Living Things!
Name: ______________________ Date: ____________
Write the missing letters on the lines to finish each word.
1.
k
e
Hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front
2.
e
s
The organ of sight (plural)
3.
e
r
The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium (plural)
4.
n
e
The organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract
5.
u
h
The opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge
6.
h
a
The extremity of the superior limb
7.
o
t
A linear unit of length equal to 12 inches or a third of a yard
8.
h
a
Organ that pumps blood around the body
9.
g
s
Either of two saclike respiratory organs in the chest of vertebrates (plural)
10.
t
m
c
The region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis
11.
b
a
That part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers
12.
k
e
t
o
The hard structure that provides a frame for the body of an animal
13.
m
c
l
Animal tissue consisting predominantly of contractile cells (plural)
14.
l
i
g
The experience of being alive
15.
o
-
l
i
v
Not endowed with life
16.
a
l
s
Living things like dogs and birds
17.
l
a
n
Living things like trees and flowers that grow in soil
18.
f
o
What we eat to get energy and grow
19.
t
r
Clear liquid we drink that falls as rain
20.
c
e
The vast area beyond Earth's atmosphere
21.
t
e
r
Protective covering that provides protection from the weather
22.
a
e
The work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something