Contest 1

1. I principally occur through the process of photosynthesis, but I also occur

through chemosynthesis,
2. In aquatic ecosystems I am driven by the availability of nutrients and light
and, to a lesser extent, by temperature and other factors.
3. I am important because I am the process that forms the foundation of food
webs in most ecosystems. ,
4. I am used to refer to the rate at which all the plants in an ecosystem produce
net useful chemical energy
5. I am equal to the difference between the rate at which the plants in an
ecosystem produce useful chemical energy (GPP) and the rate at which they
use some of that energy during respiration
WHO AM I? Primary productivity
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Contest 2
1. I am a set of metabolic reactions and processes that take place in the cells of
organisms
2. Technically, I am a combustion reaction
3. But clearly, I do not resemble one when I occur in a living cell, because of
the slow release of energy from the series of reactions.
4. My reactions convert biochemical energy from nutrients into adenosine
triphosphate (ATP), and then release waste products.
5. The reactions are catabolic reactions, which break large molecules into
smaller ones
6. I am one of the key ways a cell releases chemical energy to fuel cellular
activity.
WHO AM I? (Cellular) Respiration
Contest 3
1. I am a molecule that participates in many biochemical reactions in protein,
carbohydrate and lipid metabolism
2. I am composed of different pieces of various molecules and chemical groups
3. I am produced by the breakdown of both carbohydrates (by glycolysis) and
fats (by β-oxidation).
4. I am mainly used by the body for energy production through the citric acid
cycle, or Krebs cycle.
5. My main function is to deliver the acetyl group to the citric acid cycle
(Krebs cycle) to be oxidized for energy production.

WHO AM I? Acetyl coenzyme A or acetyl-CoA

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Contest 4
1. I am a three word phrase that is used to represent a group of birds
2. Taken literally, I have a wide range of meaning
3. The common names for my members are based on structures,
4. In ornithology, my name has a narrower meaning:
5. This includes birds that have very good eyesight for finding food, Strong
feet for holding food, and a strong curved beak for tearing flesh
6. These birds are characterized by keen vision that allows them to detect their
prey during flight and powerful talons and beaks.

Who am I? "Bird of prey"

Contest 5
1. There are two popular and overlapping theories that explain the origins of
me
2. I am one of the final phases of genetic recombination,
3. I occur at prophase I of meiosis during a process called synapsis
4. I usually occur when matching regions on matching chromosomes break and
then reconnect to the other chromosome.
5. I am the exchange of genetic material between homologous chromosomes
that results in recombinant chromosomes during sexual reproduction
WHO AM I? Crossing Over
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Contest 6

1. I am used to describe the emergence of discontinuities in an organism's

preferred environment
2. I can be caused by geological processes that slowly alter the layout of the
physical environment
3. Or by human activity such as land conversion, which can alter the
environment much faster and causes extinctions of many species
4. I am often a cause of species becoming threatened or endangered
5. I am the process by which habitat loss results in the division of large,
continuous habitats into smaller, more isolated remnants

WHO AM I? Habitat fragmentation

Contest 7
1. I am an important part of eating and drinking by many animals
2. In scientific contexts I am sometimes called deglutition,
3. I am a complex mechanism that uses both skeletal muscle (tongue) and
smooth muscles of the pharynx and esophagus
4. During my process, respiration is briefly inhibited as the larynx, or voice
box, rises to close the glottis (the opening to the air passage).
5. I am the process in the human or animal body that makes something pass
from the mouth, to the pharynx, and into the esophagus, while shutting the
epiglottis.

WHO AM I? Swallowing,

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Contest 8

1. In evolution, it appears I was the first stage of sexual reproduction

2. There are several types of me
3. In one type, the two gametes involved in reproduction may be flagellated,
and therefore motile, as occurs in algae such as some species of
Chlamydomonas
4. In another type, neither of the gametes is flagellated, as in the case of the
mating of yeast
5. I am the form of sexual reproduction that involves the fusion gametes of
similar morphology (i.e. similar shape and size)
WHO AM I? Isogamy
Contest 9

1. I am an immature free-living form of some organisms

2. I often have unique structures and organs that do not occur in my adult form.
3. My diet may also be considerably different from my adult
4. I am frequently adapted to environments separate from adults
5. I am a distinct juvenile form many animals undergo before metamorphosis
into adults.
Who AM I? Larva
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Contest 10

1. I am a cylinder of parenchyma or sclerenchyma cells

2. I am a primary tissue that maintains meristematic activity
3. In plant roots I am located between the endodermis and phloem.
4. In dicot stems, I am situated around the ring of vascular bundles in the stele
5. I am involved in lateral root initiation and development, as well as in
secondary root growth.

WHO AM I? Pericycle
 Contest 11
1. I am a multicellular haploid structure
2. Part of my name refers to wild mammals or birds hunted for sport or food
3. Or an activity that one engages in for enjoyment.
4. My major function is to produce gametes
5. In mosses, liverworts, and hornworts I am the most visible stage of the life
cycle.

