plants Crossword Puzzles

Environmental Systems Vocabulary 2021-08-27

Environmental Systems Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. Consumer feed off primary
  2. Animals or plants roll in the environment
  3. Chain order of events consumed by organisms
  4. single celled life form
  5. consumer
  6. eats both flesh and plants
  7. insufficient of demand
  8. eats on plants
  9. hunts own food
  10. a large sum of animals living together
  11. nonliving things
  12. make own food
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  1. Web food chains in a single ecosystem
  2. like a vulture preying on the dead
  3. living and nonliving forming a bubble of life
  4. eats on flesh
  5. Consumer herbivore, feeds on producer
  6. effect on one another
  7. grow or develop
  8. great quantities
  9. a group of animals together
  10. decomposes dead organisms
  11. suffer death
  12. living things
  13. producer

25 Clues: consumer • producer • suffer death • eats on flesh • living things • make own food • eats on plants • hunts own food • grow or develop • great quantities • nonliving things • effect on one another • insufficient of demand • single celled life form • Consumer feed off primary • decomposes dead organisms • eats both flesh and plants • a group of animals together • like a vulture preying on the dead • ...

Plant Agriculture: Halle Springer 2025-09-15

Plant Agriculture: Halle Springer crossword puzzle
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  1. unweathered bedrock
  2. detachment of fertile topsoil
  3. a mixture of organic matter (humus), rock partials, water and air
  4. plants absorb energy by gathering ____
  5. bedrock for which the soil was formed
  6. subsoil
  7. weathering: the physical breakdown of rocks
  8. topsoil
  9. organic material
  10. plants get water from their ____
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  1. largest particle - does not hold water
  2. the greatest ecological disaster
  3. plowing
  4. solid unweathered rock under the soil composition
  5. weathering: the nature of rocks being changed
  6. partial decomposition of plants and animals
  7. obtained by water and carbon dioxide
  8. the movement and filtering of water through porous materials
  9. smallest particle - holds water
  10. parent material

20 Clues: plowing • subsoil • topsoil • parent material • organic material • unweathered bedrock • detachment of fertile topsoil • smallest particle - holds water • the greatest ecological disaster • plants get water from their ____ • obtained by water and carbon dioxide • bedrock for which the soil was formed • largest particle - does not hold water • plants absorb energy by gathering ____ • ...

LBS8 Tools and Equipment used to Propagate and Establish Plants 2021-10-07

LBS8 Tools and Equipment used to Propagate and Establish Plants crossword puzzle
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  1. tool used for planting bulbs (4, 7)
  2. holds water used for watering plants (8, 3)
  3. nutrients added to growing media to improve plant growth (10)
  4. small pruning shears for cutting plant stems (9)
  5. retention granules (8)
  6. a container used for propagation and ‘potting on’ (3)
  7. a cover to protect seedlings, cuttings and young plants (10)
  8. a shallow container with holes in the base, used when sowing seeds (3)
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  1. used to dig holes or move growing media (4, 6)
  2. used to identify seeds or plants (5)
  3. a sharp blade used to cut plant stems (7, 5)
  4. a stick to support plants (4)
  5. growing media made from recycled organic waste (7)
  6. for making holes in growing media when sowing larger seeds, planting cuttings and young plants (6)
  7. helps cuttings produce roots (7, 7)
  8. has a mesh that separates large lumps from fine compost (5)
  9. levels growing media in pots and seed trays (6)

17 Clues: retention granules (8) • a stick to support plants (4) • tool used for planting bulbs (4, 7) • helps cuttings produce roots (7, 7) • used to identify seeds or plants (5) • holds water used for watering plants (8, 3) • a sharp blade used to cut plant stems (7, 5) • used to dig holes or move growing media (4, 6) • levels growing media in pots and seed trays (6) • ...

Hydroponics and Environment 2024-04-18

Hydroponics and Environment crossword puzzle
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  1. plants that grow naturally in an area
  2. how plants get nutrients from the soil
  3. practices that allow us to grow plants in environmental conditions they are not native to
  4. term describing the growth of plants according to day length
  5. when temperatures get out of optimum growing range this is reduced
  6. one thing all plants need in order to grow
  7. nutrients needed in large quantities
  8. hydroponics using fish for nutrients
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  1. movement of water through a permeable membrane
  2. type of hydroponics system where roots are misted
  3. material such as sand, gravel, or marbles to support plant roots
  4. term where hormones stimulate stem growth toward light
  5. this fills pore space in soil and is essential for plant growth
  6. amount of water within the plant
  7. type of hydroponics system where plant roots are immersed in water
  8. one thing all plants need in order to grow
  9. nutrients needed in small quantities
  10. living communities maintained by the climate of a region and characterized by a distinctive type of vegetation

18 Clues: amount of water within the plant • nutrients needed in small quantities • nutrients needed in large quantities • hydroponics using fish for nutrients • plants that grow naturally in an area • how plants get nutrients from the soil • one thing all plants need in order to grow • one thing all plants need in order to grow • movement of water through a permeable membrane • ...

Chapter 17 2013-12-02

Chapter 17 crossword puzzle
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  1. Embryos of this group of flowering plants have only one cotyledon
  2. Plants that eat insects in order to obtain nitrogen
  3. Arrangement of veins in the leaves os a monocot
  4. Longevity, height, weight, and energy acquisition are blank that plants have
  5. Fungi and roots exhibit a blank or symbiotic relationship
  6. Transports sugars and nutrients dissolved in water from root to shoot and from shoot to root
  7. Sites of active plant growth found at the tips of roots and stems
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  1. Transports water from root to shoot only. Composed mostly of dead tissue
  2. Water, air, and organic matter, combined with the product of rock weathering
  3. Cells that are non living when mature. They are rigid and provide structure for the plant.
  4. hairs Greatly increase the surface area of the root for nutrient absorption
  5. Plants have blank distinct parts
  6. Embryos from this group of flowering plants have two cotyledons
  7. Cells that are elongated and stringy. Provide flexibility to plants
  8. Decomposition of dead animal and plant material that returns nutrients to the soil

15 Clues: Plants have blank distinct parts • Arrangement of veins in the leaves os a monocot • Plants that eat insects in order to obtain nitrogen • Fungi and roots exhibit a blank or symbiotic relationship • Embryos from this group of flowering plants have two cotyledons • Embryos of this group of flowering plants have only one cotyledon • ...

plant's 2020-06-11

plant's crossword puzzle
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  1. singing to your plants might help, but it's more to do with the ____ in your voice, not breath.
  2. Eating lots of onions will make you sleepy, as it acts as a______
  3. some plants will lean toward the _____ when in a unlit room
  4. plants ___ at night
  5. ____are the longest-living organisms on earth.
  6. Bananas contain a natural chemical which can make people feel ___.
  7. plants transfer _____ to grow and maintain order
  8. Oak trees don’t produce acorns until they are ____ years old.
  9. ____give support to the plant and absorb water and nutrients
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  1. plants are ______ which means they have a multiplex cell and create their own food
  2. 85% of plant life is found in the ____.
  3. _____ is the only fruit that bears its seeds on the outside.
  4. Plants absorb carbon dioxide and release ___ from their leaves
  5. Apple is 25% ____, that is why it floats on water.
  6. Cucumber is a _____ and not a vegetable since it has seeds in the centre.

15 Clues: plants ___ at night • 85% of plant life is found in the ____. • ____are the longest-living organisms on earth. • plants transfer _____ to grow and maintain order • Apple is 25% ____, that is why it floats on water. • some plants will lean toward the _____ when in a unlit room • _____ is the only fruit that bears its seeds on the outside. • ...

Photosynthesis 2025-04-01

Photosynthesis crossword puzzle
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  1. product stored as starch
  2. site of photosynthesis
  3. layer of cells with the most chloroplasts
  4. flat disc shapes
  5. how water enters plants
  6. used in aerobic respiration
  7. connect grana
  8. wavelength of light reflected by plants
  9. how carbon dioxide enters plants
  10. transports nutrients around the plant
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  1. the photo part
  2. enters leaf and is fixed during calvin cycle
  3. Green pigment
  4. required for the reaction, but not used up
  5. site of light independent reactions
  6. folds provide additional surface area
  7. stacks of thylakoids
  8. transported by the xylem
  9. transparent layer protects the leaf

19 Clues: Green pigment • connect grana • the photo part • flat disc shapes • stacks of thylakoids • site of photosynthesis • how water enters plants • product stored as starch • transported by the xylem • used in aerobic respiration • how carbon dioxide enters plants • site of light independent reactions • transparent layer protects the leaf • folds provide additional surface area • ...

