food,
  3. down through the generations as stories or songs
  4. the large animals of a particular region,
  5. a fertile place with water in a desert
  6. a scientist who studies the cultural
  7. a scientist who studies past human life
  8. of humans
  9. for food
  10. a long period of dry, hot weather
  11. time when it occurred
  12. event
  13. an artifact or piece of writing that was
  14. analyzing fossils and artifacts
  15. wild plants to eat
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  1. a strip of land connecting two landmasses
  2. to meet people’s needs
  3. the movement from one place to another
  4. the raising of plants and animals to
  5. a human who hunts animals and
  6. the practice of growing plants and rearing
  7. them useful to humans
  8. an artifact or writing created after
  9. encouraging the growth of crops and plants
  10. or geological period
  11. an unwritten account of events, often
  12. by someone who witnessed or lived through a
  13. the application of knowledge, tools, and
  14. the remains of organisms that lived long ago
  15. an object made by humans from a past culture
  16. event by someone who did not see it or live during
  17. clothing, language, religion, behavior, and ideas

32 Clues: event • for food • of humans • wild plants to eat • or geological period • them useful to humans • time when it occurred • to meet people’s needs • a human who hunts animals and • analyzing fossils and artifacts • a long period of dry, hot weather • the raising of plants and animals to • an artifact or writing created after • a scientist who studies the cultural • ...

Ecosystem vocabulary crossword 2025-10-20

Ecosystem vocabulary crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. species : the first living things to grow in a new place
  2. pyramid : a diagram that shows how energy moves through food levels
  3. : using sunlight to make food
  4. : living things like plants, animals, and bacteria
  5. : tiny plant-like organisms that float in the water
  6. : living things that eat other organisms
  7. : living things that use sunlight or chemicals to make food
  8. : an animal that only eats plants
  9. : the total amount of living stuff in an area
  10. : things in nature that are not alive
  11. succession : when life grows back after a disturbance
  12. : an animal that eats both plants and animals
  13. : an animal that only eats other animals
  14. consumer : an animal that eats primary consumers
  15. levels : the steps in a food chain where energy is passed along
  16. consumer : an animal that eats producers
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  1. : when water vapor cools and turns back into liquid drops
  2. : organisms that break down dead plants and animals
  3. : when water falls from the sky as rain, snow, or hail
  4. : organisms that make their own food
  5. : a community of living things and their environment
  6. succession : when life starts growing in a place with no soil
  7. consumer : an animal that eats secondary consumers
  8. : using chemicals instead of sunlight to make food
  9. : when water turns into vapor and rises into the air

25 Clues: : using sunlight to make food • : an animal that only eats plants • : organisms that make their own food • : things in nature that are not alive • : living things that eat other organisms • : an animal that only eats other animals • consumer : an animal that eats producers • : the total amount of living stuff in an area • : an animal that eats both plants and animals • ...

ATP/Photosynthesis Crossword 2023-02-21

ATP/Photosynthesis Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. output that we breath
  2. input for photosynthesis that is not H2O
  3. organelle that aids photosynthesis
  4. _____ are autotrophs, but not plants.
  5. process that “feeds” plants
  6. output similar to sugar
  7. common name for H2O
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  1. an organism that eats other organisms
  2. an organism that makes its own food
  3. main category of things that photosynthesize
  4. organisms like _______ and fungi do not photosynthesize
  5. what the sun gives to aid photosynthesis
  6. _H2O+_CO2=_O2+C6H12O6

13 Clues: common name for H2O • output that we breath • _H2O+_CO2=_O2+C6H12O6 • output similar to sugar • process that “feeds” plants • organelle that aids photosynthesis • an organism that makes its own food • an organism that eats other organisms • _____ are autotrophs, but not plants. • input for photosynthesis that is not H2O • what the sun gives to aid photosynthesis • ...

ecosystems 2023-03-30

ecosystems crossword puzzle
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  1. gives energy
  2. an animal that eats both plants and animals
  3. ananimal being eaten
  4. plant like organism
  5. path of food energy from plants to animals
  6. the top layer of a food chain
  7. animal that eats only plants
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  1. all living things need
  2. two or more food chains
  3. animal that eats other aniamls for food
  4. animal thats eats only meat
  5. another name for habitat
  6. the start of every food chain

13 Clues: gives energy • plant like organism • ananimal being eaten • all living things need • two or more food chains • another name for habitat • animal thats eats only meat • animal that eats only plants • the start of every food chain • the top layer of a food chain • animal that eats other aniamls for food • path of food energy from plants to animals • ...

Crossword 2025-06-19

Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. Harmful bug in system
  2. Study of planets or outer space
  3. Used to view micro organisms/tiny particles
  4. Preserved remains of plants/animals
  5. Change in humans/organisms over time
  6. Study of Earth
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  1. Animals which consume only meat
  2. Used to look at stars/planets
  3. Smallest unit of matter
  4. Green pigment in plants
  5. Responsible for transporting food in plants
  6. This is what keeps us grounded on Earth
  7. Used to measure

13 Clues: Study of Earth • Used to measure • Harmful bug in system • Smallest unit of matter • Green pigment in plants • Used to look at stars/planets • Animals which consume only meat • Study of planets or outer space • Preserved remains of plants/animals • Change in humans/organisms over time • This is what keeps us grounded on Earth • Used to view micro organisms/tiny particles • ...

2nd grade Unit 1 CW Puzzle 2025-12-01

2nd grade Unit 1 CW Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. home for plants and animals
  2. find out more
  3. supports the plant and transports water and food
  4. The science that studies living things, like plants, animals, and people
  5. home for plants and animals
  6. become new plants
  7. helps answer a question
  8. shows how something works
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  1. takes in air and light
  2. information from an investigation
  3. The variety of animal and plant life in any environment
  4. a group of parts that work together
  5. helps answer a question
  6. look carefully
  7. its job

15 Clues: its job • find out more • look carefully • become new plants • takes in air and light • helps answer a question • helps answer a question • shows how something works • home for plants and animals • home for plants and animals • information from an investigation • a group of parts that work together • supports the plant and transports water and food • ...

Life Science Chapter 9 Review 2020-12-06

Life Science Chapter 9 Review crossword puzzle
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  1. stage of a fern life cycle which involves a zygote being formed
  2. responsible for carrying the pollen grains to female cones in gymnosperm reproduction
  3. part of flower which helps attract pollinators
  4. hormone which inhibits other plant hormones
  5. affected by light
  6. the female part of the flower
  7. process which occurs if the conditions are correct; happens after the gymnosperm cones release the seeds into the air
  8. cause plant cells to grow in size, divide, or stop growing
  9. type of tropism involved when a plant grows toward a stimulus
  10. sticky part at the top of the carpel which receives the pollen
  11. part of a flower which forms a seed
  12. part of the stamen which supports the anthers
  13. dominant stage in ferns; spores are scattered by the wind
  14. plants which flower whenever the conditions are right
  15. formed by pollen when it lands on stigma; used as transportation for the gametes to travel into the ovule
  16. plants which don't bloom until the nights are longer than the critical night length
  17. the male part of the flower
  18. place in gymnosperms where the seeds and spores are produced
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  1. substance in plants which respond when the length of darkness is correct
  2. must be involved in reproduction for nonvascular and seedless vascular plants; used by the sperm to swim to the eggs
  3. plants which don't bloom until the nights are shorter than the critical night length
  4. in mosses, the place where spores are produced
  5. occurs when a plant grows toward an object it touches
  6. repeating cycle of gametophyte and sporophyte structures
  7. affected by gravity
  8. type of tropism involved when a plant grows away from a stimulus
  9. hormone which causes fruit to ripen
  10. tube which the stigma sits upon
  11. hormone which causes cells to divide
  12. hormone which causes plants to grow
  13. part of a flower which forms a fruit; found at the based of the style and contains ovules
  14. the pollen producing section of the flower

32 Clues: affected by light • affected by gravity • the male part of the flower • the female part of the flower • tube which the stigma sits upon • hormone which causes fruit to ripen • part of a flower which forms a seed • hormone which causes plants to grow • hormone which causes cells to divide • the pollen producing section of the flower • hormone which inhibits other plant hormones • ...

Semester 1 Cells, Plants & Photosynthesis Review 2022-12-04

Semester 1 Cells, Plants & Photosynthesis Review crossword puzzle
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  1. transports water in plants
  2. powerhouse of a cell, produces ATP (energy)
  3. cell that includes a large central vacuole, chloroplasts and a cell wall as part of the structure
  4. path for moving materials in the cell, can be rough or smooth
  5. semi-permeable barrier around the cell
  6. cell division that results in an identical copy of a cell
  7. make energy through photosynthesis
  8. parts of a cell with specific functions or jobs
  9. packages materials for transport out of the cell
  10. necessary gas for animals but released by plants during photosynthesis
  11. includes everything underground
  12. openings on the bottom side of a leaf that control gas exchange for photosynthesis
  13. organelle that assists with mitosis in animal cells
  14. a plant’s growth response toward or away from a stimulus
  15. chemical reaction in which sunlight helps convert carbon dioxide and water into glucose and oxygen
  16. part of the plant that attracts pollinators
  17. male parts of a plant
  18. plant’s response to light
  19. includes everything above ground
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  1. gel-like fluid in a cell
  2. a tool used to magnify small objects such as cells
  3. the outermost structure of a plant cell that provides protection
  4. part of a cell that make proteins (protein synthesis)
  5. control center of a cell, protects DNA
  6. cell that includes lysosomes and centrioles as part of the structure
  7. a unicellular organism like bacteria
  8. organelle that breaks down waste in animal cells
  9. glucose and oxygen components of photosynthesis
  10. a necessary material for living organisms
  11. sugars used by plants as food during photosynthesis
  12. transports food in plants
  13. a unicellular or multicellular organism like algae or humans
  14. a plant’s response to touch
  15. plant’s response to gravity
  16. storage area in both plant and animal cells – much larger central one in plants
  17. carbon dioxide and water components of photosynthesis
  18. a plant’s response to water
  19. waste material for animals but necessary for plants
  20. the smallest unit of life and the least complex level of organization
  21. female parts of a plant

40 Clues: male parts of a plant • female parts of a plant • gel-like fluid in a cell • transports food in plants • plant’s response to light • transports water in plants • a plant’s response to touch • plant’s response to gravity • a plant’s response to water • includes everything underground • includes everything above ground • make energy through photosynthesis • ...

Animal and Plant's Sensory and Motor Mechanism 2019-07-09

Animal and Plant's Sensory and Motor Mechanism crossword puzzle
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  1. the special sense that perceives and distinguishes the sweet, sour, bitter, or salty quality of a dissolved substance and is mediated by taste buds on the tongue state.
  2. a thing or event that evokes a specific functional reaction in an organ or tissue liitmus.
  3. a common prey for bats can detect the bat's sonar and attempt to flee thoms.
  4. causing the touched leaf to contract thereby scaring animals relvish.
  5. respond to heat or cold morecepthertor.
  6. do not have nerve or muscles so they cannot move very past splatn.
  7. plants can tell the time of day and time of year by sensing and using the wavelength of sunlight hopetriodimops.
  8. vibration and detects and signal and sent to the brain for processing hangeri.
  9. integrates and interprets the incoming signals to affect a response to the appropriate body system via the different division of peripheral nervous system cantlervenrousstyesm.
  10. nerve ending tissue sends signals receive from stimuli couth.
  11. plants defend themselves with spikes, poison, bad taste and others denesne.
  12. the directional response that allow plants to grow toward, or even away from light troopshiptom.
  13. odorants blind to olfactory receptor in the nose, relat signal to the brain and give the sense of smell flocation.
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  1. the animals that use sonar to detect they prey tabs.
  2. respond to physical deformation of the cell membrane from mechanical energy recepmechanotors.
  3. reaction or movement tomorchemismcn.
  4. respond to radiant enery phototorrecep.
  5. it allow the plants to optimize their use of light and space promophogenoesisth.
  6. respond to "noxious" stimuli, or essentially anything that causes tissue damage ciretorsnocep.
  7. captures the light and allow them to see ghits.
  8. The physical senses of touch, smell, taste, sight and hearing syrenso.
  9. respond to specific molecules, often dissolved in a specific medium morecepchetor.
  10. signal the brain to provide ability to taste outgaitns.
  11. it is protected by hard spines and a reaction not seen in most plants miasmo.
  12. to perceive the odor or scent of through stimuli affecting the olfactory nerves : get the odor or scent of with the nose mells.