WHO AM I? Gametophyte
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Contest 12

1. I am a type of bony fish (Osteichthyes) in the phylum Chordata, and the

genus Hippocampus.
2. My name can be written as one word or as two separate words
3. When my name is written as two words, they literally give me wrong
identity
4. The first part refers to a large body of salty water,
5. And the second part refers to a mammal that is trained to be ridden or driven
in a variety of sporting competitions.
6. I am not a sea, neither am I a horse

WHO AM I? Sea horse

Contest 13

1. My name was first coined by a Danish botanist, plant physiologist, and

geneticist
2. He is also best known for his 1903 "pure line" experiments in genetics.
3. I can only be determined by biological tests, not by observations
4. I am one of three factors that determine the phenotype of an organism, the
other two being inherited epigenetic factors, and non-inherited
environmental factors.
5. I am the genetic constitution of an individual organism.
WHO AM I? Genotype
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Contest 14
1. I may be used to refer to a body of students meeting regularly to study the
same subject
2. I may also be a group that share the same economic or social status
3. I can also be a division or rating based on grade or quality
4. In biology, I am a major category in biological taxonomy
5. I rank above the order and below the phylum

WHO AM I? Class
Contest 15
1. In astronomy I may be a small constellation in the Southern Hemisphere
(near Dorado and Horologium)
2. In anatomy I may be any fine network, especially one in the body composed
of cells or fibres
3. In zoology, I am one of the four stomachs of a ruminant
4. My contents are regurgitated for further chewing as part of the cud
5. I am the second chamber of the ruminant stomach.

WHO AM I? Reticulum

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Contest 16
1. I am a hollow tube, 5 to 10 micrometres (µm) in diameter,
2. I have a wall that is one cell thick
3. I am the site of exchange of many substances with the interstitial fluid that
surround me.
4. I are the smallest blood vessel in the body
5. I convey blood between the arterioles and venules

WHO AM I? Capillary
Contest 17
1. I am the name of a group of unsaturated nutritional organic compounds.
2. I have multiple functions
3. I am involved in immune function, vision, reproduction, and cellular
communication.
4. I am critical for vision as an essential component of rhodopsin, a protein that
absorbs light in the retinal receptor
5. I am the fat soluble vitamin, whose absence results in night blindness in
humans
WHO AM I? Vitamin A
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Contest 18

1. I am a term used to describe an enlarged gland

2. I may be classified either by my growth pattern or by the size of my growth
3. My notable cases were when former US President George H. W. Bush and
his wife Barbara Bush were both diagnosed with me
4. Selenium deficiency is considered to be a contributing factor to my cause
5. But worldwide, my most common cause is iodine deficiency

WHO AM I? Goitre
Contest 19
1. I am a biological process present mostly in the plant world
2. I occur commonly in leguminous plants
3. I limit the variety of progeny of plants, and may reduce plant vigour
4. However, I can be advantageous, since I allow plants to spread beyond the
range of suitable pollinators
5. I also enable plants to produce offspring in areas where pollinator
populations have been greatly reduced or are naturally variable.

WHO AM I? Self-pollination

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Contest 20
1. We are not of major economic importance, but some are used for food,
medicine or as ornamentals.
2. We have been the subject of research for our ability to remove some
chemical pollutants from the atmosphere.
3. We live in a wide variety of habitats, from remote mountain elevations, to
dry desert rock faces, to bodies of water or in open fields
4. Some of us depend on associations with mycorrhizal fungi for nutrients
5. We are a group of vascular plants that reproduce via spores and have neither
seeds nor flower.

WHO ARE WE? Ferns

Contest 21

1. We occur in all freshwater and ocean environments, including caves, and

deep-sea habitats
2. Our variety of shapes and behavioral habits is remarkable.
3. Our body sizes range from tiny species to massive sizes which may weigh
over 900 kg
4. Our primary characteristic is a skeleton, at least partly composed of true
bone (as opposed to cartilage)
5. We form a taxonomic group called Osteichthyes

WHO ARE WE? Bony fish/ Bony fishes

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Contest 22
1. I am derived from the mesodermal layer of embryonic germ cells
2. I am a soft tissue found in most animals.
3. My cells contain protein filaments
4. I function to produce force and motion.
5. I am primarily responsible for maintaining and changing posture,
locomotion, as well as movement of internal organs
WHO AM I? Muscle
Contest 23

1. I am typically considered the first cranial nerve, or simply CN I,

2. I am the shortest of the twelve cranial nerves
3. Similar to the optic nerve, I do not originate from the brainstem
4. Damage to me impairs ones sense of smell
5. To simply test my function, each nostril is tested with a pungent odor
6. I contain sensory nerve fibers relating to smell.

