plants Crossword Puzzles
5th Grade Homeroom Open House: Catholic Schools Week! 2025-01-26
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- A bond between people who care about each other
- Doing the right thing, even when no one is watching
- Wanting to learn and ask questions
- Staying true to your friends and family
- A group of plants and animals living together
- Someone who discovers new places
- A mountain that erupts with lava
- A tool to look at stars and planets
- Being thankful for what you have
- The document that guides the U.S. government
- Being a good member of a community or country
- Not giving up, even when it’s hard
- Related to the sun
- Power that makes things work
- Living peacefully with others
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- Using good manners, like saying please and thank you
- A large group of stars and planets
- Following rules and staying focused
- Staying calm while waiting
- Plants use sunlight to make food
- A government where people vote to make decisions
- Remains of ancient plants or animals
- Sharing with others without expecting something in return
- A place where animals or plants live
- Understanding how someone else feels
- Treating everyone fairly
- Letting go of anger toward someone
- What keeps us on Earth instead of floating
- Earth, Mars, or Jupiter, for example
- Thinking of new and imaginative ideas
30 Clues: Related to the sun • Treating everyone fairly • Staying calm while waiting • Power that makes things work • Living peacefully with others • Plants use sunlight to make food • Someone who discovers new places • A mountain that erupts with lava • Being thankful for what you have • A large group of stars and planets • Wanting to learn and ask questions • ...
Ecosystem vocab crossword 2025-10-20
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- species : the first living things to grow in a new place
- pyramid : a diagram that shows how energy moves through food levels
- : using sunlight to make food
- : living things like plants, animals, and bacteria
- : tiny plant-like organisms that float in the water
- : living things that eat other organisms
- : living things that use sunlight or chemicals to make food
- : an animal that only eats plants
- : the total amount of living stuff in an area
- : things in nature that are not alive
- succession : when life grows back after a disturbance
- : an animal that eats both plants and animals
- : an animal that only eats other animals
- consumer : an animal that eats primary consumers
- levels : the steps in a food chain where energy is passed along
- consumer : an animal that eats producers
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- : when water vapor cools and turns back into liquid drops
- : organisms that break down dead plants and animals
- : when water falls from the sky as rain, snow, or hail
- : organisms that make their own food
- : a community of living things and their environment
- succession : when life starts growing in a place with no soil
- consumer : an animal that eats secondary consumers
- : using chemicals instead of sunlight to make food
- : 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 • ...
Intro to Ecology 2023-11-21
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- An organism that mostly feeds on plants.
- Someone who creates and supplies goods or services.
- An area classified according to the species that live in that location.
- An organism that regularly consumes a variety of materials, including plants, animals, algae, and fungi.
- Study the relationship between plants, animals, and the environment.
- Characterized by the fact that they are reproductively isolated from other groups.
- A social unit (a group of living things) with a shared socially significant characteristic, such as place, set of norms, culture, religion, values, customs, or identity.
- The study of the relationships between living organisms, including humans, and their physical environment.
- Involves the use of energy released by inorganic chemical reactions to produce food.
- An organism that mostly feeds on meat.
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- Organisms that consume dead and decaying organic matter known as detritus to obtain energy and nutrition.
- The region of the earth that encompasses all living organisms: plants, animals, and bacteria.
- An organism that eats other plants or animals for energy and nutrients.
- A group of individuals of the same species living and interbreeding within a given area.
- Photosynthetic microscopic organisms that are technically bacteria.
- A community or group of living organisms that live in and interact with each other in a specific environment.
- An organism that can produce its own food using light, water, carbon dioxide, or other chemicals.
- Breaks apart dead organisms into simpler inorganic materials.
18 Clues: An organism that mostly feeds on meat. • An organism that mostly feeds on plants. • Someone who creates and supplies goods or services. • Breaks apart dead organisms into simpler inorganic materials. • Photosynthetic microscopic organisms that are technically bacteria. • Study the relationship between plants, animals, and the environment. • ...
Living Systems Key Terms 2026-05-22
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- parts in an ecosystem that are not living, including energy from the sun, water, soil, air, and temperature
- _______ dioxide is a gas needed for photosynthesis
- living things that respond to stimuli (changes in the environment), includes plants, humans, and other animals
- Another product of photosynthesis, that animals rely on to breathe and respire (do respiration)
- the plant gets this mainly through their roots and it is needed for photosynthesis
- The energy that helps photosynthesis happen
- _______ gases are gases that trap sunlight within the atmosphere (e.g. carbon dioxide, methane)
- A pigment which makes leaves green, absorbs light, and helps store energy for photosynthesis like little solar panels in plants
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- they make their own food and the food web relies on them for food
- A life process involving the exchange of gases
- A product of photosynthesis that feeds other organisms
- living things in the ecosystem, including plants, animals, and micro-organisms
- the process where plants make sugar and oxygen, using water, carbon dioxide, and energy from the sun
- _______ change is the shift in global average temperatures and weather phenomena over time
- a living thing that feeds on dead organisms and waste from organisms
- A stored form of food produced by plants through photosynthesis
- a complex system composed of biotic and abiotic components that are linked together in an environment
- a gas layer that surrounds the earth, warms the earth, contains oxygen, and reduces extreme temperatures
18 Clues: The energy that helps photosynthesis happen • A life process involving the exchange of gases • _______ dioxide is a gas needed for photosynthesis • A product of photosynthesis that feeds other organisms • A stored form of food produced by plants through photosynthesis • they make their own food and the food web relies on them for food • ...
nutrition in plants 2017-05-14
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- organisms that depend on green plants for nutrition
- Some plants live together and share shelter and nutrients.
- plants that make their own food
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- The plants which feed on insects and get the nutrients from it
- plants which feeds on dead plants and animals
- bacteria that converts nitrogen into water soluble compounds
- the process of taking in food by an organism and its utilzation by the body
- plants from which partial parasities get the food
- small openings or pores on leaves.
9 Clues: plants that make their own food • small openings or pores on leaves. • plants which feeds on dead plants and animals • plants from which partial parasities get the food • organisms that depend on green plants for nutrition • Some plants live together and share shelter and nutrients. • bacteria that converts nitrogen into water soluble compounds • ...
Biotechnology Terms 2014-02-20
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- donating of organisms
- altering genetic code
- growth on an artificial medium
- use of natural organisms to break down pollutants
- cultivation of water plants, fish, or other aquatic animals
- set of moral principles and values
- organism(s) produced asexually and duplicating it
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- to make something used to living in human environment
- to make something impure or unusable
- boundary between medicine and food
- when human breed other plants and animals
- using a glass micropippete to inject liquid
- science using small things to make medicine
- raising of crops of livestock
- offspring of two genetically different plants or animals
15 Clues: donating of organisms • altering genetic code • raising of crops of livestock • growth on an artificial medium • boundary between medicine and food • set of moral principles and values • to make something impure or unusable • when human breed other plants and animals • using a glass micropippete to inject liquid • science using small things to make medicine • ...
Matter & Energy Transformations (Vocabulary) 2024-08-26
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- A type of sugar that plants make for food.
- down To separate into smaller parts.
- A single action or part of a process.
- The protection of natural resources.
- Very important.
- A series of events that happen again and again.
- The process plants use to make food from sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide.
- Animals, plants, bacteria and other organisms.
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- To let go or set free.
- Gone or missing.
- A series of actions or steps.
- The process of breathing or making energy.
- Energy from the sun.
- A community of living things and their environment.
- Relating to cells.
15 Clues: Very important. • Gone or missing. • Relating to cells. • Energy from the sun. • To let go or set free. • A series of actions or steps. • down To separate into smaller parts. • The protection of natural resources. • A single action or part of a process. • A type of sugar that plants make for food. • The process of breathing or making energy. • ...
8 - Matter & Energy Transformations (VOCABULARY) 2024-09-04
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- A type of sugar that plants make for food.
- To separate into smaller parts.
- A single action or part of a process.
- The protection of natural resources.
- Very important.
- A series of events that happen again and again.
- The process plants use to make food from sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide.
- (things) Animals, plants, and other organisms.
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- To let go or set free.
- Gone or missing.
- A series of actions or steps.
- The process of breathing or making energy.
- Energy from the sun.
- A community of living things and their environment.
- Relating to cells.
15 Clues: Very important. • Gone or missing. • Relating to cells. • Energy from the sun. • To let go or set free. • A series of actions or steps. • To separate into smaller parts. • The protection of natural resources. • A single action or part of a process. • A type of sugar that plants make for food. • The process of breathing or making energy. • ...
Sustainability Club: Crossword Puzzle 2025-12-11
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- Kind of energy that doesn't run out
- Another word for clean and Earth-friendly
- Shines to help plants grow
- Should we take care of the earth?
- Example of super plants
- Where our waste goes
- Plants clean the ____?
- The planet we live on
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- What powers machines
- To make new things from old things
- The idea of using resources in a way that doesn’t harm the future
- Power made by moving air
- Using something again instead of throwing it away
- Kind of renewable energy from the sun
- What we save by turning off the faucet
15 Clues: What powers machines • Where our waste goes • The planet we live on • Plants clean the ____? • Example of super plants • Power made by moving air • Shines to help plants grow • Should we take care of the earth? • To make new things from old things • Kind of energy that doesn't run out • Kind of renewable energy from the sun • What we save by turning off the faucet • ...
Bloom 2026-03-09
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- A forceful takeover, like the alien plants in Bloom.
- Dangerous or unfriendly in nature.
- To remove or defeat something powerful.
- A genetic change; the alien plants show many.
- A negative immune reaction to a substance.
- Able to recover or withstand difficulty.
- — A quick drawing
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- — Belonging to another world.
- — Relating to young people; the book’s target audience.
- A community of organisms interacting with their environment.
- Unable to be affected by something harmful.
- — Overgrown with weeds.
- A scientist who studies plants.
- A poisonous substance produced by organisms.
- A suspenseful, high‑stakes story.
15 Clues: — A quick drawing • — Overgrown with weeds. • — Belonging to another world. • A scientist who studies plants. • A suspenseful, high‑stakes story. • Dangerous or unfriendly in nature. • To remove or defeat something powerful. • Able to recover or withstand difficulty. • A negative immune reaction to a substance. • Unable to be affected by something harmful. • ...
End Of Semester Extra Credit 2022-12-14
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- long tube like structures that use capillary action to transport water in the plant.
- crops planted to prevent erosion, add nutrients to the soil, aerate, and improve overall soil quality
- this organism sports a fruiting body above ground, but the colony lives underground. The worlds main decomposers.
- This insect loves eating aphids, and sports a red shell w/black spots
- responsible for fertilizing the flowers of plants.
- Macronutrient that plants need the biggest supply of
- Structures used to transport the "food" of the plant. It's the veins that pump the "plant blood".
- area of the plant where new, undifferentiated cells are rapidly growing.
- Weapons are apart of his religion, and he has a small green friend who does the wavy hand thing...
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- process of combining water, carbon dioxide, and sunlight to make glucose.
- the basic building block of all plant parts. Made of six carbons
- plants that put a lot of nitrogen back in the soil, due to symbiosis w/bacteria
- Mr. Clemmon's favorite superhero growing up.
- the process of taking the scions of one plant and attaching them to another stem, trunk, or root system.
- propagating plants from cuttings, like what's done w/potatoes or Mr. Clemmons's geranium.
- Using a black plastic sheet to terminate cover crops.
- tough molecule made by the plant that makes up things like the stem, bark, and the woody parts of plants.
17 Clues: Mr. Clemmon's favorite superhero growing up. • responsible for fertilizing the flowers of plants. • Macronutrient that plants need the biggest supply of • Using a black plastic sheet to terminate cover crops. • the basic building block of all plant parts. Made of six carbons • This insect loves eating aphids, and sports a red shell w/black spots • ...
Human Uses of Energy 2023-12-06
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- As the sun heats the atmosphere, air moves around and ______ turbines change that motion to electrical energy.
- Layers of this is formed when plants died and fell into the water and decomposed.
- ______ fuels are materials that formed as ancient plants and animals decayed underground.
- We also use plants to produce chemical fuels, such as __________.
- ____________ gas is a fossil fuel that occurs in the gas state.
- Heat energy obtained from beneath Earth's surface is ______________ energy.
- _____ can be used to make a renewable fuel called ethanol.
- The making of coal takes more than 10 _________ years.
- As water flows through openings in a dam, it turns a _________, which then causes a generator to produce electricity.
- This is found in underground rocks and used by most nuclear power plants.
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- ____________ relies on flowing water to create motion, such as a wheel turning to create energy.
- Solar energy is a ______________ source since the sun does not run out -- at least for the next few billion years!
- Earth and pressure from soil and rock change peat into this.
- Burning fossil fuels can have a harmful _________ on the environment causing air pollution and acidic lakes.
- A ________ stores chemical energy and can convert that energy into electrical energy.
- This is a liquid fossil fuel formed by the decay of ancient plants and animals.
- _______ energy is when plant materials are burned as firewood or changed into liquid fuels.
17 Clues: The making of coal takes more than 10 _________ years. • _____ can be used to make a renewable fuel called ethanol. • Earth and pressure from soil and rock change peat into this. • ____________ gas is a fossil fuel that occurs in the gas state. • We also use plants to produce chemical fuels, such as __________. • ...
Criss Cross Applesauce 2025-03-19
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- The liquid plants take in from the ground. It gets split into oxygen and used to make glucose.
- The first step in cellular respiration where glucose is broken down into smaller parts. This process creates a little bit of ATP.
- Dioxide The gas that plants take in from the air. It combines with water to make glucose during photosynthesis.
- The gas produced during photosynthesis.
- The energy molecule that cells use to do work. It powers everything from moving muscles to growing cells.
- The process by which plants make food using sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide.
- The sugar that plants make from sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide. This is the food plants use to grow and survive.
- A series of reactions in cellular respiration that produce ATP and CO2.
- The organelle where photosynthesis takes place.
- The green stuff in plants that catches sunlight. It helps start the process of making food in plants.
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- Cycle A process in the mitochondria that breaks down glucose to make energy. It also produces carbon dioxide as a waste.
- A type of sugar that plants use for energy and growth.
- The molecule that captures light energy in photosynthesis.
- The gas that cells need to make energy in cellular respiration.
- The type of respiration that requires oxygen.
- The type of energy used by cells to power activities.
- reaction The process in which light energy is used to make glucose.
- A process that produces energy without oxygen, used by cells when oxygen is unavailable.
- The organelle where cellular respiration takes place.
- A type of sugar that plants use for energy and growth.
20 Clues: The gas produced during photosynthesis. • The organelle where photosynthesis takes place. • The organelle where cellular respiration takes place. • The type of respiration that requires oxygen. • A type of sugar that plants use for energy and growth. • The molecule that captures light energy in photosynthesis. • ...
AGRICULTURAL-SCIENCE 2021-06-14
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- is the supply of water to crops
- Plant ____ are harmful to plants.
- is the placing of material around plants.
- we can control insects by using an _____.
- A palette stick is used to _____ the seedlings.
- _____ irrigation supplies water for crops
- Weeds can be removed by _________.
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- is moving plants from one container to
- Mulch can be made from ___________.
- plants that are growing in the wrong place.