25 Clues: reaction or movement tomorchemismcn. • respond to radiant enery phototorrecep. • respond to heat or cold morecepthertor. • captures the light and allow them to see ghits. • the animals that use sonar to detect they prey tabs. • signal the brain to provide ability to taste outgaitns. • nerve ending tissue sends signals receive from stimuli couth. • ...

Bio20 Ecosystems 2016-01-06

Bio20 Ecosystems crossword puzzle
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  1. An organism that can make its own food
  2. An organism that lives in or one another organism (called the host)
  3. A substance that spoils, dirties, or damages some aspect of the environment
  4. An organism that eats only plants
  5. The habitat that supplies everything needed for a species or an organism to survive or the role that an organism plays in its environment
  6. A living organism on which a parasite lives
  7. A hot, humid biome near the equator with much rainfall and a wide variety of life. The soil in this biome is not very fertile because of all the many plants taking the nutrients from the soil
  8. The process by which green plant cells make food from sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide
  9. A cool forest biome in the Northern Hemisphere that has mostly conifer trees (needle-like leaves )
  10. Cycle The continuous circulation of water between the Earth’s surface and the atmosphere
  11. A flat or slightly rolling plain with few trees and permanently frozen ground
  12. Many food chains put together to show how energy flows through the ecosystem
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  1. All the members of one species that live in one area
  2. Something in an environment that keeps the population of an organism from increasing as much as it could
  3. The place and surroundings where an organism normally lives
  4. Occurs in animals and plants - energy is released from sugar (glucose) by a series of chemical reactions. The sugar is broken down into carbon dioxide and water in a process which uses oxygen
  5. A biome whose main plants are grasses
  6. An animal that is hunted, killed and eaten by a predator
  7. The order in which animals feed on plants and other animals (shows how energy flows from producer-consumer-decomposer)
  8. The breaking down of products into raw materials that can be used to make new products
  9. An animal that hunts, kills, and eats other animals
  10. Occurs when harmful pollutants are put into the environment and can cause harm
  11. A consumer that eats both plants and meats

23 Clues: An organism that eats only plants • A biome whose main plants are grasses • An organism that can make its own food • A consumer that eats both plants and meats • A living organism on which a parasite lives • An animal that hunts, kills, and eats other animals • All the members of one species that live in one area • ...

Plant Physiology 2016-10-24

Plant Physiology crossword puzzle
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  1. The first leaves that can be observed from a germinating seed
  2. A stem found below the cotyledons and above the root
  3. Growth in presence of light short and green
  4. The development of a seedling in the presence of light
  5. Group of cells that gives rise to leaves
  6. Found in the growing tips of roots and shoots in plants that consists of actively dividing cells
  7. The developed upper cells in a zygote
  8. A group of cells that is made along with the embryo and through elongation carries the embryo towards its food source
  9. Process of cell division that results in four haploid daughter cells
  10. The smaller spore that later develops into the male gametophyte
  11. Process in cell division in which the nucleus divides and makes two identical daughter cells
  12. Substance that is toxic to plants and is usually used to destroy vegetation
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  1. The part of the seed that later develops into a plant
  2. Diploid multicellular generation found in plants that produces haploid spores
  3. A protein that binds to a specific DNA sequence and controls the rate of transcription from DNA to mRNA
  4. The development of a seedling in the dark
  5. The larger meiospore made in plants and ultimately develops into a female gametophyte
  6. Haploid multicellular generation found in plants that developed from a haploid spore
  7. The response and orientation of a plant in response to light
  8. A slender talk that attaches the lead blade to the stem
  9. A single chain polypeptide able to degrade proteins
  10. A protein complex that breaks down proteins tagged by ubiquitin
  11. A group of hormones that induce stem elongation germination and flowering
  12. The developed lower cells in a zygote
  13. Plant hormones that regulate the growth of plants
  14. One of many plant hormones that regulates growth and causes growth of shoots
  15. Growth in partial or complete absence of light long and pale
  16. Inhibits seed germination seed growth and other gibberllin dependent pathways
  17. Part of a seed that stores food such as proteins starch and nutrients for the embryo
  18. The outer layer of cells in an apical meristem

30 Clues: The developed lower cells in a zygote • The developed upper cells in a zygote • Group of cells that gives rise to leaves • The development of a seedling in the dark • Growth in presence of light short and green • The outer layer of cells in an apical meristem • Plant hormones that regulate the growth of plants • A single chain polypeptide able to degrade proteins • ...

Ecology Vocabulary 2025-04-01

Ecology Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. An animal that is hunted and eaten by another animal for food
  2. factors- The non-living things in an environment
  3. factors- All the living factors in an environment
  4. An animal that hunts and eats other animals for food
  5. web- A big, messy drawing showing how different plants and animals in an ecosystem are connected by what they eat
  6. A big group of people who live, work, or play together
  7. An animal that eats dead animals or plants that it didn't kill itself, helping clean up the environment
  8. Like a plant that can make its own food from sunlight, water, and air, instead of eating other things like anti-mals do
  9. A big interconnected community where all living things and non-living things in an area work together and depend on each other
  10. An animal that eats only plants like grass, leaves, fruits, and vegetables, never meat
  11. The study of the relationships between living organisms
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  1. The part of Earth that can support life and includes all living things and the places they are found
  2. An individual animal, plant, or single-celled life form
  3. level- Like a step in a food chain, showing where an organism get its food and energy
  4. An animal that mostly eats meat
  5. Where an animal or plant lives, providing everything it needs to survive
  6. Like nature's cleanup crew, breaking down dead plants and animals into smaller pieces that helps plants grow
  7. A living thing that lives on or inside another living thing and gets its food and shelter from it, often causing harm to the host
  8. All the people living in a certain place
  9. An organism that obtains energy and nutrients by consuming other living things, rather than producing its own food
  10. An organism that can't make its own food and needs to eat other things to survive
  11. A food maker that use sunlight to make their own food
  12. An organism that another organism lives on or inside, using it for food and shelter
  13. An animal that eats both plants and animals for food

24 Clues: An animal that mostly eats meat • All the people living in a certain place • factors- The non-living things in an environment • factors- All the living factors in an environment • An animal that hunts and eats other animals for food • An animal that eats both plants and animals for food • A food maker that use sunlight to make their own food • ...

DEEP TIME HISTORY 1/2020 2020-01-22

DEEP TIME HISTORY 1/2020 crossword puzzle
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  1. the first plant that made farming possible
  2. the other main river of Mesopotamia
  3. this waste product from plants helped other forms of life succeed on Earth
  4. one of the two main rivers of Mesopotamia
  5. this was the first life form on earth
  6. this climate event made rainfall for farming become unreliable
  7. the first civilization began in this area
  8. an animal that eats both plants and animals
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  1. having no rules and laws, civilization could lead to this
  2. having a steady crop of food led to this
  3. an animal that only eats plants
  4. this invention helped bypass rainfall as a major need for farming
  5. beside controlling plants for farming what other life forms were humans able to control
  6. an animal that only eats other animals

14 Clues: an animal that only eats plants • the other main river of Mesopotamia • this was the first life form on earth • an animal that only eats other animals • having a steady crop of food led to this • one of the two main rivers of Mesopotamia • the first civilization began in this area • the first plant that made farming possible • an animal that eats both plants and animals • ...

Pinto Bean Germination Crossword 2024-03-04

Pinto Bean Germination Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. - First food source within a seed.
  2. - A group of flowering plants typically having one embryonic seed leaf.
  3. - The US state known as the largest producer of pinto beans.
  4. - The medium in which plants grow; not necessary for germination.
  5. - The initial root that comes from a germinating seed.
  6. - Energy source for photosynthesis; not essential for seed germination.
  7. - Protective layer surrounding a seed.
  8. - Process by which plants turn light into energy.
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  1. - The main central root of pinto beans.
  2. - Gas required for photosynthesis, not for germination.
  3. - Beginning of a seed's transformation into a plant.
  4. - A group of flowering plants typically having two embryonic seed leaves, which includes pinto beans.
  5. - Future shoot sprouting from a seed.
  6. - Ideal soil type for pinto beans, providing proper drainage and nutrient retention.

14 Clues: - First food source within a seed. • - Future shoot sprouting from a seed. • - Protective layer surrounding a seed. • - The main central root of pinto beans. • - Process by which plants turn light into energy. • - Beginning of a seed's transformation into a plant. • - The initial root that comes from a germinating seed. • ...

Green day 5B Crossword 2024-04-22

Green day 5B Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. The ability to be maintained or continued over time without depleting resources.
  2. A cultivated area of plants, often including flowers and vegetables.
  3. Being mindful of the environment and taking actions to protect it.
  4. The planet we live on, with land, water, and atmosphere.
  5. Protecting and preserving natural resources and habitats.
  6. Tall, woody plants with roots, branches, and leaves.
  7. Harmful substances released into the environment, such as chemicals and gases.
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  1. Living organisms, including humans, animals, and insects.
  2. Keeping something free from dirt, pollution, or harmful substances.
  3. Physical or mental exertion, often resulting from activities outdoors.
  4. Using fewer resources and creating less waste.
  5. Using items again instead of throwing them away.
  6. The natural world, including plants, animals, and landscapes.
  7. Environmentally friendly actions and products.
  8. An area where plants and animals live and interact with their surroundings.

15 Clues: Using fewer resources and creating less waste. • Environmentally friendly actions and products. • Using items again instead of throwing them away. • Tall, woody plants with roots, branches, and leaves. • The planet we live on, with land, water, and atmosphere. • Living organisms, including humans, animals, and insects. • ...

Food Chains and Webs 2023-09-11

Food Chains and Webs crossword puzzle
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  1. Pyramid A diagram showing the flow of energy through an ecosystem.
  2. Organisms that break down dead plants and animals into nutrients.
  3. Animals that eat both plants and other animals.
  4. Living things that make their own food through photosynthesis.
  5. Factors Living components of an ecosystem, such as plants and animals.
  6. Chain A series of organisms where each is eaten by the next.
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  1. Animals that eat other animals.
  2. Animals that eat only plants.
  3. An animal that hunts and preys on other animals.
  4. A community of living organisms and their environment.
  5. Animals that are hunted by other animals.
  6. The place where an organism lives and obtains food, water, and shelter.
  7. Factors Non-living components of an ecosystem, like soil and climate.
  8. Organisms that obtain energy by eating other organisms.
  9. Web A network of interconnected food chains in an ecosystem.

15 Clues: Animals that eat only plants. • Animals that eat other animals. • Animals that are hunted by other animals. • Animals that eat both plants and other animals. • An animal that hunts and preys on other animals. • A community of living organisms and their environment. • Organisms that obtain energy by eating other organisms. • ...

