Beaty Biodiversity Crossword

3. this peach plant can produce the same toxin that was used to poison Jared!!!
4. some scientists prefer a broader definition of “plants” that encompasses both the land plants and this group.
7. moss in this stage usually grows short stalks topped with capsules full of spores
8. most Fungi live most of their lives in masses of microscopic, thread-like _______ hidden in soil or plant material.
9. the name of the hanging whale skeleton in Beaty.
12. this animal has the longest hairs of any non-human mammal.
16. members of this class include salamanders, caecilians, and frogs.
17. this phylum of plants bear their seeds in cones.
18. this type of fish have eyes on one side of their body (no textual clues for this).
20. this group contains some of the most striking animal om Earth (and are commonly called “flatworms”).
23. members of this phylum have powerful suction in their tube feet.

1. this 775 year old western redcedar tree was brought to UBC in the 1950s.
2. this organism can be seen situated between “snakes and lizards” and “birds” somewhere in the museum (or on a person :3)
5. the scientific name of the tree that is useful for all aspects of life for the Squamish and Lil-wat nations (no spaces).
6. eating this organism can easily kill you, thanks to a powerful neurotoxin in its flesh. But its meat is a delicacy in Japan.
9. the oldest known multicellular eukaryote.
10. the vase sponge, endangered from overharvesting, belongs in this Phylum.
11. before it was discovered in South Africa in 1938, this early ancestor of tetrapods was long thought to be extinct.
13. apples are a member of this family!
14. members in this family are found on every continent except Antarctica.
15. this type of virus infects bacteria.
19. this word means “wood” in Latin and is the stuff that gives plant cell walls strength.
21. Ginkgo belongs in a group of ______ plants.
22. easily identified by the “whiskers: on either side of their mouths.