Agriscience Applications 2023-03-15

Agriscience Applications crossword puzzle
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  1. Maintains lawn and landscape areas
  2. Manages a business that grows and sells greenhouse plants
  3. Federal employee that inspects harvested grain crops
  4. A person who reproduces plants
  5. The science and art of producing, processing, marketing, and distributing plants grown for their appearance or beauty.
  6. A person who studies insects
  7. A person who grows and maintains plants for estates, institutions, etc.
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  1. Manages the golf course grounds
  2. A specialist in soil and crop sciences
  3. A person who develops new plants through selection, hybridization, etc.
  4. Grow, manage, and sell hay crops for various animal producers
  5. Grows and sells vegetables for the fresh, wholesale, and retail markets
  6. A person licensed to install landscapes based on passing certification exams
  7. Science of soil management and crops
  8. Designs and arranges cut flowers.

15 Clues: A person who studies insects • A person who reproduces plants • Manages the golf course grounds • Designs and arranges cut flowers. • Maintains lawn and landscape areas • Science of soil management and crops • A specialist in soil and crop sciences • Federal employee that inspects harvested grain crops • Manages a business that grows and sells greenhouse plants • ...

Plant Body And Cycle 2015-04-24

Plant Body And Cycle crossword puzzle
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  1. It Makes Food For The Plant
  2. Holds The Seeds Of Some Plants
  3. Is A Green Pigment That Is Found In Plants' Leaves, It Helps Make Food
  4. The Stages An Organism Goes Through During Its Life
  5. Supports The Plant
  6. When Seeds Start To Grow
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  1. Is A Type Of Food That Plants Make In Their Leaves
  2. Make More Of An Organism, Similar To Themselves
  3. It Soaks up Vitamins and water
  4. A Powder Like Material Involved In Plant Reproduction
  5. Reproductive Structures That That Can Grow Into New Plants
  6. Part Of Some Nonflowering Plants Where Seeds Form
  7. The Act Of Moving Pollen From The Male Plant Part To The Female
  8. An Example Of A Plant That Reproduces Using Spores
  9. A Tiny New Plant That Comes Out Of The Seed

15 Clues: Supports The Plant • When Seeds Start To Grow • It Makes Food For The Plant • It Soaks up Vitamins and water • Holds The Seeds Of Some Plants • A Tiny New Plant That Comes Out Of The Seed • Make More Of An Organism, Similar To Themselves • Part Of Some Nonflowering Plants Where Seeds Form • Is A Type Of Food That Plants Make In Their Leaves • ...

Ecology Part 2 Crossword puzle 2022-03-18

Ecology Part 2 Crossword puzle crossword puzzle
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  1. A compact cluster of spore bearing structures
  2. a haploid cell capable of producing an organism
  3. A plant who completes it's life span,sprout from a seed, grows, produces new seed, and dies
  4. A relationship in which two organisms live together in a close association
  5. Clusters of sporangia form
  6. A plant who's life spans two years
  7. tissue Specialized transfer tissue
  8. Plants who can live for several years and usually produce flowers and seed yearly
  9. Structures that either store food or help absorb food for the tiny sporophyte
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  1. lack specialized transport tissues
  2. Structures that fern spores form in
  3. A body that resembles a fleshy,lobed structure
  4. A structure that contains the male or female reproductive of cycads and other gymnosperm plants
  5. plants with vascular tissue
  6. A plant that lives anchored to an object or another plant
  7. Openings in the outer cell layer of leaves and some stems
  8. a food-storage organ
  9. A plant structure that contains a embryo, and is covered with a protective coat

18 Clues: a food-storage organ • Clusters of sporangia form • plants with vascular tissue • lack specialized transport tissues • A plant who's life spans two years • tissue Specialized transfer tissue • Structures that fern spores form in • A compact cluster of spore bearing structures • A body that resembles a fleshy,lobed structure • a haploid cell capable of producing an organism • ...

Biology Ecosystems 2024-03-12

Biology Ecosystems crossword puzzle
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  1. The green pigment found in plants that absorbs light energy
  2. The gas needed for aerobic respiration
  3. The organ of the body where the lactic acid is broken down using extra oxygen
  4. All food chains start with one of these and they are normally plants
  5. The type of respiration that requires oxygen
  6. The alcohol produced during fermentation
  7. Anaerobic respiration in plants and fungi is also called this.
  8. The process all organisms use to release energy from food (glucose)
  9. All living organisms release this from glucose during respiration
  10. The build up of toxic substances as you go along a food chain
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  1. The gas needed for photosynthesis
  2. Organisms in food chains that eat other organisms
  3. The type of respiration that takes place in animals on top of aerobic respiration
  4. The process plants use to produce their food
  5. How all organisms in a food web depend on each other
  6. The organelle that contains the chlorophyll
  7. The chemical produced due to anaerobic respiration in animals
  8. The type of energy plants need to carry out photosynthesis

18 Clues: The gas needed for photosynthesis • The gas needed for aerobic respiration • The alcohol produced during fermentation • The organelle that contains the chlorophyll • The process plants use to produce their food • The type of respiration that requires oxygen • Organisms in food chains that eat other organisms • How all organisms in a food web depend on each other • ...

THE ENERGY OF LIFE 2026-03-16

THE ENERGY OF LIFE crossword puzzle
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  1. The "powerhouse" of the cell where cellular respiration is completed to create energy.
  2. The chain formed by amino acids.
  3. The main sugar (C6H12O6) produced during photosynthesis and broken down in glycolysis.
  4. The source of energy that plants use to start the process of photosynthesis.
  5. The metabolic pathway that breaks down glucose into two molecules of pyruvate.
  6. The piece of DNA that encodes a certain protein.
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  1. The process cells use to get energy from glucose when there is no oxygen.
  2. The green pigment in plants that captures sunlight for photosynthesis.
  3. Organisms, like plants, that can produce their own food using light or chemical energy.
  4. Cell division.
  5. Can be malignant or benign.
  6. Along with CO_2, plants need this liquid to perform photosynthesis.
  7. The main "energy molecule" created during cellular respiration.
  8. The gas produced by plants as a waste product, which humans need to breathe.
  9. The place in the cell where Glycolysis happens.
  10. Set of genes.
  11. CODE The set of triplets to which certain amino acids correspond.
  12. The main "organ" of the plant where photosynthesis usually takes place.

18 Clues: Set of genes. • Cell division. • Can be malignant or benign. • The chain formed by amino acids. • The place in the cell where Glycolysis happens. • The piece of DNA that encodes a certain protein. • The main "energy molecule" created during cellular respiration. • CODE The set of triplets to which certain amino acids correspond. • ...

Plant Response Crossword 2016-05-06

Plant Response Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. Detachment of leaves, flowers, and fruits
  2. Growth towards source of light
  3. Plant that lives for only two years (grows in first and flowers in 2nd)
  4. Plant hormone that helps to ripen fruits
  5. Synthetic compound that breaks down w/ ethylene to create ethylene gas
  6. Growth in response to gravity
  7. Movement in response to stimuli but independent of location
  8. Movement in response to daily light/dark cycle
  9. A specific requirement of darkness to flower
  10. Plants that flower when days are long/nights are short
  11. Used to promote root growth on stem/leaf cuttings
  12. Plant response to touch
  13. Rapid elongation of flowering stem
  14. movement of leaves in response to sun movement
  15. These are chemicals that are not classified as one of the other five that help to prevent plant growth
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  1. Hormones involved in plant-cell elongation
  2. A plant hormone that is used to inhibit other hormones such as IAA
  3. Plant’s response to changes in length of day/night
  4. Symbiotic relationship w/ plant roots & fungi
  5. Plant hormones that encourages growth of stems/leaves
  6. Mixture of 2,4-D and other auxin; used as defoliant in jungles of Vietnam
  7. Low-temperature stimulation of flowering
  8. Movement in response to plant touch but not in the direction of the touch
  9. Chemical messengers affecting plants’ ability to respond
  10. Plants that will flower regardless of length of time of day or night
  11. Plants that Flower when days are short/nights are long
  12. An auxin that influences seed development
  13. Growth in response to chemicals
  14. Bluish, light-sensitive pigment that monitors the changes in day length
  15. Promote cell division in plants
  16. Undesired plants that crowd out crop/native plants
  17. Allergic reaction that results in sneezing, runny nose, watery eyes
  18. Response where plant grows toward/away stimulus

33 Clues: Plant response to touch • Growth in response to gravity • Growth towards source of light • Growth in response to chemicals • Promote cell division in plants • Rapid elongation of flowering stem • Low-temperature stimulation of flowering • Plant hormone that helps to ripen fruits • Detachment of leaves, flowers, and fruits • An auxin that influences seed development • ...