- mulching keeps the soil _____ in the day
11 Clues: is the supply of water to crops • Plant ____ are harmful to plants. • Weeds can be removed by _________. • Mulch can be made from ___________. • is moving plants from one container to • mulching keeps the soil _____ in the day • is the placing of material around plants. • we can control insects by using an _____. • _____ irrigation supplies water for crops • ...
Plant Reproduction 2022-06-02
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- how seedless plants reproduce
- how seed plants reproduce
- made on the anther
- stamen male reproductive organ on a plant
- plant embryo enclosed in protective coating
- where conifers produce seeds
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- plants that make seeds not enclosed in fruit
- plants that make seeds enclosed in fruit
- process by which pollen fertilizes a female egg
- female reproductive organ on a plant
- at the bottom of the pistil and it holds the eggs
11 Clues: made on the anther • how seed plants reproduce • where conifers produce seeds • how seedless plants reproduce • female reproductive organ on a plant • plants that make seeds enclosed in fruit • stamen male reproductive organ on a plant • plant embryo enclosed in protective coating • plants that make seeds not enclosed in fruit • ...
M4 PLANT CROSSWORD 2022-02-11
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- the oak tree (Quercus robur) belongs to this phylum
- triploid foodstuff contained in angiosperm seeds to nurture the sporophyte embryo
- a hollow tube which develops from a pollen grain when deposited on the stigma of a flower (6,4)
- the transfer of pollen to a stigma, ovule, flower, or plant to allow fertilisation
- a palm-like plant of tropical and subtropical regions, bearing large male or female cones
- the part of a stamen that contains the pollen
- the female organs of a flower, comprising the stigma, style, and ovary
- having both the male and female reproductive organs on the same individual (hermaphrodite)
- a plant of a group that comprises those that have seeds unprotected by an ovary or fruit
- these tissues are found in all plants except the bryophytes
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- male gametophyte in seed plants (6,5)
- a tiny, typically one-celled, reproductive unit capable of giving rise to a new individual without sexual fusion
- (in the life cycle of plants with alternating generations)the 2n phase
- a chiefly herbaceous angiospermous plant (such as a grass, lily, or palm) having an embryo with a single cotyledon
- during double fertilisation, one of the generative nuclei in the pollen grain
- (in the life cycle of plants with alternating generations) the gamete-producing phase
- a plant of a large group that comprises those that have flowers and produce seeds enclosed within a carpel
- in seed plants, the first cell of the female gametophyte generation
18 Clues: male gametophyte in seed plants (6,5) • the part of a stamen that contains the pollen • the oak tree (Quercus robur) belongs to this phylum • these tissues are found in all plants except the bryophytes • in seed plants, the first cell of the female gametophyte generation • (in the life cycle of plants with alternating generations)the 2n phase • ...
Ch 7 Words 2021-02-26
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- Plants with true vascular tissue
- Plants that lack vascular tissue to move materials
- Flowering plants
- Angiosperms that have only one seed leaf
- Vascular tissue through which food moves
- The structures in which food are made
- A green pigment found in chloroplasts
- A large storage sac that can expand and shrink
- Organized plant cells
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- A seed plant that produces naked seeds
- A system of tubelike structures inside a plant that move materials
- Tiny structures that contain the cells that will later become sperm cells
- Rootlike structures that anchor moss and absorb water and nutrients
- Fern's leaves
- A waxy, waterproof layer of a plant
- A seed leaf that provides food for the embryo
- Sunlight providing energy for the plant food making process
- Vascular tissue through which water and minerals move
- Produces seeds with two seed leaves
- A structure that contains a young plant inside a protective covering
20 Clues: Fern's leaves • Flowering plants • Organized plant cells • Plants with true vascular tissue • A waxy, waterproof layer of a plant • Produces seeds with two seed leaves • The structures in which food are made • A green pigment found in chloroplasts • A seed plant that produces naked seeds • Angiosperms that have only one seed leaf • Vascular tissue through which food moves • ...
Science Vocab 2021-03-10
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- where organisms live in an environment
- very dry biome
- a region of earth where the climate determines the types of plants
- shows feeding relationships among many organisms
- transfer of energy to an object
- eats other organisms
- eats only plants
- used to trace the flow of energy
- push or pull
- a community of living organisms in their nonliving environment
- anything with mass
- eats plants and meat
- an area flooded with water for at least part of the year
- low average temperature and precipitation
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- the movement of water through the ocean, atmosphere, land, and organisms
- when energy changes from one form to another
- eats only meat
- where organisms slowly build up in a pond or lake
- partially closed body of water
- the ability to change
- uses energy to make food
- the path of energy transfer from producers to consumers
- low average temperature with more precipitation
23 Clues: push or pull • eats only meat • very dry biome • eats only plants • anything with mass • eats other organisms • eats plants and meat • the ability to change • uses energy to make food • partially closed body of water • transfer of energy to an object • used to trace the flow of energy • where organisms live in an environment • low average temperature and precipitation • ...
Ms. de La Garza's Ecology Vocabulary (So Far) 2020-04-07
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- relationship in which one benefits, one is harmed
- living thing that can make its own food
- capacity in which there are just enough resources to support a population
- process of water vapor becoming water
- to support
- relationship in which one benefits, the other is not harmed
- water rising upward as vapor
- gases that trap heat in Earth's atmosphere
- renewable energy source in which Earth's water is used.
- water melting without evaporatiing
- animals that eat only meat
- to burn
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- release of water from plants
- water in the ground
- water falling from the sky (rain, snow, hail, etc.)
- close and long-term relationships between different species of living things.
- relationship in which both benefit
- to go past
- animals that eat only plants
- renewable energy source in which Earth's heat is used
- animals that eat both plants and meat
- living thing that cannot make its own food
22 Clues: to burn • to support • to go past • water in the ground • animals that eat only meat • release of water from plants • animals that eat only plants • water rising upward as vapor • relationship in which both benefit • water melting without evaporatiing • process of water vapor becoming water • animals that eat both plants and meat • living thing that can make its own food • ...
plant movement and phytohormones 2020-09-05
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- geotropism is shown by the shoots of plants
- is a tropic movement shown by obliquely growing stems
- is physiological response to relative length of day and night
- tropic movements shown by roots of plants towards water
- dicovered the volatile plant hormone
- tropic movement shown by trendrils of herbs
- synthesise abscisic acid
- the only volatile or gaseous hormone
- nastic movement regulated by temperature
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- are swollen areas consisting of loosely packedparenchymatous cells
- induction of flowring process by exposure to prolonged coldness
- movement induced by chemical substances
- response of plants running parallel to soil
- break dormancy of seeds
- acid is the most naturally occurring auxin
- formation of fruits without seeds
- special pigments that regulate photopriodic responses
- is promoted by the volatile hormone of the plant
- leaves of oxalis plant shows this movement
- hormone that promotes stem elongation
- first naturally occurring cytokinin
21 Clues: break dormancy of seeds • synthesise abscisic acid • formation of fruits without seeds • first naturally occurring cytokinin • dicovered the volatile plant hormone • 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 • ...
Ecology Bend 2 2021-03-26
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- produced by plants
- when the solute concentration outside is lower than the inside of a cell
- when homeostasis is maintained
- process for plants to turn light energy into chemical energy
- concentration of salt similar to our body's natural fluids
- requires energy to move across cell membrane.
- when cells break down glucose
- used to obtain energy.
- the continuous movement of water in earth's atmosphere.
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- when nitrogen moves through both living and non-living things.
- when molecules move in or out of cells
- doesn't require energy to move substances.
- assists plants in receiving water
- used to draw out moisture and reduce swelling
- made of 2 hydrogen and 1 oxygen atom
- global warming is an example
- consist of a carbon atom bonded with 2 oxygen atoms
- the exchange of carbon between abiotic and biotic organisms
- made from CO2, H20,and Carbon
- used for fuel in coal
20 Clues: produced by plants • used for fuel in coal • used to obtain energy. • global warming is an example • made from CO2, H20,and Carbon • when cells break down glucose • when homeostasis is maintained • assists plants in receiving water • made of 2 hydrogen and 1 oxygen atom • when molecules move in or out of cells • doesn't require energy to move substances. • ...
Unit 1 Quiz Review 2020-11-15
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- Get their energy from eating other organisms
- Living, once living, or from a living thing
- the coldest of all the biomes
- The # of one species, in an area
- classified by the animals/plants living there
- Make food / energy from non living things
- Has cone bearing evergreens and fresh water savannah Has trees that are very spaced apart
- Eat dead and decaying matter
- Eat both meat and plants
- where precipitation is less than 50 cm / year
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- Organism changing to better suit environment
- Only eat meat
- Breaks down dead organic matter
- Organism's home. Has what it needs to survive
- the most rain of all the biomes
- The areas on and around earth that hold life
- Populations interacting in the same ecosystem
- An animal being hunted
- An animal that hunts another for food
- Only eat plants
20 Clues: Only eat meat • Only eat plants • An animal being hunted • Eat both meat and plants • Eat dead and decaying matter • the coldest of all the biomes • Breaks down dead organic matter • the most rain of all the biomes • The # of one species, in an area • An animal that hunts another for food • Make food / energy from non living things • Living, once living, or from a living thing • ...
Asynchronous Worksheet #2.1 2021-10-10
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- hold the structure of the plant
- Bright yellow and brown colors in plants
- the basic unit of life
- Powerhouse of the cell
- a hair-like projection that help remove dust particles from the air as we inhale
- similar cells form together to form a functional unit
- what device can we use to see cells
- one-celled
- associated with ribosome
- Cream Yellow Orange and red colors in plants
- no ribosome
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- main life activities occur
- Green pigments in plants
- Destroys invading viruses and bacteria
- many-celled
- one or more types of tissues that are organized in one unit
- makes up the genes
- Where genetic material is found
- Membrane, protective layer that envelops the cytoplasm
- Where protein molecules are formed
- long thread-like structures, which are made up of molecules of proteins and DNA
21 Clues: one-celled • many-celled • no ribosome • makes up the genes • the basic unit of life • Powerhouse of the cell • Green pigments in plants • associated with ribosome • main life activities occur • hold the structure of the plant • Where genetic material is found • Where protein molecules are formed • what device can we use to see cells • Destroys invading viruses and bacteria • ...
pollination 2021-07-11
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- flowers that do not open at all
- pollen grains are seen in water pollination
- fire that kills
- the main media of transport of male gametes in lower plants
- a biotic agent of pollination
- frowers that are invariouably autogamous
- a water pollinated plant
- crosspollination between flowers of different plants
- A danser and a singer
- pollination with in same flower
- an abiotic agent of pollination
- flowers with exposed anther and stigma
- only pollination that bring genetically different types of pollen grains to stigma
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- crosspollination but genetically similar to autogamy
- stigma and style of corn cobs that wave in the wind
- majority of plants pollinate through
- a plant pollinated by wind
- An intelligent boy
- are protected by mucillagenous covering in waterplants
- cross-pollination between flowers of same plant
- Non-sticky pollen grains are necessary for wind pollination
- wind pollination is common in
- is a feature of wind pollinated flowers
- A big donkye an monkey
24 Clues: fire that kills • An intelligent boy • A danser and a singer • A big donkye an monkey • a water pollinated plant • a plant pollinated by wind • a biotic agent of pollination • wind pollination is common in • flowers that do not open at all • pollination with in same flower • an abiotic agent of pollination • majority of plants pollinate through • ...
Energy Flow In Ecosystems 2021-10-21
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- Energy not stored is lost as _________
- Organism that only eats animals
- Model showing energy flow in an ecosystem
- Organism that eats plans and animals
- Organism that eats other organisms (means "other feed")
- Eats dead organisms and waste
- _______ consumer that eats plants and animals
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- ______ levels in an ecosystem show organisms with similar feeding function
- ________ consumer that only eats plants
- Process of making glucose using H2O, CO2, & sunlight
- Organism that only eats plants
- % of energy passed on to the next trophic level
- Process of making food from chemical energy
- ________ consumer that only eats animals
- Organisms that eat other organisms
- Breaks down organic material
- Anything that has mass and takes up space
- Organism that uses photosynthesis( means "self feed")
- Shows how food chains are connected
- Energy ______ shows levels of feeding relationships
- Makes its food through photosynthesis
- Main source of energy for life on Earth
22 Clues: Breaks down organic material • Eats dead organisms and waste • Organism that only eats plants • Organism that only eats animals • Organisms that eat other organisms • Shows how food chains are connected • Organism that eats plans and animals • Makes its food through photosynthesis • Energy not stored is lost as _________ • ________ consumer that only eats plants • ...
unit 8 vocab 2022-03-15
Across
- comes from plants and animals
- a group of a population
- global ecosystem composed of living orgaisms
- source of origin
- showing the cladistic relationship between a numberof species
- the area and resources useed by a particular species
- organsims that produce its own food
- community interacting organisms and thier physical environment
- a person who buys goods
- a system of interlocking and interdependent food chains
- the role an organism plays in a community
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- eats both plants and animals
- area classified according to the species that live in that location
- organisms that make ther own food
- complex organic substances
- feeds mostly on plants
- a type of symbiotic relationship where all species involved benefit from thier interactions
- a branch of biology
- organism that breaks down dead organic material
- animals that feed on flesh
- where the chain goes down or up
21 Clues: source of origin • a branch of biology • feeds mostly on plants • a group of a population • a person who buys goods • complex organic substances • animals that feed on flesh • eats both plants and animals • comes from plants and animals • where the chain goes down or up • organisms that make ther own food • organsims that produce its own food • ...
Biology 2021-09-28
Across
- + CO2 + H2O : Reactants of cellular respiration
- : Transformation of glucose to into ATP
- : Smallest unit of living things
- to stimuli : Fight or flight response
- : Locate at the right side of the arrow
- : The high energy form of adenosine triphosphate
- : Living things that use the sun’s energy directly to make glucose
- : The used form form of adenosine triphosphate
- : Genetic material changes over time through within a species
- Organization : Cell -> Tissue -> Organ -> Organ system -> Organism
- : Maintaining Balance
- : passing DNA through the family
- Fusion : Gravity condolences nuclei and forms atoms to collide and produce the origin of energy
- : Cell division
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- + oxygen : Products of Photosynthesis
- : Living thighs that cannot use the sun's energy directly
- : Plants rely on animals and animals rely on plants
- + CO2 + H2O : Reactants of cellular respiration
- : Located at the left side of the arrow
- : A process in which plants use the sun to make glucose
- : The process that transforms glucose into ATP
21 Clues: : Cell division • : Maintaining Balance • : Smallest unit of living things • : passing DNA through the family • + oxygen : Products of Photosynthesis • to stimuli : Fight or flight response • : Transformation of glucose to into ATP • : Located at the left side of the arrow • : Locate at the right side of the arrow • : The used form form of adenosine triphosphate • ...
Soil/Fossils Review 2016-12-13
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- layer of rock beneath soil
- amber is hardened tree ____
- amount of different sized soil particles in soil
- fossil which does not preserve organisms
- soil provides habitat to this organism
- In petrification process, ____ replaces tissues
- determined by parent rock and weathering
- of organism are preserved in rock
- plowing method that helps conserve soil
- plants disappearing from an area due to soil infertility
- another name for tar
- temperature slows down decay
- plant or animal buried in mold ____
- the horizon with weathered bedrock
- stores this to help prevent floods
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- remains or physical evidence of organisms
- object created when sediment fills a mold
- what soil provides for animals and plants
- the rock which gets weathered into soil
- index fossil organism
- on the ground surface in O horizon
- Ability to hold nutrients for plants
- what B horizon contains
- a loose mixture minerals, water, air, organic matter
24 Clues: another name for tar • index fossil organism • what B horizon contains • layer of rock beneath soil • amber is hardened tree ____ • temperature slows down decay • of organism are preserved in rock • on the ground surface in O horizon • the horizon with weathered bedrock • stores this to help prevent floods • plant or animal buried in mold ____ • ...
macromolecules 2016-09-26
Across
- _____ is found i the nucleus of cells.
