Quizfind 17

1. These ticks gorge themselves on the blood of their prickly host, by thrusting the whole head into the skin, holding on by means of a dart-like anchor, located just below the mouth.

2. ……..humidity is written as a percentage, and is the amount of water in the air, compared to the amount of water the air could hold when saturated.

3. Each species of vulture feed on a particular part of a carcase, the larger ones have first sitting, while the smaller, such as this one, have the second.

4. One of Jupiter’s Galilean moons, the largest moon in the solar system, made of slushy ice and water, with a solid ice crust.

5. Nightjars, which rest by day, fly and feed by night, are known by the Americans as this, believing that they suck the milk of goats.

6. Gymnures or Moon what, have spines in their coats, but are more hairy than their relatives, the hedgehog, with a long, tapering, naked tail.

7. Meteorologists believe that this is linked to strong winds, called jet streams, which circle the Earth, above the polar front.

8. The hard, shiny, often appearing metallic, or brightly coloured, forewing, which fits closely, like a shell, over the body of a beetle.

9. This Arabian animal no longer survives in the wild, but is an important pack animal, due to its ability to survive the desert environment, with broad feet, protective eyelashes, closable nostrils, tough lips, fatty hump, as a food reserve, and go without water for long periods.

10. A pseudopod protozoa, of which amoeba is one that can be collected, from the slime, found in wet areas.

11. A tough shell-like protective covering, of certain animals, such as turtles, armadillos, and crabs.

12. Glaciers flow downhill, gathering large amounts of debris on their way, called this.

13. This plant has a pinnately compound leaf, which means the leaflets are situated at intervals along the petiole.

14. This lies within an amnion, a waterbag which cushions it from damage, and prevents it from sticking to the uterus.

15. Dragonflies, and damselflies are a member of this order, which means toothed, referring to the tooth-like projection on the chewing mouthparts of these insects.

16. White cells (lymphocytes) mature in this gland, located between your lungs, and are carried to other parts of your body, playing a major role in your body’s immune system.

17. This tissue usually does not have blood vessels, and the cells fit tightly together, forming a protective barrier, and the cells replace themselves very quickly.

18. Woody plants have this non-living substance, that helps to make the walls of the cells rigid.

19. The percentage of light energy reflected by an object.

20. A skin disease transmitted, by mites, to humans.

21. The Serpent …..feeds mainly on snakes and reptiles, is a large soaring bird, with short, strong toes, for dealing with its prey.

22. The fuel used in big rockets is usually what type of hydrogen?

23. A branchiopod, which means gill feet, that lives in extremely salty water, hence its name, …….shrimp. It has 22 legs, unlike true shrimp, that only have 10, and lacks a carapace, like other branchiopods.

24. When we breathe, air passes to the alveoli, via nostrils, nasal cavity, trachea, two bronchi, with many branches, and millions of these elastic tubes in the lungs.

25. It has a single simple eye on the top of the head, it is one of the most numerous animals in the ocean, and one of them is a Cyclops.

26. The part of a higher animal’s nervous system, that consists of the brain, and spinal chord, which controls reflex actions, and intellignt actions.

27. A class of animal, that plays an important role in the pollination of plants, of which many are designed to attract a specific one to them.

28. Glaciers begin in small hollows, in the mountains, called this, or corries.

29. A weatherproof, foamy capsule, in which a female mantid lays her eggs.