Seedfolks Crossword Puzzle 2022-09-28

Seedfolks Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. to float above
  2. his father plants lettuce to sell
  3. a disease that causes plants to wither and die
  4. city where the story takes place
  5. bodybuilder who plants tomatoes to honor his ex-girlfriend and win her back
  6. works to build peace in the neighborhood
  7. empty
  8. lost his wife and son
  9. starts the garden by planting in honor of her father
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  1. the art of communicating through gestures rather than words
  2. stately or grand
  3. petitions the city to remove the trash from the garden
  4. the search for
  5. elderly neighbor who accidentally digs up Kim’s beans
  6. a raised structure used in a religious ceremony
  7. Young, survived a brutal attack during a robbery
  8. to promise
  9. Street, the area where the garden is developed

18 Clues: empty • to promise • to float above • the search for • stately or grand • lost his wife and son • city where the story takes place • his father plants lettuce to sell • works to build peace in the neighborhood • a disease that causes plants to wither and die • Street, the area where the garden is developed • a raised structure used in a religious ceremony • ...

plant movement and phytohormones 2020-09-05

plant movement and phytohormones crossword puzzle
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  1. response of plants running parallel to soil
  2. special pigments that regulate photopriodic responses
  3. are swollen areas consisting of loosely packedparenchymatous cells
  4. geotropism is shown by the shoots of plants
  5. induction of flowring process by exposure to prolonged coldness
  6. leaves of oxalis plant shows this movement
  7. is physiological response to relative length of day and night
  8. movement induced by chemical substances
  9. nastic movement regulated by temperature
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  1. acid is the most naturally occurring auxin
  2. first naturally occurring cytokinin
  3. break dormancy of seeds
  4. is a tropic movement shown by obliquely growing stems
  5. tropic movements shown by roots of plants towards water
  6. the only volatile or gaseous hormone
  7. hormone that promotes stem elongation
  8. tropic movement shown by trendrils of herbs
  9. formation of fruits without seeds

18 Clues: break dormancy of seeds • formation of fruits without seeds • first naturally occurring cytokinin • the only volatile or gaseous hormone • hormone that promotes stem elongation • movement induced by chemical substances • nastic movement regulated by temperature • acid is the most naturally occurring auxin • leaves of oxalis plant shows this movement • ...

Matter Cycling and Energy Flow 2021-11-03

Matter Cycling and Energy Flow crossword puzzle
Across
  1. breaks down dead animals and plants
  2. we are ___________ based life forms
  3. organism that eats others for food
  4. the amount of organisms in a given trophic level
  5. eating only meat
  6. the name for the levels of a food/energy pyramid
  7. consumer that eats 3rd
  8. organism that eats dead animals
  9. plants need this from the air
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  1. changing nitrogen gas into a form we can use
  2. in an energy pyramid, this organism is at the bottom
  3. multiple food chains together
  4. the form of Nitrogen plants and animals can use
  5. how carbon gets into the food chain/web
  6. how we as humans put carbon back into the air
  7. consumer that eats a producer
  8. decomposers recycle both ________ and energy
  9. a type of decomposer

18 Clues: eating only meat • a type of decomposer • consumer that eats 3rd • multiple food chains together • consumer that eats a producer • plants need this from the air • organism that eats dead animals • organism that eats others for food • breaks down dead animals and plants • we are ___________ based life forms • how carbon gets into the food chain/web • ...

Science review 2021-12-08

Science review crossword puzzle
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  1. a solution that fills each cell
  2. the cell found in plants
  3. when plants seperate it is called what
  4. depends on one cell for it to function
  5. a certain theory
  6. only found in plant cells and makes light into evergy
  7. the cell found in animals
  8. helps plants move throughout the body
  9. a group of tissues in a living organism
  10. a group of organs working together
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  1. it is a group of cells that are simular
  2. the power house of the cell
  3. seperates the interier from the exterier
  4. helps make energy to power the cell
  5. the thing that builds up every human and living creature
  6. in plant cells it helps maintane water balance
  7. the wall that protects the cell
  8. in every organic livng thing

18 Clues: a certain theory • the cell found in plants • the cell found in animals • the power house of the cell • in every organic livng thing • a solution that fills each cell • the wall that protects the cell • a group of organs working together • helps make energy to power the cell • helps plants move throughout the body • when plants seperate it is called what • ...

Ecology 2024-04-15

Ecology crossword puzzle
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  1. An organism that eats plants only
  2. An organism that eats other animals
  3. The number of members of the same species
  4. The way an organism is suited to survive its environment
  5. Make their own food
  6. Break down dead plants and animals
  7. The place where an organism lives
  8. Feed on other organisms
  9. The way one thing relies on another
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  1. An organism that east plants and animals
  2. Interaction between organisms to acquire limited resources
  3. Non-living factors
  4. The role of an organism in its community
  5. The study of how organisms interact with each other and their
  6. Living factors
  7. The position of an organism in a food chain
  8. Different species living in the same area
  9. A community of organisms interacting with each other in a particular environment

18 Clues: Living factors • Non-living factors • Make their own food • Feed on other organisms • An organism that eats plants only • The place where an organism lives • Break down dead plants and animals • An organism that eats other animals • The way one thing relies on another • An organism that east plants and animals • The role of an organism in its community • ...

Environment 2024-07-17

Environment crossword puzzle
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  1. Power from using physical or chemical resources.
  2. Protecting and saving something.
  3. Made without using chemicals.
  4. These animals no longer exist.
  5. Illegal hunting of animals.
  6. The variety of life in a particular place or ecosystem.
  7. Able to be kept at a certain level.
  8. Able to be used again, especially for energy.
  9. The usual weather in an area over a long time.
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  1. Cutting down many trees in an area.
  2. Change waste into reusable material.
  3. Harmful or poisonous substances in the environment.
  4. Decayed plants used to help plants grow.
  5. Material that is not wanted.
  6. A large area with many trees and plants.
  7. Very few of these animals are left.
  8. A community of living things and their environment.
  9. The natural home of an animal or plant.

18 Clues: Illegal hunting of animals. • Material that is not wanted. • Made without using chemicals. • These animals no longer exist. • Protecting and saving something. • Cutting down many trees in an area. • Very few of these animals are left. • Able to be kept at a certain level. • Change waste into reusable material. • The natural home of an animal or plant. • ...

Ecosystems 2022-10-11

Ecosystems crossword puzzle
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  1. an organism that only eats meat
  2. all the populations of organisms living together in an environment
  3. a model that shows how the food chains in an ecosystem are linked together
  4. all members of a single species in an area at a given time
  5. a single organism in an environment
  6. an organism that eats meat and plants
  7. are the nonliving things in an environment (water, soil, rocks, air, light)
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  1. an organism that must eat to get energy
  2. all living and nonliving things together in an environment
  3. shows the amount of energy available to pass from one level of a food chain to the next
  4. the living things in an environment (plants, animals, fungi, bacteria)
  5. an organism that breaks down dead plants and animals
  6. an organism that only eats plants
  7. an organism that uses energy of the sunlight to makes its own food
  8. the path that energy and nutrients follow in an ecosystem

15 Clues: an organism that only eats meat • an organism that only eats plants • a single organism in an environment • an organism that eats meat and plants • an organism that must eat to get energy • an organism that breaks down dead plants and animals • the path that energy and nutrients follow in an ecosystem • all living and nonliving things together in an environment • ...

Chapter 5: Tropical Rainforest 2012-12-10

Chapter 5: Tropical Rainforest crossword puzzle
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  1. Plant that requires large amounts of moisture.
  2. Death of all members of a species.
  3. The red soil of the tropical rainforest.
  4. The animals living within a given area.
  5. The range of species of plants and animals on Earth; the variety of all living things.
  6. Living components of ecosystems, like plants.
  7. roots Trees in the tropical rainforest grow additional roots that are above ground level. These roots make the trees taller and given them added support.
  8. system A very small ecosystem such as a vegetable garden.
  9. system A large ecosystem such as the rainforest.
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  1. The plants living within a given area.
  2. Threatened with immediate elimination or extinction.
  3. A major terrestrial ecosystem with characteristic plant and animal species maintained under particular climatic conditions.
  4. An ecological system in which plants and animals are linked to their environment.
  5. Non-living components of ecosystems, like rocks.
  6. The planetary ecosystem.

15 Clues: The planetary ecosystem. • Death of all members of a species. • The plants living within a given area. • The animals living within a given area. • The red soil of the tropical rainforest. • Living components of ecosystems, like plants. • Plant that requires large amounts of moisture. • Non-living components of ecosystems, like rocks. • ...

BIOLOGY 2013-05-27

BIOLOGY crossword puzzle
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  1. Organelle that specializes in photosynthesis in plants and many protists.
  2. reaction The energy of light gets converted to the chemical bond energy of ATP.
  3. Most common photosynthetic pigment in plants, photosynthetic protists, and cyanobacteria.
  4. The electromagnetic energy of the ligh is organized in packets.
  5. Measure in nanometers.
  6. Transfer of electrons, protons from one reaction site to another.
  7. Process by which any molecule becomes broken down by light energy.
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  1. Absorbs, reflects and transmits.
  2. Plants chloroplasts have two outer membranes, and are filled with a semifluid matrix.
  3. Cycle Build sugars in the stroma of chloroplast.
  4. Organisms can harness the energy of light to build organic molecules from inorganic raw materials
  5. Orange died pigment in plants.
  6. independent reaction Runs on energy delicered by the ATP and NADPH formed in the first stage.
  7. synthase Provides energy from the cell to use through the synthesis of ATP.
  8. Chloroplast`s inner membrane system.

15 Clues: Measure in nanometers. • Orange died pigment in plants. • Absorbs, reflects and transmits. • Chloroplast`s inner membrane system. • Cycle Build sugars in the stroma of chloroplast. • The electromagnetic energy of the ligh is organized in packets. • Transfer of electrons, protons from one reaction site to another. • ...

Plant Vocabulary 2013-02-06

Plant Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. Sugar made by plants. C6H12O6
  2. Makes plants green.
  3. Surrounds the vascular bundle in a leaf. Made up of irregularly shaped cells.
  4. The tissue in a leaf that contains chlorophyll. (no space between words)
  5. Opens and closes with the help of guard cells to allow gas exchange.
  6. Connected things that form something complex. Example: The root system
  7. Transports sugars in a plant.
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  1. Made up of specialized cells. Example: Xylem
  2. Open and close the stomata to allow gas exchange.
  3. The process in which plants use carbon dioxide and water to produce oxygen and glucose.
  4. The outer layer of cells on a leaf, found on the upper and lower parts of the leaf.
  5. Part of a system. Example: Leaf.
  6. Waxy layer on a leaf covering epidermis.
  7. Similar to stomata, allows gas exchange to occur in plants.
  8. Transports water in a plant.

15 Clues: Makes plants green. • Transports water in a plant. • Sugar made by plants. C6H12O6 • Transports sugars in a plant. • Part of a system. Example: Leaf. • Waxy layer on a leaf covering epidermis. • Made up of specialized cells. Example: Xylem • Open and close the stomata to allow gas exchange. • Similar to stomata, allows gas exchange to occur in plants. • ...

