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• Answer the General Knowledge questions on science, then find the words in the grid.
• Words appear horizontally, vertically, diagonally and backwards. Some words may overlap.
Quiz Questions
1. A mat of hyphae that develops below the surface of the host plant, and bursts through as the spores mature, distinguished from a stroma, in not having a peridium, or covering of fungal tissue of any kind.
2. This enzyme, which acts on starch molecules, to begin the break down into shorter chains, such as dextrins and disaccharides, is found in saliva.
3. One of the arbitary stages that mitosis is divided into, where new chromosomes move from the equator, to the poles of the spindle.
4. Archaebacteria that are poisoned by oxygen, are restricted to these environments, such as sewage, marine and freshwater sediments, and the intestinal tracts of some animals.
5. A fungus that affects the parts of a frog’s skin that has keratin in them, and because they use their skin in respiration, this makes it difficult for the frog to breathe.
6. Nearly all animal phyla have this body cavity, that encloses the vascular system and digestive tract.
7. A caterpillar or a herb.
8. This energy is transferred from one body to another, due to difference in temperature.
9. A substance that is carried to a specific target cell or organ, to bring about a physiological response, by being secreted into body fluid, or blood glands.
10. This carnivore does not belong to the dog family, and is very aggressive.
11. Row of celia, called this, which celiates have, as well as a cystosome (cell mouth), and a pronounced nuclear dualism.
12. A flat, thin plate covering the expanded toepad of many geckos, and some other lizards, responsible for these lizards ability to cling to smooth vertical, or overhanging surfaces.
13. The caudal most part of the brain stem, containing many sensory (ascending) and motor (descending) tracts, which if damaged, vital functions are compromised, resulting in death.
14. This zone, from 1 cm to 200 mtrs deep, is a region of surface waters in which enough sunlight penetrates, to support photosynthesis.
15. The fluid content of a cell, which is the entire contents of the cell, within the cell membrane, that is , cytosol plus organelles, including nucleus.
16. In an Hawaiian eruption, the volcano produces a large amount of this sort of lava, that surges from the vents, like water from a fountain.
17. Seawater has lots of this, averaging 78 million metric tons per cubic km, and represents about 77% of the dissolved solids.
18. The wall dividing the nasal cavity into halves, composed of a central supporting skeleton, covered on either side by mucous membrane.
19. An aerobic bacterium, with a cell body that twists like a spiral with elongated forms, with tufts of flagella at both poles, and usually living in stagnant water, righ in organic matter.
20. Most ciliates are single-celled, but the Sorogena form these stalks, and are multicellular.
21. The main structural axis of a vascular plant, which is normally divided into nodes that hold the buds, and internodes that act as spaces, that distance one node from another.
22. The tip of a tube that often has short outgrowths, flaps, or hair, to trap pollen, and may produce a sticky secretion to which the pollen adheres.
23. The type of larva, found on the open ocean, rock and sand bottom, that lacks strong swimming ability, are characteristic of many hemichordates species, which ingest sediments, from which they extract nutrients.
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