- carries genetic information.
- acids store genetic information.
- carbohydrates,lipids, nuclear acids, and proteins are _______ macromolucues.
- form the cell membrane.
- carbohydrates are found in ____
- _____ is used by plants to store energy.
- are two monosaccharides put together
- is an example of carbohydrates.
- support they provide ___________________ for plants.
- most common lipid
- saturated fats are ___ at room temperature.
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- lipids are made from a long ____ of fatty acids that don't dissolve in water.
- Nuclear acids are composed of _______
- provide short term energy.
- glycogen is ______ strung together
- glucose is the ____ for carbohydrates.
- are made from 20 amino acids
- amino acids are bonded by ______ bonds.
- a very large molecule formed by joining a smaller organic together.
- have long term energy storage.
- proteins are mainly composed of _______ , oxygen and nitrogen.
- unsaturated fats are _____ at room temperature.
- monsaccharides are _______ sugars
24 Clues: most common lipid • form the cell membrane. • provide short term energy. • carries genetic information. • are made from 20 amino acids • have long term energy storage. • carbohydrates are found in ____ • is an example of carbohydrates. • acids store genetic information. • monsaccharides are _______ sugars • glycogen is ______ strung together • are two monosaccharides put together • ...
Biosphere Crossword 2018-11-25
Across
- having the same characteristics
- both species benefit
- dead plants or animals for food
- an animal that relies on other organism for food and energy
- the powerhouse of the cell
- lichens, moss, grass
- substance that undergoes changes
- breathing
- parasites benefiting from another species
- the number of organisms that an environment can hold
- where photosynthesis takes place
- all the inhabitants of an area
- can breed together
- outcome
- only plants
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- both plants and animals
- Moving into one new area
- an organism changes to better fit its environment
- leaving one area
- photosynthesis, creates own food
- only one species benefits
- water, space, weather predators etc.
- the preying on one animal to another
- a group of organisms that interact with each other
- light energy to food for an autotroph
- two species relying on each other
- inheriting a title
- only meat
28 Clues: outcome • breathing • only meat • only plants • leaving one area • inheriting a title • can breed together • both species benefit • lichens, moss, grass • both plants and animals • Moving into one new area • only one species benefits • the powerhouse of the cell • all the inhabitants of an area • having the same characteristics • dead plants or animals for food • photosynthesis, creates own food • ...
Dazmon's "Bio" Crossword 2014-02-20
Across
- separation of cells from their growth
- the control of a population of one organism
- genetically modifying plants & animals 4 food
- branch that studies moral values in bio science
- all genetic information or hereditary possesed by an organism
- Genetic material altered
- to tame an animal
- cutting up DNA fragments from more than 1 organism
- assigning DNA fragments to chromosomes
- a fuel made of natural, re-useable sources
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- use of plants/microorganism to clean sites
- Science that uses very small living things
- used to alter genetic material
- the cultivation of water organisms
- Something mixed in origin or composition
- makes new strains of plants or animals
- the raising of crops and livestock
- the act of making unusable by harmful things
- Injecting substances in microscopic organism
- The process of producing a clone
- organism with one or more genes transferred
21 Clues: to tame an animal • Genetic material altered • used to alter genetic material • The process of producing a clone • the cultivation of water organisms • the raising of crops and livestock • separation of cells from their growth • makes new strains of plants or animals • assigning DNA fragments to chromosomes • Something mixed in origin or composition • ...
GRADE 5 KEYWORDS FOR NST FUEL AND POWER NOV 2023 2023-11-08
Across
- black gold
- source of all energy
- oil has not been processed yet
- used to tar roads
- partly decomposed vegetable matter from acidic, boggy ground, dried for use as fuel
- does not run out
- narrow long opening or crack
- the process of burning
- soft brownish coal
- a black rock consisting mainly of carbon from fossils
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- the process where plants generate and store energy in leaves and roots
- the gas released by plants during the daytime
- coal ground into small pieces to a powder form
- natural fuel such as coal or gas formed from remains of animals and plants
- squeezed together
- a renewable power source
- process of injecting liquid at high pressure into subterranean rocks.
- a large fan which turns very fast
- consisting largely of methane
- turned by a turbine to produce electricity
- Methane
21 Clues: Methane • black gold • does not run out • squeezed together • used to tar roads • soft brownish coal • source of all energy • the process of burning • a renewable power source • narrow long opening or crack • consisting largely of methane • oil has not been processed yet • a large fan which turns very fast • turned by a turbine to produce electricity • ...
Biology 2023-12-14
Across
- only eats mean
- group of living organisms that live in and interact with each other in the same enviorment
- illegal hunting or capturing of wild animals
- fish eating mammal with dense fur and webbed feet
- The air you breathe
- Carbon Dioxide
- the different form or versions of a gene.
- an singe animal, plant, or single-celled life form.
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- only eats plants
- animal that is hunted and killed by another animal for food
- organism that cant produce its own food and eat other plants and animals to get energy
- preys on other animals
- the largest living land animal is grey and have tusks
- light energy is converted to chemical energy
- molecule that carries genetic information
- the main thing sea urchins eat
- eats both plants and meat
- the other name for an killer whale
- large carnivorous mammal that lives in prides
- orginism the creates there own foood and energy
20 Clues: only eats mean • Carbon Dioxide • only eats plants • The air you breathe • preys on other animals • eats both plants and meat • the main thing sea urchins eat • the other name for an killer whale • molecule that carries genetic information • the different form or versions of a gene. • light energy is converted to chemical energy • illegal hunting or capturing of wild animals • ...
Ecology crossword 2024-04-05
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- The home of an organism
- The systems that things get eaten
- A community that interacts with it environment
- Organisms that produce food from sunlight
- Organism that is a parasite
- Living thing
- Study organisms
- The position of an organism on the food chain
- Is food for the predator
- Where parasites live
- Eats the prey
- The region on, above, and below the Earth's surface where life exists
- Non-living things in an ecosystem
- Group of organisms of the same species
- Organisms that consume other organisms
- Organisms that only eat meat
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- Livivng things in an ecosystem
- Multiple food chains conbine
- Group of populations
- Organisms that eat other plants and animals
- Organisms that eat both plants and meat
- An organism that feeds off dead things
- Organisms that only eat plants
- Organisms that decompose organic matter
- Organisms that make their own food
25 Clues: Living thing • Eats the prey • Study organisms • Group of populations • Where parasites live • The home of an organism • Is food for the predator • Organism that is a parasite • Multiple food chains conbine • Organisms that only eat meat • Livivng things in an ecosystem • Organisms that only eat plants • The systems that things get eaten • Non-living things in an ecosystem • ...
ecology vocab 2024-04-05
Across
- web interlocking food chains
- geographic area where organisms work together to survive
- the region above, and below the earth's surface
- eat only plants
- chain organisms dependent on the next source of food
- organisms that eat plants and animals
- nonliving things
- inhabitants of a certain town area or country
- organism that scavenges dead organisms
- hunter of prey
- parasites
- organisms that can make their food
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- organisms that consume other organisms to survive
- eats a mix of plants and meat
- living things
- the position of an organism in the food chain
- eat only meat
- relations of organisms to 1 another and physical surroundings
- carries on the activities of utilizing organs
- something dependent on another organism to survive
- a group of populations
- organism that breaks down organic material
- organism produces its food
- the natural home or environment of an organism
- being hunted by predators
25 Clues: parasites • living things • eat only meat • hunter of prey • eat only plants • nonliving things • a group of populations • being hunted by predators • organism produces its food • eats a mix of plants and meat • web interlocking food chains • organisms that can make their food • organisms that eat plants and animals • organism that scavenges dead organisms • ...
ecology vocab 2024-04-05
Across
- web interlocking food chains
- geographic area where organisms work together to survive
- the region above, and below the earth's surface
- eat only plants
- chain organisms dependent on the next source of food
- organisms that eat plants and animals
- nonliving things
- inhabitants of a certain town area or country
- organism that scavenges dead organisms
- hunter of prey
- parasites
- organisms that can make their food
Down
- organisms that consume other organisms to survive
- eats a mix of plants and meat
- living things
- the position of an organism in the food chain
- eat only meat
- relations of organisms to 1 another and physical surroundings
- carries on the activities of utilizing organs
- something dependent on another organism to survive
- a group of populations
- organism that breaks down organic material
- organism produces its food
- the natural home or environment of an organism
- being hunted by predators
25 Clues: parasites • living things • eat only meat • hunter of prey • eat only plants • nonliving things • a group of populations • being hunted by predators • organism produces its food • eats a mix of plants and meat • web interlocking food chains • organisms that can make their food • organisms that eat plants and animals • organism that scavenges dead organisms • ...
ecology vocab 2024-04-05
Across
- web interlocking food chains
- geographic area where organisms work together to survive
- the region above, and below the earth's surface
- eat only plants
- chain organisms dependent on the next source of food
- organisms that eat plants and animals
- nonliving things
- inhabitants of a certain town area or country
- organism that scavenges dead organisms
- hunter of prey
- parasites
- organisms that can make their food
Down
- organisms that consume other organisms to survive
- eats a mix of plants and meat
- living things
- the position of an organism in the food chain
- eat only meat
- relations of organisms to 1 another and physical surroundings
- carries on the activities of utilizing organs
- something dependent on another organism to survive
- a group of populations
- organism that breaks down organic material
- organism produces its food
- the natural home or environment of an organism
- being hunted by predators
25 Clues: parasites • living things • eat only meat • hunter of prey • eat only plants • nonliving things • a group of populations • being hunted by predators • organism produces its food • eats a mix of plants and meat • web interlocking food chains • organisms that can make their food • organisms that eat plants and animals • organism that scavenges dead organisms • ...
ecology vocab 2024-04-05
Across
- web interlocking food chains
- geographic area where organisms work together to survive
- the region above, and below the earth's surface
- eat only plants
- chain organisms dependent on the next source of food
- organisms that eat plants and animals
- nonliving things
- inhabitants of a certain town area or country
- organism that scavenges dead organisms
- hunter of prey
- parasites
- organisms that can make their food
Down
- organisms that consume other organisms to survive
- eats a mix of plants and meat
- living things
- the position of an organism in the food chain
- eat only meat
- relations of organisms to 1 another and physical surroundings
- carries on the activities of utilizing organs
- something dependent on another organism to survive
- a group of populations
- organism that breaks down organic material
- organism produces its food
- the natural home or environment of an organism
- being hunted by predators
25 Clues: parasites • living things • eat only meat • hunter of prey • eat only plants • nonliving things • a group of populations • being hunted by predators • organism produces its food • eats a mix of plants and meat • web interlocking food chains • organisms that can make their food • organisms that eat plants and animals • organism that scavenges dead organisms • ...
Ecology Intro. 2024-04-05
Across
- where a parasite lives
- Order of organisms eating each other
- Where plants/animals naturally grow
- Eats for energy cannot produce own energy
- Never Lived
- Can produce own food
- Organism that only eats decaying organic matter
- The position of an organism on the food chain
- Living or once living
- Living and non-living things in an area
- A living thing
- Caught for food
- lives by killing and eating other organisms
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- all food chains in an ecosystem
- Requiring organic compounds
- breaks down dead organisms
- Only eats plants
- Multiple organisms forming a bubble of life
- A group living in the same area and/or having similar characteristics
- Living off another organism
- The total of individuals occupying an area or making up a whole
- eats both plants and animals
- Only Eats Animals
- Make food in themselves
- Study of relationships between living things
25 Clues: Never Lived • A living thing • Caught for food • Only eats plants • Only Eats Animals • Can produce own food • Living or once living • where a parasite lives • Make food in themselves • breaks down dead organisms • Requiring organic compounds • Living off another organism • eats both plants and animals • all food chains in an ecosystem • Where plants/animals naturally grow • ...
Brady B's Ecology Puzzle 2024-04-05
Across
- organism that can produce its own food
- organisms that depend on each other to survive
- organism that kills prey
- natural home of an ofganism
- regions of the surface
- group of people living in same space
- relationship of organisms
- system of interlocking food chains
- biological community
- factors of living things
- organism that eats only animals
- something that lives off of another organism
- something that makes something else
- organism that eats only plants
- how many inhabitants in a certain area
- person who buys goods for their own benefit
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- each level in an ecosystem
- organism that decomposes dead animals
- what the parasites live off of
- factors of nonliving things
- organism that eats both plants and animals
- organism that gets hunted
- organism that eats other plants and animals
- organisms that live off of dead animals
- individual animal/plant
25 Clues: biological community • regions of the surface • individual animal/plant • organism that kills prey • factors of living things • organism that gets hunted • relationship of organisms • each level in an ecosystem • natural home of an ofganism • factors of nonliving things • what the parasites live off of • organism that eats only plants • organism that eats only animals • ...
Practice for test biology 2022-06-08
Across
- The top part of the stamen
- When plants pollinate by animals
- A food chain where animals eat more things then one
- Where the egg cells are in
- When a plant pollinate an other plant
- The middle part of the carpel
- The plant pollinate his self
- The one that starts the food chain
- The first animal that eats the producer
- Male reproductive organ
- The top part of the carpel
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- The second animal in a food chain
- When plants pollinate by the wind
- Eats plants and meat
- This comes out the stamen
- The stick of the stamen
- The female reproductive
- Animals that eat organisms
- the leaves under the petals
- The top part of the carpel
- The leaves to interact the insects
- where the ovules are in
- I sit next to the one that had a relation with Kate
23 Clues: Eats plants and meat • The stick of the stamen • The female reproductive • where the ovules are in • Male reproductive organ • This comes out the stamen • The top part of the stamen • Where the egg cells are in • Animals that eat organisms • The top part of the carpel • The top part of the carpel • the leaves under the petals • The plant pollinate his self • ...
8 23 2023 North Port Workplace 2023-08-22
Across
- times a store is open
- Purchase
- making a deposit on an item and paying later
- money taken out of your paycheck for SS
- plugs, wire, outlets, conduit
- a monetary reward on top of regular pay
- surface with regular ridges (cardboard)
- insurance, stock options, paid leave
- chemicals plants need
- nuts, bolts, screws, nails, hinges
- shelf that starts an aisle
- bargain
- person in charge of a store
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- place where items are kept
- paper record of an order to buy
- powders and liquids that kill bugs
- coins or smaller amounts of money
- a specific and named section of a store
- person buying
- having to do with money
- chemicals that kill plants
- 25 cents
- items to fix water pipes
- place to buy plants
- copy of a paid bill
- dollar bills of different denominations
- 10 cents
- using a machine instead of by hand
28 Clues: bargain • Purchase • 25 cents • 10 cents • person buying • place to buy plants • copy of a paid bill • times a store is open • chemicals plants need • having to do with money • items to fix water pipes • place where items are kept • chemicals that kill plants • shelf that starts an aisle • person in charge of a store • plugs, wire, outlets, conduit • paper record of an order to buy • ...