Ecology Review 2016-01-28

Ecology Review crossword puzzle
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  1. a _______________ eats just plants
  2. an example of a __________ is a crow, It eats dead animals
  3. The ___________ is the main source of energy in an ecosystem
  4. an example of a _____________ is a mushroom, it recycles dead organisms and waste
  5. ____________ is a close relationship between species that benefits at least one of the species
  6. ________ is the arrows in a food chain or food web
  7. There are 3 types of ___________ on earth.
  8. ________ is a dark soil filled with lots of humas.
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  1. _____________ is done by plants and the plant needs water, sunlight, and carbon dioxide
  2. a _______________ eats just other animals
  3. another type of soil ________ is tightly packed and it drowns plants
  4. an ___________ eats both plants and other animals
  5. An _____________ is an area filled with both abiotic and biotic factors
  6. An _________ is one living thing
  7. the water _________ is a good example of how water is recycled

15 Clues: An _________ is one living thing • a _______________ eats just plants • a _______________ eats just other animals • There are 3 types of ___________ on earth. • an ___________ eats both plants and other animals • ________ is the arrows in a food chain or food web • ________ is a dark soil filled with lots of humas. • ...

Classifying Plants and Animals 2018-02-23

Classifying Plants and Animals crossword puzzle
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  1. / Plants reproduce in two ways; by making seeds or _____.
  2. a living thing
  3. cold-blooded animal, has lungs, lives on land
  4. an animal that does not have a backbone, most have an exoskeleton
  5. plants that do not have tubes to transport water and nutrients throughout the plant
  6. an animal that has a backbone, or internal skeleton
  7. warm-blooded animal, covered in feathers, most can fly
  8. / to sort or arrange things based on how they are alike
  9. warm-blooded animal, covered in hair or fur, have lungs, live on land
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  1. cold-blooded animal, has gills, born in and stays in water
  2. the rigid body covering of most invertebrates
  3. Scientists classify plants based on _____ and nutrient transportation.
  4. largest group of invertebrates
  5. cold-blooded animal, born with gills, grows lungs, lives in water and on land
  6. plants that have tubes to transport water and nutrients throughout the plant

15 Clues: a living thing • largest group of invertebrates • the rigid body covering of most invertebrates • cold-blooded animal, has lungs, lives on land • an animal that has a backbone, or internal skeleton • warm-blooded animal, covered in feathers, most can fly • / to sort or arrange things based on how they are alike • ...

Ecology 2022-01-13

Ecology crossword puzzle
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  1. Make own food using carbon dioxide, water and the sun to make sugars by photosynthesis
  2. Network of many food chains in an ecosystem
  3. All the members of a species living in the same place at the same time
  4. The area where organisms live
  5. Transfer of energy, in the form of food (energy) from plant to animal and then another animal
  6. The community and the physical factors that influence it
  7. All the populations of all
  8. species in an area
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  1. These animals like to eat plants and animals
  2. These animals like to eat plants
  3. These animals like to eat meat
  4. A living thing that can function on its own
  5. The study of interactions between living organisms and their environment
  6. Feed on waste material from animals and plants, and on their dead bodies
  7. Any animal that eats plants or other plant eating animals

15 Clues: species in an area • All the populations of all • The area where organisms live • These animals like to eat meat • These animals like to eat plants • Network of many food chains in an ecosystem • A living thing that can function on its own • These animals like to eat plants and animals • The community and the physical factors that influence it • ...

Science 2023-12-15

Science crossword puzzle
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  1. A vascular tissue in plants that deals with conducting sugars
  2. used to identify plant or animal species.
  3. when something has shared qualities or characteristics with another thing
  4. the process that plants use sunlight to synthesize foods from carbon dioxide and water.
  5. a result of electromagnetic radiation
  6. a simple sugar that's an important energy source in living organisms
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  1. A natural gas that is needed for survival for plants.
  2. The first hierarchical level of a food chain
  3. a living organism in an ecosystem
  4. the sum of potential energy and kinetic energy.
  5. A vascular tissue in plants
  6. A non-living organism in an ecosystem
  7. An Energy related to temperature and can only be absorbed.
  8. When the energy of chemical substances that is released when the substances undergo a chemical reaction and transform into other substances
  9. A green chemical inside of a plant that absorbs sunlight

15 Clues: A vascular tissue in plants • a living organism in an ecosystem • A non-living organism in an ecosystem • a result of electromagnetic radiation • used to identify plant or animal species. • The first hierarchical level of a food chain • the sum of potential energy and kinetic energy. • A natural gas that is needed for survival for plants. • ...

Life Science Review 2025-01-13

Life Science Review crossword puzzle
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  1. web A model showing all the possible feeding relationships in a community.
  2. The interaction between organisms in a close, long-term relationship.
  3. An organism that eats both plants and animals.
  4. Organisms that make their own food using sunlight.
  5. A relationship where both organisms benefit.
  6. An organism that eats only plants.
  7. A relationship where one organism benefits at the expense of another.
  8. The process plants use to convert sunlight into energy.
  9. consumer The type of consumer that eats secondary consumers.
  10. consumer The type of consumer that eats producers.
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  1. chain A series of steps in which organisms transfer energy by eating and being eaten.
  2. consumer The type of consumer that eats primary consumers.
  3. Organisms that eat plants, animals, or both.
  4. An organism that eats only meat.
  5. A relationship where one organism benefits while the other is neither helped nor harmed.
  6. A type of consumer that feeds on the remains of dead organisms.

16 Clues: An organism that eats only meat. • An organism that eats only plants. • Organisms that eat plants, animals, or both. • A relationship where both organisms benefit. • An organism that eats both plants and animals. • Organisms that make their own food using sunlight. • consumer The type of consumer that eats producers. • ...

. 2023-03-24

. crossword puzzle
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  1. the ability of plants to sense day length to activate periods of growth or dormancy
  2. the ability of plants to determine direction so that roots grow downward and stems grow upward
  3. movement of plants or growth towards the direction of sunlight
  4. a mass of stem cells at the tips of roots and stems that is the site of new plant growth
  5. the process that transport sugars throughout phloem in plants
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  1. a theory that explains the movement of water through xylem vessels in plants
  2. a lateral meristem that generates layers of cork
  3. a meristem that increases the diameter of stems and roots
  4. a lateral meristem between the xylem and phloem that produces woody growth in some plants
  5. bumps on the stems of plants that give rise to branches, buds, and leaves

10 Clues: a lateral meristem that generates layers of cork • a meristem that increases the diameter of stems and roots • the process that transport sugars throughout phloem in plants • movement of plants or growth towards the direction of sunlight • bumps on the stems of plants that give rise to branches, buds, and leaves • ...

nutrition in plants 2017-05-18

nutrition in plants crossword puzzle
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  1. leaves take in co2 from air through these tiny pores
  2. a mutually beneficial relationship between organisms for nutrition
  3. green structures in the cell of green leaves and young stems containing green structures
  4. animals and non green plants that depend directly or indirectly on green plants for nutrition are called
  5. the process of taking in food by organism and its utilization by the body
  6. the mode of nutrition in which green plants make food themselves
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  1. some non-green plants that live on other living organisms and derive food from them
  2. plants make food from co2 and water in the presence of sunlight by this process
  3. some non green plants live on dead and decaying plants and animals are called
  4. bacteria that can convert atmospheric nitrogen into water soluble compounds

10 Clues: leaves take in co2 from air through these tiny pores • the mode of nutrition in which green plants make food themselves • a mutually beneficial relationship between organisms for nutrition • the process of taking in food by organism and its utilization by the body • bacteria that can convert atmospheric nitrogen into water soluble compounds • ...

Photosynthesis Crossword Puzzle 2021-09-06

Photosynthesis Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. plant grows toward or away from pressure(a plants response to touch
  2. leaves/stems grow toward light
  3. stimuli: a stimulus that comes from outside an organism (light, temperature, precipitation)
  4. something that causes a response
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  1. stimuli: a stimulus that comes from inside an organism (wilting in plants)
  2. stems grow away from gravity, roots grow with gravity
  3. plants growth response toward or away from a stimulus
  4. geotropism: plants roots responding to gravity
  5. roots grow toward water
  6. pressure: water in the cytoplasm exerts a force on the cell wall, pushing outward, this pressure in the cells allows the plant to stand upright
  7. geotropism: plants stems and leaves responding to light

11 Clues: roots grow toward water • leaves/stems grow toward light • something that causes a response • geotropism: plants roots responding to gravity • stems grow away from gravity, roots grow with gravity • plants growth response toward or away from a stimulus • geotropism: plants stems and leaves responding to light • ...

Minerals 2024-11-21

Minerals crossword puzzle
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  1. red precious stone
  2. Midas favorite gold
  3. often used in sandpaper
  4. purple variety of quartz
  5. dioxide used by plants
  6. mercury-containing mineral
  7. dark mica
  8. Fools gold
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  1. A green precious stone
  2. main ingredient of drywall
  3. a common cave-forming mineral
  4. used in powders
  5. found on dinner tables
  6. light mica
  7. burnable rock
  8. an aluminum ore
  9. Given off by plants

17 Clues: dark mica • light mica • Fools gold • burnable rock • used in powders • an aluminum ore • red precious stone • Midas favorite gold • Given off by plants • A green precious stone • found on dinner tables • dioxide used by plants • often used in sandpaper • purple variety of quartz • main ingredient of drywall • mercury-containing mineral • a common cave-forming mineral

ecosystems 2025-04-11

ecosystems crossword puzzle
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  1. the process by which cells convert glucose and oxygen into energy
  2. living
  3. an expert in or student of ecology.
  4. a small arthropod animal that has six legs and generally one or two pairs of wings.
  5. a colorles, odorless reactive gas the chemical element of atomic number 8 and the life-supporting component of the air
  6. a scenic or historically important area of countryside protected by the federal government for the enjoyment of the general public or the preservation of wildlife.
  7. living things, like trees, flowers, and grass, that grow from seeds and use sunlight to make their own food, any nutritious substance that people or animals eat or drink or that plants absorb in order to maintain life and growth.
  8. a living organism that feeds on organic matter
  9. the earth considered as the source of all its living beings and inanimate things.
  10. non living
  11. important substances you get from food that help your body survive and grow.
  12. an animal that feeds on carrion dead plant material
  13. an animal that feeds on other animals
  14. interactions and relationships between living and non living things
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  1. a colorless, odorless gas produced by burning carbon and organic compounds and by respiration. It is naturally present in air (about 0.03 percent) and is absorbed by plants in photosynthesis.
  2. a hierarchical series of organisms each dependent on the next as a source of food.
  3. a group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals capable of exchanging genes or interbreeding
  4. a colorless transparent odorless liquid that forms the seas lakes rivers and rain and is the basis of the fluids of living organisms.
  5. warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrate distinguished by the possession of feathers wings and a beak and by being able to fly.
  6. a human being, especially a person as distinguished from an animal or (in science fiction) an alien. soil, the loose upper layer of the Earth's surface where plants grow
  7. the natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism
  8. any nutritious substance that people or animals eat or drink or that plants absorb in order to maintain life and growth
  9. a green pigment present in all green plants and in cyanobacteria responsible for the absorption of light to provide energy for photosynthesis.
  10. the capacity to do work or the ability to cause change
  11. objects or entities that lack the characteristics of life meaning they don't grow reproduce or require energy to survive.
  12. an animal that feeds on plants.
  13. the process by which green plants and some other organisms use sunlight to synthesize foods from carbon dioxide and water.
  14. anything that has all the characteristics of life, such as reproduction, growth, and nutrition
  15. an organism especially a soil bacterium fungus or invertebrate that decomposes organic material.
  16. an animal or person that eats food of both plant and animal origin.