WHO AM I? Olfactory nerve

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Contest 24

1. My name literally means little foot

2. I may be long, short or completely absent in some plants
3. I transport the energy made in the leaf to the rest of the plant.
4. I also serve to transport nutrients and water that are absorbed by the roots
and passed up through the xylem, to the leaf.
5. I am the transition between the stem and the leaf blade
6. In botany, I am the stalk that attaches the leaf blade to the stem
WHO AM I? Petiole / Leaf stalk
Contest 25
1. I was first described in the context of insects and flowering plants,
2. I have since been applied to major evolutionary events, including sexual
reproduction, infectious diseases, and ecological communities.
3. I function by reciprocal selective pressures on two or more species,
4. Some of my classic examples include predator-prey, host-parasite, and other
competitive relationships between species.
5. I result in adaptations for mutual benefit.
6. My typical example is flowering plants and associated pollinators (e.g., bees,
birds, and other insect species).
WHO AM I? Coevolution
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Contest 26
I owe my existence to a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist
Whose work was published in various sections between 1735 and 1758,
He attempted to identify every known plant and animal
I was established as a way to bring clarity to discussions of organisms, evolution,
and ecology in general.
I am the system of scientifically naming organisms, which was developed by
Linnaeus.

WHO AM I? Binomial Nomenclature

Contest 27

1. I am a branch of science believed to be older than science itself

2. I have many sub-disciplines, and am used in many different fields.
3. In general, there are two main types of me: gross or macroscopic, and
microscopic
4. However, most biology specialties require knowledge of both types of me.
5. I am the branch of biology which studies how various parts of an organism
are connected, and how they are related to other body parts both spatially
and functionally.

WHO AM I? Anatomy
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Contest 28
1. Scientists have changed their definition of me several times throughout
history.
2. I am used to refer to a group of organisms that share a genetic heritage,
3. These organisms are separated from each other by reproductive barriers.
4. These barriers can be geographical, such as a mountain range separating two
population
5. My members are able to interbreed, and to create offspring that are also
fertile.
WHO AM I? Species
 Contest 29
1. Like all ecosystems, I am finely balanced and highly complex
2. I support a great diversity of life with a variety of different habitats.
3. I am easily the most diverse of all the ecosystems on the planet
4. I can be divided into smaller, distinct ecosystems upon closer inspection.
5. However. I am used to refer to the oceans and seas and other salt water
environments as a whole

WHO AM I? Marine Ecosystem

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Contest 30
1. My properties are sometimes plant-like, but I am not a plant
2. I come in different kinds and have become adapted to survive in some of
the most extreme environments on earth
3. I also come in many colors, but my color is usually determined by my
photosynthetic component
4. My color changes depending on when I am wet or dry.
5. I am a composite organism that arises from algae or cyanobacteria living
among filaments of multiple fungi

WHO AM I? Lichen
Contest 31
1. I am a cavity, but hardly an empty space
2. I am lined with a protective membrane termed the peritoneum
3. I am located below the thoracic cavity, and above the pelvic cavity
4. Vertically I am enclosed by the vertebral column and the abdominal and
other muscles
5. I am the large body cavity in humans and many other animals that contains
many organs

WHO AM I? Abdominal cavity

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Contest 32
1. Part of my name is a prefix added to the name of a subject
2. To the chemist, I am a type of isomerism due to the unequal distribution of
carbon atoms on either side of a functional group
3. To the biologist, I am the phenomenon of having a linear series of body
segments fundamentally similar in structure,
4. I am an important feature of annelids
5. Organisms which exhibit my features are said to be metamerically
segmented

WHO AM I? Metamerism
Contest 33
1. In sports, especially tennis, I am a good player who is given a place on the
list of those expected to win games in a particular competition because of the
way they have played in the past:
2. To the biologist, my development completes the process of reproduction in
certain plants
3. I have been an important development in the reproduction and success of
gymnosperm and angiosperm plants,
4. The manner in which I am produced distinguishes the angiosperms from the
gymnosperms
5. I am a fertilized ovule containing the plant embryo

WHO AM I? Seed
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Contest 34
1. I am a tough, usually flexible, but sometimes fairly rigid layer
2. My composition, properties, and form may change during the cell cycle and
depend on growth conditions
3. My major function is to act as pressure vessels, preventing over-expansion
4. I may give cells rigidity and strength, offering protection against mechanical
stress.
5. In multicellular organisms, I permit the organism to build and hold a definite
shape (morphogenesis).
6. I further permit the creation of stable osmotic environments by preventing
osmotic lysis and helping to retain water.
WHO AM I? Cell wall
Contest 35
1. I am a crawling movement used by some types of cells and unicellular
organisms
2. I am the most common mode of locomotion in eukaryotic cells.
3. My type of movement has been linked to changes in action potential, though
the exact mechanism is still unknown
4. I am accomplished by protrusion of cytoplasm of the cell involving the
formation of pseudopodia ("false feet") and posterior uropods.
5. I am the mechanism of movement commonly demonstrated by Amoeba
proteus

WHO AM I? Amoeboid (movement)

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Contest 36

1. I am a type of biological process

2. There are several types of me, depending upon the type of organism
involved in my process.
3. For Most prokaryotes, or bacteria, binary fission is enough for them to
complete my process
4. Sexually-reproducing eukaryotes use a special form of me called meiosis to
reduce the genetic content in their cell.
5. I am the process cells go through to divide.

WHO AM I? Cell division