6TH GRADE SCIENCE 2023-05-09
Across
- stored energy
- in the food web eats only other animals
- the animal in an ecosystem that relies on other organisms to get its food
- energy deriving from chemicals usually gas or food
- heat transfer through currents
- a symbiotic relationship where one organism is harmed while the other is benefited
- in the energy pyramid eats plants and other animals
- a giant gyre full of trash most being plastic
- heat transfer through direct touch
- the action of work
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- in the food web is the apex predator
- the thing that helps an ecosystem from reaching its' carrying capacity
- heat transfer through energy rays
- (example) tundra, deciduous forest, rainforest, desert, etc.
- get food from the sun
- the variety of plants and animals in an ecosystem
- like a large whirlpool
- in the energy pyramid only consumes plants
- causes currents to spin either clockwise or counterclockwise
- the energy of movement
20 Clues: stored energy • the action of work • get food from the sun • like a large whirlpool • the energy of movement • heat transfer through currents • heat transfer through energy rays • heat transfer through direct touch • in the food web is the apex predator • in the food web eats only other animals • in the energy pyramid only consumes plants • ...
Biology Crossword Puzzle 2023-09-25
Across
- an organism that can eat plants and meat
- the barrier that protects the cell from the outside world
- a plant eater
- contains genetic material
- stores and transfers substances
- makes ATP
- contains enzymes that break stuff down
- the classification of plants and animals
- a meat eater
- the study of life
- jelly-like substances that is in cells
- the testing of a hypothesis
- the "post office" of the cell
- how organisms get energy from the surroundings to sustain itselfhypothesis
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- a network of membranous tubules
- makes proteins
- when one or more cells are grouped together
- a plastid that does photosynthesis
- stores food or waste
- a scientific instrument that enlarges things
- body temperature
- stores the DNA
- a educated statement that explain observations
- how sunlight gives plants energy
- the outside of a plant cell
25 Clues: makes ATP • a meat eater • a plant eater • makes proteins • stores the DNA • body temperature • the study of life • stores food or waste • contains genetic material • the outside of a plant cell • the testing of a hypothesis • the "post office" of the cell • a network of membranous tubules • stores and transfers substances • how sunlight gives plants energy • ...
Atp and Photosynthesis Crossword- Adisyn Porter 2024-10-31
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- site where photosynthesis occurs
- a green pigment present in green plants '
- another energy source for light independent
- reactant needed for light dependent
- process which plants use sunlight to create their own food
- also known as light dependent
- product made in light dependent
- creates own food
- outside thylakoid membranes
- stage takes place in stroma
- is a sugar
- reactant needed for light independent
- natural coloring matter of plants
- use sunlight to make their food
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- measure of hotness or coldness
- stage takes place in thylakoids
- contain clusters of chlorophyll
- three in ATP molecules and two in ADP
- also known as calvin cycle
- can't produce own food
- don't use sunlight to make their food
- Cycle also known as photosystem one
- a nitrogen compound
- stack of thylakoids
- provides energy for cells
- similar to ATP
- helps cells transfer energy
- energy source for light dependent
28 Clues: is a sugar • similar to ATP • creates own food • a nitrogen compound • stack of thylakoids • can't produce own food • provides energy for cells • also known as calvin cycle • outside thylakoid membranes • helps cells transfer energy • stage takes place in stroma • also known as light dependent • measure of hotness or coldness • stage takes place in thylakoids • ...
Blooming Botanicals 2025-07-17
Across
- Exotic, often epiphytic, flowering plant.
- The main stem of a plant.
- Underground stem from which roots and shoots grow.
- Process by which plants convert light into energy.
- Sweet liquid produced by flowers to attract pollinators.
- Tall plant with large yellow heads that track the sun.
- The scientific study of plants.
- The female reproductive organ of a flower.
- Fine powdery substance carried by wind or insects.
- Small embryonic plant enclosed in a covering.
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- An unopend flower.
- Green pigment in plants essential for photosynthesis.
- Spring bulb flower, often cup-shaped.
- Plant that grows by climbing or trailing.
- Fragrant shrub with purple or white flowers.
- Common flower with white petals around a yellow center.
- A colorful segment of a flower.
- The act of flowering or a flower itself.
- Male reproductive part of a flower, producing pollen.
- Classic thorny flower, often associated with love.
20 Clues: An unopend flower. • The main stem of a plant. • A colorful segment of a flower. • The scientific study of plants. • Spring bulb flower, often cup-shaped. • The act of flowering or a flower itself. • Exotic, often epiphytic, flowering plant. • Plant that grows by climbing or trailing. • The female reproductive organ of a flower. • Fragrant shrub with purple or white flowers. • ...
Climate & Vegetation 2025-07-06
Across
- – Iconic desert mammal with fat-storing humps
- – Modified leaves that reduce water loss
- – Air plants growing on branches (e.g., bromeliads)
- – Nutrient-rich decaying organic layer on forest floor
- – Primary layer (15-30m) where most rainforest life exists
- – Constant high moisture levels in rainforest climate
- – Water conservation strategy in desert plants
- – Replaces xerophyte: water-storing plants (e.g., cacti)
- – Behavioral adaptation to avoid daytime heat
- – Tree-dwelling lifestyle (e.g., sloths, monkeys)
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- – Tallest rainforest trees (>30m) with umbrella-shaped crowns
- – Exceptional species variety per square kilometer
- – State of desert seeds between rainfalls
- – Heat-reflecting fur/feathers of desert animals
- – Wind-driven removal of topsoil in deserts
- – How leaf-tailed geckos avoid predators
- – Rapid nutrient loss in rainforest soils due to heavy rainfall
- – Crown shape of some mid-layer rainforest trees
- – Underground refuge from extreme temperatures
- – Low vegetation density due to water scarcity
- – Wide, stabilizing roots of tall rainforest trees
21 Clues: – Modified leaves that reduce water loss • – How leaf-tailed geckos avoid predators • – State of desert seeds between rainfalls • – Wind-driven removal of topsoil in deserts • – Iconic desert mammal with fat-storing humps • – Behavioral adaptation to avoid daytime heat • – Underground refuge from extreme temperatures • – Water conservation strategy in desert plants • ...
Crossword 2024-12-09
Across
- free of oxygen
- wetlands with woody plants
- structures used to stop water for naturally changing course
- barriers which restrict water flow
- permanently or seasonally saturated with water
- Regime regular pattern of variations in water levels
- Source Pollution coming from a clearly identified source
- wetland with frequent flooding or constant surface water
- wetlands filled with peat and acidic water
- mass destruction trees
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- Plants soft-stemmed plants
- material created by atmospheric con
- lightly salty water
- Functions water-retention of soil
- waste on the forest floor
- state of being frozen year-round
- area which has hydric and anerobic soil and supports a plant community which is adapted to living in these soils
- Trees evergreen trees with needle-shaped leaves
- sand, stone or soil carried into land or water
- spongey substance formed by partially decomposed vegetation
20 Clues: free of oxygen • lightly salty water • mass destruction trees • waste on the forest floor • wetlands with woody plants • state of being frozen year-round • barriers which restrict water flow • material created by atmospheric con • Functions water-retention of soil • Plants soft-stemmed plants • wetlands filled with peat and acidic water • ...
UNIT 3 - Sustainability 2025-07-10
Across
- related to nature and the environment
- the Earth, our home
- caring for the planet so future generations can live well
- using old things to make new things
- cutting down too many trees
- a natural resource we must protect
- a building or effect that keeps heat inside
- old food and plants that become soil
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- a long time with no rain
- power from the sun
- a gas that causes global warming
- dirtying the air, water, or land
- a material that is used a lot but takes a long time to break down
- power we use to do things
- things we throw away
- the variety of animals and plants on Earth
- energy that comes from natural sources like sun or wind
- the usual weather in a place
- fuel from ancient plants or animals like coal or oil
- using something again instead of throwing it away
20 Clues: power from the sun • the Earth, our home • things we throw away • a long time with no rain • power we use to do things • cutting down too many trees • the usual weather in a place • a gas that causes global warming • dirtying the air, water, or land • a natural resource we must protect • using old things to make new things • old food and plants that become soil • ...
Elementary Biology 2025-10-15
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- Process of using oxygen to release energy from food
- A trait that helps an organism survive
- Breaks down dead material and recycles nutrients
- Large molecules that do most jobs in cells
- Process of making more organisms
- Molecule that carries genetic instructions (abbrev.)
- Thread-like structure made of DNA
- Any living thing (plant, animal, microbe)
- Organism that eats other organisms for energy
- Community of organisms plus their environment
- The basic unit of life
- Tiny single-celled organisms; some help and some harm
- Tiny agent that can infect living cells (not a cell)
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- A segment of DNA that codes for a trait
- Process plants use to turn light into food
- Where plants make food using sunlight
- Place where a plant or animal lives
- Organism that makes food (like plants)
- "Powerhouse" of the cell that makes ATP
- Controls the cell; houses DNA
20 Clues: The basic unit of life • Controls the cell; houses DNA • Process of making more organisms • Thread-like structure made of DNA • Place where a plant or animal lives • Where plants make food using sunlight • A trait that helps an organism survive • Organism that makes food (like plants) • A segment of DNA that codes for a trait • "Powerhouse" of the cell that makes ATP • ...
P3 Science 2026-02-06
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- fragile and clear material
- turtles, snakes and crocodiles belong to this group
- plants that reproduce using spores
- humans, elephants and whales belong to this group
- plants that reproduce using fruits and seeds
- can bend without breaking
- does not absorb water
- material to make clothes
- can carry a lot of weight without breaking
- ants, butterflies and beetles belong to this group
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- allows almost all light to pass through
- a strong, rigid and shiny material
- living things that can make its own food
- living things like mushrooms, yeast and mould
- material that comes from trees
- newts, frogs and toads belong to this group
- flexible, waterproof and bouncy material
- very difficult to scratch
- livings things that eats and digests food
- sharks, seahorses and eels belong to this group
- eagles, parrots and penguins belong to this group
- goes down in water
- a man-made material
23 Clues: goes down in water • a man-made material • does not absorb water • material to make clothes • very difficult to scratch • can bend without breaking • fragile and clear material • material that comes from trees • a strong, rigid and shiny material • plants that reproduce using spores • allows almost all light to pass through • living things that can make its own food • ...
Introduction to Biology 2026-04-27
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- The technique of growing fish
- The study of the minute structures or tiny bit of the body
- The study of form structure of plants and animals
- The verification of a person by his body features
- . The practice of keeping bees
- The management and analysis of biological information stored in database
- The study of diseases in plants and animals
- The science which aims to improve human race through controlled heredity
- The study of Birds
- . The technique of producing silk by raising silk worm
- The study of parasites
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- The study of fishes
- The study of gross structure of the organs in an organism as seen in dissection
- The study of fungi
- Fater of Medicine
- The study of insects
- The rapidly advancing branch of biotechnology
- Father of Biology
- . The science and art of growing fruits,vegetables,flowers or ornamental plants
- . The science phenomena and causes immunity
20 Clues: Fater of Medicine • Father of Biology • The study of fungi • The study of Birds • The study of fishes • The study of insects • The study of parasites • The technique of growing fish • . The practice of keeping bees • The study of diseases in plants and animals • The rapidly advancing branch of biotechnology • . The science phenomena and causes immunity • ...
Mammals 2026-04-14
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- unique substance produced to feed young
- shape of a mole's nose
- number of lines on a ground squirrel
- eats mainly meat
- eats plants and animals
- mammals are _______ blooded
- only member of procyonidae
- family often trapped for pelts
- tiny rodent with a very pointy snout
- mammal that can glide but not fly
- eats insects and pollinates plants
- squirrel with orange tail and belly
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- animal with 4 upper incisors
- dark weasel with tan bib
- another name for a weasel
- word for an animal with 4 stomachs
- coyote family
- cougar family
- animal with plantigrade feet
- animal that is hunted commonly in MN
- only marsupial in the US
- like a mouse, but all fluff
- family that can eject scent
- rodent with a tail like a rudder
- herbivores eat…
- cat with hips above shoulders
26 Clues: coyote family • cougar family • herbivores eat… • eats mainly meat • shape of a mole's nose • eats plants and animals • dark weasel with tan bib • only marsupial in the US • another name for a weasel • only member of procyonidae • like a mouse, but all fluff • family that can eject scent • mammals are _______ blooded • animal with 4 upper incisors • animal with plantigrade feet • ...
Simple Nouns 3 2026-05-04
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- A very large body of salt water
- A sandy area next to water
- Land between hills or mountains
- A small raised area of land
- Green plants that cover the ground
- The part of a plant under the ground
- A plant or part of a plant used for food
- Something that grows on plants and is eaten
- Land surrounded by water
- A large area full of trees
- A tall plant with a trunk and branches
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- A large area of still water
- A part that grows out from a tree
- A flat green part of a plant
- A dry area with very little water
- A very high area of land
- A long body of flowing water
- An area where plants are grown
- A small part that grows into a plant
- A plant that often has bright petals
20 Clues: A very high area of land • Land surrounded by water • A sandy area next to water • A large area full of trees • A large area of still water • A small raised area of land • A flat green part of a plant • A long body of flowing water • An area where plants are grown • A very large body of salt water • Land between hills or mountains • A part that grows out from a tree • ...
the evironment 2014-05-25
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- / the general weather conditions usually found in a particular place
- / animals or plants that may soon not exist because there are very few now alive
- / a gradual increase in world temperatures caused by gases such as carbon dioxide that are collecting in the air around the Earth and stopping heat escaping into space
- / a chemical substance made and used for killing insects, especially those that eat plants
- / energy that is produced using the sun, wind etc., or from crops, rather than using fuels such as oil or coal
- / you can give it back to the company that sold it to be used again and you get your money back
- / to damage something so badly that it cannot be used
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- / he gas formed when carbon is burned, or when people or animals breathe out
- / a forest in a hot area of the world that receives a lot of rain
- / a device on a car that reduces the amount of poisonous gas that is released from the exhaust
- / to make air, water, or earth dirty or harmful to people, animals, and plants, esp. by adding harmful chemicals or waste
- / operating in a way that does not harm the environment
- / a natural or chemical substance that is spread on the land or given to plants, to make plants grow well
- / to raise animals, grow crops etc. without using artificial chemicals
- / the air, water, and land in or on which people, animals, and plants live
- / the gradual warming of the earth because of heat trapped by carbon dioxide and other gases in the atmosphere
16 Clues: / to damage something so badly that it cannot be used • / operating in a way that does not harm the environment • / a forest in a hot area of the world that receives a lot of rain • / the general weather conditions usually found in a particular place • / to raise animals, grow crops etc. without using artificial chemicals • ...
Photosynthesis 2020-10-20
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- needed for photosynthesis
- Sun_____
- what comes from the sun rays?
- what is sea water?
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- what is all things on earth?
- what made sure the plants don’t move?
- what do animals eat sometimes?
- how do you colour food?
- what gas is released from the plants?
- what does a plant need?
- what happens when you freeze water?
- what do you use for science experiments?
- what we used to collect the oxygen
13 Clues: Sun_____ • what is sea water? • how do you colour food? • what does a plant need? • needed for photosynthesis • what is all things on earth? • what comes from the sun rays? • what do animals eat sometimes? • what we used to collect the oxygen • what happens when you freeze water? • what made sure the plants don’t move? • what gas is released from the plants? • ...
