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. Tiny insects in the oder Homoptera, that love roses, and that are loved by ladybugs.
2. An invertebrate, that has an external skeleton, jointed appendaqges, and a segmented body.
3. A kind of mole salamander from Mexico, that never develops into a full adult, to live on land, sinstead retains its larval features, such as feathery gills, but becomes mature and breeds, even though most of the body is still in the immature larval stage.
4. A bird that lays its eggs in the nests of other birds, hatching at the same time, and being raised by the foster parents, that are smaller than them.
5. An animal that feeds on dentritis, which is dead, dying, rotting bits of animals, plants, and other once-living things.
6. The type of plant that sheds its leaves each year, usually in autumn.
7. A volcano that erupted many years ago, is inactive now, but could possibly erupt again, is said to be this.
8. This small rodent about the size of a house mouse, except they have a furry tail, and may hibernate for up to eight months.
9. A strong light-weight framework, made primarily of protein and chitin, that provides an arthropod with protection and support.
10. A substance that is composed of only on type of atom.
11. A mammal that lives in all Northern lands, but is rare in many areas, is so strong it can drag prey as large as a deer, for several kms, and also called the wolverine.
12. A gamebird, that is usually well camouflaged, but mating displays are very dramatic.
13. This fish belongs to the drum and croaker family, that make a variety of sounds, using special muscles to vibrate the swim bladder.
14. This cephlopod, that means head-footed, has its mouth hidden in the middle of its eight tentacles, is intelligent enough to recognise shapes, and can remember simple tasks, like opening a food container.
15. An organism, animal, or plant, that gets its nourishment by attaching itself to a host, taking in their body fluids.
16. A projection in an amoeba, that pushes it from place to place, which, which means false feet.
17. Ruminants chew their food hastily at first, the food travels to the first chamber of their four chambered stomach, called the what?
18. These cartilaginous fish stay near the sea bed, using their timy electricity-sensing pits on their heads, to detect buried prey, and bury themselves to hide from predators.
19. The middle body part of an insect.
• Find the answers to the quiz hidden in the grid below.