Range Judging Ch 1 & 2 Vocabulary 2024-08-13

Range Judging Ch 1 & 2 Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. The group of plants best adapted to the physical characteristics of the site. This plant community makes the best use of the available soil nutrients, soil moisture, and energy from the sun under current conditions.
  2. Refers to relative preference by livestock and wildlife for grazing.
  3. Have spreading aboveground stems that may root at the nodes and form new plants.
  4. May kill animals or or reduce animal productivity.
  5. Make their principle growth during the cool conditions in spring and fall.
  6. Have net-like veins in the leaves, and the leaves have various shapes.
  7. Look like grasses but have solid stems
  8. Have persistent woody stems that remain alive from one year to the next.
  9. Involves primarily vegetations changes and progresses much more rapidly because soil development is already present (soil remains).
  10. Have neither rhizomes nor stolons.
  11. Have been brought in from outside North America.
  12. Occurs when disturbance of the climax plant community results in degradation of a range site.
  13. Live only one season.
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  1. Are part of the original vegetation of North America.
  2. Make their principle growth during the late spring to mid-summer and devlop seed in the lare summer or early fall.
  3. Have spreading underground stem from which new plants may arise from the parent plants.
  4. Live two years and flower only during the second growing season
  5. Initial development of soil parent material (bare rock).
  6. Live from year to year and produce leaves and stems for more than two years from the same plant.
  7. Plants with jointed stems
  8. The final stage in succession when the soil and plant community are somewhat in balance with the climate, topography, animals, and other factors.
  9. A specific kind of land on which the native vegetation is predominantly grasses, grass-like plants, forbs, or woody plants suitable for grazing or browsing by large herbivores.
  10. The portion of shrubs that animals may consume.

23 Clues: Live only one season. • Plants with jointed stems • Have neither rhizomes nor stolons. • Look like grasses but have solid stems • The portion of shrubs that animals may consume. • Have been brought in from outside North America. • May kill animals or or reduce animal productivity. • Are part of the original vegetation of North America. • ...

Plant Physiology Crossword 2023-10-15

Plant Physiology Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. A transport protein that when binded with, causes a conformation change.
  2. A cell transport system that requires ATP.
  3. This protein facilitates the movement of water across plasma membrane.
  4. Movement of two molecules in the opposite direction through a protein channel.
  5. An enzyme that catalyzes both carboxylation and oxygenation reactions.
  6. A mechanism by which chlorophyll absorbs light for photosynthesis.
  7. The membrane in which light dependent reaction occurs.
  8. Mutual attraction between molecules
  9. Molecule required to fix carbon dioxide, besides ATP
  10. technique used to join parts from two or more plants to grow into a single plant.
  11. A type of photosynthesis that separates carbon fixation and carbon assimilation in different cells.
  12. When lacking this macronutrient, plants experience leaf chlorosis in young and mature leaves.
  13. A major constituent of the middle lamella of cell walls.
  14. Where the carbon fixation occurs
  15. A primary pigment in photosynthesis.
  16. A reaction that increases in hot condition when stomata closes, which increases levels of O2
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  1. An active transport that involves the coupling of a cotransporter.
  2. Root hairs increase their surface area as a means of...
  3. Most abundant macronutrient needed in plants.
  4. Extracellular space outside of plant cell membranes.
  5. An common example of the CAM plant.
  6. Pressure potential of water is generated by this characteristic of cell wall.
  7. The state in which absorption of light affects the electrons.
  8. A tissue that forms the outer protective layer in plants.
  9. This organelle occupies 95% of the total volume of mature plant cell.
  10. The first step of the Calvin-Benson cycle.
  11. A condition required for aquaporins to be expressed.
  12. A transport protein that open and close in response to signal.
  13. Vascular tissue in plants that conducts water and nutrients from the root.
  14. An system in which plants get their nutrient assimilation.
  15. Helps with the movement of molecules between cells in plants.

31 Clues: Where the carbon fixation occurs • An common example of the CAM plant. • Mutual attraction between molecules • A primary pigment in photosynthesis. • A cell transport system that requires ATP. • The first step of the Calvin-Benson cycle. • Most abundant macronutrient needed in plants. • Extracellular space outside of plant cell membranes. • ...

24HRFS5 2024-03-29

24HRFS5 crossword puzzle
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  1. Forest composed of cone-bearing trees like pines, firs, or spruces.
  2. Ripened ovary of a seed-bearing plant along with accessory parts.
  3. Layer of living tissue between bark and wood in woody plants, where new bark and wood are formed.
  4. Hairs Filamentous outgrowths near rootlet tips absorbing water and minerals.
  5. Structures in tree heartwood essential for radial conduction of water and nutrients.
  6. Main root of a tree, often with little branching.
  7. Rings Visible rings in tree crosscut representing growth layers.
  8. Symbiotic association between fungus mycelium and plant roots.
  9. Soft, spongy center of stem in flowering plants, also the center of a tree.
  10. Upper branches of a tree.
  11. Plant tissue transporting nutrients from leaves to other parts.
  12. Naturally occurring inorganic crystalline material found in Earth's crust.
  13. Bark Physiologically active tissue between cambium and outer bark, also known as phloem.
  14. Deciduous or broadleaf trees.
  15. Resource Resource capable of being replaced through natural processes, like trees.
  16. Bark Layer of dead tissue outside the last-formed periderm.
  17. Plants shedding leaves annually, usually hardwood trees and shrubs.
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  1. Undesirable or harmful organism.
  2. Small root.
  3. Land forming a passageway.
  4. Outer portion of tree wood transporting water and nutrients, lighter in color than heartwood.
  5. Plant bearing naked seeds in cones, usually needle-leaved trees.
  6. Flowering plant or fern with a soft stem, not woody.
  7. Factor Environmental condition constraining population size and growth, like disease or resource availability.
  8. Energy-yielding oxidation process in living plants and animals.
  9. Small green nonvascular plants.
  10. Complex woody tissue in higher plants transporting water, nutrients, and supporting structure, also called sapwood.
  11. Plants with soft, non-woody stems, including grasses, forbs, weeds, and flowers.
  12. Inner core of woody stem composed of nonliving cells, darker than sapwood.
  13. Complex carbohydrate constituting the chief part of plant cell walls.
  14. Section Sample representing a whole.
  15. Tough exterior covering of a woody root or stem.

32 Clues: Small root. • Upper branches of a tree. • Land forming a passageway. • Deciduous or broadleaf trees. • Small green nonvascular plants. • Undesirable or harmful organism. • Section Sample representing a whole. • Tough exterior covering of a woody root or stem. • Main root of a tree, often with little branching. • Flowering plant or fern with a soft stem, not woody. • ...

BSchmidt Protein 2017-01-23

BSchmidt Protein crossword puzzle
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  1. Chemical process that turns vegetable oils to solids
  2. Sugars with single unit chemical structure
  3. Carbohydrates with complicated structures
  4. Lipoprotein that takes cholesterol from liver to where needed in the body; can accumulate too much; considered "bad" cholesterol
  5. Green pigment in plants; must be present for photosynthesis to occur
  6. Lipoprotein that picks up cholesterol and takes it back to liver for excretion; "good" cholesterol
  7. Plant proteins that lack at least one essential amino acid
  8. Chemical building blocks of proteins that link together in many arrangements
  9. Plant materials that are eaten but can't be digested by human enymes
  10. Chemical structures that make up fats
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  1. Simple carbs chemically formed from plants
  2. Chemical process by which plants make carbs
  3. nutrient that is a person's main source of energy; found mostly in plant foods
  4. Fat-like substance in all body cells; needed for many essential body processes
  5. Amino acids that the body needs but cannot provide; obtained from foods
  6. Protein with globular shape; transports oxygen in blood to all body cells
  7. Chemical "packages" that transport fatty acids through blood stream
  8. Sugars extracted from plants and used to sweeten foods
  9. Formed when plants combine single glucose units into more complicated chemical structures

19 Clues: Chemical structures that make up fats • Carbohydrates with complicated structures • Simple carbs chemically formed from plants • Sugars with single unit chemical structure • Chemical process by which plants make carbs • Chemical process that turns vegetable oils to solids • Sugars extracted from plants and used to sweeten foods • ...

