Now that Chemistry's covered, it was time to move on to Biology. Intro Biology has very little math, so it brings the words. So many words that live their best lives within the confines of the study of life sciences. Endoplasmic reticulum arrives early and it's got plenty of friends.
Like the Chemistry puzzles, the Biology puzzles are aligned with an OpenStax online textbook. I chose Concepts of Biology this time. While nature may abhor a vacuum, I abhor crossword puzzles with yawning gaps and empty spaces. This time, some gaps were filled with terms from "100 Words Middle School Students Should Know" from vocabulary.com. Others were filled with terms from science, mathematics, geography, pop culture, and randomness. Students will be amused and surprised to see some of the terms that show up in these puzzles.
Word Count: 108 · Puzzle Score (word crosses): 170
Selected additional terms: Acronyms, Adversary, AI, Air, Amber, Animal, Cheetah, Civic, Contortion, Cpu, Density, Divide, Earth, Elephant, Emu, Exodus, Eye, Gem, Hasten, Jupiter, Jut, Leopard, Lion, Mercury, Meter, Muscle, Navel, Neon, Neptune, Onion, Orion, Paris, Physics, Pluto, Quotient, Recluse, Slope, Twitch, Typhoons, URL, USB, xy
I posted this one online so you can see how the online version plays. Here's the link:
Selected additional terms: Acre, Add, Apollo, Colon, Colors, Dental, Eggs, Equal, Excel, Fang, Fermium, Format, Half, Inuit, Laser, Neptune, Oxygen, Pi, Solve, Svalbard, Te, Tiger, USB, Venus
Words: 105 · Puzzle Score: 183
Selected additional terms: Amazon, Amoeba, BMI, Boil, Bruin, Camel, Climate, cos, Curie, Cyclops, Debris, Earth, EPA, FDA, Herd, Hot, HTTP, Hypo, Idol, Igloo, Indium, Ion, Italy, Koala, Meander, Mitten, Nose, Omega, Proton, Random, Record, Sierra, Sodium, Venus, Waver, Year
Words: 115 · Puzzle Score: 201(!)
Selected additional terms: AC, Adverb, Au, Average, Barricade, Basalt, Biosphere, CAD, Casa, CCL, Co, Commotion, cos, DC, Deft, Dismal, DNA, Electrochemical, Elephant, Exhilarate, Habitation, Homeostasis, HTTP, Human, Hybrid, Iambic, Ignite, Jabber, Jupiter, Karyote, KE, LAN, Lung, Mitochondria, mL, Neptune, Oslo, Ounce, Parrot, Peru, Pico, Plane, Rust, Stamina, Subside, Venus, Waft, Worm
Words: 111 · Puzzle Score: 183
Selected additional terms: America, Apollo, Atom, ATP, Biology, Bluff, Boron, CME, Crick, Deoxyribonucleic, Ear, Earth, Eavesdrop, Ecosystem, Egregious, Electron, Evolution, Eye, Generative, Glycogen, GPU, Heat, HTML, HTTP, Illuminate, Jargon, Jostle, Mercury, Meticulous, Mitochondria, Model, NIH, RCS, Reticulum, Robot, Roots, Ruby, Saturn, Swagger, Swift, Tango, Tar, Tea, TikTok, Time, Tip, Tom, Tongue, Uncanny, Uncertain, Urdu, Zeal
Crosswords 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, bundled and discounted.
