Ancient Inventions
The Indian Subcontinent
These Senses Are Getting on my Nerves!
Fancy Invertebrate Names
Word Parts
100

They invented canals.

Who are the Sumerians?

100

The capital of Bhutan

What is Thimphu?

100

This nerve turns color images into impulses.

What is the optic nerve?

100

Sponges

What are poriferans?

100

Root meaning stretch, strain

What is -tend, tens, tent-?

200

They came up with using papyrus to write on.

Who are the Egyptians?

200

Mt. Everest is a part of this mountain range.

What are the Himalayas?

200

This layer of skin is filled with nerves.

What is the dermis?

200

Earthworms

What are annelids?

200

Root meaning sea, pool

What is -mar, mer-?

300

They invented paper.

Who are the Chinese?

300

This country surrounded by water lies just south of India

What is Sri Lanka?

300

This structure serves as a pathway from oldfactory cells to the oldfactory nerve.

What is the oldfactory bulb?

300

Snails

What are mollusks?

300

Prefix meaning across, beyond, change

What is trans-?

400

They used (invented?) javelins.

Who are the Mycenaeans?

400

This body of water borders on both India and Bangladesh.

What is the Bay of Bengal?

400

They cover the taste buds, and carry taste as chemicals to nerve cells.

What are taste receptors?

400

Jellyfish

What are cnidarians?

400

Prefix meaning far

What is tele-?

500

They invented indoor plumbing

Who are the Harappans (ancient Indians)?

500

This body of water borders India's western coast, and touches Pakistan.

What is the Arabian Sea?

500

This nerve transfers information from the inner ear to the brain.

What is the vestibulocochlear (accoustic) nerve?

500

Tapeworms

What are platyhelminths?

500

Prefix meaning self, same

What is auto-?