Photosynthesis and minerals 2025-02-13

Photosynthesis and minerals crossword puzzle
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  1. This mineral is needed for fruit and seed development
  2. Nitrates, potassium and magnesium are examples of _______ salts
  3. Some plants get minerals from _____ and small animals
  4. Most plants get minerals from the _____
  5. A glowing splint relights when placed in ______
  6. Photosynthesis takes place here in a plant cell
  7. Plants without magnesium will have _______ leaves
  8. Water helps keep plant cells _______ (firm)
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  1. This is used by farmers to help their plants grow
  2. The gas needed for photosynthesis
  3. This liquid is needed for photosynthesis
  4. ________ fertiliser comes from living things
  5. Potassium is needed for healthy _____ development
  6. The tiny pores in a leaf
  7. Magnesium is needed to make ________
  8. This mineral is needed to make DNA
  9. Without water, plant cells go _______ (soft)

17 Clues: The tiny pores in a leaf • The gas needed for photosynthesis • This mineral is needed to make DNA • Magnesium is needed to make ________ • Most plants get minerals from the _____ • This liquid is needed for photosynthesis • Water helps keep plant cells _______ (firm) • ________ fertiliser comes from living things • Without water, plant cells go _______ (soft) • ...

ECOSYSTEM 2025-03-20

ECOSYSTEM crossword puzzle
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  1. an animal that is eaten by another animal
  2. the hair of animals
  3. number one thing that animals compete for
  4. a partner of an animal to reproduce
  5. process of plants making their own food
  6. an animal that eats another animal
  7. the study of living things
  8. an animal that mainly supplies milk
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  1. the fastest land animal
  2. tiny green organism or plants that lives on the water
  3. the part of a tree that absorbs water
  4. a hot and dry place
  5. the movement of animals to another place to find food
  6. the body of a tree
  7. the gas that plants produce
  8. a natural place where plants and animals live
  9. an animal that is also known as man's best friend

17 Clues: the body of a tree • the hair of animals • a hot and dry place • the fastest land animal • the study of living things • the gas that plants produce • an animal that eats another animal • a partner of an animal to reproduce • an animal that mainly supplies milk • the part of a tree that absorbs water • process of plants making their own food • ...

NUTRITION IN PLANTS 2017-05-06

NUTRITION IN PLANTS crossword puzzle
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  1. found in the roots of leguminous plants
  2. plural of stacks of thylakoid
  3. mutually benefiting relationship
  4. green pigment in plants
  5. aqueous fluid in chloroplast
  6. cells that guard the stomata
  7. food factory of plants
  8. it absorbs carbon dioxide
  9. a partial parasitic plant
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  1. ultimate source of energy
  2. narrow tubes that one granum to another
  3. found in lightning helps plants to grow
  4. bacteria that helps

13 Clues: bacteria that helps • food factory of plants • green pigment in plants • ultimate source of energy • it absorbs carbon dioxide • a partial parasitic plant • aqueous fluid in chloroplast • cells that guard the stomata • plural of stacks of thylakoid • mutually benefiting relationship • found in the roots of leguminous plants • narrow tubes that one granum to another • ...

ANIMALS 2021-03-09

ANIMALS crossword puzzle
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  1. They have live babies.
  2. They have hair.
  3. They have wet skin.
  4. They eat animals.
  5. Some are transparent.
  6. They have exoskeleton.
  7. They have wings and feathers.
  8. They have a soft body.
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  1. They have scales and dry skin.
  2. They eat the remains.
  3. They eat dead animals and plants.
  4. They lay eggs.
  5. The eggs hatch in the mum's womb and then born.
  6. Some have a shell.
  7. They eat animals and plants.
  8. They have scales and fins.
  9. They eat plants.

17 Clues: They lay eggs. • They have hair. • They eat plants. • They eat animals. • Some have a shell. • They have wet skin. • They eat the remains. • Some are transparent. • They have live babies. • They have exoskeleton. • They have a soft body. • They have scales and fins. • They eat animals and plants. • They have wings and feathers. • They have scales and dry skin. • ...

Dessert:Agriculture 2022-11-29

Dessert:Agriculture crossword puzzle
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  1. enclosed seed
  2. the use of stored energy
  3. plants that live for two seasons
  4. the making of energy
  5. plants that live longer than two seasons
  6. to reproduce
  7. transportation of energy from leaves
  8. to attract birds and insects for pollination
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  1. the loss of water through evaporation
  2. plants that live for one season
  3. absorb water and minerals
  4. protective cells
  5. naked seed
  6. transportation of energy from roots
  7. male part of flower
  8. female part of flower
  9. support for the plant

17 Clues: naked seed • to reproduce • enclosed seed • protective cells • male part of flower • the making of energy • female part of flower • support for the plant • the use of stored energy • absorb water and minerals • plants that live for one season • plants that live for two seasons • transportation of energy from roots • transportation of energy from leaves • ...

Characteristics of Life 2025-09-13

Characteristics of Life crossword puzzle
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  1. , organism made of two or more cells
  2. , all chemical reactions in a body
  3. , molecule containing genetic material
  4. , segment of DNA
  5. , physical area where organism lives
  6. , eats meat and plants
  7. , cells making more of themselves
  8. , specialized structures that sense the environment
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  1. , organism consisting of one cell
  2. , anything that is alive
  3. , obtain energy by eating other organisms
  4. , environment
  5. , eat dead animals and plants
  6. , plant eater
  7. , maintenance of a stable internal environment
  8. , meat eater
  9. , process into which plants make energy

17 Clues: , meat eater • , environment • , plant eater • , segment of DNA • , eats meat and plants • , anything that is alive • , eat dead animals and plants • , organism consisting of one cell • , cells making more of themselves • , all chemical reactions in a body • , physical area where organism lives • , organism made of two or more cells • ...

Kingdom Plantae 2022-04-03

Kingdom Plantae crossword puzzle
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  1. small stalk attaching blade to stem
  2. plants that live for two years
  3. waxy substance
  4. living tissue that carries sugar and organic substance to the plant
  5. produces the majority of oxygen
  6. very tip of the blade
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  1. tissue that does photosynthesis
  2. plants that grow year after year
  3. small leaflike growths
  4. the study of plants
  5. protective surface layer of cells
  6. nonliving tissue carries nutrients from roots to leaves
  7. plants that live for only one year
  8. primary portion of the leaf

14 Clues: waxy substance • the study of plants • very tip of the blade • small leaflike growths • primary portion of the leaf • plants that live for two years • tissue that does photosynthesis • produces the majority of oxygen • plants that grow year after year • protective surface layer of cells • plants that live for only one year • small stalk attaching blade to stem • ...

Cycles Part ONe 2013-10-22

Cycles Part ONe crossword puzzle
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  1. mitochondria in cells use sugar and oxygen to make energy by doing this
  2. the male cells of plants which become seeds
  3. O2
  4. body change in animals
  5. the organelle where respiration happens
  6. non flowering plants reproduce with these
  7. the female egg cells of plants
  8. H2O
  9. a life cycle with egg, nymph, and adult
Down
  1. how organisms make offspring
  2. plants create sugar and oxygen doing this
  3. CO2
  4. the organelle where photosynthesis happens
  5. a life cycle with egg, larva, pupa, and adult

14 Clues: O2 • CO2 • H2O • body change in animals • how organisms make offspring • the female egg cells of plants • the organelle where respiration happens • a life cycle with egg, nymph, and adult • plants create sugar and oxygen doing this • non flowering plants reproduce with these • the organelle where photosynthesis happens • the male cells of plants which become seeds • ...

Plants Crossword Puzzle 2013-01-24

Plants Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. / A soft tissue used for storage of sugars and starches
  2. / Another word for non-vascular plants
  3. / A plant's growth response to light
  4. / "Naked" seeds
  5. / Seedless plants
  6. / Transports minerals throughout the plant
  7. / Another word for vascular plants
  8. / A strengthening tissue used for support
  9. / A plant's growth response to gravity
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  1. / Enclosed seeds
  2. / Transports water throughout the plant
  3. / Plants with seeds
  4. / A plant's growth response to touch
  5. bundles / The arrangment of the _________ differs between monocots and dicots

14 Clues: / "Naked" seeds • / Enclosed seeds • / Seedless plants • / Plants with seeds • / Another word for vascular plants • / A plant's growth response to light • / A plant's growth response to touch • / Another word for non-vascular plants • / A plant's growth response to gravity • / Transports water throughout the plant • / A strengthening tissue used for support • ...

Ecology 2023-05-02

Ecology crossword puzzle
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  1. all members of the same species living in an area
  2. a large area that shares similar climate
  3. animals that eat flesh
  4. all parts of earth where life exists in water, land, air
  5. living
  6. a system where energy and matter are transferred between living orginisms
  7. all populations
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  1. any kind of green plants
  2. eats plants and animals
  3. all living and nonliving
  4. non-living
  5. a single living thing
  6. only eats plants
  7. to get energy they eat plants or other animals

14 Clues: living • non-living • all populations • only eats plants • a single living thing • animals that eat flesh • eats plants and animals • any kind of green plants • all living and nonliving • a large area that shares similar climate • to get energy they eat plants or other animals • all members of the same species living in an area • ...

