# Biological Diversity Word Search

Biological diversity is the range of different species and variations within species that survive in local and global environments ([Topic](https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/17389)). In Grade 9 science, you investigate how living things reproduce and pass characteristics to offspring, and how species depend on each other to survive. This word search covers key concepts: the types of reproduction (asexual and sexual), how traits pass between generations (heritable characteristics and dominant traits), and the relationships organisms form (mutualism, parasitism, and symbiotic bonds) ([Outcome](https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/17392), [Outcome](https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/17391)).

## How to play

- Find each word in the grid. Words can run horizontally, vertically, or diagonally, and may read forwards or backwards.
- Circle or highlight each word as you find it.
- Work through the word list and check off words as you locate them.

## Words to find

- ASEXUAL
- DOMINANT
- EMBRYO
- HERITABLE
- MUTUALISM
- PARASITISM
- REPRODUCTION
- SYMBIOTIC

## Puzzle grid

| F | N | W | G | B | C | R | K | W | A | W | L | C | P |
|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|
| S | C | E | K | R | H | E | R | I | T | A | B | L | E |
| Y | F | E | A | A | F | P | T | Q | J | R | B | T | A |
| M | B | D | S | C | D | R | N | M | Q | I | V | A | A |
| B | U | C | E | N | K | O | M | J | A | D | H | M | T |
| I | A | T | X | W | N | D | M | M | H | R | K | H | H |
| O | A | D | U | F | Q | U | E | I | G | Q | T | P | X |
| T | C | N | A | A | T | C | L | W | N | P | R | F | H |
| I | Z | L | L | Z | L | T | Z | C | G | A | Z | Q | R |
| C | P | A | R | A | S | I | T | I | S | M | N | T | B |
| A | E | M | B | R | Y | O | S | N | J | W | L | T | F |
| K | N | R | M | Y | R | N | C | M | F | M | G | H | D |
| P | D | P | A | G | W | A | Q | X | A | W | V | B | E |
| R | I | K | Y | Z | N | I | M | D | F | G | I | N | O |

## Answer key

- **ASEXUAL**: row 3, column 4, down
- **DOMINANT**: row 4, column 6, diagonal
- **EMBRYO**: row 11, column 2, across
- **HERITABLE**: row 2, column 6, across
- **MUTUALISM**: row 4, column 1, diagonal
- **PARASITISM**: row 10, column 2, across
- **REPRODUCTION**: row 1, column 7, down
- **SYMBIOTIC**: row 2, column 1, down

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### Sources

- node:n1: Sciences › Science (7–9) › Grade 9 › Unit A: Biological Diversity › Outcomes for Science, Technology and Society (STS) and Knowledge (https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/17392)
- node:n2: Sciences › Science (7–9) › Grade 9 › Unit A: Biological Diversity › Outcomes for Science, Technology and Society (STS) and Knowledge (https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/17391)
- node:n3: Sciences › Science (7–9) › Grade 9 › Unit A: Biological Diversity › Outcomes for Science, Technology and Society (STS) and Knowledge (https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/17391)
- node:n4: Sciences › Science (7–9) › Grade 9 (https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/17389)
- node:n5: Sciences › Science (7–9) › Grade 9 › Unit A: Biological Diversity › Outcomes for Science, Technology and Society (STS) and Knowledge (https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/17394)
- node:n6: Sciences › Science (7–9) › Grade 9 › Unit A: Biological Diversity › Outcomes for Science, Technology and Society (STS) and Knowledge (https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/17393)
- node:n7: Sciences › Science (7–9) › Grade 9 › Unit A: Biological Diversity › Outcomes for Science, Technology and Society (STS) and Knowledge (https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/17392)