Science- Chapter 1 lesson 1 and 2 Grade 1 2020-09-05
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- this holds up the plant
- plants use water, air, and this to make food
- plants take this and the nutrients from the soil
- these things do not need food, water, and air
- plants have to get everything from this around them
- this does not need a lot of water to survive
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- they help plants grow
- these things grow and change
- these keep the plant in the ground
- most plants have stems, roots and these
10 Clues: they help plants grow • this holds up the plant • these things grow and change • these keep the plant in the ground • most plants have stems, roots and these • plants use water, air, and this to make food • this does not need a lot of water to survive • these things do not need food, water, and air • plants take this and the nutrients from the soil • ...
Crop Production and management 2022-07-05
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- crops, Grown in winter
- Nutrients required in large amounts.
- Plants grown in large quantities in a field
- Science that deals with the raising of plants and rearing of animals for human use
- Growing and harvesting of fruit, vegetables flowers and decorative plants
- Land where plants are cultivated
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- breeding and raising of livestock including poultry
- Growing seeds in a nursery and shifting seedlings to the field.
- Plants live for more than two growing seasons
- Products obtained from crops
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 • breeding and raising of livestock including poultry • Growing seeds in a nursery and shifting seedlings to the field. • ...
Plant tissues, reproduction, fruiting and plant hormones/regulators 2022-09-10
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- true flowering plants
- contains the stigma, style and ovary (female flower parts)
- acid promotes senescence of leaves and fruit, is involved in bud & seed dormancy, helps with stomatal opening and closing, signals plants of physiological stress, and protects plants from environmental conditions
- Development of seedless fruit
- division of the nucleus to produce two daughter nuclei containing identical sets of chromosomes
- produced in the shoot apex, involved in geotropism/gravitropism, phototropism, cell division, and enlargement
- Fruit that continue to ripen after harvesting
- division of the nucleus into four cells with half the chromosome number of the original cell
- programmed physiological process in which prolonged cold exposure provides competency to flower in plants
- Chemical which ripens fruit
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- form of reproduction which results in progeny that is genetically identical to the parent
- found in monocot flowers, where the sepals and petals are similar and fused at the base
- outermost appendages of the flower, modified leaves, enclose to protect the flower at bud stage, collectively known as the calyx
- Development of seeds with no fusion of the gametes/without fertilisation
- contains the anther and filament (male flower parts)
- involved in cell division, inhibit senescence (death), produced in root tips, high concentration in fruits and seeds
- plants response to day length
- form of reproduction which results in progeny that are genetically diverse
- can be bound or free, cell division and elongation in internodes, dormancy break in seeds and buds, balance between juvenile and adult forms, onset of flowering in place of vernalisation.
19 Clues: true flowering plants • Chemical which ripens fruit • Development of seedless fruit • plants response to day length • Fruit that continue to ripen after harvesting • contains the anther and filament (male flower parts) • contains the stigma, style and ovary (female flower parts) • Development of seeds with no fusion of the gametes/without fertilisation • ...
U2 Photosynthesis & cellular respiration 2023-09-21
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- first step in releasing the energy of glucose, in which a molecule of glucose is broken into two molecules of pyruvic acid
- the transport of dissolved substances into cells.
- energy-carrying biological molecule, which, when broken down, drives cellular activities
- organelle found in cells of plants and some other organisms that captures the energy from sunlight and converts it into chemical energy
- the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants
- process that does not require oxygen
- process that requires oxygen
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- process by which plants and some other organisms use light energy to convert water and carbon dioxide into oxygen and high-energy carbohydrates such as sugars and starches
- process that releases energy from food in the presence of oxygen
- organelle that is the site of ATP (energy) production
- pairs of cells that surround stomata and control their opening and closing.
- the form of sugar that circulates in the blood and provides the major source of energy for body tissues.
- an organism that makes its own food
- a substance or molecule that participates in a chemical reaction
- an organ in vascular plants that anchors the plant and enables it to absorb water and minerals from the soil.
- the small openings on the undersides of most leaves through which oxygen and carbon dioxide can move
- green pigmnet in plants the absorbs light energy used to carry out photosynthesis
- Produced in muscle cells under anaerobic conditions so that glycolysis can continue.
- a substance that forms in a chemical reaction
19 Clues: process that requires oxygen • an organism that makes its own food • process that does not require oxygen • a substance that forms in a chemical reaction • the transport of dissolved substances into cells. • organelle that is the site of ATP (energy) production • process that releases energy from food in the presence of oxygen • ...
Cellular Respiration 2026-01-14
10 Clues: Curses the most in • Inhaled in the body • Exhaled from the body • Powerhouse of the cell • Helps break down glucose • An animal cell but for plants • Converts sunlight into energy • Cycle plants go through for energy • The pigment that makes plants green • Main sugar plants and animals use for energy
Classification 2025-04-22
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- Leeches and earthworms are examples of this
- Animals with a backbone
- Organisms with tiny pores through which water enters
- Jellyfish are examples of these
- Echinoderms have _______-way radial symmetry
- Animals without a backbone
- Molluscs have soft bodies protected by ____ shells
- Seed plants are classified as _____ or non-_______
- Sea __________ is an example of a Cnidarian
- Plants can be classified as ______ or non-_______
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- The act of sorting organisms into groups
- A group of organisms that can reproduce to make fertile offspring
- Tapeworms are an example of this group
- Echinoderms have organs but no _______
- Vascular plants are classified as _____ or ____-less
- Pinworms and hookworms an example of these
- Cnidarians have ________/threads to string their prey
- Organisms are named after their ______ and species
- Starfish and sea urchins are examples of these
19 Clues: Animals with a backbone • Animals without a backbone • Jellyfish are examples of these • Tapeworms are an example of this group • Echinoderms have organs but no _______ • The act of sorting organisms into groups • Pinworms and hookworms an example of these • Leeches and earthworms are examples of this • Sea __________ is an example of a Cnidarian • ...
Lesson 5 Science Vocabulary 2025-10-17
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- A set of events that repeat in the same order over and over
- The gases that surround a planet
- A living thing that can break down dead plants, dead animals, or animal waste
- Tiny living things in water that produce their own food, like plants do
- A living thing that eats other living things
- cycle The process of carbon moving through living things and the environment
- A living thing that is a decomposer, such as a mold or a mushroom
- Anything that takes up space and has weight; can be in different forms such as solid, liquid, gas
- A type of gas that plants release and animals breathe in
- Tiny, floating living things in water that are smaller than algae and produce their own food, like plants do
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- A pretend version of something that scientists use when the real thing is either too big, too small, or too complicated to work with
- An organism that is usually a decomposer; some cause illness
- All the living things that interact with each other and their environment in one place
- dioxide A type of gas that plants sometime take in and that animals release when they breathe
- Any living thing
- A living thing that makes its own food
- A group of things that affect each other and function as a whole
- A substance that living things need to grow and stay healthy
18 Clues: Any living thing • The gases that surround a planet • A living thing that makes its own food • A living thing that eats other living things • A type of gas that plants release and animals breathe in • A set of events that repeat in the same order over and over • An organism that is usually a decomposer; some cause illness • ...
H words 2022-06-09
15 Clues: a cow • dirty • arrogant • discouraging • calm, peaceful • wicked not good • same kind, alike • to do with plants • therapy with water • unreasonably critical • special type of words • long aggressive speech • action of breathing in • good enough to live in • an animal that only eats plants
Spring Crossword 2026-04-23
15 Clues: wet • bright • allergies • picking up • white flower • begin to grow • yellow flower • eating outside • a rainy season • colorful plants • a baby butterfly • a place for plants • when flowers come out • colorful lines in the sky • type of flower with many colors
Cell Structure 2016-12-01
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- Sites of photosynthesis
- Gel in the cell
- Control center
- Information highway
- Discovered cell
- Stores food, water etc
- Cells come from pre-existing cells
- Packaging center
- Makes ribosomes
- Outside covering of plant cells
- Plants are made of cells
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- Animals are made of cells
- Powerhouse
- Contain digestive enzymes
- Synthesize proteins
- Controls what enters and leaves the cell
- Animalcules in pond water
- Green pigment in plants
- Help give cell structure
19 Clues: Powerhouse • Control center • Gel in the cell • Discovered cell • Makes ribosomes • Packaging center • Synthesize proteins • Information highway • Stores food, water etc • Sites of photosynthesis • Green pigment in plants • Help give cell structure • Plants are made of cells • Animals are made of cells • Contain digestive enzymes • Animalcules in pond water • Outside covering of plant cells • ...
Cell Structure 2016-12-01
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- Green pigment in plants
- Outside covering of plant cells
- Contain digestive enzymes
- Cells come from pre-existing cells
- Controls what enters and leaves the cell
- Control center
- Synthesize proteins
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- Information highway
- Stores food, water etc
- Sites of photosynthesis
- Gel in cell
- Discovered cell
- Makes ribosomes
- Animals are made of cells
- Help give cell structure
- Animalcules in pond water
- Plants are made of cells
- Powerhouse
- Packaging center
19 Clues: Powerhouse • Gel in cell • Control center • Discovered cell • Makes ribosomes • Packaging center • Information highway • Synthesize proteins • Stores food, water etc • Sites of photosynthesis • Green pigment in plants • Help give cell structure • Plants are made of cells • Animals are made of cells • Contain digestive enzymes • Animalcules in pond water • Outside covering of plant cells • ...
Delicate Balance 2018-03-07
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- A Living thing that eats producers and consumers
- The natural home of a plant, person or animal
- A Visual way of representing all the feeding relationships in an ecosystem
- An organism that gets its nutrients by breaking down and recycling dead animals and plants
- Animals or Plants fighting for a piece of food, resource etc
- The amount of species living in a certain area
- An organism that hunts prey
- Organisms that make their food using Photosynthesis
- Ecological factors relating or referring to non-living things
- An individual living thing
- A sequence showing a producer and the chain of consumers showing what eats what
- Energy produced by the sun that is used by plants
- A process that Plants use to convert Solar energy into nutrients to keep the plant alive.
- The number of different species living in the same habitat
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- An Animal that only consumes plant material
- Organisms that aren't plants
- Ecological factor relating or referring to living things
- The surroundings or conditions of where a plant lives or operates
- All animals that eat things are called this, opposite of producer
- The amount of water vapour in the air
- A square rid used to measure the number of a species in an area
- A living thing that uses photosynthesis to make food
- A measure of the power light sources produce
- A living thing that only eats other consumers
- Organisms that are hunted by other creatures
- An specific type of living thing
- the branch of biology that deals with the relations of organisms to one another and to their physical surroundings.
27 Clues: An individual living thing • An organism that hunts prey • Organisms that aren't plants • An specific type of living thing • The amount of water vapour in the air • An Animal that only consumes plant material • A measure of the power light sources produce • Organisms that are hunted by other creatures • The natural home of a plant, person or animal • ...
The Savanna Grasslands and the Tropical Rainforests 2012-11-05
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- How many are your works, O LORD! In wisdom you made them all; the earth is full of your creatures.
- Fire is very __________ in Savanna.
- The best teacher in the world is Mr. ________.
- People in the Tropical Rainforests chop down trees in order to have _____.
- There is _______ wind in Tropical Rainforests.
- It is __________ degrees Fahrenheit in the wet season in the Savanna.
- ______ grass is the most common type of plant life in Savanna.
- soil types are very ________ in the Savanna.
- almost every type of ______ is found in the Savanna.
- In Tropical Rainforests the plants are ______.
- It is _________ degrees Fahrenheit in the dry season in the Savanna.
- There are few __________ trees in the Savanna.
- Because people chop down trees in Tropical Rainforests it causes many animals to go without _______ or food and die.
- The grass withers and the flowers fall but the word of our God endures forever _______40:8
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- Plants in the Savanna are highly __________.
- Smaller insects in Savanna are beetles, ______________, and termites.
- it rains a ____ in Tropical Rainforests.
- One of the plants is _________ bamboo in Tropical Rainforests.
- The __________ is 1-2inches deep in Tropical Rainforests.
- Topsoil doesn't have a lot of ___________ in Tropical Rainforests.
- The animals in Savanna are lions,leopards, ______, elephants, zebra, and kangaroo.
- Sunlight plays an __________ role in the nutrition of the regions wildlife in the Savanna..
- When there is a fire in the Savanna_____ percent or less of the plants die cause they adapt to fire.
- ________ and rain affect the plant life of Savanna.
- There is a lot of different ______ of animals in the Tropical Rainforests.
- If there was more heat and less ______ plants would die in Savanna.
26 Clues: Fire is very __________ in Savanna. • it rains a ____ in Tropical Rainforests. • Plants in the Savanna are highly __________. • soil types are very ________ in the Savanna. • The best teacher in the world is Mr. ________. • There is _______ wind in Tropical Rainforests. • In Tropical Rainforests the plants are ______. • There are few __________ trees in the Savanna. • ...
APES-Nutrient Cycle 2013-05-20
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- Swellings on roots containing bacteria necessary for nitrogen-fixing
- Rain containing high amounts of chemical pollutants
- nitrogen nitrogen gas which is not chemically combined with any other substances
- Process in which nitrogen circulates among the air, soil, water, plants, and animals in an ecosystem
- Unicellular microscopic organisms in plants/soil used in the process of nitrogen fixation
- Converting atmospheric nitrogen into nitrogen compounds, useable forms for plants
- Organisms that break down wastes and dead organisms and return raw materials to the environment
- Gaseous element that forms about 78% of the atmosphere and is in animal and plant matter
- Manure, or any organic substance, or a chemical that makes soil richer in plant foods when it is spread over or put into soil
- Process when plants absorb nitrogen compounds from the soil via theis roots
- Two or more elements chemically combined
- Complex organic compounds combined to form proteins that make up living matter
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- Layers of gases that surround the earth
- A pungent gas compounded of nitrogen and hydrogen (NH3)
- Process by which bacteria convert nitrates in the soil into nitrogen gas
- nitrogen nitrogen that's chemically combined with hydrogen, oxygen or carbon
- Substance that makes up the living materials/parts of cells
- Any plant of the pea or bean family which aborbs nitrogen from the air and, by means of bacteria, converts it to a useble form
- Process by which certain bacteria convert ammonium to nitrates
- Coal, oil, natural gas, and other fuels that are ancient remains of plants and animals
- Process when bacteria convert the organic nitrogen within plant and animal wastes back into ammonium compounds
21 Clues: Layers of gases that surround the earth • Two or more elements chemically combined • Rain containing high amounts of chemical pollutants • A pungent gas compounded of nitrogen and hydrogen (NH3) • Substance that makes up the living materials/parts of cells • Process by which certain bacteria convert ammonium to nitrates • ...
Vocab Chapter 7 2021-03-01
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- a period of time when I organisms growth or act activity stops.
- a flowering plant that completes its lifecycle in one growing season.
- cap structure that covers the tip of the roof protecting the roof from injury as the roof grows through soil.
- a flower structure that enclosures in protects olives and seeds as they develop.
- A colorful leaf like structure of sunflowers.
- A angiosperm that has to seed leaves.
- A plant response to seasonal changes in the length of the night and day.
- the plant structures that contains a young plant and a food supply inside the protective covering.
- A plant structure and seed plants that produces the female gametophyte.