Food Web Crossword 2026-02-19

Food Web Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. released during photosynthesis
  2. the second consumer
  3. means meat loving - a thing that eats meat
  4. process of plants creating food
  5. means plant loving - a thing that eats plants
  6. herbivore
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  1. the top of the food chain
  2. areas where living & nonliving things interact
  3. breaks down the dead animals
  4. main source of energy on Earth
  5. disappeared from the Earth
  6. plants are called this because they make glucose
  7. where plants and animals live
  8. chain who eats whom who is eaten by whom?

14 Clues: herbivore • the second consumer • the top of the food chain • disappeared from the Earth • breaks down the dead animals • where plants and animals live • released during photosynthesis • main source of energy on Earth • process of plants creating food • chain who eats whom who is eaten by whom? • means meat loving - a thing that eats meat • ...

Ecology 2018-10-04

Ecology crossword puzzle
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  1. What combines with carbon to make CO2?
  2. What sphere are clouds in?
  3. True or false: living organisms are abiotic.
  4. What is the name for food chains that mix with other food chains?
  5. What is the system of how living organisms interact with each other and their environment called?
  6. What are plants called in the carbon cycle?
  7. Oceans, plants, animals, and insects are all examples of _________.
  8. A racoon is an example of a ___________.
  9. _______________ are little bacteria in the water that act like land plants and absorb the sun then turn it into nutrients/sugar.
  10. Ecosystem diversity, species diversity and _______ diversity are the three branches of biodiversity.
  11. Forest fires and volcanos are both examples of carbon ______________.
  12. What do the 3 features ecosystem, species, and genetics make up?
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  1. What sphere is soil in?
  2. Insects, fungi, and bacteria are all examples of __________.
  3. What is the name for a species that their ecosystem relies on their existence?
  4. __________ is when plants and animals release co2 back into the atmosphere.
  5. What is at the top of the food chain?
  6. In the carbon story, what was cabbage used as?
  7. Carbon atoms move into trees, plants, the biosphere and into most food webs via this process.
  8. True or false: Binomial taxonomy is the classification of living things.
  9. What is the fist name of binomial taxonomy called? Genus
  10. What do living organisms gain by eating food?
  11. What would an animal that eats both meat and plants be called?
  12. What do we use to type the scientific names for animals?

24 Clues: What sphere is soil in? • What sphere are clouds in? • What is at the top of the food chain? • What combines with carbon to make CO2? • A racoon is an example of a ___________. • What are plants called in the carbon cycle? • True or false: living organisms are abiotic. • What do living organisms gain by eating food? • In the carbon story, what was cabbage used as? • ...

Botany Final Review Crossword 2014-05-27

Botany Final Review Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. type of leaf that has leaflets in a line.
  2. Permeability describes how _____ flows through the soil.
  3. you can make gin out of flavors extracted from these plants.
  4. Plant family for grasses.
  5. type of venation on leaf that is shaped like your hand.
  6. form of nitrogen that plants can use.
  7. root of mangrove that also gathers air.
  8. male parts of flower.
  9. the gynoecium or female parts of flower
  10. photosynthetic pigment.
  11. will plants grow in green light?
  12. Plants absorb blue and _____ light.
  13. most common pollinators.
  14. when pollinators and floral blooming is in synch.
  15. angiosperm reproductive structure.
  16. where plant growth occurs in shoot and root.
  17. A root _____ protects the growing root.
  18. Plant family for maples.
  19. Soil that displays distinct layers.
  20. Example of plant in the Liliaceae.
  21. example of a gymnosperm
  22. these guys produce waste(nitrogen) in an aquaponics tank.
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  1. Plants reflect _____ light.
  2. movement of pollen to stigma
  3. Plant family for dandelions.
  4. process of increasing algae growth in waterways due to high nutrient load.
  5. Chromontography is a procedure that helps separate plant ______.
  6. petals
  7. How much water can the soil hold.
  8. grasses and plants with parallel veins are examples.
  9. contains sperm
  10. flowering plant
  11. two cotyledons
  12. necessary plant nutrient
  13. organelle that photosynthesizes.
  14. largest reservoir of nitrogen
  15. How the soil feels.
  16. sepals
  17. wall outside the cell membrane and allows leaves to keep shape when wilted.
  18. reproductive structure of gymnosperms.
  19. Pollinators of stinky, dark red, hairy flowers.

41 Clues: petals • sepals • contains sperm • two cotyledons • flowering plant • How the soil feels. • male parts of flower. • photosynthetic pigment. • example of a gymnosperm • most common pollinators. • necessary plant nutrient • Plant family for maples. • Plant family for grasses. • Plants reflect _____ light. • movement of pollen to stigma • Plant family for dandelions. • largest reservoir of nitrogen • ...

Alivia Walker - Ecology crossword 2024-11-19

Alivia Walker - Ecology crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. A graphical representation showing the relationship between different organisms in an ecosystem
  2. Things that eat both plants/animals.
  3. Shows how each living thing gets its food. Some animals eat plants and some animals eat other animals.
  4. A community of living organisms like plants or animals in a particular area.
  5. An organism, especially a fungus, or invertebrate, that decomposes organic material.
  6. A group of organisms that can reproduce with one another and produce offspring.
  7. Organisms that eat other organisms for nutrients, can't produce food by themselves.
  8. Things that eat plants exclusively
  9. Things that eat animals exclusively
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  1. A level or a position in a food chain, a food web, or an ecological pyramid.
  2. Organic material from plants and animals that is used as a source of energy
  3. A group of individuals that belong in the same species.
  4. Everything in all/highest level in ecology.
  5. Like a Heterotroph, it must obtain energy by eating other organisms.
  6. The process by which food is made by bacteria or other living things using chemicals as an energy source, typically without sunlight.
  7. The process by which plants use sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide to create oxygen and energy in the form of sugar.
  8. A group of ecosystems with the same climate and communities.
  9. A system of interlocking and interdependent food chains.
  10. Also like an Autotroph, an organism that can create its own food using energy from sunlight.
  11. Assembly of different populations.
  12. Organisms that can produce their own food from natural sources.
  13. The study of how living organisms interact with each other and their environment.

22 Clues: Assembly of different populations. • Things that eat plants exclusively • Things that eat animals exclusively • Things that eat both plants/animals. • Everything in all/highest level in ecology. • A group of individuals that belong in the same species. • A system of interlocking and interdependent food chains. • ...

understanding living beings 2025-09-20

understanding living beings crossword puzzle
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  1. Small openings on insects’ bodies used for breathing.
  2. The green substance in leaves that helps plants trap the energy of the sun.
  3. Liquid in the mouth that helps in digestion.
  4. A place where animals live and stay safe.
  5. When animals bring out their babies alive.
  6. When animals produce young by putting eggs outside their bodies.
  7. The process by which plants make their own food using sunlight.
  8. A tool used to see very tiny things that cannot be seen with the naked eye.
  9. Living things made of many cells like animals and plants.
  10. The process of breath in oxygen, beath out carbon dioxide.
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  1. Body parts like eyes, ears, and nose that help us feel and respond to changes around us.
  2. Animals that breathe through lungs, have hair or fur on their bodies, and most of them give birth to live young and feed them with milk.
  3. A gas that human's breath out and plants take in for photosynthesis.
  4. Living things made of only one cell like Amoeba.
  5. Small parts of plants that can grow into new plants.
  6. The smallest unit of life that makes up all living things.
  7. Organs in the chest used for breathing in humans and many animals.
  8. The process by which living things make new offspring.
  9. A plant that closes its leaves when touched.
  10. Body parts that fish use to breathe underwater.
  11. A gas needed by most living things to breathe.
  12. Tiny openings on leaves that let gases in and out.

22 Clues: A place where animals live and stay safe. • When animals bring out their babies alive. • Liquid in the mouth that helps in digestion. • A plant that closes its leaves when touched. • A gas needed by most living things to breathe. • Body parts that fish use to breathe underwater. • Living things made of only one cell like Amoeba. • ...