30 Clues: living • non living • an animal that feeds on plants. • an expert in or student of ecology. • an animal that feeds on other animals • a living organism that feeds on organic matter • an animal that feeds on carrion dead plant material • the capacity to do work or the ability to cause change • the process by which cells convert glucose and oxygen into energy • ...

Organization of Life 2023-01-08

Organization of Life crossword puzzle
Across
  1. It is one of the organic substances secreted by nettles to defend against external stimuli.
  2. Flexural growth to the response of contact stimuli found in hanging plant organs such as stems and vine hands.
  3. It is a species of wild tobacco.
  4. The Secret Underground World of Plants as Scientists Call it.
  5. It is a herb in the water parsley family and is also used as a spice.
  6. Any way in which plants acquire and utilizes energy sources and nutrients
  7. It is a very small needle-shaped crystal found mainly in spinach, kiwi, pineapple, fuchsia, and rhubarb.
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  1. It protects the surface of the leaves by adjusting their thickness and protects them from insects and microbes.
  2. the nature of a plant to move in response to external stimuli.
  3. Demonstrates the ability of wild plants to recognize relatives and potentially help relatives by reducing competitive behavior.
  4. A means or way for animals to hide themselves from predators.
  5. a plant designed in a strategic way to prevent it from being eaten by animals.
  6. it can be connected to several plants to create a spider web. These networks allow plants to exchange sugar, nutrients, and water.
  7. it is a rigid web of compounds that difficult to chew because of its diverse structure, and highly impermeable to pathogens.(For example, the bark covering tree trunks is full of this)
  8. To deal with smaller pests, the leaves of some plants have a sharp hairy structure.

15 Clues: It is a species of wild tobacco. • A means or way for animals to hide themselves from predators. • The Secret Underground World of Plants as Scientists Call it. • the nature of a plant to move in response to external stimuli. • It is a herb in the water parsley family and is also used as a spice. • ...

Organization of Life 2023-01-08

Organization of Life crossword puzzle
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  1. A means or way for animals to hide themselves from predators.
  2. Flexural growth to the response of contact stimuli found in hanging plant organs such as stems and vine hands.
  3. The Secret Underground World of Plants as Scientists Call it.
  4. Demonstrates the ability of wild plants to recognize relatives and potentially help relatives by reducing competitive behavior.
  5. It protects the surface of the leaves by adjusting their thickness and protects them from insects and microbes.
  6. a plant designed in a strategic way to prevent it from being eaten by animals.
  7. It is one of the organic substances secreted by nettles to defend against external stimuli.
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  1. the nature of a plant to move in response to external stimuli.
  2. It is a species of wild tobacco.
  3. It is a very small needle-shaped crystal found mainly in spinach, kiwi, pineapple, fuchsia, and rhubarb.
  4. It is a herb in the water parsley family and is also used as a spice.
  5. Any way in which plants acquire and utilizes energy sources and nutrients
  6. To deal with smaller pests, the leaves of some plants have a sharp hairy structure.
  7. it can be connected to several plants to create a spider web. These networks allow plants to exchange sugar, nutrients, and water.
  8. it is a rigid web of compounds that difficult to chew because of its diverse structure, and highly impermeable to pathogens.(For example, the bark covering tree trunks is full of this)

15 Clues: It is a species of wild tobacco. • A means or way for animals to hide themselves from predators. • The Secret Underground World of Plants as Scientists Call it. • the nature of a plant to move in response to external stimuli. • It is a herb in the water parsley family and is also used as a spice. • ...

Carb Vocabulary 2018-09-21

Carb Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. one and two unit structures that are chemically simple, sugars are
  2. plant materials that are eaten but can't be digested by human enzymes
  3. a green pigment in plants
  4. sugars extracted from plants and used to sweeten foods
  5. substances used in place of sugar to sweeten foods yet add few or no calories
  6. a combination of single glucose units into more complicated chemical structures
  7. complicated chemical arrangements that plants form by combining singe glucose units to build starches
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  1. single unit sugars
  2. carbohydrates with complicated structures
  3. simple carbohydrates chemically formed from plants; made of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen
  4. when two monosaccharides combine chemically
  5. main source of energy
  6. the chemical process that makes carbohydrates

13 Clues: single unit sugars • main source of energy • a green pigment in plants • carbohydrates with complicated structures • when two monosaccharides combine chemically • the chemical process that makes carbohydrates • sugars extracted from plants and used to sweeten foods • one and two unit structures that are chemically simple, sugars are • ...

carbohydrates 2018-09-21

carbohydrates crossword puzzle
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  1. the green pigment
  2. formed when plants combine single glucose unit into more complicated chemical structures
  3. nutrient that is a person's main source of energy
  4. carbohydrates with complicated structures
  5. substance used in place of sugar to sweeten foods yet add few or no calories
  6. sugars extracted from plants and used to sweeten food
  7. simple carbohydrates chemically formed from plants
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  1. sugars formed from from simple one- and two- unit structure
  2. complicated chemical arrangements that plants form by combining single glucose units to build starches
  3. the chemical process that makes carbohydrates
  4. plant materials that are eaten but can't be digested by human enzymes
  5. formed when two monosaccharides combine chemically
  6. sugars with single-unit chemical structures

13 Clues: the green pigment • carbohydrates with complicated structures • sugars with single-unit chemical structures • the chemical process that makes carbohydrates • nutrient that is a person's main source of energy • formed when two monosaccharides combine chemically • simple carbohydrates chemically formed from plants • sugars extracted from plants and used to sweeten food • ...

heath Barton 2023-03-31

heath Barton crossword puzzle
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  1. makes its own food
  2. many overlapping food chains on an ecosystem
  3. break down dead organisms
  4. feeds of of dead organisms
  5. the transformation of energy
  6. eat both plants and animals
  7. only eats plants
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  1. sours of all food
  2. the community of organisms
  3. only eat plants
  4. a series of events in which one organisms eat another
  5. classifies by what they eat

12 Clues: only eat plants • only eats plants • sours of all food • makes its own food • break down dead organisms • the community of organisms • feeds of of dead organisms • classifies by what they eat • eat both plants and animals • the transformation of energy • many overlapping food chains on an ecosystem • a series of events in which one organisms eat another

how nutrients are replenished in soil 2024-10-05

how nutrients are replenished in soil crossword puzzle
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  1. makes up 78% of the atmosphere
  2. animals that depend on plants
  3. a plot of ground with greenery
  4. development
  5. a part of nature which helps in the growth of plants
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  1. a living thing that grows
  2. substance naturally formed in the earth
  3. manure/ compost/ plant food
  4. a mineral
  5. the substance which provides energy
  6. any living thing
  7. having good health

12 Clues: a mineral • development • any living thing • having good health • a living thing that grows • manure/ compost/ plant food • animals that depend on plants • makes up 78% of the atmosphere • a plot of ground with greenery • the substance which provides energy • substance naturally formed in the earth • a part of nature which helps in the growth of plants

nutrition in plants 2017-05-20

nutrition in plants crossword puzzle
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  1. a bacteria containing in roots of plants
  2. a process in which an organism makes its own food
  3. plants which obtain nutrition from dead and decaying matter
  4. plants that eat insects
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  1. a process in which plants make their food
  2. plants which depends on an other plant
  3. tiny pores in leaves are called
  4. plants which share food and other resources
  5. a process of talking in food by an organism

9 Clues: plants that eat insects • tiny pores in leaves are called • plants which depends on an other plant • a bacteria containing in roots of plants • a process in which plants make their food • plants which share food and other resources • a process of talking in food by an organism • a process in which an organism makes its own food • ...

The Pollinator Crossword 2022-06-08

The Pollinator Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. Growing native plants to encourage insect visitors is one type of this yard based activity
  2. This pollinator often has a furry body and is usually nocturnal, though some species fly during the day!
  3. Utah has more species of this efficient pollinator than any other state
  4. Naturally occurring in a certain area
  5. Some bees, ants, and wasps are _________ insects, meaning multiple generations live together, participate in teamwork, and have distinct divisions of labor
  6. Bees are covered with fuzzy ________ that grab pollen from the flower's anthers
  7. Sweet tasting liquid made by plants to encourage insect visitors
  8. A sunny color loved by flies
  9. A tisket a tasket! Bees use this to carry pollen to their hives or nests
  10. The vast majority of bees don’t live in a hive with others, instead they live a ________ life
  11. These flying mammals are also great pollinators
  12. The act of transferring pollen from flower to flower to help plants grow fruits and seeds
  13. Many animals spread this from flower to flower to help plants reproduce,
  14. Some may think this insect can be annoying, but many species help to pollinate plants, too!
  15. Some of these flower features have markings that only insects can see, leading them to the sweet nectar inside
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  1. The body parts used for flying
  2. A color favored by bees and certain musical artists
  3. This type of pollinator has a pair of hardened forewings, like a shell, that protect the flying hindwings underneath
  4. Some flowers have this thin, round, hollow shape so that only pollinators with long mouthparts, like hummingbirds, can access the nectar inside
  5. Some insects use certain flower petals as a ___________ ____________, just like a helicopter!
  6. A straw-like mouth part that butterflies and moths sip nectar through
  7. You can observe pollinators near your home in a _____________ ________________
  8. We rely on pollinators to pollinate a farmer's _____________ to create food for us to eat
  9. Sweet like sugar, not all species of bees make this tea additive
  10. Bee look-alike, but with only two wings and without a stinger!
  11. Insects have these on their heads to help them sense their surroundings
  12. Some insects rely on only one or two types of plants for them and/or their offspring to eat These plants are known as ____________ ______________
  13. A plant's reproductive parts are found here
  14. A colorful flying insect
  15. A bee's similar appearing cousin, but much less hairy

30 Clues: A colorful flying insect • A sunny color loved by flies • The body parts used for flying • Naturally occurring in a certain area • A plant's reproductive parts are found here • These flying mammals are also great pollinators • A color favored by bees and certain musical artists • A bee's similar appearing cousin, but much less hairy • ...

Chapter 18! 2013-12-04

Chapter 18! crossword puzzle
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  1. meristems are found at the tips of roots and shoots.
  2. endosperm cells are 3n, so they are ______ cells.
  3. plants decieve animals by resembling a female insect to achieve pollination
  4. with burrs or with tough coats that need to be digested prior to germination rely on these to disperse them.
  5. chamber containing the ovules
  6. reproductive structure in flowering plants
  7. structures in angiosperms that attract pollenators.
  8. of the two cells in a pollen grain will form a pollen ______.
  9. non-seed plants produce ______ instead of seeds.
  10. and animal aid are means of _______
  11. kind of growth occurs in the lateral meristem and responsible for the production of wood
  12. can continue to grow until resources become limited. They exhibit ____ growth.
  13. meristem cells are found around the circumfrence of the shoot.
  14. of the egg cell produces this diploid cell that will divide and form the embryo
  15. that damage the bark around the circumfrence of a tree. Can be life threatening because the living cells in a tree are found beneath the bark
  16. grains contain two _____ cells
  17. plants offer animals nector to transfer pollen grains between individuals to achieve pollination
  18. tissue surrounds developing embryo and forms a hard casing making a ____ coat.
  19. of pollen grain production
  20. can be made up of large amounts of _____ tissue.
  21. fusing with a sperm cell, the central cell of the egg sac form the ______
  22. _____ fertilization one sperm fertilizes the egg cell and the other fuses with the central cell of the embryo sac
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  1. structure of wood.
  2. spores in angiosperms and gymnosperms form ______.
  3. landing site for pollen
  4. that supports the anther
  5. have several methods, such as staggered maturation, to prevent this (two words, hyphenated)
  6. multi-step process by which a seed sends out roots and shoots when it senses the right conditions for life.
  7. stalk of the stigma
  8. reproductive structure in a flower
  9. the age of a tree (two words, no spaces)
  10. from the ovary wall
  11. pollen grains produce _____ sperm cells.
  12. singed, dust-like, and explosive seeds rely on this to aid in dispersal.
  13. within floating fruits rely on this for dispersal.