Words: 103 · Puzzle Score: 167
Selected additional terms: Asteroid, Cell, Chlorophyll, Comet, CPR, Days, DNA, Ecosystem, Electron, Element, Ember, Emperor, Enigma, Enzyme, Eukaryotic, Eye, Foresight, GPT, Greek, Homeostasis, Horse, Hours, Kindle, Llm, Luna, Monotonous, Organism, Origin, Phase, Prokaryotic, School, Sketch, Sol, Speed, Spore, SSD, Steroid, STEVE, Taste, Temperature, Theorem, Venus, Weather, Woman
Words: 109 · Puzzle Score: 177
Selected additional terms: Air, Amino, amu, Aptitude, Egg, Evolution, Fragrance, Gusto, Jaguar, Mars, Mercury, Mist, Muster, Na, Neptune, Organelle, Outlandish, Protein, Scholar, Sierra, Sodium, Spectrum, Spindle, Teton, Theory, Tigris, Trojan, Uranus, Wheat
Words: 108 · Puzzle Score: 182
Selected additional terms: Amazon, Atom, Bacteria, Biologist, Brackish, Calf, Ceramic, Chlorophyll, Chromosome, Cme, Cobra, Curie, Earth, Electron, Eye, Fixation, Havoc, Ice, Impending, Inert, Ions, Iris, JPEG, Lipid, March, MPEG, mRNA, Omega, Persistent, Python, Reduction, Reticulum, Rh, Sars, Saturn, Scurry, SEO, SPF, Stoma, tan, Telophase, Unit
Crosswords 6, 7, and 8, bundled and discounted.
Words: 108 · Puzzle Score: 172
Selected additional terms: Acid, ACL, Algebra, Ash, Atom, Aviary, Brain, Brandish, Chlorophyll, cos, Enzyme, Equinox, Googol, Imperious, Ionic, Karyogram, Knoll, LLM, Mendeleev, Mitochondria, Neptune, Osmosis, Recuperate, Skeptic, Somber, Steroid, Tenth, Tesla, Tumor
Words: 104 · Puzzle Score: 168
Selected additional terms: Allele, amu, Anabolic, Au, Catabolic, Cell, Celsius, CFC, Eagle, Ecosystem, Equal, Equator, Eukaryotic, Eureka, Eye, Fang, Grueling, Hot, Hz, Ion, Jupiter, Lava, League, Length, Malleable, Mercury, Misgiving, Narwhal, Orca, Owl, Palm, Physics, Polaris, Quell, RSS, Saturn, Seashell, Skunk, Slope, Solute, Swarm, Tactic, Vulnerable, WIMP
Crosswords 9 and 10, bundled and discounted.
Words: 121 · Puzzle Score: 188
Selected additional terms: AI, Arid, Atom, Biosphere, Cation, Cell, Chess, Chlorophyll, Cunning, Darwin, dB, Destination, Disdain, DNA, Energy, Engine, Graph, Iris, Luminous, Materialize, Momentum, Mrna, Multitude, Nucleus, Organelle, Osmosis, Pi, Planet, Plasmid, PPM, Proton, STM, Terse, Theta, Tsunami, Uranus, Venus, Volumes, Waver, Zeroth
Words: 120 · Puzzle Score: 191
Core terms: Analogous, Ancestral, Binomial, Branch, Clade, Cladistics, Class, Derived , Domain, Family, Genus, Kingdom, Monophyletic, Order, Parsimony, Phylogenetic, Phylogeny, Phylum, Rooted, Sister, Species, Systematics, Taxon, Taxonomy
Selected additional terms: Amu, Aplomb, Banish, Chem, Chlorofluorocarbons, Chromosome, Dna, Earth, Endocytosis, Engross, Epistasis, Error, Furtive, Intron, Ion, Isotope, Magma, Mitochondria, Museum, Nonagon, Olympic, Opal, Osiris, Physical, Polk, Potential, Precipice, Pristine, Quart, Restitution, Sabotage, Skin, Speciation, Stem, Thermodynamics, Thyme, Translucent, Usb, Venus, Vim
Words: 113 · Puzzle Score: 187