BIOLOGY TEST - BIODIVERSITY (PART 1) 2026-03-27

BIOLOGY TEST - BIODIVERSITY (PART 1) crossword puzzle
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  1. Photosyntetic eukariotes, whose body is often organized in roots, stem and leaves.
  2. Green plant organs that collect sunlight and carry out photosynthesis.
  3. Underground organ that anchors a plant to the ground and absorbs water.
  4. Very simple sessile invertebrates with no simmetry and no organs, that live by filtering water.
  5. Unicellular prokariotes that live almost everywhere.
  6. Eukaryotes that cannot be classified as plants, animals, or fungi.
  7. Invertebrates like bees, spiders and crabs, with an exoskeleton and jointed appendages.
  8. Multicellular eukariotic heterotrophic organisms, that are not plants nor fungi.
  9. Eukaryotes with cell walls made of chitin, commonly known as mushrooms.
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  1. Invertebrates like bees, grasshoppers, ladybugs, butterflies, ants, etc., with six legs and often wings.
  2. Vascular plants like ferns, that have roots, stems and leaves, but don’t produce seeds.
  3. Invertebrates like snails, squids and mussels, with a soft body and an internal or external shell.
  4. Invertebrates like jellyfish and corals, with radial symmetry and tentacles.
  5. Process that occurs in plants when the embryo begins to grow and pushes out of the seed.
  6. Small nonvascular plants like mosses, that live in moist areas.
  7. Invertebrates like sea stars and sea urchins, with radially symmetric body and a water vascular system.
  8. The reproductive part of an angiosperm plant, usually colored to attract pollinators.
  9. Invertebrates that can be flat, round or segmented; they always have a soft body and no shell.
  10. Any plant’s growth toward or away from a stimulus.
  11. Plant organ that supports the plant, and transports water and other substances.

20 Clues: Any plant’s growth toward or away from a stimulus. • Unicellular prokariotes that live almost everywhere. • Small nonvascular plants like mosses, that live in moist areas. • Eukaryotes that cannot be classified as plants, animals, or fungi. • Green plant organs that collect sunlight and carry out photosynthesis. • ...

habitats and food chains 2026-03-03

habitats and food chains crossword puzzle
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  1. Organisms like fungi and bacteria that break down dead plants and animals.
  2. Webbed feet help animals move easily in this habitat.
  3. A consumer that eats only other animals.
  4. A grassy habitat with few trees, often found in Africa.
  5. A cold habitat covered with ice and snow near the North or South Pole.
  6. a group of food chain.
  7. A rabbit has big ears and strong legs to help it survive in a field. These are examples of _______________.
  8. Animals and plants get this from the food they eat or make.
  9. An animal that eats both plants and animals.
  10. An animal that is hunted and eaten by another animal.
  11. The place where a plant or animal lives, grows, and reproduces.
  12. A consumer that eats only plants.
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  1. A thick layer of fur that helps animals stay warm.
  2. All consumers get their energy by eating other _______________.
  3. A very dry habitat with little rainfall and hot days.
  4. A consumer that hunts and eats other animals for energy.
  5. The flow of energy from the Sun, to a producer, to a consumer.
  6. When an animal blends into its surroundings to hide.
  7. The process by which plants make their own food.
  8. A disease that can spread between animals or plants, like a cold spreads between people.
  9. The main source of energy for all producers (and almost all life on Earth!)
  10. The first living thing in a food chain.
  11. A living thing that makes its own food (energy) from sunlight.
  12. A habitat with many trees and lots of rainfall.

24 Clues: a group of food chain. • A consumer that eats only plants. • The first living thing in a food chain. • A consumer that eats only other animals. • An animal that eats both plants and animals. • A habitat with many trees and lots of rainfall. • The process by which plants make their own food. • A thick layer of fur that helps animals stay warm. • ...

Functions and Requirements of Plants 2013-02-15

Functions and Requirements of Plants crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Compound required by plants.
  2. Elements in soil taken up by roots.
  3. Food processing in plants.
  4. Liquid necessary for all plant life.
  5. Upper layer of the earth in which plants grow.
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  1. Evaporation of plants.
  2. Element released by plants.
  3. Soil minerals taken up by root.
  4. Green pigment in plants.
  5. Energy required by green plants.

10 Clues: Evaporation of plants. • Green pigment in plants. • Food processing in plants. • Element released by plants. • Compound required by plants. • Soil minerals taken up by root. • Energy required by green plants. • Elements in soil taken up by roots. • Liquid necessary for all plant life. • Upper layer of the earth in which plants grow.

Ch 3 Science Review 2021-10-15

Ch 3 Science Review crossword puzzle
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  1. Keep plants from blowing over
  2. What organisms release as they turn food into energy
  3. process in which carbon and oxygen move through the environment
  4. taken in minerals and water
  5. Flower structures that contain male reproductive cells
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  1. Helps plants use light energy to make food
  2. Single reproductive cell that grows into a new plant
  3. The seeds of certain grasses from which cereals are made
  4. Plant material that can be separated into thread
  5. Flowering, fruit-producing plant
  6. Tubes in plants that carry food
  7. Process by which nitrogen gas is changed into a form plants can use
  8. Plant with unprotected seeds
  9. Tubes in plants that carry water and minerals

14 Clues: taken in minerals and water • Plant with unprotected seeds • Keep plants from blowing over • Tubes in plants that carry food • Flowering, fruit-producing plant • Helps plants use light energy to make food • Tubes in plants that carry water and minerals • Plant material that can be separated into thread • Single reproductive cell that grows into a new plant • ...

Water Cycle 2020-10-15

Water Cycle crossword puzzle
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  1. Basic need of all plants.
  2. A depositing of rain, snow, or sleet.
  3. The major farm crop produced in Illinois that grows tall.
  4. Land used for production agriculture.
  5. When water changes from a gas to a liquid.
  6. To sprout or begin to grow.
  7. An enclosure for raising plants indoors.
  8. The process in which water forms a vapor.
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  1. The process in which plants release water to the atmosphere.
  2. The process by which plants make food.
  3. All the living and nonliving parts of a particular environment.
  4. Water that passes through small gaps to soak into the soil.
  5. _____bean crop is widely grown in Illinois.
  6. What plants need from the sun to grow.

14 Clues: Basic need of all plants. • To sprout or begin to grow. • A depositing of rain, snow, or sleet. • Land used for production agriculture. • The process by which plants make food. • What plants need from the sun to grow. • An enclosure for raising plants indoors. • The process in which water forms a vapor. • When water changes from a gas to a liquid. • ...

Living and non-living things 2020-05-19

Living and non-living things crossword puzzle
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  1. Plants don't need shelter but they need it.
  2. Plants and animals need it. People eat it.
  3. We drink it and all animals and plants need it.
  4. People and animals need it to be safe.
  5. All animals and plants need it. People breathe it.
  6. This is an example of a moving non-living thing.
  7. Things are non-living or
  8. Living and some non-living things can do it.
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  1. Living things can do it but non-living things can't.
  2. This is an example of a living thing.
  3. Living things make it.
  4. Some living things are man-made,some are ________.
  5. Plants need the ___ light to grow
  6. Living things grow and __________.

14 Clues: Living things make it. • Things are non-living or • Plants need the ___ light to grow • Living things grow and __________. • This is an example of a living thing. • People and animals need it to be safe. • Plants and animals need it. People eat it. • Plants don't need shelter but they need it. • Living and some non-living things can do it. • ...

Photosynthesis vocabulary 2025-12-12

Photosynthesis vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. Gas plants take in from the air.
  2. Sugar made by plants during photosynthesis.
  3. To change and make something new.
  4. Energy from the sun used in photosynthesis.
  5. What plants need to make glucose.
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  1. To join together.
  2. Chemicals that come OUT.
  3. Green part of the leaf that absorbs sunlight.
  4. Part of the plant where photosynthesis happens most.
  5. Chemicals that go IN.
  6. Gas released by plants.
  7. Liquid that plants take from the soil.

12 Clues: To join together. • Chemicals that go IN. • Gas released by plants. • Chemicals that come OUT. • Gas plants take in from the air. • To change and make something new. • What plants need to make glucose. • Liquid that plants take from the soil. • Sugar made by plants during photosynthesis. • Energy from the sun used in photosynthesis. • ...

Greenhouse Terminology 2017-12-10

Greenhouse Terminology crossword puzzle
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  1. Structure for growing plants that is not heat or minimally heated
  2. Greenhouse that stands alone
  3. color of light that plants take up
  4. Roof slopes in only one direction and are connected along the side posts
  5. Structure protects plants from the natural environment (wint,rain)
  6. Structure for growing plants that is artificially heated, is not tall enough to walk in
  7. Most common framing material because it is strong yet lightweight
  8. Greenhouse cover that is cheaper than glass yet costs the same to heat and cool
  9. Greenhouse cover that is the most expensive and doesn't save money on heating or cooling
  10. Greenhouses that are connected together at the eaves
  11. Entirely interior with no real sunlight
  12. Air steam greenhouses, single layer of plastic held up by large, blowing fans
  13. Structure allows for maximum management of environment (temp, light, fertility)
  14. Structure for growing plants that have no sides, usually covered with shade cloth to reduce light intensity and provide minimal wind protection
  15. Structure for growing plants that is unheated, has a single plastic covering and is usually movable and used to extend growing season
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  1. Building associated with the greenhouse that is typically used for storage
  2. Framing material that must be painted every 5-7 years
  3. Distance between gutters is wide, cheaper to cool and more expensive to heat
  4. 2 or more greenhouses in one location
  5. Two roof slopes with the same pitch and width
  6. Allows for open production space because there are no posts
  7. One side of the greenhouse is a solid wall
  8. Structure for growing plants that is covered with transparent material, tall enough to walk in, artificially heated
  9. Rafters are of uneven length, makes structure adaptable to a hill
  10. Distance between gutters is narrow, cheaper to heat and more expensive to cool

25 Clues: Greenhouse that stands alone • color of light that plants take up • 2 or more greenhouses in one location • Entirely interior with no real sunlight • One side of the greenhouse is a solid wall • Two roof slopes with the same pitch and width • Greenhouses that are connected together at the eaves • Framing material that must be painted every 5-7 years • ...

