Biology Loop Frames

Each puzzle follows a common pattern - the pupil cuts out the tiles, rearranges them to form a landscape-shaped frame,
then completes an extension task.
The six puzzles here are:
Ecological relationships, Photosynthesis, Plants as food,
Reproduction, Respiration, Variation.
These further puzzles are to be found at Loop Frames for Biology on the TES resources:
Biology revision, Cells, Digestion, Environment,
Fit & healthy. Inheritance, Microbes, Genetics (difcult).
Other biology resources that I have uploaded on to the TES Shareware site include:
The complete skeleton A Loop-frame for naming bones
The naked skeleton Progress in Science - Cells
Human Body Project Chromosome cut-out
More resources are available - just press the Wordy William on the TES resource page - and the list will appear.
These resources are popular (The Human Body Project has been downloaded over 11,500 times) because they are engaging, fun
and educational - just like William!s Words in Science - the JARGON BUSTER. Copies of this dictionary should be in every Library,
every room where Science is taught, and on the desk of every teacher of Science (cost is 15 plus p&p).
Ecological relationships
Cut out the tiles, rearrange so the words and clues match up,
this will make a frame.
Now draw a picture to show a food web of at least three
producers and lots of consumers (including two predators).
habitat
the diagram
that shows
many
species
eating and
being eaten
seeds
to nd out
the details
identify
living in
water
invertebrates
items and substances
are available for use
community
the type of area in
which an
organism
lives
adapted
catches,
then eats,
its prey
changed
to better
suit the
conditions
biomass
decay
the total
mass of
living
creatures
aquatic
animals
without backbones
pyramid
chemical added to soil
to improve growth
living on
the land
predator
resources
equipment used
for collecting
creepy-crawlies
terrestrial
how many organisms
are found in
different areas
pooter
eating, taking
in food
food
web
food store
surrounding
the fertilised
egg of a plant
feeding
to rot,
to break down
distribution
triangle that shows
relative masses of
producer and consumers
fertiliser
the many different
organisms within
an area
Photosynthesis
to keep xed in
one place
germinate
to change
from one
form to
another
iodine
allow gases
in and out of
the leaf
nitrogen
a yellow
solution
that turns
black with
starch
etiolate
connects the
leaves and
owers to
the root
stomata
the amount of
water that has
fallen
sunlight
to take in
through a surface
xylem
to move away
from an area
of high
concentration
stem
tiny extensions on the
surface of the root
transpiration
energy that is used
by plants
root hair
the dormant seed
has started
to grow
diffuse
loss of water from
the leaf
anchor
cells in
the leaf, look
like a fence
cellulose
inert gas in
air, essential
for proteins.
absorb
movement of water
through a membrane
chlorophyll
chemical
that is
found in
the wall of
plant cells
convert
vessels used to
transport water in plants
renewable
green substance in
plants, that absorbs light
palisade cells
able to be replaced
osmosis
a pale,
elongated
appearance
caused by
lack of light
rainfall
Cut out the tiles, rearrange so the words and clues match up,
this will make a frame.
Now draw a cartoon to show how a plant absorbs the
chemicals and energy that are needed for photosynthesis.
Cut out the tiles, rearrange so the words and
clues match up, this will make a frame.
Now draw a cartoon to show the food chains for
the ingredients in your favorite meal.
Plants as food
to prevent from
changing
biodegradable
microbe that rots down
animals and plants
accumulate
to collect,
to gather together
compete
part of the
plant that
absorbs
water and
nutrients
balance
structure that
contains the
seeds of
a plant
consumer
able to be broken
down by organisms
food chain
remaining without
changing
decomposer
a 1 m
square
frame used
in eldwork
fruit
to have
the same on
each side
herbicide
to ght over
limited
resources
mineral
shows the ow between
producer and
consumers
nutrients
showing the
usual
features of
that creature
root
chemical that kills
all plants
persistent
any of the
simple
chemicals
found in
soil, rocks
and blood
quadrat
creature that eats
other organisms
preserve
chemicals
that dissolve
and can be
used by
cells
typical
Reproduction
the tip of the female
reproductive organ
of plants
pollination
German
measles
hormones
long molecule
of
chromosomes
fuse
organs that produce
sperm
implant
egg
umbilical
characteristic feature
of mammals
stigma
membrane
surrounding
the foetus
testes
to bury beneath the
surface
womb
allows
transfer of
chemical to the
foetus
foetus
the unborn baby
breasts
chemical
messengers
clones
identical
offspring
amnion
DNA the cord
joining foetus
to placents
uterus
ovum
two nuclei
become one
placenta
transfer
of pollen to
the stigma
rubella
Cut out the tiles, rearrange so the words and clues
match up, this will make a frame.
Choose an animal with a different reproductive behaviour,
eg sh, spider, marsupial (kangaroos /wallabies), frog,
buttery; use diagrams to show this different behaviour.
Respiration
Cut out the tiles, rearrange so the words and clues match up,
this will make a frame.
Now draw a picture to show a cell respiring.
gases
molecule
attaches to
the oxygen
heart
air sacs
haemoglobin
movement from
high concentration
to low
lime water
major branches
from the windpipe
breathe where the
lungs are
bronchi
pumps blood
around the body
alveoli
breathe
out
artery
stupid habit
- kills
aerobic
to take air
in and out
trachea
respiration
involving
oxygen
oxygen
the bones
surrounding
the lungs
rib cage
returns blood to
the heart
vein
wind pipe
smoking
tiny blood
vessels
chest
exchanged
in the lungs
diffusion
turns white with
carbon dioxide
exhale
takes blood
away from
the heart
capillaries
essential gas
for animals
Variation
control
centre of the
cell
features
once lived,
now all are
dead
genes
changed to
match the
change in
conditions
extinct
almost the same
parents
the area, food &
weather conditions
similar
what
something
looked like
vertebrates
where an organism
lives
teeth
origin
animals
without
backbones
animals with
backbones
environment
variable will only
take specic values
competition
the
organisms
responsible
for an offspring
adapted
used for chopping
food
discontinuous
more than one organism
using the same
resources
behaviour
the start
nucleus
instructions
encoded in
the DNA
habitat
the way something
(or someone) acts
invertebrates
Cut out the tiles, rearrange so the words and clues
match up, this will make a frame.
Fill the frame with images that show variation within
a species eg different types of horses, or of dogs or
of cats.