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 measurement of humidity, that uses a percentage to compare the actual amount of water vapour in the air, with the maximum amount of vapour the air could hold at that temperature, ………..humidity.
2. A perch-like fish.
3.A steep mound or spike of calcium carbonate, on the floor of a cave.
4. This mammal lives on and around the pack ice of Antarctica, and is called the crab-eater, although it eats krill, not crabs.
5. A leaf uses this pigment, that makes them green, along with water, air, and sunlight, to carry out photosynthesis.
6. One of the largest mustletids that can climb tres and catch squirrels.
7. A member of the perch family, that lives in fast-moving streams, the male having especially bright colours, during breeding season, when he swims and darts to attract females.
8. A steep mound or spike of calcium carbonate, on the floor of a cave.
9. The only metal that is liquid at room temperature, and used in thermometers.
10. An animal does this when it sheds its outer skin, scales, feathers, horns, or hair.
11. A toothed whale with a long tusk growing out the left side of its head, and found only in the Arctic Ocean.
12. A sedimentary rock, that can be formed when sand is pressed down under the ocean.21. The molar, incisor, and canine are one.
13. The Egyptians worshipped this beetle, believing it rolled the Sun around, as a dung beetle rolls a ball of animal droppings.
14. The largest type of lemur, that lacks the lemur long tail, having only a short stump.
15. The number indicating the antiknock quality of gasoline.
16. A type of heart urchin, whose potato-shaped empty shell, known as a test, is sometimes washed up on beaches, the sea ………
17. An inner band of light spring wood, and an outer band of dark summer wood, make up one year’s ………growth.
18. The ……..tide, is an especially high or low tide, that occurs during a new or full moon, when the sun and moon are in line with the Earth and their gravitational forces are working together.
19. A light display, such as the southern and northern lights, in the upper levels of the Earth’s atmosphere, that occurs when subatomic particles, from the solar wind, strike air molecules, causing the air molecules to become very agitated, and to emit light.
20. An old orld monkey, that lives in Africa, does not have a prehensile tail, has four fingers on each hand, with a tiny or missing thumb, and sadly is often killed for its fur.
21. The largest rodent, whose young can run and swim a few hours after birth, and are preyed upon, mainly by jaguars and anacondas.
22. A sea anemone has a symbiotic relationship with this fish, because its thick coating of slime protects it against the anemone’s stings.
23. The hard upper section of the exoskeleton or shell of some animals, including arthropods, such as crustaceans and arachnids, as well as vertebrates, such as turtles and tortoises.
• Find the answers to the quiz hidden in the grid below.