-Contest 1

1. My name refers to an imaginary line about which a body rotates.

2. I am also used to refer to a fixed reference line for the measurement of
coordinates.
3. In anatomy, I am a type of bone
4. My most distinctive characteristic is the strong odontoid process
5. I am the second cervical vertebrae

WHO AM I? Axis
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Contest 2
1. I am a large, structural polysaccharide made from chains of modified
glucose molecules.
2. Like cellulose, no vertebrate animals can digest me on their own
3. I can form solid structures on my own as in insect wings,
4. Or can combine with other components like calcium carbonate to make even
stronger substances like the shell of a clam.
5. I am found in the exoskeletons of insects, the cell walls of fungi, and certain
hard structures in invertebrates and fish

WHO AM I? Chitin
Contest 3

1. I am a biological tool.
2. I am used in ecology and geography
3. I am traditionally a square frame
4. I am constructed of plastic or PVC pipe, metal rod, or wood
5. I am suitable for sampling plants slow-moving animals, and some aquatic
organisms

WHO AM I? Quadrat
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Contest 4

1. I am the outer protective layer of woody plants and roots

2. Technically speaking, I am not necessarily a scientific term.
3. I am considered an accumulation of several different outer layers of a woody
plant
4. I consist of three major components, periderm, cortex, and phloem.
5. I have many commercial uses, I am often stripped away from the heartwood
to be processed.
6. My equivalent in young stems is the epidermis

WHO AM I? Bark
Contest 5
1. I am one of the parts of the mammalian eyeball
2. My nature and composition changes over the course of life
3. I make up four-fifths of the volume of the eyeball
4. My composition is similar to that of the cornea, but contains very few cells.
5. I am the transparent, colorless, gelatinous mass that fills the space in the eye
between the lens and the retina

WHO AM I? Vitreous Humour

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Contest 6

1. I am a bilateral and spherical organ

2. Anatomically, I can be divided into three parts (the fibrous, vascular and
inner layers)
3. My name sounds like a spherical or ovoid body used in a game or sport
4. I lie in a bony cavity within the facial skeleton – known as the bony orbit.
5. I house the structures responsible for vision.

WHO AM I? Eyeball
Contest 7

1. We are modified branches or stems

2. We predominantly function in deterring herbivory in a mechanical form.
3. We have also been used to protect crops and livestock against marauding
animals.
4. Plants bearing us are often planted below windows or around the entire
perimeter of property as a defense against burglary,
5. We are hard, rigid extensions or modifications of stems of plants

WHO ARE WE? Thorns

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Contest 8
1. I am a cylinder of parenchyma or sclerenchyma cells
2. Although I am composed of non-vascular parenchyma cells,
3. I am still considered part of the vascular cylinder because I arise from the
procambium as do the vascular tissues I surround
4. I am the thin layer of plant tissue between the endodermis and the phloem
5. I regulate the formation of lateral roots by rapidly dividing near the xylem
elements of the root

WO AM I? The Pericycle
Contest 9
1. I am a term used to represent a behavioural response to changing seasons
2. I vary among strains and between individual animals
3. I may last days, weeks, or months - depending on the species, ambient
temperature, time of year, and the individual's body-condition.
4. I am one of the survival adaptations to periods of harsh conditions and low
food availability.
5. I am used to refer to a state of inactivity and metabolic depression in
endotherms.

WHO AM I? Hibernation
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Contest 10
1. I am part of the axial skeleton
2. I consist of a series of bones
3. My major function is protection of the spinal cord;
4. I also provide stiffening for the body and attachment for the pectoral and
pelvic girdles and many muscles.
5. In humans, my additional function is to transmit body weight in walking and
standing.

WHO AM I? Vertebral column / backbone / spine / spinal column

Contest 11
1. I am an essential element for life
2. I am a micronutrient essential for plants and humans alike
3. I am present in many enzymes involved in metabolic processes
4. I am involved in the formation of connective tissues of several
neurotransmitters in the brain.
5. I play an important role in the transfer of oxygen by hemoglobin

WHO AM I? Iron
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Contest 12
1. We are a sub-group of suspension feeding animals
2. We can play an important role in clarifying water
3. We are therefore considered ecosystem engineers
4. In our type of feeding, water flow is largely generated by the organisms
themselves,
5. We feed by straining suspended matter and food particles from water

WHO ARE WE? Filter feeders

Contest 13
1. I am a small gland
2. I have two distinct parts, each with a unique function
3. I produce hormones that you can't live without, including sex hormones and
cortisol.
4. My role is to release certain hormones directly into the bloodstream.
5. I am located on top of each kidney.