Plant Physiology Crossword Puzzle 2021-12-06

Plant Physiology Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. A fundamental process in plants where CO2 and H2O are combined with the help of sunlight to form Sugar molecules and oxygen gas.
  2. An organism that can make their own food.
  3. It is a community of various plants dominated by trees.
  4. The state where essential substances from the soil is inadequate; limits the growth of plants.
  5. These are complex sequence of chemical reactions in cells that transforms food into energy.
  6. Process of water loss because of water evaporation from the leaves of the plant
  7. An Irreversible increase through cell division and enlargement, It is the process of transforming reserve materials into structural materials.
  8. is the process where the cell shrinks when it is exposed to a hypertonic solution.
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  1. Its the movement of atoms or molecules from an area of high concentration to lower concentration.
  2. It is a scale is logarithmic and inversely indicates the concentration of hydrogen ions in the solution.
  3. __________ is a substance or an enzyme that speeds up chemical reactions.
  4. __________ is generated when the cell membrane pushes against the cell wall of the plant.
  5. The sciences that deals with plant function as well as the physical and chemical processes in plants.
  6. It is the movement of water from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration through a semi permeable membrane.
  7. It moves water and nutrients from the soil up and to other parts of its body.
  8. It moves sugars and other nutrients in a bidirectional movement from the leaves to the storage organs of the plant.
  9. Plant __________ is the uptake of mineral elements from the soil.
  10. Organic compounds such as sugars and starch that is used for food storage are classified as __________.
  11. _______ is the site of gas exchange in plants, it is typically found in epidermis of the leaf.
  12. It is one of the unique cell structure that uniquely found in plants.

20 Clues: An organism that can make their own food. • It is a community of various plants dominated by trees. • Plant __________ is the uptake of mineral elements from the soil. • It is one of the unique cell structure that uniquely found in plants. • __________ is a substance or an enzyme that speeds up chemical reactions. • ...

Environmental Bio 2022-05-11

Environmental Bio crossword puzzle
Across
  1. type of peat-accumulating wetland fed by mineral rich ground or surface water
  2. the deep zone of an inland body of freestanding water, below the range of light penetration
  3. soil of poor quality that lacks the substance and nutrients plants need
  4. wetland ecosystem near lakes and rivers with softer, non woody plants
  5. a substance that is toxic to plants, used to destroy unwanted vegetation
  6. wetland that is forested and found near lakes and rivers with slow waters and woody plants
  7. the waste water from domestic, commercial, and industrial sources carried by sewers
  8. preparing and cultivating land for crops
  9. substance used to destroy insects or other organisms harmful to cultivated plants or animals
  10. a chemical or substance which harms water, air, or land quality
  11. wetland of soft, spongy ground consisting mainly of partially decayed plant matter
  12. region at the lowest level of a body of water
  13. areas where water covers/saturates the soil, either permanently or seasonally
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  1. the science of raising plants or animals for food, clothing, or other products
  2. the cultivation of a singular crop in a given area
  3. the part of a sea, lake, or river that is close to the shore, with sunlight present at the sediment level
  4. chemical used on plants to destroy fungus
  5. the part of the water cycle in which the water flows over the land as surface water
  6. inhabiting or situated in still fresh water
  7. area of land that drains water into a specific body of water
  8. the open water area where light will not penetrate all the way to the bottom
  9. the supply of water to land or crops that helps growth
  10. inhabiting or situated in rapidly moving fresh water
  11. an animal lacking a backbone that is large enough to be seen without a microscope
  12. loosening and turning soil

25 Clues: loosening and turning soil • preparing and cultivating land for crops • chemical used on plants to destroy fungus • inhabiting or situated in still fresh water • region at the lowest level of a body of water • the cultivation of a singular crop in a given area • inhabiting or situated in rapidly moving fresh water • ...

Plant Physiology Crossword 2023-10-15

Plant Physiology Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The membrane in which light dependent reaction occurs.
  2. The state in which absorption of light affects the electrons.
  3. Helps with the movement of molecules between cells in plants.
  4. An system in which plants get their nutrient assimilation.
  5. A major constituent of the middle lamella of cell walls.
  6. An common example of the CAM plant.
  7. Extracellular space outside of plant cell membranes.
  8. A transport protein that when binded with, causes a conformation change.
  9. This protein facilitates the movement of water across plasma membrane.
  10. An enzyme that catalyzes both carboxylation and oxygenation reactions.
  11. Most abundant macronutrient needed in plants.
  12. Pressure potential of water is generated by this characteristic of cell wall.
  13. A transport protein that open and close in response to signal.
  14. Where the carbon fixation occurs
  15. The first step of the Calvin-Benson cycle.
Down
  1. A mechanism by which chlorophyll absorbs light for photosynthesis.
  2. Movement of two molecules in the opposite direction through a protein channel.
  3. This organelle occupies 95% of the total volume of mature plant cell.
  4. A reaction that increases in hot condition when stomata closes, which increases levels of O2
  5. Vascular tissue in plants that conducts water and nutrients from the root.
  6. When lacking this macronutrient, plants experience leaf chlorosis in young and mature leaves.
  7. A type of photosynthesis that separates carbon fixation and carbon assimilation in different cells.
  8. A cell transport system that requires ATP.
  9. A condition required for aquaporins to be expressed.
  10. Root hairs increase their surface area as a means of...
  11. An active transport that involves the coupling of a cotransporter.
  12. technique used to join parts from two or more plants to grow into a single plant.
  13. A primary pigment in photosynthesis.
  14. A tissue that forms the outer protective layer in plants.
  15. Mutual attraction between molecules

30 Clues: Where the carbon fixation occurs • An common example of the CAM plant. • Mutual attraction between molecules • A primary pigment in photosynthesis. • A cell transport system that requires ATP. • The first step of the Calvin-Benson cycle. • Most abundant macronutrient needed in plants. • Extracellular space outside of plant cell membranes. • ...

Environment & Wildlife Vocabulary (Part 1) 2024-02-19

Environment & Wildlife Vocabulary (Part 1) crossword puzzle
Across
  1. When animals sleep deeply for a long time during the winter to save energy.
  2. The variety of different plants and animals living in a place.
  3. Species: Animals or plants that are at risk of disappearing forever.
  4. Big changes in the Earth's weather patterns over a long time, often caused by humans burning fossil fuels and cutting down forests.
  5. Animals with feathers, wings, and beaks that lay eggs and can fly.
  6. A scientist who studies how living things interact with each other and their environment.
  7. Animals that are awake and active during the day.
  8. Animals that rely on their environment to regulate their body temperature.
  9. Animals like insects, spiders, and crabs that have hard outer shells and jointed legs.
  10. Harmful stuff in the air, water, or soil that makes it dirty or unhealthy.
  11. Animals that have hair or fur, give birth to live babies, and produce milk to feed their young.
  12. A wet area where plants and animals like frogs and ducks live.
  13. When animals lose their homes because of things like cutting down trees or building cities.
  14. Cutting down trees and forests, which can harm the animals and plants living there.
Down
  1. How endangered or safe a species is.
  2. Someone who works to protect nature and wildlife.
  3. Taking care of nature. It's about protecting plants, animals, and the places they live so that they can continue to thrive for a long time.
  4. The home or living space where animals and plants naturally live.
  5. Animals like frogs and salamanders that can live both in water and on land.
  6. Animals that can regulate their own body temperature.
  7. Animals that are awake and active during the night.
  8. Animals like snakes and turtles that have scaly skin and lay eggs.
  9. A community of living things (plants, animals, and other organisms) interacting with each other and the environment they live in.
  10. Hunting animals illegally.

24 Clues: Hunting animals illegally. • How endangered or safe a species is. • Someone who works to protect nature and wildlife. • Animals that are awake and active during the day. • Animals that are awake and active during the night. • Animals that can regulate their own body temperature. • The variety of different plants and animals living in a place. • ...

