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• 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 Question
1. Seed plants or spermatophytes that have no seed lobes, eg dodder, orchids, or plants which have no true seeds, as ferns, mosses etc.
2. The surface of erythrocytes (red blood cells) contain antigens, composed of glycoproteins and glycolipids, called what? Blood is categorised into different blood types, depending on the combination of these.
3. Tongue-tied is when the lingual frenulum (a fold of mucus membrane, that attaches the tongue to the floor of the mouth), is short or rigid, impairing a person’s speech, a condition known as what?
4. The upper angle or point of divergence, between a leaf stalk or branch, and the stem or trunk, from which it is growing, where an axillary or lateral bud would form.
5. A deep, steep-walled, v-shaped valley, often occurring in the upper courses of rivers, where strong, swift currents erode the walls. The Yarlung Zangbo River one, is the deepest in the world, at approx 5,300 metres (17,49 ft).
6. A horrizontal bone that lies above the first rib on the front part of the thorax, often called the collar bone. It is rougher and more curved in males.
7. To do this is to the mandible eg, you open the mouth, moving the body part in a downward direction.
8. This covalent bond involves two atoms sharing two pairs of electrons, such as an oxygen molecule.
9. This hinged joint is formed by three bones; the ulna, humerus, and the radius, connected by ligaments, the ends of which are covered in cartilage, allowing for easy movement.
10. Because these are so important, more than half the sensory receptors in the body are located in these, and a large part of the cerebral cortex is devoted to processing the information from their receptors.
11. A specialised endocrine or exocrine epithelial cell, that secretes substances, such as hormones, digestive juices, sweat, tears, saliva, or milk.
12. A piece of freshwater ice, that has broken off from a glacier or ice shelf, and is floating in the ocean. This process is called calving.
13. A thin partition of tissue that separates the right and left atria of the heart, preventing the oxygen-rich blood, from the lungs, from mixing with oxygen-poor blood from the body.
14. One of a pair of organs, that remove waste products from the blood, and produce urine, regulate the levels of many substances in the blood, and help to control your blood pressure.
15. This central gel-like cavity of a mitochondrion, which is enclosed by the inner mitochondrial membrane, performs the process of aerobic respiration.
16. Formed from primitive germ cells, of a female reproductive cell, that gives rise to primary oocytes by mitosis.
17. An extreme, overwhelming fear of snakes.
18. The posterior segments or abdomens of the chelicerates, a phylum including horseshoe crabs, spiders, mites, and ticks, especially when unsegmented or when the segmentations are obscured.
19. A glycoprotein, which is one of the two parts of the photopigments associated with vision, the other a derivative of vitamin A, called retinal.
20. The embryonic development, when the body organs and systems are formed.
21. In bone remodelling, it is when new bone material, by cells named osteoblasts, have been layed down, and become bone, or harden like bone.
22. The location of the primary motor cortex, and is responsible for the control of voluntary movement.
23. The first phase of mitosis, when the DNA has already been replicated, and the cell starts to break down, setting the stage for division of the chromosomes. The main occurrences is the condensation of the chromatin reticulum, and the disappearance of the nucleolus.
24. The cell’s complete set of proteins, with their nature and biological function.
25. The anterior and inferior part of the hip bone.
26. Relating to earthquakes, or other vibrations of the Earth, and it’s crust.
27. These nerves carry signals to your brain, to help your senses, whereas motor nerves carry signals to your muscles or glands, to help you move and function.
28. The wrenching or twisting of a joint, that stretches, or tears it’s ligaments.
29. This sac encloses the food material, for the developing embryo.
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