WHO AM I? Adrenal gland / Suprarenal gland)

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Contest 14
1. I am a type of organelle
2. I am found in both animals and micro-organisms, but not in most plants.
3. There are two types of me: motile and non-motile
4. My name comes from a Latin word which literally means 'eyelash
5. I provide the means for locomotion of protozoans of the phylum Ciliophora

WHO AM I? Cilium
Contest 15
1. I am a kind of locomotory movement,
2. I am a widespread behaviour in marine plankton
3. I am useful when attempting to isolate flagellate species that exhibit a motile
affinity for light
4. I am advantageous for phototrophic organisms as they can orient themselves
most efficiently to receive light for photosynthesis.
5. I occur when a whole organism moves towards or away from a stimulus of
light

WHO AM I? Phototaxis
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Contest 16

1. I am an essential element in biological systems

2. I can affect muscle relaxation through direct action on cell membranes
3. ATP, the main source of energy in cells, must be bound to my ion in order to
be biologically active.
4. Although I occur in many foods, I am usually found in low levels
5. In plants, I am necessary for synthesis of chlorophyll

WHO AM I? Magnesium
Contest 17
1. I am a term which is used to refer to structures in various organisms
2. In birds, I am a structure which covers their nares
3. In gastropods, I am a sort of trapdoor used to close the orifice of some snails
4. In plants, I am a cap-like structure in some flowering plants, mosses, and
fungi.
5. In fishes, I am a flap that covers the gills of bony fishes

WHO AM I? Operculum

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Contest 18

1. I am a genus of parasitic zooflagellate protozoans

2. My name is derived from Greek word which literally means body borer
(because of my corkscrew-like motion).
3. My species usually need an insect vector in their life cycle
4. Majority of my species are transmitted by blood-feeding invertebrates
5. My species infect a variety of hosts and cause various diseases, including
sleeping sickness

WHO AM I? Trypanosoma
Contest 19

1. I am an invertebrate organ
2. I develop from a single cell, called nephroblast
3. I occur in a pair and perform a function similar to the vertebrate kidney
4. I am the unit of the excretory system in many primitive invertebrates
5. I am the main excretory structure found in annelids
6. I have a duct that opens to the exterior by an opening, called nephridiopore.

WHO AM I? Nephridium
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Contest 20
1. I was originally a concept from genetics
2. But I am now used in biochemistry, computational biology and evolutionary
biology.
3. I have a great influence on the shape of evolutionary landscapes
4. I am used to refer to the behavioral effect of interaction among gene alleles
at multiple locations
5. I am a phenomenon in genetics in which the effect of a gene mutation is
dependent on the presence or absence of mutations in one or more other
genes
6. I describe how gene interactions can affect phenotypes

WHO AM I? Epistasis
Contest 21
1. I am a type of carbohydrate
2. I am an important source of energy for the body.
3. I am one of the three dietary monosaccharides that are absorbed directly into
blood during digestion
4. Excessive consumption of me may contribute to insulin resistance and
obesity
5. I am commonly called fruit sugar

WHO AM I? Fructose

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Contest 22

1. We are a group of marine, predatory animals

2. We belong to the phylum Cnidaria, and class anthozoa
3. As cnidarians, we are related to corals, and jellyfishes
4. Unlike other cnidarians, we (and other anthozoans) entirely lack the free-
swimming medusa stage in our lifecycle
5. We were named after the anemone, a terrestrial flowering plant, because of
the colourful appearance of many of us

WHO ARE WE? Sea anemones

Contest 23
1. I am a hormone produced by the human body.
2. I regulate a number of processes in the male body.
3. I affect a man's appearance and sexual development
4. I stimulate sperm production as well as a man's sex drive
5. I am a type of androgen produced largely by the testicles

WHO AM I? Testosterone
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Contest 24
1. I am a layer of compactly arranged parenchyma cells
2. I am a layer of cells in plant leaves and stems
3. In C4 plants my cells contain chloroplasts and are the site of the Calvin cycle
4. My cells conduct the flow of water from the xylem to the mesophyll cells
and then to the intercellular spaces.
5. They are the only cells outside the vasculature itself (xylem, phloem, and
some of their associated parenchyma cells) through which these substances
must pass.
6. I form a sheath surrounding the vascular bundles.

WHO AM I? Bundle sheath

Contest 25

1. I am one of the primary catabolic end products of proteins

2. I was first isolated from kidney stones (in 1776) by a Swedish chemist (Carl
Wilhelm Scheele)
3. A marine polychaete worm, uses me as a sexual pheromone
4. I am released by the female species into water during mating, to induce
males to release sperm.
5. In birds and reptiles, I am the major end-product of protein metabolism.