35 Clues: structure of wood. • stalk of the stigma • from the ovary wall • landing site for pollen • that supports the anther • of pollen grain production • chamber containing the ovules • grains contain two _____ cells • reproductive structure in a flower • and animal aid are means of _______ • the age of a tree (two words, no spaces) • pollen grains produce _____ sperm cells. • ...

Choice Board 2021-05-03

Choice Board crossword puzzle
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  1. I don't get much recognition for my work in the food chain but I still give nutrients for plants
  2. I'm the prosses of how plants make their own food
  3. I can be a solid liquid or gas, without me you'd only live for about 3-5 days
  4. I'm at the top of the food chain but I can be in the middle sometimes too, I eat rather plants or other animals, what am I ?
  5. you could say I'm the other have of a human, I only eat meat
  6. what do you call sugar for plants ?
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  1. I can be oxygen or glucose
  2. energy
  3. You can basically describe me as human
  4. energy I'm like a butterfly. I was one thing first then transformed into something else
  5. dioxide I make up most of earth's atmosphere, but to much of be can be dangerous
  6. I'm usually at the bottom of the food chain, I give energy to animals, but I'm not one myself.
  7. without me you'd die in a few minuets
  8. I'm a star in the sky but I don't grant you wishes
  9. you could say I'm half human, I only eat plants

15 Clues: energy • I can be oxygen or glucose • what do you call sugar for plants ? • without me you'd die in a few minuets • You can basically describe me as human • you could say I'm half human, I only eat plants • I'm the prosses of how plants make their own food • I'm a star in the sky but I don't grant you wishes • you could say I'm the other have of a human, I only eat meat • ...

ryans crossword 2019-11-21

ryans crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. enclosure in which spores are formed.
  2. multicellular structure or organ of the gametophyte phase of certain plants producing and containing the ovum or female gamete
  3. group of plant species that reproduce via spores rather than flowers or seeds
  4. organ or cell in which gametes are produced that is found in many multicellular protists, algae, fungi, and the gametophytes of plants.
  5. slender sterile often septate filaments of many cryptogamic plants (as fungi) that are borne among the spore- or gamete-forming organs, are single or branched, and are composed of one or more cells.
  6. plural sori, in botany, brownish or yellowish cluster of spore-producing structures (sporangia) usually located on the lower surface of fern leaves
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  1. a single cell, or a mass of cells, or a modified bud of tissue, that detaches from the parent and develops into a new individual
  2. liverworts (creeping ribbonlike plants) in the order Marchantiales, commonly found on moist clay or silty soils, especially on recently burned land throughout the Northern Hemisphere
  3. haploid structure or organ producing and containing male gametes (called antherozoids or sperm
  4. A covering flap or lidlike structure in plants and animals, such as a gill cover.
  5. of Generations Alternation of generations is the type of life cycle that occurs in those plants and algae in the Archaeplastida and the Heterokontophyta that have distinct haploid sexual and diploid asexual stages
  6. cells bulk of a thing, but in plants specifically, parenchyma cells are thin-walled cells that make up the inside of many non-woody plant structures including stems, roots, and leaves.
  7. a plant body that is not differentiated into stem and leaves and lacks true roots and a vascular system. Thalli are typical of algae, fungi, lichens, and some liverworts.
  8. structure in plants and fungi that functions like a root in support or absorption

14 Clues: enclosure in which spores are formed. • group of plant species that reproduce via spores rather than flowers or seeds • A covering flap or lidlike structure in plants and animals, such as a gill cover. • structure in plants and fungi that functions like a root in support or absorption • ...

Ecology 2023-10-12

Ecology crossword puzzle
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  1. Gets hunted
  2. Living beings
  3. Animals and plants living in harmony
  4. Links of metal
  5. Hunts animals
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  1. Spiders make them
  2. Grow it yourself!
  3. Eats plants
  4. Eats everything
  5. Very cold place

10 Clues: Gets hunted • Eats plants • Living beings • Hunts animals • Links of metal • Eats everything • Very cold place • Spiders make them • Grow it yourself! • Animals and plants living in harmony

ecosystem crossword 2020-05-19

ecosystem crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. An example of a predator.
  2. All the organisms of the same kind that live together in a given way.
  3. parts of an ecosystem: ________ parts of an ecosystem are rock,soil,sand,sunlight,and water.
  4. A living thing that cannot make its own food and must eat other living things.
  5. Is a necessary part of the food chain because it allows all parts of the food chain to use power to work.
  6. Ecosystem: All the parts of the ecosystem that come together to help each other thrive.
  7. The word for leftover food in the food chain
  8. A kind of decomposer that you sometimes eat.
  9. Organisms that make their own food.
  10. Web: The natural interconnection of food chains
  11. A dry, often sandy area, where hardly any plants grow because there is so little rain.
  12. An organism that breaks down dead plants and animals.
  13. The role that a plant or animal plays in its habitat.
  14. The most important source of energy in an ecosystem.
  15. _______get their energy from eating meat or other animals.f
  16. An area of land that mostly contains grassland has little rain.
  17. An animal or other organism that hunts and kills other organisms primarily for food.
  18. Chain: The order in which organisms, or living things, depend on each other for food.
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  1. forest: An area with tall trees, warm climates, and a lot of rain.
  2. parts of an ecosystem:______ parts of an ecosystem grow, change, produce waste, reproduce, and die. Some examples are plants, animals, fungi, and bacteria.
  3. __________get their energy by eating plants and other animals.
  4. A community of organisms and the environment in which they live.
  5. All of the living and nonliving things that surround and affect an organism.
  6. The process in which green plants use sunlight to make their own food.
  7. An animal that is hunted and killed by a predator for food.
  8. get their energy by eating plants.
  9. A large, barren region with no trees.
  10. The specific place where an organism lives and can find everything it needs to survive.
  11. Ecosystem: When something disturbs nature’s normal workings.
  12. The living things inside of an ecosystem.

30 Clues: An example of a predator. • get their energy by eating plants. • Organisms that make their own food. • A large, barren region with no trees. • The living things inside of an ecosystem. • The word for leftover food in the food chain • A kind of decomposer that you sometimes eat. • Web: The natural interconnection of food chains • ...

SMHS Horticulture Vocabulary 1 2020-09-04

SMHS Horticulture Vocabulary 1 crossword puzzle
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  1. The edible part of an herbaceous plant.
  2. Any leafy plant material, usually clover, fine-stemmed grasses and sedges, alfalfa, and other legumes,
  3. Cultivation of woody plants, particularly those used for decoration and shade.
  4. of vegetables, fruits, flowers, and ornamental shrubs and trees.
  5. To cut, reap, pick, or gather any crop or product of value, as grain, fruit, or vegetables.
  6. Any group or association of plants; the sum of vegetable life; plants in general.
  7. The specialization of agriculture concerned with the theory and practice of field–crop production and soil management. The scientific management of land.
  8. Broadly defined as solid, liquid, or gas fuel derived from recently dead biological material.
  9. The embryo of a plant; also kernels of corn, wheat, etc., which botanically are seed like fruits as they include the ovary wall.
  10. – The cultivation of plants for their flowers.
  11. – Botanically, the matured ovary of a flower and its contents including any external part that is an integral portion of it.
  12. The cultivation of plants for their flowers.
  13. Any place where plants, shrubs, and trees are grown either for transplanting or as grafting stocks
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  1. The forming, sorting, apportioning, grouping, or dividing of objects into classes to form an ordered arrangement of items having a defined range of characteristics.
  2. Botanically, the matured ovary of a flower and its contents including any external part that is an integral portion of it.
  3. The science of agriculture that relates to the cultivation of gardens or orchards, including the
  4. To beautify terrain as with plantings of trees, shrubs, and flowering herbs; with ornamental
  5. – (1)The seed of the cereal crops. (2) Commercially, or as listed on boards of trade, buckwheat, soybeans, and flaxseed, in addition to the cereals.
  6. A family of plants, including many valuable food and forage species, such as peas, beans, soybeans, peanuts, clovers, alfalfas, sweet clovers, lespedezas, vetches, and kudzu. With the aid of symbiotic bacteria, they can convert nitrogen from the air to build up nitrogen in the soil.
  7. has been cut and dried principally for livestock feeding.
  8. The sciences, arts, and business practices of crating, conserving, and managing natural resources on lands designated as forests.
  9. An element or compound in a soil that is essential for the growth of a plant.
  10. such as terraces, rock gardens, bog gardens, pools, walks, and drives.

23 Clues: The edible part of an herbaceous plant. • The cultivation of plants for their flowers. • – The cultivation of plants for their flowers. • has been cut and dried principally for livestock feeding. • of vegetables, fruits, flowers, and ornamental shrubs and trees. • such as terraces, rock gardens, bog gardens, pools, walks, and drives. • ...

Chapter 7 vocabulary 2021-11-08

Chapter 7 vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. Plants that open their stomata only at night when it is colder to avoid photorespiration.
  2. Enzyme that bonds carbon dioxide molecules into 3-carbon chains
  3. Clear fluid inside chloroplast
  4. Chemical that shuttles electrons in the electron transport chain
  5. The process whereby plants, algae, and some bacteria form simple sugars from carbon dioxide and water in the presence of light and chlorophyll
  6. Green pigment in plants and algae
  7. Opening on the underside of plant leaves
  8. The anaerobic breakdown of sugars to pyruvate and then to either lactic acid or carbon dioxide and alcohol
  9. Pigmented sack found inside a chloroplast
  10. A series of compounds that transfer electrons from electron donor substances to electron acceptors. These chains are an important part in both photosynthesis and cellular respiration
  11. Plants that use the Calvin cycle to produce three-Carbon precursor of glucose (known as G3P)
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  1. 3-Carbon precursor to glucose made during photosynthesis
  2. The process by which cells break down glucose or other nutrients to produce usable energy
  3. Enzyme in the thylakoid membrane that shuttles hydrogen ions into the stroma to store energy
  4. Describes any chemical process that does NOT require Oxygen
  5. are plants which cycle carbon dioxide to 4-carbon sugar compounds in order to enter the C3 or the Calvin cycle. These plants are very productive in climatic conditions that are hot and dry and produce a lot of energy.
  6. The second phase of the aerobic cellular respiration in which pyruvate reacts with enzymes to produce CoA, Carbon Dioxide, Hydrogen ions, ATP, and electrons; also called Kerbs cycle
  7. 6-Carbon sugar that is a product of photosynthesis
  8. microscopic openings or pores on the underside of leaves which allows movement of gases in and out of the plant
  9. the end product of glycolysis, which is converted into acetyl coA that enters the Krebs cycle when there is sufficient oxygen available.
  10. Describes any chemical process that requires Oxygen
  11. The first phase of cellular reproduction, in which glucose is broken down into pyruvate
  12. Stack of thylakoids

23 Clues: Stack of thylakoids • Clear fluid inside chloroplast • Green pigment in plants and algae • Opening on the underside of plant leaves • Pigmented sack found inside a chloroplast • 6-Carbon sugar that is a product of photosynthesis • Describes any chemical process that requires Oxygen • 3-Carbon precursor to glucose made during photosynthesis • ...