Core terms: Amoebozoa, Anaerobic, Anoxic, Ascomy, Basidiomy, Biofilm, Black, Botulism, Capsule, Chytridiomy, Commensalism, Conjugation, Cyanobacteria, Disease, Endosymbiosis, Epidemic, Excavata, Extremophile, Glomeromy, Hypha, Lichen, Microbial, Mold, Mrsa, Mycelium, Mycorrhiza, Mycosis, Negative, Opisthokonta, Pandemic, Parasite, Pathogen, Pellicle, Peptidoglycan, Phototroph, Plastid, Positive, Rhizaria, Saprobe, Septum, Stromatolite, Thallus, Transduction, Vent, Yeast, Zygomy
Selected additional terms: Ally, Anneal, AU, Avocado, Cone, Eukaryote, Glycogen, Hour, Inch, Ion, Lab, Logic, Metal, MIDI, Neuter, Oil, Ovum, Patella, Photon, Sol, Thorium, Tongue, Top, Triangle, Yukon
Words: 118 · Puzzle Score: 189
Core terms: Anther, Anthophyta, Apical, Basal, Calyx, Carpel, Club, Cone, Conifer, Corolla, Cotyledon, Cycad, Dicot, Diplontic, Eudicots, Fern, Filament, Gametangium, Gameto(phyte), Gingko(phyte), Gneto(phyte), Gymnosperm, Gynoecium, (Haplo)diplontic, (Haplo)ntic, Herbaceous, Hetero(sporous), Homo(sporous), Hornwort, Horsetail, Liverwort, Mega(sporocyte), Micro(sporocyte), Monocot, Moss, Nonvascular, Ovary, Petal, Phloem, Pistil, Sepal, (Spor)angium, (Spor)ophyll, (Spor)ophyte, Stamen, Stigma, Strobili, Style, Syngamy, Vascular, Whisk, Xylem
Selected additional terms: Acid, Alaska, Biotechnology, Cell, cos, Cytoplasm, DNA, Galileo, Gamete, Gel, Gene, Golgi, Instagram, Iron, Isotope, Jupiter, Leeuwenhoek, LIGO, Mendeleev, Metabolism, Microbial, Mycelium, Nonvascular, Organelle, Proton, Species, Tera, Tesla, Titan, Uranus, Wild
15a. Diversity of Animals 1 at TPT (The vocab list had 113 words, so I created two puzzles)
Words: 115 · Puzzle Score: 199
Core terms: Actinopterygii, Amniote, Ampulla, Anthropoids, Anura, Apoda, Asymmetrical, Body, Brachiation, Budding, Cephalothorax, Chaeta, Chitin, Coelom, Column, Deuterostome, Down, Eucoelomate, Extracellular, Fragmentation, Frog, Gastrodermis, Gemmule, Germ, Gnathostome, Hagfish, Intracellular, Lamprey, Lateral, Madreporite, Mammal, Mantle, Medusa, Myxini, Nacre, Nerve, Osteichthyes, Ostracoderm, Polyp, Radial, Radula, Sarcopterygii, Sphenodontia, Stereoscopic, Sudoriferous, Swim, Tail, Triploblast
Selected additional terms: Ancestry, Anthill, ASL, Burr, Cell, Eiffel, Ferdinand, Growing, LEO, Lion, Micro, North, Oahu, Octopus, Ohm, Pico, Prof, Redplanet, Solid, System, Taylor, Teen, Teeth, Ulna
15b. Diversity of Animals 2 at TPT (The vocab list had 113 words, so I created two puzzles)
Words: 105 · Puzzle Score: 184
Core terms: Acoelomate, Amoebocyte, Amphibia, Annelida, Bilateral, Caecilian, Chelicerae, Choanocyte, Chordata, Clitellum, Cnidaria, Cnidocyte, Complete, Craniate, Ctenidia, Cutaneous, Dioecious, Diphyodont, Diploblast, Epidermis, Eutherian, Hemocoel, Heterodont, Lancelet, Marsupial, Mesoglea, Mesohyl, Metamerism, Mollusca, Monoecious, Monotreme, Nematocyst, Nematoda, Notochord, Osculum, Pneumatic, Porifera, Prosimians, Protostome, Sebaceous, Spicule, Spongocoel, Squamata, Tadpole, Testudines, Trachea, Tunicate, Urochordata, Urodela
Selected additional terms: Adieu, Bogus, CNC, Dicot, Ebola, Echo, Erie, Euro, Eye, HIPAA, Hour, Lisbon, London, Nimby, Odd, OH, Orbit, Oslo, Petal, Pluto, Rodin, Rome, SARS, Saturn, Storm, Stroke, TNT, Twain, Utah, Venus
Crosswords 11, 12, 13, 14, 15a, and 15b, bundled and discounted.