- The response of a plant toward or away from a stimulus
- tissue The internal transporting tissue and some plants as made up of two bike structures that carry water food and minerals
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- The leaf of a fern plant.
- in Organelle now on the sale of plants and some other organisms that captures area from sunlight and changes it to an energy form that cell can be used in making food.
- The reproductive structure of gymnosperm.
- The plant hormone that speeds up the rate at which plant cells grow and controls a plant response to light.
- a chemical that affects growth and development.
- produced by seeds plants that contain the salve that later becomes a sperm cell.
- The female reproductive part of a flower.
- A green photosynthetic pigment found in the chloroplast of plants algae in some bacteria.
- a group of them cells that perform a specific function.
- I ripped need a vary and other structures of rain in Grove sperm then closest one of More seeds
21 Clues: The leaf of a fern plant. • A angiosperm that has to seed leaves. • The reproductive structure of gymnosperm. • The female reproductive part of a flower. • A colorful leaf like structure of sunflowers. • a chemical that affects growth and development. • The response of a plant toward or away from a stimulus • a group of them cells that perform a specific function. • ...
Plant Parts & Functions 2023-11-28
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- the part of a plant that develops from the flower and contains the seeds of the plant
- the thin stalk that supports the anther
- female part of the flower that receives the pollen
- type of flowering plant that has one cotyledon to store food for the young plant and has leaves with parallel veins and fibrous roots
- the part of a plant that contains reproductive parts and attracts pollinators
- a class of plants that contains two cotyledons
- the part of a flowering plant that contains an embryo within its protective coat and a stored food supply
- the part of the plant that grows into the soil to anchor the plant and collect water and nutrients
- a portion of the vascular system in plants, consisting of living cells arranged into tubes that transport sugar and other organic nutrients throughout the plant
- the colored segments of a flower
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- plant part that contains embryo
- the male part of the plant containing the pollen, anther, and filament
- the specialized cells of plants that transport water and nutrients from the roots to the leaves
- male part of flower that holds the pollen
- the flat or needlelike part of a plant where photosynthesis happens
- an embryonic leaf in seed-bearing plants, one or more of which are the first leaves to appear from a germinating seed
- the fine, powder-like material produced by the anthers of flowering plants
- the female reproductive part of a flower
- the main supportive part of a plant; part of the transport system carrying water from the roots and food produced during photosynthesis to other parts of the plant
- an individual leaf that makes up the calyx of a flower
20 Clues: plant part that contains embryo • the colored segments of a flower • the thin stalk that supports the anther • the female reproductive part of a flower • male part of flower that holds the pollen • a class of plants that contains two cotyledons • female part of the flower that receives the pollen • an individual leaf that makes up the calyx of a flower • ...
plant physiology 2023-10-11
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- openings that control the rate of gas exchange
- primary organ for photosynthesis
- yellowing due to lack of chlorophyll
- NH3
- eukaryotes that are photosynthetic
- a symbiotic association between plant roots and fungi
- the enzyme responsible for carbon fixation
- ___ stands for ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate
- actively dividing layer of cells between xylem and phloem
- a plant cell placed in hypotonic solution would be___?
- underground part of plants
- process by which plants use sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide to create oxygen and energy in the form of sugar
- a structural axis that supports the flowers, fruits and leaves of a plant
- ___ anatomy is a specialized structure in C4 Plants where mesophyll cells form a ring-like structure around the bundle-sheath cells
- diffusion of water across selectively permeable barrier
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- movement of molecules between cells are facilitated by?
- the light-independent reaction in photosynthesis (no spaces)
- each of a number of flattened sacs inside a chloroplast
- a vascular tissue that transport water and dissolved ions from roots
- spontaneous movement from higher to lower concentration
- mutual attraction between molecules
- a process in plant metabolism where the enzyme RuBisCO oxygenates RuBP, wasting some of the energy produced by photosynthesis
- the organelle that takes up most space in the plant cell and helps maintain water balance
- movement of two molecules in the opposite direction through a protein channel
- green pigment found in plants
- attraction of water to a solid phase
- water channel proteins
- organelle which functions as the site of photosynthesis
- movement of two molecules in the same direction through a protein channe
- fluid-filled internal space of the chloroplasts which encircle the grana and the thylakoids
30 Clues: NH3 • water channel proteins • underground part of plants • green pigment found in plants • primary organ for photosynthesis • eukaryotes that are photosynthetic • mutual attraction between molecules • yellowing due to lack of chlorophyll • attraction of water to a solid phase • ___ stands for ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate • the enzyme responsible for carbon fixation • ...
Crossword Puzzle 2023-10-15
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- Movement along the concentration ... is facilitated using passive and active transport
- The site of photosynthesis
- Where does carbon fixation occur in CAM plants
- What facilitates movement of molecules between cells?
- High oxygen concentration and temperature will initiate ...
- The product from the nitrogen fixation
- Type of tissue that transports water and nutrients from the roots to the leaves
- Transport that do not need ATP
- Chlorophyll b, carotenoids, and bilin pigments are ... pigments
- Mutual attraction between molecules
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- CAM plants conserves water by opening ... at night to reduce evaporation and avoids photorespiration
- What leaf anatomy is widely used for C4 plants to reveal its specialized functions
- What forms the outer protective layer from the dermal tissue?
- The main product of light independent (carbon) reaction
- The attraction of water to polar surface of the plant cell
- Ability to convert energy and CO2 into biomass and oxygen
- A bacterium found in soil that helps in fixing nitrogen (N2) in leguminous plants.
- Membrane transport protein that is facilitated using ATP
- Transport that do need ATP
- Root growth generally favors slightly ... soil
- Which group of nutrients that are important in energy storage or structural integrity (1, 2, 6, or 10)?
- The mineral that are supplied by the fungal partner for the plant host
- What liquid is needed for photosynthesis, preventing desiccation, nutrient transport, and maintain turgor pressure
- What enzyme functions as either a carboxylase or an oxygenase
- Water attraction to solid phase
- Movement of two molecules in similar direction
- Not only plants, some ... can also utilize light energy
- Photosynthesis is influenced by ... properties
- The location of light dependent reaction
- P680+ is a very strong ...
30 Clues: The site of photosynthesis • Transport that do need ATP • P680+ is a very strong ... • Transport that do not need ATP • Water attraction to solid phase • Mutual attraction between molecules • The product from the nitrogen fixation • The location of light dependent reaction • Where does carbon fixation occur in CAM plants • Root growth generally favors slightly ... soil • ...
Organisms and Environments 2024-02-25
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- A large community of plants and animals that occupies a distinct region defined by its climate and dominant vegetation.
- The transfer of pollen to a stigma, ovule, flower, or plant to allow fertilization.
- The natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism.
- Organisms that produce their own food from sunlight (like plants in photosynthesis).
- An animal that is hunted and killed by another for food.
- An organism that eats only plants.
- The weather conditions prevailing in an area in general or over a long period.
- A community of living organisms in conjunction with the nonliving components of their environment, interacting as a system.
- Interaction between two different organisms living in close physical association, typically to the advantage of both.
- An organism that eats only animals.
- Chain A series of organisms each dependent on the next as a source of food.
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- The prevention of wasteful use of a resource, or the protection and preservation of the natural environment.
- The process by which green plants and some other organisms use sunlight to synthesize foods from carbon dioxide and water.
- Organisms that eat other organisms for energy.
- A trait that helps an organism survive and reproduce in its environment.
- The variety of life in a particular habitat or ecosystem.
- The global ecological system integrating all living beings and their relationships, including their interaction with the elements of the lithosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere.
- An animal that naturally preys on others.
- Organisms that break down dead or decaying organisms, and in doing so, carry out the natural process of decomposition.
- An organism that eats both plants and animals.
20 Clues: An organism that eats only plants. • An organism that eats only animals. • An animal that naturally preys on others. • Organisms that eat other organisms for energy. • An organism that eats both plants and animals. • An animal that is hunted and killed by another for food. • The variety of life in a particular habitat or ecosystem. • ...
Biosphere Crossword 2019-11-25
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- the place where an organism lives
- the number of species in a specific environment to make an ecosystem
- when one organism feeds on another of a different species
- an interaction between two organisms where one organism benefits and the other benefits
- the process where a body of water becomes land
- the way a biological community changes over time
- the process that plants go through to make food
- a constant interaction between two organisms where one organism benefits and the other benefits
- starting materials for a chemical reaction
- an organism that makes its’ own food
- a group of organisms that can reproduce with each other
- the first species in a specific area
- an organism that feeds on both plants and animals
- a community of plants and animals that share similar characteristics
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- capacity the maximum number of animals or plants an ecosystem can hold
- an organism that feeds on only animals
- a system that is made up of all biotic and abiotic factors in that area
- changes that an organism makes to survive
- something that prevents a population from growing
- species formed from chemical reactions
- an interaction between two organisms where one organism benefits and the other is harmed
- an interaction between two organisms where one organism benefits and the other is unchanged
- an organism that eats other organisms to survive
- the area where a species inhabits
- living parts of the environment
- made up of multiple ecosystems
- non-living parts of the environment
- the number of animals that live in a specific environment to make up a species
- an organism that feeds only on plants
- an animal that feeds on only dead or decaying organisms
30 Clues: made up of multiple ecosystems • living parts of the environment • the place where an organism lives • the area where a species inhabits • non-living parts of the environment • an organism that makes its’ own food • the first species in a specific area • an organism that feeds only on plants • an organism that feeds on only animals • species formed from chemical reactions • ...
Biosphere Crossword 2019-11-26
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- animal that eats plants
- species that are first to populate barren environments
- one partner in a relationship is harmed while the other benefits
- organisms that eat both plants and animals
- nonliving or related to nonliving
- the role a species has in its environment
- organisms/plants in the food chain that can produce their own food supply
- a process using the intake of oxygen to breathe and then breathe out carbon dioxide
- when one partner in the relationship is unaffected and one partner benefits
- living thing or related to living
- large natural area known for its specific characteristics and climate
- a change or the process of change where an organism or species becomes more suited to its environment
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- long term close relationship between two different biological organisms
- an animal that feeds on flesh
- a group of organisms consisting of similar individuals capable of exchanging genes
- all the living and nonliving things in a given area
- a factor that stops a population from increasing
- plants use light energy and convert it to glucose to fuel the plants activities where the then release oxygen
- animals in the food chain that cannot make their own food supply
- a particular group living in an area or country
- a plant or animals natural environment or home
- the maximum amount of organisms that can be held in an area or population
- a group of populations
- the preying on one animal on others
- an animal that eats dead organisms
- something that undergoes change during a reaction
- the result of an action
27 Clues: a group of populations • animal that eats plants • the result of an action • an animal that feeds on flesh • nonliving or related to nonliving • living thing or related to living • an animal that eats dead organisms • the preying on one animal on others • the role a species has in its environment • organisms that eat both plants and animals • ...
Vocab B 2024-05-23
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- - the synthesis of organic compounds by bacteria or other living organisms using energy derived from reactions
- - an organism, especially a soil bacterium, fungus, or invertebrate, that decomposes organic material.
- web - a system of interlocking and interdependent food chains
- - an animal that feeds on plants.
- - an animal which feeds on dead organic material, especially plant detritus
- necessarily agree with
- - a position or role taken by a particular kind of organism within its community. Such a position may be occupied
- and water.
- inorganic chemicals, typically in the absence of sunlight
- - an animal that feeds on plants.
- - the preying of one animal on others
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- - the ability or willingness to tolerate something, in particular the existence of opinions or behavior that one does
- - association between organisms of two different species in which each benefits.
- - the state or condition of feeding on plants.
- chain - a hierarchical series of organisms each dependent on the next as a source of food.
- different organisms in different localities
- - the coming of one person or thing after another in order, sequence, or in the course of events
- - the process by which green plants and some other organisms use sunlight to synthesize foods from carbon
- - is an organism that cannot produce its own food and must eat other plants and/or animals to get energy
- - interaction between two different organisms living in close physical association, typically to the advantage of
- - an association between two organisms in which one benefits and the other derives neither benefit nor harm.
- - the practice of living as a parasite in or on another organism.
- - an animal that feeds on both plants and flesh
- - the influence of closely associated species on each other in their evolution.
24 Clues: and water. • necessarily agree with • - an animal that feeds on plants. • - an animal that feeds on plants. • - the preying of one animal on others • different organisms in different localities • - the state or condition of feeding on plants. • - an animal that feeds on both plants and flesh • inorganic chemicals, typically in the absence of sunlight • ...
Ecology Vocabulary 2024-04-05
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- The part of the earth were living things exist
- The non-living parts of an ecosystem that shape the environment
- An organism that mostly feeds on plants
- An organism(often bacteria ,fungus,or invertebrate)that feeds on and breaks down dead plant or animal matter making organic nutrients available to the ecosystem
- Organisms with different species living in the same area
- The relationship between two different organisms,where one organism lives on or in the other and benefits from it by causing harm
- A system made by organisms and environments interacting
- An organism that eats plants and animals
- Relationships between living organisms
- A large organism that harbour a smaller organism
- A linear sequence of organisms through which nutrients and energy pass as one organism eats another
- Organisms with the same species living in the same area
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- Organisms that hunt and kill other organisms for food
- An organism that can't make its food and eats other plants or animals to get energy
- The natural home of organisms
- Organisms that make their own food
- The position of an organism on the food web
- Animals that are killed and eaten by other organisms(Predator)
- A living thing
- An organism that eats other plants and animals to get energy and nutrients
- Organisms that make their own food using light,water,carbon dioxide,or other chemicals
- All of the food in an ecosystem
- An organism that mostly eats meat or the flesh of animals
- An organisms that mostly eats decaying biomas like meat or rotting plants
- The living organisms that shape up the environment
25 Clues: A living thing • The natural home of organisms • All of the food in an ecosystem • Organisms that make their own food • Relationships between living organisms • An organism that mostly feeds on plants • An organism that eats plants and animals • The position of an organism on the food web • The part of the earth were living things exist • ...
Natural Cycles and Geologic Time 2024-04-17
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- When industries grow in a region or country, often leading to more pollution.
- Nutrients Substances organisms need to live and grow, but can't make themselves.
- The process by which nitrates are converted back into nitrogen gas by bacteria, returning nitrogen to the atmosphere.
- A timeline dividing Earth's history into different periods.
- When plants release water vapor into the air through their leaves.
- Cycle The process by which carbon moves between living organisms, the atmosphere, oceans, and Earth's crust.
- Water located beneath the Earth's surface in soil pore spaces and in the fractures of rock formations.
- The process by which organic matter breaks down into simpler substances, releasing nutrients back into the environment.
- The way plants use sunlight to make food and oxygen.
- Layers of rock or soil in the ground.
- When water, ice, or wind move soil and rock from one place to another.
- Water from precipitation that flows over the surface of the ground, often carrying pollutants.
- Fuels Energy sources like coal, oil, and natural gas formed from ancient plants and animals.
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- When water vapor turns into liquid water, forming clouds.
- When bacteria in soil turn ammonia into nitrates that plants can use.
- When special bacteria change nitrogen gas from the air into a form plants can use.
- Everything around a living thing, including air, water, and land.
- A substance found in all living things and in the air, water, and soil.
- A gas in the air that all living things need to grow.
- Rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls from the sky.
- The layer of air surrounding Earth.