Crossword Puzzle of Plant Physiology Concepts 2021-12-19

Crossword Puzzle of Plant Physiology Concepts crossword puzzle
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  1. capacity to bind strongly with itself.
  2. it gives shape and structure to the cell and to the whole plant as well.
  3. are the active proteins that can catalyze
  4. a plastid containing the green pigment called the chlorophyll.
  5. the food and manufacturing process in green plants that combines carbon dioxide and water in the presence of light to make sugar and oxygen.
  6. the site of respiration.
  7. a result of physiological processes of the plant.
  8. a process of irreversible increase by cell division and enlargement, including synthesis of new cellular material and organization of sub-cellular organelles.
  9. contains a gram equivalent weight of a substance in a liter of solution.
  10. the process by which plants lose water from leaves and stems through evaporation.
  11. the study of plant function, encompassing the dynamic processes of growth, metabolism, and reproduction in living plants.
  12. the moles of solute divided by the kilograms of solvent.
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  1. controls the activities of the cell; the presence of the DNA in the nucleus explains why it is this part of the cell that controls cellular activities.
  2. meaning storeroom or chamber.
  3. process of qualitative change in plants over time. It is phasic in nature (vegetative and reproductive) which is controlled by various environmental and genetic factors.
  4. the living part of the cell where organelles are embedded.
  5. When two solutions of different concentrations are separated by a selectively permeable membrane, diffusion of water or solvent molecules takes place from the solution of lower solute concentration to the solution of higher solute concentration.
  6. the process through which plant leaves, stems and roots consume oxygen and give off carbon dioxide.
  7. is a site in the plant body where new cells form and the complex processes of growth and differentiation are initiated.
  8. reactions.
  9. defined as a community of plants dominated by trees.
  10. is the production of new individual plants or offspring by sexual or asexual means.
  11. the site of protein synthesis.
  12. capacity to bind strongly with other molecules containing oxygen such as glass and cell walls.

24 Clues: reactions. • the site of respiration. • meaning storeroom or chamber. • the site of protein synthesis. • capacity to bind strongly with itself. • are the active proteins that can catalyze • a result of physiological processes of the plant. • defined as a community of plants dominated by trees. • the moles of solute divided by the kilograms of solvent. • ...

Plant Physiology Crossword Lab Puzzle 2016-10-24

Plant Physiology Crossword Lab Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. Process of cell division that results in four haploid daughter cells
  2. The smaller spore that later develops into the male gametophyte
  3. Haploid multicellular generation found in plants that developed from a haploid spore
  4. A protein that binds to a specific DNA sequence and controls the rate of transcription from DNA to mRNA
  5. Group of cells that gives rise to leaves
  6. The part of the seed that later develops into a plant
  7. A protein complex that breaks down proteins tagged by ubiquitin
  8. The first leaves that can be observed from a germinating seed
  9. A slender talk that attaches the lead blade to the stem
  10. The larger meiospore made in plants and ultimately develops into a female gametophyte
  11. One of many plant hormones that regulates growth and causes growth of shoots
  12. Diploid multicellular generation found in plants that produces haploid spores
  13. The outer layer of cells in an apical meristem
  14. Growth in presence of light short and green
  15. A stem found below the cotyledons and above the root
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  1. Process in cell division in which the nucleus divides and makes two identical daughter cells
  2. Plant hormones that regulate the growth of plants
  3. A single chain polypeptide able to degrade proteins
  4. The development of a seedling in the presence of light
  5. Part of a seed that stores food such as proteins starch and nutrients for the embryo
  6. The developed upper cells in a zygote
  7. The development of a seedling in the dark
  8. A group of hormones that induce stem elongation germination and flowering
  9. The response and orientation of a plant in response to light
  10. Found in the growing tips of roots and shoots in plants that consists of actively dividing cells
  11. A group of cells that is made along with the embryo and through elongation carries the embryo towards its food source
  12. Growth in partial or complete absence of light long and pale
  13. Substance that is toxic to plants and is usually used to destroy vegetation
  14. Inhibits seed germination seed growth and other gibberllin dependent pathways
  15. The developed lower cells in a zygote

30 Clues: The developed upper cells in a zygote • The developed lower cells in a zygote • Group of cells that gives rise to leaves • The development of a seedling in the dark • Growth in presence of light short and green • The outer layer of cells in an apical meristem • Plant hormones that regulate the growth of plants • A single chain polypeptide able to degrade proteins • ...

Ecosystems 2023-10-25

Ecosystems crossword puzzle
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  1. a cold, treeless biome of the far north
  2. a small body of freshwater
  3. describes soil or land that is rich in the nutrients needed to sustain the growth of healthy plants
  4. the area in which an organism live
  5. all the populations living in an area
  6. a tropical forest with heavy rain and tall trees that prevent much sunlight reaching the ground
  7. any animal that eats plants or eats other plant-eating animals
  8. The nonliving parts of an ecosystem.
  9. energy source
  10. a living thing that is hunted for food
  11. organisms that float on the water in aquatic ecosystems
  12. A large body of salt water. The deeper the water the less light and more pressure
  13. a sandy or rocky biome, with little precipitation and little plant life
  14. an animal that eats only plants
  15. a biome where grasses and small shrubs are the main plant life. Prairie and Savannas
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  1. all the organisms of one species that live in an area at the same time
  2. an animal that eats both plants and animals
  3. living in water
  4. the average weather pattern of a region
  5. any of the fungi or bacteria that break down dead plants and animals into nutrients for the soil
  6. A large, somewhat deep freshwater aquatic ecosystem
  7. all of the living parts of an ecosystem.
  8. forest a biome with many kinds of trees that have all 4 seasons (WE LIVE HERE)
  9. an animal that eats other animals
  10. the overlapping food chains in an ecosystem
  11. living or growing on land
  12. the path of the energy from one organism to another
  13. the role an organism has in its ecosystem
  14. a living thing that hunts other living things for food
  15. the food-making process in green plants that uses sunlight
  16. all the living and nonliving things in an environment, including their interactions with each other
  17. the wide lower course of a river where the tide flows in, causing fresh and salt water to mix

32 Clues: energy source • living in water • living or growing on land • a small body of freshwater • an animal that eats only plants • an animal that eats other animals • the area in which an organism live • The nonliving parts of an ecosystem. • all the populations living in an area • a living thing that is hunted for food • a cold, treeless biome of the far north • ...

Plant Physiology 2024-10-12

Plant Physiology crossword puzzle
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  1. Cell structure where photosynthesis takes place.
  2. Type of protein that transports ions across plant cell membranes.
  3. Microscopic openings in the root epidermis that allow for gas exchange.
  4. Tissue responsible for transporting sugars from leaves to other parts of the plant.
  5. Type of photosynthetic plant adapted to high-light, low-water conditions, like maize.
  6. Proteins that facilitate the movement of water across membranes.
  7. Gas exchange openings on leaves.
  8. Pathway of carbon fixation used by plants in hot, dry environments.
  9. Mineral essential for the formation of ATP, DNA, and cell membranes.
  10. Deficiency symptom includes interveinal chlorosis in older leaves.
  11. Process of splitting water molecules during the light reactions of photosynthesis.
  12. Complex of proteins and pigments in chloroplasts that capture light energy during photosynthesis.
  13. Essential nutrient for chlorophyll synthesis, often deficient in yellowing leaves.
  14. Process describing the loss of water vapor through plant leaves.
  15. Tissue responsible for transporting water and nutrients from roots to other parts of the plant.
  16. Microscopic channels allowing transport and communication between plant cells.
  17. Type of cell division responsible for plant growth and repair.
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  1. Enzyme involved in carbon fixation in C4 and CAM plants, capturing CO2 to form a four-carbon compound.
  2. Process of moving water across semipermeable membrane
  3. Enzyme involved in carbon fixation during the Calvin cycle in C3 plants.
  4. Gas used by plants during photosynthesis to produce sugars.
  5. Movement of water through plants, from roots to leaves, and into the atmosphere.
  6. Mutually beneficial relationship between plant roots and fungi for nutrient uptake.
  7. Macronutrient responsible for enzyme activation, protein synthesis, and metabolism.
  8. Main sugar produced during photosynthesis, used as energy.
  9. Carbon fixation process where oxygen competes with CO2, reducing photosynthesis efficiency.
  10. Network of vessels and tissues that forms the plant's circulatory system.
  11. Process plants use to convert sunlight into energy.
  12. Type of ion actively transported into roots for nutrient uptake.
  13. Site of carbon fixation in the C4 pathway, where initial CO2 capture happens.

30 Clues: Gas exchange openings on leaves. • Cell structure where photosynthesis takes place. • Process plants use to convert sunlight into energy. • Process of moving water across semipermeable membrane • Main sugar produced during photosynthesis, used as energy. • Gas used by plants during photosynthesis to produce sugars. • ...

Biogeochemical Nutrient Cycle Crossword Puzzle 2022-11-16

Biogeochemical Nutrient Cycle Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. Phosphorus is often found in high amounts here in the water.
  2. Like bacteria under ground, this natural phenomena can also fix nitrogen.
  3. Carbon from million year old forests is mined from deep in the earth in this form.
  4. A nutrient that is found in rocks and sediment and is needed to make cell membranes, energy, and nucleic acids.
  5. The ocean absorbs carbon dioxide from the ___________.
  6. A microorganism that is able to "fix" nitrogen.
  7. A ____________ nutrient is one that moves scarcely or cycle slowly through an ecosystem.
  8. The process in which cooler temperatures allow clouds to let go of condensed water vapor.
  9. Where the energy that powers the water cycle is sourced.
  10. A nutrient that plants need found in the atmosphere in a form not usable.
  11. A type of crop that can keep farms from allowing runoff during big rains or snows.
  12. These nitrogen compounds can dissolve in water vapor in the atmosphere and fall to the ground in rain.
  13. What bacteria do to nitrogen gas (N2) to make it accessible to plants as a nutrient.
  14. This is a way to describe all the carbon that is put forth into the atmosphere by an individual, group, or country.
  15. A part of the water cycle when condensation occurs.
  16. The process of water vapor changing into liquid water.
Down
  1. When bodies of water are depleted of oxygen.
  2. This bean bearing plant has a symbiotic relationship with bacteria.
  3. A form of nitrogen that plants can use as a nutrient.
  4. How plants convert sunlight to sugar.
  5. A manufactured substance used to add nutrients to soil when there is not enough naturally.
  6. Too much phosphorus in a waterway can cause this.
  7. Too much nitrogen or phosphorus can contribute to a concept known as nutrient __________.
  8. Species of bacteria can change nutrient rich nitrogen compounds back into gas in this process.
  9. Evaporation of water from the leaves of plants.
  10. Animals breathe in oxygen and exhale carbon dioxide byway of this process?
  11. When nutrients get moved by water from hillside farms.
  12. Roots of leguminous plants have ___________ that contain rhizobium for nitrogen fixation.

28 Clues: How plants convert sunlight to sugar. • When bodies of water are depleted of oxygen. • A microorganism that is able to "fix" nitrogen. • Evaporation of water from the leaves of plants. • Too much phosphorus in a waterway can cause this. • A part of the water cycle when condensation occurs. • A form of nitrogen that plants can use as a nutrient. • ...