16a. The Body’s Systems 1 at TPT (The vocab list had 127 words, so I created two puzzles)
Words: 113 · Puzzle Score: 193
Core terms: Action, Alveolus, Amylase, Aorta, Artery, Autonomic, Axon, Bile, Bolus, Bronchi, Capillary, Cardiac, Central, Cerebral, Chyme, Cleft, Corpus, Diastole, Ectotherm, Endocrine, Esophagus, Excitation, Fibrous, Gallbladder, Glia, Hormone, Joint, Large, Limbic, Membrane, Mineral, Myofibril, Nasal, Neuron, Open, Ossicles , Pancreas, Parathyroid, Pectoral, Pepsin, Peristalsis, Pituitary, Pulmonary, Renal, Salivary, Sarcomere, Skull, Smooth, Spinal, Superior, Synapse, Systemic, Temporal, Thoracic, Thyroid, Trachea, Up, Urethra, Ventricle, Vitamin
Selected additional terms: Bohrium, Caffeine, Cell, CO, Cold, Condor, Ear, GUI, Huron, Ion, Mars, Mercury, Month, MRI, Nacho, NIST, Pulse, Ratio, Real, SST, Steps, Taylor, Ten, Tesla, Venus, Who
16b. The Body’s Systems 2 at TPT (The vocab list had 127 words, so I created two puzzles)
Words: 107 · Puzzle Score: 160
Core terms: Adrenal, Amygdala, Anus, Appendicular, Atrium, Axial, Bicuspid, Bladder, Brainstem, Bronchiole, Cardiac, Cerebellum, Cerebrospinal, Circulatory, Colon, Dendrite, Diaphragm, Down, Endotherm, Essential, Exocrine, Frontal, Ganglia, Hippo(campus), Hyoid, Inferior, Kidney, Larynx, Liver, Myelin, Myofilament, Nephron, Occipital, Oral, Osmotic, Pancreas, Parietal, Pelvic, Peripheral, Pharynx, Primary, Rectum, Renal, Sarcolemma, Set, Small, Somatic, Stomach, Sympathetic, Synovial, Systole, Thalamus, Thymus, Tissue, Tricuspid, Ureter, Vein, Vertebral
Selected additional terms: Acid, Amino, ANS, Azores, Base, Curie, Ear, Earth, Egg, Genome, Leg, Lung, Month, Moon, Nose, Organ, TBI, Theory, Triton
Words: 101 · Puzzle Score: 186
Core terms: Acellular, Active, Adaptive, Allergy, Antibody, Antigen, Presenting, Apoptosis, Attenuation, Autoantibody, Autoimmunity, Bcell, Capsid, Complement, Cytokine, Cytopathic, Cytotoxic, Dendritic, Effector, Glycoprotein, Helper, Histocompatibility, Humoral, Hyper, Immune, Immuno(Deficiency), Inflammation, Innate, Interferon, Lymph, Lymphocyte, Macrophage, Mast, Mediated, Memory, Monocyte, Natural, Neutrophil, Passive, Primary, Secondary, Tcell, Vaccine, Viral, Virion, White
Selected additional terms: Amino, ATP, Cyan, Delta, Doppler, Dune, Emerge, Estate, Exasperation, Futile, Hanoi, HIV, Honey, Meander, NASA, Neon, Plus, POV, Presenting, Recycle, Repugnant, Seoul, Sound, Tesla, Tiara, Tide, Trachea, Trait, Unit, VanGogh
Words: 110 · Puzzle Score: 183
Core terms: Asexual, Blastocyst, Budding, Bulbourethral, Clitoris, Corpus, Determination, Estrogen, External, Fission, Fragmentation, Fsh, Gastrulation, Gestation, Gestation, GnRH, Gonadotropin, Hermaphroditism, Inhibin, Internal, Leydig, Luteinizing, Majora, Mass, Menstrual, Minora, Oogenesis, Organo(genesis), Ovarian, Oviduct, Oviparity, Ovoviparity, Ovulation, Partheno(genesis), Penis, Placenta, Progesterone, Prostate, Scrotum, Semen, Seminal, Seminiferous, Sertoli, Sexual, Spermato(genesis), Testes, Testosterone, Trophoblast, Uterus, Vagina, Viviparity, Zona
Selected additional terms: Acid, ATP, Bacon, Beta, Capillary, Circle, DNA, Drift, Elicit, Error, Frog, GFI, ICU, Kinematics, Mast, Metric, Moon, NIH, Pangea, Peak, RAM, Sarong, STI, Trait, Vein, Webb, Zenith
Crosswords 16a, 16b, 17, and 18, bundled and discounted.