WHO AM I? Uric acid

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Contest 26

1. We may be unicellular or multicellular structures

2. We are found in bryophytes, fungi and algae
3. .We may serve either as a feeding organ (Rhizopus) or to anchor the thallus
to its substratum
4. We are similar in structure and function to the root hairs of vascular land
plants
5. In plants, such as liverworts and mosses we attach the gametophyte to the
substratum and facilitate the absorption of minerals and water.

Who are we? Rhizoids

Contest 27
1. I am an evolutionary and reproductive mechanism,
2. I occur in bisexual organisms, including most flowering plants, numerous
protozoans, and many invertebrates
3. I allow an isolated individual to create a local population and stabilize
desirable genetic strains,
4. But I fail to provide a significant degree of variability within a population
5. I thereby limit the possibilities for adaptation to environmental change.
6. In botany, I am the fertilization of an ovum of a plant by a male gamete
from the same flower
7. In Zoology, I am the fertilization of the ovum of a hermaphroditic animal by
a sperm from the same individual, as in some species of tapeworm.
WHO AM I Autogamy / Self-Fertilization

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Contest 28

1. We are a group of segmented parasitic or predatory worms

2. We are closely related to the oligochaetes
3. We belong to the phylum Annelida and comprise the class Hirudinea
4. Majority of us live in freshwater environments, while others can be found in
terrestrial and marine environments
5. Our name is used to describe a person who clings to another for personal
gain, especially without giving anything in return

WHO ARE WE? Leeches

Contest 29
1. We are pores, commonly found in angiosperms,
2. We are minor openings at the leaf tip which is uncovered by the cuticle
3. We occur in the leaves of submerged aquatic plants, as well as herbaceous
plants of drier habitats
4. We are connected to the plant vascular system by a vascular bundle.
5. Unlike stomata, we are always open through which guttation takes place.

WHO ARE WE? Hydathodes

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Contest 30
1. I am one of the two types of cytoplasmic protrusions from the cell body of a
neuron
2. My damage results in Schwann cell responses that reflect the close
interdependence of the two of us
3. I am the primary transmission line of the nervous system
4. There are two types of me in the nervous system: myelinated and
unmyelinated
5. I am the portion of a nerve cell (neuron) that carries nerve impulses away
from the cell body.

WHO AM I? (An) Axon

Contest 31
1. We are ectothermic, tetrapod vertebrates
2. We inhabit a wide variety of habitats
3. We are superficially similar to lizards
4. We use our skin as a secondary respiratory organ
5. Our name is derived from the Ancient Greek term which means "both kinds
of life"
6. We are animals that live part of our lives in water and part on land.

WHO ARE WE? Amphibians

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Contest 32

1. I am a type of asexual reproduction

2. Many species of annelids and flat worms reproduce by my method.
3. I also occur in many organisms such as filamentous cyanobacteria, molds,
lichens, many plants
4. People use my method to artificially propagate many plants through
division, layering, cuttings, grafting, micropropagation and storage organs
5. I am a form of asexual reproduction in which an organism is split into
fragments

WHO AM I? Fragmentation
Contest 33

1. I am a polished cavity surrounded by a fringe of hairs,

2. I am part of the tibia on the hind legs of certain species of bees
3. My name is in 2 parts
4. The first part of my name refers to is a fine to grainy powdery substance
comprising pollen grains.
5. In sports, the second part of my name refers to a net with a hole at the
bottom, attached to a metal ring, through which a ball is thrown
6. I am the pollen collecting apparatus in aphid bees, which include honey bees
and bumblebees,

WHO AM I? Pollen basket

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Contest 34
1. I am a cycle of biochemical reactions.
2. I was discovered by Hans Krebs at the University of Freiburg in Germany,
in 1932
3. I take place mainly in the liver and, to a lesser extent, in the kidneys
4. I begin in the mitochondrial matrix and end with the formation of urea in the
cytoplasm
5. I am the primary biochemical pathway in humans by which excess nitrogen
is disposed.

WHO AM I? The urea cycle/ ornithine cycle

Contest 35
1. I am a specialized excretory cell
2. My name is in two parts
3. The first part represents the portion of ignited gas or vapour.
4. And the second part represents the basic structural, functional, and
biological unit of all known organisms.
5. I am the excretory organ found in flatworms

WHO AM I? Flame cell

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Contest 36

1. I am a common phenomenon in nature

2. I cross several discipline boundaries, including ecology, genetics, evolution
theory, taxonomy, cytology, and biochemistry
3. Although in general use, I am a very broad term.
4. In biology, I have given a specific meaning.
5. I am the occurrence of two or more clearly different morphs or forms, also
referred to as alternative phenotypes, in the population of a species.

WHO AM I? Polymorphism