Pigments 2021-02-18

Pigments crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A green pigment responsible for the absorption of light that provides energy for photosynthesis.
  2. Gas absorbed from the air by plants in photosynthesis.
  3. Plants consume carbon dioxide and ________ is released.
  4. ________ energy is emitted by the sun.
  5. Colored chemicals that plants make to respond to light.
Down
  1. Plant pigment that plants use to measure the length of the day.
  2. Carotenoid reflects _______ and orange light.
  3. Anthocyanin reflects ______ light.
  4. The process that plants use to make food.
  5. __________ is composed of a spectrum of all the colors of the rainbow.

10 Clues: Anthocyanin reflects ______ light. • ________ energy is emitted by the sun. • The process that plants use to make food. • Carotenoid reflects _______ and orange light. • Gas absorbed from the air by plants in photosynthesis. • Plants consume carbon dioxide and ________ is released. • Colored chemicals that plants make to respond to light. • ...

Crop Production and management 2022-07-05

Crop Production and management crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Growing seeds in a nursery and shifting seedlings to the field.
  2. Products obtained from crops
  3. husbandry, breeding and raising of livestock, including poultry
  4. Growing and harvesting of fruit, vegetables, flowers and decorative plants
  5. Plants grown in large quantities in a field
Down
  1. Nutrients required in large amounts.
  2. Land where plants are cultivated
  3. Science that deals with the raising of plants and rearing of animals for human use
  4. Plants live for more than two growing seasons
  5. crops, Grown in winter

10 Clues: crops, Grown in winter • Products obtained from crops • Land where plants are cultivated • Nutrients required in large amounts. • Plants grown in large quantities in a field • Plants live for more than two growing seasons • Growing seeds in a nursery and shifting seedlings to the field. • husbandry, breeding and raising of livestock, including poultry • ...

Plants and fossils 2023-12-04

Plants and fossils crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A word to describe living things that no longer exist
  2. It attracts insects and bees
  3. The remains of animals or plants that died millions of years ago
  4. Something that plants give out when they breathe
  5. The word that summarizes the 5 things plants need to grow
  6. Holds the plant upright
Down
  1. The marks or prints of animals or plants that died millions of years ago
  2. Absorbs water for the plant
  3. Plants reproduce by making this
  4. The part that makes food for the plant

10 Clues: Holds the plant upright • Absorbs water for the plant • It attracts insects and bees • Plants reproduce by making this • The part that makes food for the plant • Something that plants give out when they breathe • A word to describe living things that no longer exist • The word that summarizes the 5 things plants need to grow • ...

Ben 2023-10-02

Ben crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What wavelengths are measured in
  2. ____ light promotes stem strength
  3. ____ light helps seedling growth
  4. The process of plants grown in almost complete darkness
  5. ___ day plants begin to flower when the nights are less than 12 hours long
Down
  1. The light we see is ____
  2. A plant's response to light duration/length
  3. Day _____ plants are plants that are unaffected by the photoperiod
  4. ___ day plants begin to flower when the nights are more than 12 hours long
  5. What light intensity is measured in

10 Clues: The light we see is ____ • What wavelengths are measured in • ____ light helps seedling growth • ____ light promotes stem strength • What light intensity is measured in • A plant's response to light duration/length • The process of plants grown in almost complete darkness • Day _____ plants are plants that are unaffected by the photoperiod • ...

Photosynthesis 2023-02-14

Photosynthesis crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Sugary mixture that provides plants with food after photosynthesis occurs
  2. Gas produced through photosynthesis
  3. What do plants use to absorb water and minerals
  4. Liquid needed to conduct photosynthesis
Down
  1. Mixture of H20, minerals, CO2, and chlorophyll
  2. Green pigment in plants that are needed for photosynthesis
  3. What provides the plants with energy and the ability to photosynthesize
  4. Gas needed to begin the process of photosynthesis
  5. This flows through the food web due to photosynthesis
  6. Pores on the leaves that plants use to absorb Carbon dioxide

10 Clues: Gas produced through photosynthesis • Liquid needed to conduct photosynthesis • Mixture of H20, minerals, CO2, and chlorophyll • What do plants use to absorb water and minerals • Gas needed to begin the process of photosynthesis • This flows through the food web due to photosynthesis • Green pigment in plants that are needed for photosynthesis • ...

plant movement and phytohormones 2020-09-05

plant movement and phytohormones crossword puzzle
Across
  1. response of plants running parallel to soil
  2. special pigments that regulate photopriodic responses
  3. are swollen areas consisting of loosely packedparenchymatous cells
  4. geotropism is shown by the shoots of plants
  5. induction of flowring process by exposure to prolonged coldness
  6. leaves of oxalis plant shows this movement
  7. is physiological response to relative length of day and night
  8. movement induced by chemical substances
  9. nastic movement regulated by temperature
Down
  1. acid is the most naturally occurring auxin
  2. first naturally occurring cytokinin
  3. break dormancy of seeds
  4. is a tropic movement shown by obliquely growing stems
  5. tropic movements shown by roots of plants towards water
  6. the only volatile or gaseous hormone
  7. hormone that promotes stem elongation
  8. tropic movement shown by trendrils of herbs
  9. formation of fruits without seeds

18 Clues: break dormancy of seeds • formation of fruits without seeds • first naturally occurring cytokinin • the only volatile or gaseous hormone • hormone that promotes stem elongation • movement induced by chemical substances • nastic movement regulated by temperature • acid is the most naturally occurring auxin • leaves of oxalis plant shows this movement • ...

Science review 2021-12-08

Science review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a solution that fills each cell
  2. the cell found in plants
  3. when plants seperate it is called what
  4. depends on one cell for it to function
  5. a certain theory
  6. only found in plant cells and makes light into evergy
  7. the cell found in animals
  8. helps plants move throughout the body
  9. a group of tissues in a living organism
  10. a group of organs working together
Down
  1. it is a group of cells that are simular
  2. the power house of the cell
  3. seperates the interier from the exterier
  4. helps make energy to power the cell
  5. the thing that builds up every human and living creature
  6. in plant cells it helps maintane water balance
  7. the wall that protects the cell
  8. in every organic livng thing

18 Clues: a certain theory • the cell found in plants • the cell found in animals • the power house of the cell • in every organic livng thing • a solution that fills each cell • the wall that protects the cell • a group of organs working together • helps make energy to power the cell • helps plants move throughout the body • when plants seperate it is called what • ...

Science review 2021-12-08

Science review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a certain theory
  2. depends on one cell for it to function
  3. it is a group of cells that are simular
  4. the power house of the cell
  5. the cell found in animals
  6. a group of tissues in a living organism
  7. in plant cells it helps maintane water balance
  8. the thing that builds up every human and living creature
  9. when plants seperate it is called what
Down
  1. in every organic livng thing
  2. seperates the interier from the exterier
  3. a group of organs working together
  4. the wall that protects the cell
  5. helps plants move throughout the body
  6. helps make energy to power the cell
  7. the cell found in plants
  8. only found in plant cells and makes light into evergy
  9. a solution that fills each cell

18 Clues: a certain theory • the cell found in plants • the cell found in animals • the power house of the cell • in every organic livng thing • the wall that protects the cell • a solution that fills each cell • a group of organs working together • helps make energy to power the cell • helps plants move throughout the body • depends on one cell for it to function • ...

Science review by mary 2021-12-08

Science review by mary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a certain theory
  2. depends on one cell for it to function
  3. it is a group of cells that are simular
  4. the power house of the cell
  5. the cell found in animals
  6. a group of tissues in a living organism
  7. in plant cells it helps maintane water balance
  8. the thing that builds up every human and living creature
  9. when plants seperate it is called what
Down
  1. in every organic livng thing
  2. seperates the interier from the exterier
  3. a group of organs working together
  4. the wall that protects the cell
  5. helps plants move throughout the body
  6. helps make energy to power the cell
  7. the cell found in plants
  8. only found in plant cells and makes light into evergy
  9. a solution that fills each cell

18 Clues: a certain theory • the cell found in plants • the cell found in animals • the power house of the cell • in every organic livng thing • the wall that protects the cell • a solution that fills each cell • a group of organs working together • helps make energy to power the cell • helps plants move throughout the body • depends on one cell for it to function • ...

The Placemakers Academy Crossword 2019-10-30

The Placemakers Academy Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Miniature bird spa
  2. These plants live for more than two years
  3. Famous pollinator
  4. Sambucus, makes great Champagne
  5. Worms do the work for you, indoor/outdoor composting style
  6. Japanese culinary mushroom, you can grow them in your garden
  7. Stonework, commonly associated with secret societies
  8. Medicinal mushroom that grows out of dead Hemlock trees
Down
  1. These plants live for two years, then go to seed
  2. A design philosophy that works with nature, not against it
  3. A walking puzzle or meditation
  4. Natural aphid repellant, good luck charm
  5. A trellis covered walkway
  6. Nitrogen-fixing snack
  7. The spirit of place
  8. These plants live for one year, then go to seed
  9. A walkway lined with shady trees or tall shrubs
  10. The Sun rises in the…

18 Clues: Famous pollinator • Miniature bird spa • The spirit of place • Nitrogen-fixing snack • The Sun rises in the… • A trellis covered walkway • A walking puzzle or meditation • Sambucus, makes great Champagne • Natural aphid repellant, good luck charm • These plants live for more than two years • These plants live for one year, then go to seed • ...

Taxonomy 2025-03-24

Taxonomy crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Single-celled eukaryotes belong here (8)
  2. Scientific system of naming organisms (8)
  3. Group that includes snails and octopuses (9)
  4. The second part of a scientific name (7)
  5. The kingdom that includes green plants (7)
  6. Flowering plants (11)
  7. The phylum that includes animals with a backbone (8)
Down
  1. The domain that includes all eukaryotic organisms (6)
  2. Organisms that do photosynthesis (15)
  3. The highest taxonomic rank (6)
  4. The taxon just below kingdom (6)
  5. Plants that produce seeds in cones (12)
  6. The man who developed modern taxonomy (8)
  7. The category below phylum (5)
  8. The domain that includes extreme environments (7)
  9. A kingdom that includes mushrooms and molds (5)
  10. Domain of unicellular organisms with no nucleus (8)
  11. A classification just above species (5)

18 Clues: Flowering plants (11) • The category below phylum (5) • The highest taxonomic rank (6) • The taxon just below kingdom (6) • Organisms that do photosynthesis (15) • Plants that produce seeds in cones (12) • A classification just above species (5) • Single-celled eukaryotes belong here (8) • The second part of a scientific name (7) • The man who developed modern taxonomy (8) • ...

Food Where it comes from 2023-01-28

Food Where it comes from crossword puzzle
Across
  1. an Organism that breaks down the organic components in the remains of the dead plants and animals.
  2. Brinjal is the _______part of the plant
  3. Potatoes is the_______ part of the plant
  4. The process by which living things take in food and utilise it for the growth and repair
  5. An animal that eats other animals.
  6. An Organism that prepares its own food is called as ________
  7. an Organism that feeds on the dead bodies of plants and animals
  8. Rice is the _______part of the plant
Down
  1. An animal that eats only plants or plant products.
  2. the part of the banana plant not used as food
  3. The substance that one can eat is called as _______
  4. an animal that eats both plants and animals.
  5. An Organism that directly or indirectly depends on the food produced by the producer
  6. Honey bee suck _______from the flowers.
  7. Spinach is the ______ part of the plant

15 Clues: An animal that eats other animals. • Rice is the _______part of the plant • Brinjal is the _______part of the plant • Honey bee suck _______from the flowers. • Spinach is the ______ part of the plant • Potatoes is the_______ part of the plant • an animal that eats both plants and animals. • the part of the banana plant not used as food • ...