How to Play
• Answer the Science General Knowledge questions, then find the words in the grid.
• Words appear horizontally, vertically, diagonally and backwards. Some words may overlap.
Quiz Questions
1. The special scent organ located on the roof of a snake’s mouth, that the tongue relays information to.
2. A blanket of air around the earth, enabling our life to exist.
3. A type of snake, with hollow fangs, that injects venom, from its poison glands.
4. Animals that are troglobites, which means cave dweller, are cold- blooded, usually colourless and blind, and one of these species are the blind …….
5. The name of a person, who explores caves as a hobby.
6. The tine thread-like part of a feather, that has hooks on it to keep the barbs in place.
7. The type of mirror, that bulges toward the viewer, and makes things look smaller.
8. An iron ore rock, dug out of the ground, naturally magnetised, and used in the first compasses.
9. The voice box of a bird.
10. A small crustacean, with a narrow body, swimmerets, and looks like a miniature lobster.
11. A plant called an epiphyte, that has air roots, never touches the ground, and is used for flavouring.
12. An Australian, vividly plumaged, bird that nests in the hollow of a tree, the eastern ……
13. A species of grazing antelope.
14. A single-celled fungus, that converts sugar into alcohol and carbon dioxide,used in the baking of bread.
15. The larvae of flatfish have an eye on each side of the head, but when they start to mature, one eye migrates round the top of the head, to the other side, then they begin to lie on their blind side, which is the right side for plaice and sole, and left for this fish.
16. The place at ground level, that is directly above the focus of an earthquake, and often receives the most damage.
17. A sea cow, with no defence mechanism, very good hearing, slow breeding rate, lives close to shore, killed for its flesh, its oil used as a remedy for respiratory disorders, in Madagascar the incisor teeth are gound to use as a food preservative, and feeds lethargically on marine plants.
18. The larva of this crustacean cements its head to a rock, driftwood, or a boat, with its own natural glue, then grows hard plates around its body, and when an adult, kicks its feathery limbs, to create water currents that draw food particles into its shell.
19. This mammal’s jaw cannot be dislocated, without fracturing the skull, is strongly territorial with unfamiliar males, of its own species, scars above the tail are a sign of pecking order, and often shares its sett with rabbits, mice and foxes.
• Find the answers to the quiz hidden in the grid below.