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Find the words in the interactive wordsearch below, or print off using the download section to the right. Use the handy glossary at the bottom of the page for word explanations. Glossary Definitions of all the words in the wordsearch above. Look at our full glossary here. Amphibian Four-legged creatures that live on land and in water. Arachnid A class of eight-legged arthropods. Anthropod Organisms with jointed feet, exoskeletons, and segmented bodies. Bird Warm-blooded egg laying vertebrate. Breed A group of domestic animals or plants that distinguish it from others of the same species. Classification A way of distinguishing between organisms. Conifer A cone-bearing woody plant. Crustacean Shelled organisms that are relatives of insects. Feathers Forms the plumage of a bird. Fish An aquatic vertebrate. Fungi An organism that breaks down dead material. Kingdom Fungi, seperate from plants, animals and bacteria. Insect A small invertebrate with three segments. Inverterbrate An organism with no backbone. Mollusc A phylum (subset) of invertebrates. Mushroom The fruiting body of a fungus. Reptile Scaly, cold-blooded vertebrates. Species A group of organisms able to interbreed. Vertebrate An organism with a backbone.
Glossary
Four-legged creatures that live on land and in water.
Arachnid
A class of eight-legged arthropods.
Anthropod
Organisms with jointed feet, exoskeletons, and segmented bodies.
Bird
Warm-blooded egg laying vertebrate.
Breed
A group of domestic animals or plants that distinguish it from others of the same species.
Classification
A way of distinguishing between organisms.
Conifer
A cone-bearing woody plant.
Crustacean
Shelled organisms that are relatives of insects.
Feathers
Forms the plumage of a bird.
An aquatic vertebrate.
Fungi
An organism that breaks down dead material. Kingdom Fungi, seperate from plants, animals and bacteria.
Insect
A small invertebrate with three segments.
Inverterbrate
An organism with no backbone.
Mollusc
A phylum (subset) of invertebrates.
Mushroom
The fruiting body of a fungus.
Reptile
Scaly, cold-blooded vertebrates.
Species
A group of organisms able to interbreed.
Vertebrate
An organism with a backbone.
How many species of fungi exist?
1. approx 10,000
2. approx 50,000
3. approx 80,000
4. over 100,000
Show Answer
over 100,000