- The process of breathing out carbon dioxide, which is part of the carbon cycle.
- When water turns into vapor and goes up into the air.
23 Clues: The layer of air surrounding Earth. • Layers of rock or soil in the ground. • Rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls from the sky. • The way plants use sunlight to make food and oxygen. • A gas in the air that all living things need to grow. • When water turns into vapor and goes up into the air. • When water vapor turns into liquid water, forming clouds. • ...
Climate and Ecosystems 2024-06-03
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- any gas in the atmosphere capable of absorbing infrared radiation reflected off Earth
- the process of plants releasing oxygen and water vapor
- the continuous pattern of weather over a long period of time
- the release of water from clouds in the form of rain or snow
- the process by which plants transform sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide into sugar
- the thin layer of air surrounding Earth
- the collection of water into a large body such as an ocen
- the release of pollutants into the atmosphere by industrial plants
- all living plants and animals make up this
- energy sources requiring millions of years for living organisms to decay
- the continuous movement of water through the Earth's systems
- the gathering of water vapor into clouds
- the continuous movement of carbon through the Earth's systems
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- the clearing of trees and plant life for the purpose of raising livestock or other agriculture
- the release of water by plants
- the process of animals releasing carbon dioxide and water vapor
- the oceans, inland bodies of water, and groundwater make up this
- an element found in all living things
- one member of a species
- a gas comprised of one carbon and two oxygen atoms
- this consists of the Earth's core, mantle, and crust
- a geographic region containing various species living together
- the change in water from the liquid to gas state
- the flow of excess water down hills or across the ground
- a group of the same organisms living in the same geographic region
- the process of gases becoming trapped in the atmosphere causing warming
- a community of organisms functioning as a unit in their environment
- these are required in order to break down formerly living organisms
28 Clues: one member of a species • the release of water by plants • an element found in all living things • the thin layer of air surrounding Earth • the gathering of water vapor into clouds • all living plants and animals make up this • the change in water from the liquid to gas state • a gas comprised of one carbon and two oxygen atoms • ...
environmental 2023-06-06
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- organism on the food chain that depends on autotrophs (producers) or other consumers for food, nutrition, and energy
- the process by which water is transferred from the land to the atmosphere by evaporation from the soil and other surfaces and by transpiration from plants.
- the strength and vitality required for sustained physical or mental activity.
- any kind of green plant.
- any liquid or frozen water that forms in the atmosphere and falls to Earth.
- a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment
- an area classified according to the species that live in that location.
- a process in living organisms involving the production of energy, typically with the intake of oxygen and the release of carbon dioxide from the oxidation of complex organic substances.
- an organism, especially a soil bacterium, fungus, or invertebrate, that decomposes organic material.
- an organism that mostly eats meat, or the flesh of animals.
- largely carnivores that feed on the primary consumers or herbivores.
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- an organism that regularly consumes a variety of material, including plants, animals, algae, and fungi.
- the process that changes liquid water to gaseous water
- A chemical process that occurs in plants, algae, and some types of bacteria, when they are exposed to sunlight.
- occurs when plants take up liquid water from the soil and release water vapor into the air from their leaves.
- relating to or resulting from living things, especially in their ecological relations.
- an animal that feeds on plants.
- the amount of living material provided by a given area or volume of the earth's surface, whether terrestrial or aquatic.
- make up the second trophic level.
- water which collects as droplets on a cold surface when humid air is in contact with it
20 Clues: any kind of green plant. • an animal that feeds on plants. • make up the second trophic level. • the process that changes liquid water to gaseous water • an organism that mostly eats meat, or the flesh of animals. • largely carnivores that feed on the primary consumers or herbivores. • an area classified according to the species that live in that location. • ...
esme. intro to ecology 2024-11-19
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- organism that breaks down also the dead or decaying or the organic matter, plants, animals
- Web a interconnected food of chains that is within an ecosystem of how energy transferred between other or differents organisms
- Chain is a sequence of line of the organism where the energy is transferred to one organism to another for consumption
- a organism that it can’t make they own food tey need obtain nutrients that why they consumed other organisms
- they need to consume because they can not make they own food
- organism that produce they own food by using the light but also the carbon dioxide of the process of photosynthesis
- collection of all the organism that live in particular place together with their non-living or physical environment
- that runs by the chemical energy and the majority of the plants conserving one or more carbon that contain molecules
- Level levels of positions of the food chains and food web.
- animals that they only eat plants
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- animals that only eat meat or flesh
- Pyramid distribution of organisms energy and also biomes of ecosystems
- how living organisms interact with each other and with their physical environment and also the organisms system
- can create they own food
- feeding on dead organic matter or decaying
- a organism that is process by plants but also on the organism using the sunlight of the convert carbon dioxide
- that can eat plants and meat/animals
- mass of living organism present on a area of ecosystem.
- group if individuals that belong to the same species and live on the same area
- highest level it study all itself
- assemblages of different populations that live together to a defined area
- when there are to many types of differents animals
- group of ecosystems that have the same climate and dominant communities
23 Clues: can create they own food • highest level it study all itself • animals that they only eat plants • animals that only eat meat or flesh • that can eat plants and meat/animals • feeding on dead organic matter or decaying • when there are to many types of differents animals • mass of living organism present on a area of ecosystem. • ...
Earth Week 2025-04-28
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- The highest layer of foliage in a forest.
- The kind of rock that forms when molten rock cools and solidifies.
- Animals that are active during the night.
- A period of time in which no rain falls.
- Animals that are active during the day.
- The layer of water often found covering the ground in the mornings.
- A desert plant very good at storing water.
- An ecosystem of wide open fields.
- A rapid flood of water.
- A snow storm.
- A kind of mountain that erupts with molten rock.
- An ecosystem of treeless permafrost.
- Very wet air.
- The weather conditions of a certain area.
- An ecosystem full of trees.
- Animals that are active during dusk and dawn.
- Very dry air.
- An ecosystem largely composed of sand and small plants.
- (Two Words) The official name for the Northern Lights.
- Feathered vertebrates that hatch from eggs.
- Lakes, rivers, streams, and wetlands.
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- The kind of rock that forms when layers of sand, silt, and dead plants and animals are compressed.
- An animal that eats only other animals.
- The process plants use to turn sunlight into food.
- The kind of rock that forms when other rocks are changed by heat and pressure.
- Warm-blooded vertebrates that produce milk for their young.
- Aquatic, scaled animals.
- The largest ecosystem on earth.
- A kingdom of plant-like organisms that grow without roots, stems, or leaves.
- A large amount of falling rock or snow.
- An animal that eats both plants and animals.
- The process of a seed becoming a plant.
- Cold-blooded, smooth-skinned vertebrates.
- Cold-blooded, scaly-skinned vertebrates.
- An animal that eats only plants.
35 Clues: A snow storm. • Very wet air. • Very dry air. • A rapid flood of water. • Aquatic, scaled animals. • An ecosystem full of trees. • The largest ecosystem on earth. • An animal that eats only plants. • An ecosystem of wide open fields. • An ecosystem of treeless permafrost. • Lakes, rivers, streams, and wetlands. • An animal that eats only other animals. • ...
Oceanography: Biology Fundamental Review Guide Pt.1 2025-01-13
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- known as consumers because they consume producers or other consumers. For example, dogs, birds, fish, and humans
- The formation of autotrophic biomass (algae and plants) by the process of photosynthesis
- Photosynthesis in plants produces oxygen and glucose which animals use for cellular respiration. In exchange, cellular respiration releases carbon dioxide and water that plants use for photosynthesis
- Organelle that has ribosomes that make sectory and membrane proteins
- A molecule made up of amino acids
- Doesn’t have ribosomes and makes Lipids.
- Apart of the cell membranes and help control what goes in and out of cells
- Stores and dispose of waste in a cell. They can store food or other nutrients needed for a cell to survive
- Photosynthesis takes place in the chloroplasts, which contain a green pigment called
- Sugar molecules
- Network that helps transport materials throughout the cell
- the process cells use to turn food (like sugar) into energy
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- Occurs in the absence of oxygen
- How plants make food. They use sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide to produce glucose (Which is sugar) and oxygen
- The main energy molecule made during Cellular respiration (adenosine triphosphate) and this powers cell activities
- known as producers because they are able to make their own food from raw materials and energy. Examples include plants, algae, and some types of bacteria
- Occurs in the presence of oxygen
- Big molecules that are made up of smaller building blocks
- The storage and expression of genomic information
- Known as the powerhouse. They produce energy for the cell
- The control center of the cell. It contains DNA that controls cell activities
21 Clues: Sugar molecules • Occurs in the absence of oxygen • Occurs in the presence of oxygen • A molecule made up of amino acids • Doesn’t have ribosomes and makes Lipids. • The storage and expression of genomic information • Big molecules that are made up of smaller building blocks • Known as the powerhouse. They produce energy for the cell • ...
Year 9 Biology Review 2024-10-23
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- A product in respiration
- A type of adaptation that is a feature of an animal's body
- A detritivore is also called this
- This is a storage area for nutrients & wastes
- This is how plants make their own food
- An animal that eats meat
- The process by which organisms obtain energy and raw materials from nutrients
- Plants do this slowly & usually in response to sunlight
- The ability to sense and respond to stimuli like light & temperature
- When an animal blends into its surroundings
- A food chain shows the flow of energy between these
- The ability to make more
- A reactant in respiration
- A product in photosynthesis
- The rigid, protective outer layer of a plant cell
- Plants are called this because they produce food/energy
- This is the organelle where respiration takes place
- Something about an animal that helps it survive
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- Plants often store glucose in this form because it is less soluble
- An organism that eats dead organisms & waste products
- A reactant in photosynthesis
- How generations of trees end up in different locations
- An example of this is when plants produce oxygen gas as a waste product
- The jelly-like substance inside of cells
- The release of energy from food
- This organelle stores the cell's DNA or genetic material
- A type of adaptation that is what an animal does to survive
- The permanent increase in cell number & size
- A barrier for a cell that allows substances in & out of the cell
- Organisms that use chemicals to break down dead matter
- Animals that eat other other things for energy
- Living things are made of these
- Inside these organelles is where photosynthesis occurs
33 Clues: A product in respiration • An animal that eats meat • The ability to make more • A reactant in respiration • A product in photosynthesis • A reactant in photosynthesis • The release of energy from food • Living things are made of these • A detritivore is also called this • This is how plants make their own food • The jelly-like substance inside of cells • ...
Asexual Plant Propagation 2026-02-11
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- Area where the plant receives sunlight for a few hours, but not directly all day.
- propagation When a plant is able to develop roots and grow in a healthy way.
- light Sunlight that illuminates the area without directly hitting the plant.
- Material in which the plant is planted, such as soil, sand, or special mixes.
- Hard, rigid stem with wood-like characteristics, common in mature plants or trees.
- Point on the stem where leaves and branches grow and from which roots can develop.
- Substance that stimulates root growth in cuttings.
- Green, soft, and flexible stem, common in young plants or herbs.
- Stage of the plant’s life cycle in which it produces flowers.
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- tools Disinfected tools used to cut or handle plants to prevent disease.
- Amount of water present in the soil or the environment.
- Original plant from which parts are taken to produce new plants.
- Process by which new plants are obtained without using seeds, from parts of the parent plant.
- Period during which the plant is actively growing and developing.
- Part of the plant that anchors it to the soil and absorbs water and nutrients.
- Stem that is in an intermediate stage between herbaceous and woody.
- ropagation method in which a branch remains attached to the parent plant while it develops roots and is later cut.
- Part of the plant that supports the leaves and transports water and nutrients.
- Process by which a plant develops new roots.
- Excess water in the soil that prevents proper oxygenation of the roots.
- Part of the plant where photosynthesis occurs.
- Part of a plant, usually a stem, that is cut and planted to produce a new plant.
22 Clues: Process by which a plant develops new roots. • Part of the plant where photosynthesis occurs. • Substance that stimulates root growth in cuttings. • Amount of water present in the soil or the environment. • Stage of the plant’s life cycle in which it produces flowers. • Original plant from which parts are taken to produce new plants. • ...
P3 Science Revision 2025-09-01
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- A mango tree can only produce flowers and fruit when it reaches the ________ stage of its life cycle.
- Birds have _________ as their outer covering.
- Fungi are living things that do not make their own food, instead they _______ down other objects into simpler substances and absorb them as food.
- Animals are living things that are unable to make their own _______.
- Plants are living things that usually have _______, leaves and roots.
- Mammals have _______ as their outer covering.
- Some animals have ________ stages in their life cycle while others have 4 stages.
- Fungi reproduce by __________.
- Some bacteria are ______ while others are useful to us.
- Mushrooms have ____, gills and stalks.
- Living things need _________, food and water.
- _________ have dry scaly skin as their outer covering.
- Insects have three body parts and _____ legs.
- The young of a frog does not look like the _________.
- The young of a grasshopper is also called a ___________.
- Living and non-living things can be grouped based on their similarities and is called ___________.
- A life cycle is a ___________ pattern of change. Living things change as they gorw over time and reproduce.
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- The pupa _______ not feed at all.
- Plants make their own _______ when there is light.
- There are four stages in the life cycle of a ____________.
- We can __________ pails to prevent mosquitoes from laying eggs in water.
- Fishes have _________ as their outer covering.
- The larvae of butterflies _________ a lot.
- ________ is the shedding of the outer covering as the larva grows bigger.
- Living things can grow, reproduce and _________ to changes.
- Some plants reproduce by seeds while others reproduce by _________.
- Amphibians are animals that can live on _______ and water.
- A __________ organiser is one way to present our classification.
- Plants can be classified into flowering and non-______________ plants.
29 Clues: Fungi reproduce by __________. • The pupa _______ not feed at all. • Mushrooms have ____, gills and stalks. • The larvae of butterflies _________ a lot. • Birds have _________ as their outer covering. • Mammals have _______ as their outer covering. • Living things need _________, food and water. • Insects have three body parts and _____ legs. • ...
UNIT TEST STUDY GUIDE 2025-10-07
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- group of different organisms
- plants belong to this group
- some fungi, like the witches' broom fungus, can cause abnormal growths on trees, which drain the plant's energy and nutrients
- each step in an ecological pyramid
- species that contain the balance of an ecosystem
- one energy route in an ecosystem
- better representation of feeding routes in an ecosystem
- the living components of an ecosystem, such as plants, animals, fungi, and microorganisms
- eats both plants and animals
- community, abiotic factors, plus climate
- for something to be alive, it needs to have ALL ___ characteristics
- rule that states organisms use energy at each level and only pass on 10% to the next organism
- biome that is typically the coldest
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- pistol shrimp create burrows that offer shelter to gobies, which in turn warn the shrimp of danger
- biome where plants need to retain the least amount of water
- part of the ocean where you would not expect any plants to exist
- the "eco-" in biology means
- does not hunt or kill (eats carcasses)
- group of organisms that are the same
- creates its own food
- the non-living components of an ecosystem, which include physical and chemical elements like sunlight, water, soil, temperature, air, and minerals
- all parts of the earth where life exists
- biome where animals that are underground during the day live
- orchids grow on tree branches for access to sunlight, which is necessary for their photosynthesis, while the tree is neither harmed nor benefited by the orchid's presence
- the "bio-" in biology means
- biotic plus abiotic factors
- one fish
- averages of temperature, precipitation, etc.