Words: 116 · Puzzle Score: 192
Core terms: Abundance, Biogeography, Birth, Carrying, China, Climax, Death, Demography, Density, Dependent, Disturbance, Exclusion, Exponential, Exponential, Foundation, Host, Independent, Intraspecific, Keystone, Life, Logistic, Logistic, Mark, Mimicry, Mortality, Mutualism, Parasite, Pioneer, Primary, Quadrat, Richness, Secondary, Selected, Size, Species, Stable, Structure, Survivorship, Zero
Selected additional terms: Agua, Air, Anthropoids, Apprehensive, Atom, Berlin, Bismarck, Brainstem, Bug, Canary, Cat, CME, CPR, Debris, Dirt, DNA, Ear, Ebony, Echo, EKG, Fern, Gel, Headway, ICE, Inert, Mandela, Neptune, Nurse, Parthenogenesis, Photoautotroph, Phylum, PPE, Proton, PSI, Quad, Reaper, Replenish, Rouge, Rust, Scarcity, Titan, Uranium, Yeast
Words: 104 · Puzzle Score: 185
Core terms: Abyssal, Acid, Algal, Apex, Aphotic, Arctic, Autotroph, Benthic, (Bio)Geochemical, (Bio)Magnification, Biome, Boreal, Canopy, Chain, Channel, Chaparral, Chemo(Autotroph), Coral, Cryptofauna, Dead, Detrital, Ecosystem, Emergent, Equilibrium, Estuary, Eutrophication, Fallout, Forest, Grassland, Grazing, Gross, Hydrosphere, Intertidal, Neritic, Net, Oceanic, Pelagic, Permafrost, Photic, Photo(Autotroph), Plankti(Vore), Primary, Producer, Renewable, Resilience, Resistance, Savanna, Secondary, Services, Source, Subduction, Subtropical, Tertiary, Trophic, Tropical, Web, Wetland
Selected additional terms: ADA, ASL cos, Erupt, Gene, Istanbul, Kelvin, kph, Lab, Library, Morpheus, Noon, Nuclear, Octopi, Ratio, Spork, Synapse, Tera, Thorax, Watt, Zygote
Words: 108 · Puzzle Score: 175
Core terms: Biodiversity, Bush, Chemical, Chytridiomycosis, Ecosystem, Endemic, Exotic, Extinction, Genetic, Heterogeneity, Hotspot, Rate, Secondary, Syndrome, Tragedy
Selected additional terms: Algal, Antigen, Apex, Atom, Biology, Biome, Birth, Chain, Clade, Column, Death, Delta, Density, Deoxyribonucleic, Earth, Eon, Erie, Eutrophication, Exponential, Extinction, Food, Host, Isotope, Isthmus, Jupiter, Life, Math, Matter, Mortality, Muscle, Obscure, Organ, Permafrost, Photic, Pioneer, Planktivore, Renewable, Reproduce, Resilience, Resistance, Reticulum, Rhodium, Saturn, Source, Species, Stag, Stroma, Sub, Taxonomy, Technetium, Temperature, Trophic, Zero
Crosswords 19, 20, and 21, bundled and discounted.
23 crossword puzzles
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