6th Grade Science Review Part 3
Across
- 2. An animal with a backbone
- 5. The process of becoming an adult through distinctive stages
- 8. An animal that has joined legs, has antennae, breathes through gills, and usually has some sort of claws
- 10. A vascular plant that does not have flowers and usually produces its seeds inside a cone, with only the seed coat for a protective covering
- 14. The four-stage process consisting of the egg, the larva, the pupa, and the adult
- 16. To shed an exoskeleton
- 17. A thick, long root that grows straight down into the soil
- 18. A vascular plant that has flowers and protects its seeds inside a fruit
- 20. Tubes that carry water and minerals from the roots to the top of a plant
- 22. A thin, rootlike structure
- 23. A bonelike substance that is softer and more bendable that bone
- 24. A plant with tubelike structures that transport water
- 25. An animal that eats only meat
- 26. Animals that rely on the environment for warmth
- 28. Active at night
- 31. An animal that eats only plants
- 33. Tiny organelles that deliver a powerful sting
- 35. A plant tissue that carries sugars and food throughout a plant
- 36. The tiny seed leaves of the embryo, store food for the seeds
- 37. A cold-blooded animal that lives in the water and on land
- 38. An animal that has jointed legs, a segmented body with an exoskeleton, and antennae
- 40. The first root that emerges from a seed
- 41. A thin root that grows out in all directions when the primary root stops growing
- 43. The leafy branch of a fern
- 44. A gymnosperm that has seeds that develop inside cones or fleshy seed coats that look like berries; has needlelike or scalelike leaves; usually an evergreen
- 45. The coiled-up frond of a fern that is just beginning to grow
- 46. A type of gymnosperm that has flat, fan shaped leaves
- 48. An animal that has a soft body and a mantle
- 49. An arthropod that has three segments (head, thorax, and abdomen), three pairs of legs on the thorax, and usually two pairs of wings
Down
- 1. A group of tubelike structures in a plant
- 3. A plant that has one cotyledon; also called a monocot
- 4. An animal that eats mainly insects
- 6. A plant that lacks structures that transport water and other materials
- 7. An animal without a backbone
- 9. An angiosperm that that needs two growing seasons to fully develop
- 11. The underground stem from which some vascular plants grow
- 12. A technique used by some animals that involves making high frequency clicks that bounce off objects and allow the animals to judge distance based on the time it takes the sound to return
- 13. An organism that lives and feeds on another organism
- 15. The process undergone by many insects that includes: eggs, nymph, and adult
- 19. A hard covering that protects the arthropod's body
- 21. Having soft, green stems
- 23. A layer of cells between the xylem and phloem that reproduces to make more xylem and phloem, causing a tree to grow wider and wider each year
- 27. A plant that has two cotyledons; also called a dicot
- 29. An angiosperm that lives for only one growing season
- 30. An angiosperm that can live for three or more years
- 32. An underground stem that stores food for a plant and can reproduce a plant
- 34. Animals that have a consistent internal temperature regardless of their environment
- 39. An arthropod that has eight legs and two body segments
- 42. An animal that eats both plants and animals
- 47. One of many similar pieces that make up the soft body of a segmented worm