28 Clues: one fish • creates its own food • the "eco-" in biology means • plants belong to this group • the "bio-" in biology means • biotic plus abiotic factors • group of different organisms • eats both plants and animals • one energy route in an ecosystem • each step in an ecological pyramid • biome that is typically the coldest • group of organisms that are the same • ...
Crossword 2026-04-26
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- Very few left, it faces major threats, and it might go extinct.
- An animal that mainly eats meat
- An animal that feeds on dead animals
- A group of animals that have similar characteristics and can produce offspring.
- Colours and patterns that help an animal blend into its surroundings
- All of the plants and animals that live in a specific area
- An animal that is eaten by other animals
- Illegal hunting of animals
- An animal that mainly eats plants
- Selection: The process whereby organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring
- The specific role (“job”) of an organism within a community
- An animal that eats plants and meat
- All of that species is now dead; it is no longer found anywhere Habitat: The type of place an animal lives (e.g. savannah, rainforest, etc.)
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- An animal lacking a backbone, such as an arthropod, mollusc, annelid, coelenterate, etc.
- The theory of the evolution of species by natural selection
- A feature of an animal (or plant) that helps it survive in a specific habitat or lifestyle
- The complex community of interacting plants and animals in a specific habitat
- The type of place an animal lives (e.g. savannah, rainforest, etc.)
- Chemicals used to kill various pests (typically insect and rodent agricultural pests)
- Most of the green plants (because they can produce their own food)
- An animal that hunts and eats other animals
- The process by which different kinds of living organism are believed to have developed from earlier forms during the history of the earth.
- An animal of a large group distinguished by the possession of a backbone or spinal column, including mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes.
- The process of organising things into classes or categories
24 Clues: Illegal hunting of animals • An animal that mainly eats meat • An animal that mainly eats plants • An animal that eats plants and meat • An animal that feeds on dead animals • An animal that is eaten by other animals • An animal that hunts and eats other animals • All of the plants and animals that live in a specific area • ...
Haulin' Pollen 2020-07-13
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- attracts pollinators at night
- type of symbiotic relationship in which both benefit
- these gymnosperms still rule much of the No Hemi
- plant that lives only 1 year or season
- two unrelated species that adapt in tandem
- best pollinator
- part of a flower that contains pollen
- used to carry pollen back to nest or hive
- among the earliest land plants
- mechanism for pollen dispersal for conifers, grasses
- superficial resemblence between unrelated
- scent used by plants to attract fly pollinators
- describes bees with a preference for 1 kind flower
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- Fossils in this period show flower/insect relation
- curl their long tongues
- plant group includes conifers; literally naked seeds
- these flowers' nectar guides often a bullsey pattern
- plant group protects seeds within fleshy vessel
- many flowers show nectar guides in this color
- Flower nectar processed by bees
- ripened carpel containing seeds
- theorist baffled by flowering plants rapid evolution
- study of fossil record to learn about plant
- structure that supplies nectar to animals
- these pollinators lack smell but see red
- these flies mimic bees
- defining feature of angiosperms
- insect pollination advantage over wind, water disperse
- pollinate night blooming plants
- dance of honeybees for communication
30 Clues: best pollinator • these flies mimic bees • curl their long tongues • attracts pollinators at night • among the earliest land plants • Flower nectar processed by bees • ripened carpel containing seeds • defining feature of angiosperms • pollinate night blooming plants • dance of honeybees for communication • part of a flower that contains pollen • ...
Unit 7 Vocabulary 2022-02-22
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- a process started by an event that reduces an ecosystem to a smaller population
- , all living things within all of their environments, from the deepest ocean to the atmosphere
- a condition or resource that keeps a population at a certain size
- ability of an ecosystem to maintain its structure and function over time
- communities of living and nonliving things working together
- a small or specialized habitat within a larger habitat
- when organisms rely on each other for survival
- the changing sequence of communities that live in an ecosystem during a given time
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- a stable ecosystem where the plants and animals are in balance
- all the nonliving things in an environment, such as water and soil
- a group of populations of several species
- a process that develops a biotic community in a previously barren habitat
- a group of organisms that can reproduce with one another
- all the living things in an environment, such as plants, animals, and bacteria
- home environment for plants and animals
- the unique role or job of an organism in an ecosystem
- variety of organisms in an ecosystem or biome
- first organisms to live in an area
- a group of organisms that can reproduce with one another
- direct or indirect involvement with something
- regions of the world with similar climate (weather, temperature) animals and plants.
21 Clues: first organisms to live in an area • home environment for plants and animals • a group of populations of several species • variety of organisms in an ecosystem or biome • direct or indirect involvement with something • when organisms rely on each other for survival • the unique role or job of an organism in an ecosystem • ...
Chapter 18: introduction to Ecology 2014-02-13
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- the "living" components of the environment.
- the thin volume of Earth and its atmosphere that supports life.
- all organisms interact with other organisms in their surroundings and with the nonliving portion of their environment.
- includes all the members of a species that live in one place at one time.
- These type of producers make their own food; includes plants and bacteria.
- all living things depend on.
- a living thing.
- most living things live here.
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- for an ______ to be healthy, it has to have lots of different kinds of plants and animals.
- lions, cobras, and praying mantises are this type of consumer.
- eat producers
- the study of the interactions between organisms and the living and nonliving components of their environment.
- all the different types of plants and animals in an ecosystem.
- unlike autotrophs, these can not make their own food.
- example is a vulture; feeds on "garbage" of an ecosystem.
- fish, turtles, plants, algae, and bacteria in the pond describe this term.
- producers capture _ _ _ _ _ _ from the sun to make food.
- a single pathway of feeding relationships among organisms in an ecosystem that results in energy transfer.
- bears and humans are examples of this type of consumer.
- the nonliving factors of an environment.
20 Clues: eat producers • a living thing. • all living things depend on. • most living things live here. • the nonliving factors of an environment. • the "living" components of the environment. • unlike autotrophs, these can not make their own food. • bears and humans are examples of this type of consumer. • producers capture _ _ _ _ _ _ from the sun to make food. • ...
Biogeochemical Cycles and Food Chain 2014-09-16
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- The process where animals and humans breathe or return Carbon Dioxide to atmosphere
- loss of excess water from land plants, and skin of the animals
- During this process producers take up carbon dioxide and give us oxygen to breathe and carbohydrates to eat
- the process where nitrogen is returned to the atmosphere
- A sequence of organism with each being a source of food is represented by a__________
- This explains the movement of Carbon through the environment
- Rain, snow, sleet, hail
- Vulture is an example of ____________ because it eats only meat.
- Water flowing down hill to rivers, streams, lakes and oceans
- A map of who eats whom in an ecosystem is called a_______________
- When liquid water changes to water vapor
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- Too much carbon in the atmosphere is leading to_____________________________
- 78% of the earth’s atmosphere is made up of this element
- When bacteria or legumes convert atmospheric nitrogen into the more usable ammonia
- An Organism that eat only plants
- Nitrites and nitrates are used by plants to produce_________ acids
- Another name for the water cycle is___________ cycle.
- the process when water vapor changes to liquid water
- An organism that eats both plants and animals
- is the biogeochemical cycle that describes the movement of phosphorous through the lithosphere, hydrosphere and biosphere
20 Clues: Rain, snow, sleet, hail • An Organism that eat only plants • When liquid water changes to water vapor • An organism that eats both plants and animals • the process when water vapor changes to liquid water • Another name for the water cycle is___________ cycle. • 78% of the earth’s atmosphere is made up of this element • ...
Botany 2015-12-12
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- a branch of biological science that has to do with plants
- female bee who does all the work to keep the hive alive
- includes the style, stigma and carpel of a flower,the female part
- conifers and cycads,seeds in cones
- the green pigment in a plant responsible for photosynthesis
- the combination of biotic and abiotic factors that enable an organism to live
- includes the anther and filament, male part of a flower
- male bee whose job it is to fertilize the Queen's eggs
- the process by which plants make their own food from sunlight, CO2 aqnd water
- when sperm combines with an egg and produces an embryo or seed
- worts and mosses
- a type of fruit that has many seeds from one ovule and thin edible skin, like an apple
- the sperm of the flower, combines with the egg to produce a seed
- the part of the lab report that states an answer to the question
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- record of scientific experiment
- plants that have flowers
- microscopic plants
- the special food worker bees feed selected larvae to produce a Queen
- has roots and other vessels that transport water and nutrients
- 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 • ...
Maddie 2022-10-04
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- in which the waste was produced by farm fish
- Moss it holds several times its weight in moisture
- something that can kill the plant
- lite including taking cutting and sowing seeds plant propagation
- what bees take pollen from
- when a plant is die you have to Grafting a vegetation propagation technique that connects two severed plant segments together
- a vegetation propagation technique that connects two severed plant segments together
- the edible portion of a plant
- the ovary
- that provides growth
- the process of tracking money through each…Tissue Culture a method of research
- the main thing of the body
- growing of plants in nutrients solutions
- the nutrients for plants
- occurring once every year
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- two years to complete their life cycle
- the cultivation of aquatic animals
- a yellow or brown substance found as an alteration product of menorahs
- a mature ripened ovary along with the contents
- ear that plants can breath
- trim down
- what the have on flowers that is green
- media mixtures of components that provide water, air and nutrients
- engineering adding a specific stretch of DNA
- grip really hard
- working air
- regrow every spring
- up water/nutter-ens for the plants
28 Clues: trim down • the ovary • working air • grip really hard • regrow every spring • that provides growth • the nutrients for plants • occurring once every year • ear that plants can breath • what bees take pollen from • the main thing of the body • the edible portion of a plant • something that can kill the plant • the cultivation of aquatic animals • up water/nutter-ens for the plants • ...
Plants, Animals, and Body Systems 2023-04-24
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- Usually colorful and attracts pollinators like bees
- Male parts of a flower
- Plants grow towards the light source
- Body system that involved glands and hormones
- Kidneys are part of the ________ system
- Female parts of a flower
- a type of animal that lives under water and does not have limbs
- a type of animal that is known for having mammary glands
- smallest unit in levels of organization
- Roots of a plant grow towards gravity, stems grow away from gravity.
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- Body system that involves skin and hair
- Plant reproduction when pollen sticks to stigma
- This system ensures oxygen and other material are transported to cells of the body
- Flowering vascular plants
- another term for maintaining balance
- Plant's response to touch
- Part of plant's vascular system; carries water upwards
- Non-flowering vascular plants
- Intestines are part of the ________ system
- a type of animal that has scaley, waterproof skin
- Contains pollen
- a type of animal that starts its life in water but then can move to land; also has moist skin
- Main component of plants' cell wall
- a type of animal that has feathers and wings
- Part of plant's vascular system; carries food and minerals upwards and downwards
- Becomes the fruit of a flower
26 Clues: Contains pollen • Male parts of a flower • Female parts of a flower • Flowering vascular plants • Plant's response to touch • Non-flowering vascular plants • Becomes the fruit of a flower • Main component of plants' cell wall • another term for maintaining balance • Plants grow towards the light source • Body system that involves skin and hair • ...
Titahi Bay Horticultural Society crossword 2020-04-27
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- Before blooming
- A climbing plant
- A busy insect
- From which flowers grow
- compost ingredient
- Plant container
- Brassica
- Plant named after a 16th century German botanist
- Garden tool
- Segment of garlic
- Chop
- Marigold and Zinnias
- Vegetable
- Works with flowers
- sprouts
- Gardenwear colloq
- Good at gardening (4, 5)
- Root cuttings
- Dirt
- Plant named after a Lady
- Native healing plant
- Garden ornament
- French parsley
- Plant loved by snails
- Lawn
- Garden in winter
- A wreath of flowers and leaves
- A place where plants are propagated
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- A plant of the parsley family
- Dill or thyme
- Vespula vulgaris
- Replant small young plants (5, 3)
- NZ native bird
- Plants in glass jars
- Small bunch of flowers
- Garden shade (3,8)
- cut off (4, 4)
- Flower fertilising element
- Naturally occurring pesticide (4, 3)
- Clematis vitalba (3, 4, 5)
- Damages plants
- A house for tools
- Horizontal underground stem
- Blackberry nip
- flower that symbolises purity of heart
- Prickly plant
- Birds' home
- Fruit
- Cuts down trees
- Cauliflower sprig
- Companion plant
- Freestanding open garden structure
- Insect
- Great in chutney
- herb
55 Clues: Chop • Dirt • herb • Lawn • Fruit • Insect • sprouts • Brassica • Vegetable • Garden tool • Birds' home • Dill or thyme • A busy insect • Root cuttings • Prickly plant • NZ native bird • cut off (4, 4) • Damages plants • Blackberry nip • French parsley • Before blooming • Plant container • Cuts down trees • Companion plant • Garden ornament • A climbing plant • Vespula vulgaris • Great in chutney • Garden in winter • ...
GCSE Topic 6 2022-04-27
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- cells in the shoot do this in response to a plant hormone
- equipment used to measure the rate at which water is lost from a leafy shoot
- storage carbohydrate in plants
- waterproof layer that limits water loss in plants
- organelle present in high numbers in cells that are very metabolically active
- hormone that causes fruit to ripen
- cells that actively pump sugar into and out of vessels
- guard cells become this to open pores on the underside of the leaf
- these are transported dissolved in water from the roots up the plant (7,4)
- part of the plant that produces sugars
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- process by which sugars are transported through the plant
- the process by which water is lost from a plant
- a vessel that is dead at maturity
- vessel that transports sugar and amino acids
- factor that affects the rate at which water is lost from a plant
- hormone that stimulates germination
- plant hormone that regulates the response of shoots and roots
- a directed response to a stimulus in plants
- transport sugar in plants
- pores through which water vapour escapes
- carbohydrate found in plant cell walls
- part of the plant that requires sugars or stores them as carbohydrate
22 Clues: transport sugar in plants • storage carbohydrate in plants • a vessel that is dead at maturity • hormone that causes fruit to ripen • hormone that stimulates germination • carbohydrate found in plant cell walls • part of the plant that produces sugars • pores through which water vapour escapes • a directed response to a stimulus in plants • ...
GCSE Topic 6 2022-04-27
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- cells in the shoot do this in response to a plant hormone
- plant hormone that regulates the response of shoots and roots
- a directed response to a stimulus in plants
- waterproof layer that limits water loss in plants
- these are transported dissolved in water from the roots up the plant (7,4)
- transport sugar in plants
- guard cells become this to open pores on the underside of the leaf
- organelle present in high numbers in cells that are very metabolically active
- factor that affects the rate at which water is lost from a plant
- a vessel that is dead at maturity
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- vessel that transports sugar and amino acids
- cells that actively pump sugar into and out of vessels
- the process by which water is lost from a plant
- process by which sugars are transported through the plant
- hormone that causes fruit to ripen
- part of the plant that requires sugars or stores them as carbohydrate
- hormone that stimulates germination
- pores through which water vapour escapes
- part of the plant that produces sugars
- carbohydrate found in plant cell walls
- storage carbohydrate in plants
- equipment used to measure the rate at which water is lost from a leafy shoot
22 Clues: transport sugar in plants • storage carbohydrate in plants • a vessel that is dead at maturity • hormone that causes fruit to ripen • hormone that stimulates germination • part of the plant that produces sugars • carbohydrate found in plant cell walls • pores through which water vapour escapes • a directed response to a stimulus in plants • ...
