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. Fungi with fruiting bodies.
2. One of Australia’s rarest marsupials that is nocturnal, and feeds on insects, larva, seeds, bulbs, fruit and fungi.
3. During mating season the males bellow and threaten rivals for control of the herd.
4. One of the brightest stars in the constellation Orion and represents Orion’s left foot.
5. This is the world’s greatest animal athlete for its size and can jump more than 30 cm.
6. Toads have dry warty this.
7. Holdfasts take the place of roots and anchor this plant to the ocean floor.
8. The immature form of the red harvest mite.
9. This is a curtain-like structure that hangs down from the roof of a whale’s mouth to filter the tiny animals from the plankton.
10. A lily that’s food stored in its leaves can be used in soothing ointments and lotions for treatment of burns and other skin disorders.
11. This tree has the needles joined individually to the branch and are short and stiff.
12. This large bird of prey, of the Amazon jungle, has a species of harpy, that snatches monkeys and sloths from treetops.
13. A spider that digs a hole in the ground, then builds a silk trap door, that fits snugly over the hole and waits for its meal.
14. This grizzly or brown, shows its long canine teeth.
15. This bird is among the largest flying birds, with a warning snarl that few animals will ignore, and a wingspan of 3m.
16. A miniature, underdeveloped plant located inside a seed.
17. An arthropod with a rounded body and two pairs of legs in each body segment.
18. A piece of space debris that orbits the sun and is smaller than the smallest asteroid.
19. A tooth used for crushing and grinding.
20. This very large incisor tooth, made of ivory, belongs to the largest land animal.
21. A smaller cousin of the tuna and is known as a scombrid.
22. A member of the weasel family, and one species lays on its back to prepare food.
23. Insects in the order Odonate, that have a long, slender bodies, huge eyes, and two pairs of equal-sized vein-patterned wings.
24. The fastest land animal over short distances, but gives up after about 180m if the prey seems to be getting away.
25. About 3 cm long and has bumpy skin, its back is yellow or greenish-yellow striped with black markings, the Northern Corroboree …….
• Find the answers to the quiz in the grid below.