Unit 17 - Garden 2025-05-06

Unit 17 - Garden crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Apples and bananas are...
  2. The title of Unit 17
  3. Small things you plant in the soil to grow new plants.
  4. Unwanted plants that grow where they are not wanted.
  5. A tool with long teeth used to gather leaves or smooth soil.
  6. A small white vegetable with a strong smell and small cloves.
  7. A round container with a handle used to carry water or soil.
  8. The colorful parts of some plants that smell nice.
  9. A long green vegetable with lots of water inside.
  10. A long orange vegetable that is crunchy and a little sweet.
  11. A brown vegetable that grows underground and is used to make chips.
  12. A tool with a flat blade used to break or move soil.
  13. A round vegetable that can make your eyes water when you cut it.
  14. A container with a handle and spout used to water plants.
  15. A green leafy vegetable often used in salads.
Down
  1. A large round root vegetable with yellow inside and sweet taste.
  2. Short green plants that cover the ground.
  3. A cart with one wheel and handles used to carry things in the garden.
  4. Small round green vegetables that grow in pods.
  5. A tool with a wide blade used for digging.
  6. Clothing you wear on your hands to protect them while gardening.
  7. A small red or white vegetable with a sharp taste.
  8. A dark red round vegetable that is sweet and juicy.
  9. A round vegetable with many green or purple leaves.
  10. A big orange vegetable with soft inside and many seeds.
  11. A red round vegetable (or fruit) that is juicy and often used in salads.
  12. The dark ground where plants grow.
  13. Living things that grow in soil and need water and sunlight.
  14. Long, thin green vegetables that are soft when cooked.

29 Clues: The title of Unit 17 • Apples and bananas are... • The dark ground where plants grow. • Short green plants that cover the ground. • A tool with a wide blade used for digging. • A green leafy vegetable often used in salads. • Small round green vegetables that grow in pods. • A long green vegetable with lots of water inside. • ...

Classification of Living Things 2024-06-17

Classification of Living Things crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The green stuff in plant leaves that help capture sunlight
  2. Living things that can make their own food but do not have roots, stems or leaves
  3. Eats plants and meat
  4. Cannot move about freely
  5. Living things that can make their own food and have roots, stems and leaves
  6. Eats plants
  7. Eats meat
  8. Eats other living things
Down
  1. The process by which plants and algae make their own food
  2. Extremely small living things that cannot be seen with the naked eye
  3. Makes their own food
  4. Living things that can move about freely and get their food from other living things
  5. Living things that cannot move about freely and cannot make their own food
  6. Breaks down dead plants and animals for food
  7. Can move about freely

15 Clues: Eats meat • Eats plants • Makes their own food • Eats plants and meat • Can move about freely • Cannot move about freely • Eats other living things • Breaks down dead plants and animals for food • The process by which plants and algae make their own food • The green stuff in plant leaves that help capture sunlight • ...

Plant Anatomy 2022-11-09

Plant Anatomy crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Microscopic openings on a leaf's surface
  2. A plant that has its roots in the air
  3. Compound that makes plants green
  4. Plants During photosynthesis, plants produce more of this than they need
  5. A gas in the air required for photosynthesis
  6. The point at which the leaf joins the stem
  7. This is where the plant produces its food
Down
  1. This structure anchors the plant
  2. This structure holds the plant up
  3. The loss of water in plants
  4. Tube-like structure that carries food
  5. Tube-like structure that carries water
  6. The movement of water from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration
  7. A leaf arrangement where several leaves shoot out from the same point
  8. The process by which plants produce their own food

15 Clues: The loss of water in plants • This structure anchors the plant • Compound that makes plants green • This structure holds the plant up • A plant that has its roots in the air • Tube-like structure that carries food • Tube-like structure that carries water • Microscopic openings on a leaf's surface • This is where the plant produces its food • ...

Photosynthesis 2025-09-01

Photosynthesis crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A condition like light, CO₂, or temperature that controls the rate of photosynthesis.
  2. The form of energy stored in glucose.
  3. A sugar made by plants during photosynthesis.
  4. Leaf part packed with chloroplasts for photosynthesis.
  5. A gas released by plants during photosynthesis.
  6. The process that uses glucose to release energy.
  7. Type of energy from the sun used in photosynthesis.
Down
  1. The strength of light available for photosynthesis.
  2. The process plants use to make food using light energy.
  3. A gas taken in by plants from the air.
  4. The part of the cell where photosynthesis takes place.
  5. Green pigment in leaves that absorbs sunlight.
  6. A liquid taken in by roots and used in photosynthesis.
  7. Affects enzymes that control the rate of photosynthesis.
  8. A storage form of glucose in plants.

15 Clues: A storage form of glucose in plants. • The form of energy stored in glucose. • A gas taken in by plants from the air. • A sugar made by plants during photosynthesis. • Green pigment in leaves that absorbs sunlight. • A gas released by plants during photosynthesis. • The process that uses glucose to release energy. • The strength of light available for photosynthesis. • ...

Water 2024-02-08

Water crossword puzzle
Across
  1. visible masses of water
  2. how plants and animals break down
  3. top layer of earth surface
  4. movement of water
  5. plants release water vapor
  6. water seeps into the ground
  7. Large body of salt water
  8. massive bodies of ice
Down
  1. soaks by another substance
  2. process of substances through body
  3. consuming goods
  4. oxygen is taken inside the body
  5. how waste products are removed from body
  6. long water course
  7. located beneath the earth surface
  8. living organism
  9. living organism in the plant system
  10. large bodies of water surrounded by land

18 Clues: consuming goods • living organism • long water course • movement of water • massive bodies of ice • visible masses of water • Large body of salt water • soaks by another substance • top layer of earth surface • plants release water vapor • water seeps into the ground • oxygen is taken inside the body • how plants and animals break down • located beneath the earth surface • ...

Photosynthesis 2022-09-19

Photosynthesis crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a colorless, odorless gas that is produced during respiration and combustion (burning).
  2. the distance between two consecutive crests of a wave.
  3. the part of a plant that absorb light and help feed plants
  4. when triggered by sunlight, it and CO2 spark photosynthesis
  5. produced by plants and consumed by mammals
  6. the part of a plant that carries water to other parts of the plant
  7. organism that can produce its own food using light, water, carbon dioxide, or other chemicals.
Down
  1. a tiny unit of distance, equal to one billionth of a meter.
  2. a simple sugar that is a major energy source for cells
  3. the type of radiation that is given off by the sun and absorbed by the leaves of plants
  4. the part of the plant that blooms to help plants reproduce. People decorate their houses with them.
  5. the part of the plant that absorbs water from the ground to help feed plants
  6. __________ factor the required substance that is in shortest supply and therefore limits growth or other life processes.
  7. an organism deriving its nutritional requirements from complex organic substances. Humans are this.
  8. a green pigment in plants that absorbs light energy and converts it into a form the plant can use for photosynthesis.
  9. a process in which plants use energy from light to produce glucose and oxygen from carbon dioxide and water

16 Clues: produced by plants and consumed by mammals • a simple sugar that is a major energy source for cells • the distance between two consecutive crests of a wave. • the part of a plant that absorb light and help feed plants • a tiny unit of distance, equal to one billionth of a meter. • when triggered by sunlight, it and CO2 spark photosynthesis • ...

Plant Functions 2023-10-24

Plant Functions crossword puzzle
Across
  1. protects the flower bud
  2. female part that contains seeds and turns into a fruit
  3. male part of the flower that contains the anther and filament
  4. male part of the flower that has the pollen
  5. where plants get their energy for respiration
  6. contains the female parts of the flower
  7. female part that turns into seeds
  8. where plants get their energy for photosynthesis
  9. supports the flower, transports water and nutrients
Down
  1. gas needed for photosynthesis
  2. allows the plant to turn sunlight into energy, gives plants a green color
  3. supports the anther
  4. attract pollinators
  5. where plants get their nutrients
  6. waste gas of photosynthesis
  7. supports the stigma and connects the pistil to the ovary
  8. Sticky so pollen attaches to it.

17 Clues: supports the anther • attract pollinators • protects the flower bud • waste gas of photosynthesis • gas needed for photosynthesis • where plants get their nutrients • Sticky so pollen attaches to it. • female part that turns into seeds • contains the female parts of the flower • male part of the flower that has the pollen • where plants get their energy for respiration • ...

chapter 2 2015-03-09

chapter 2 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. eats only animals
  2. a grassland close to the equater
  3. extremely dry biome
  4. feeds on dead organisms
  5. one organism eats another and gets energy
  6. shows the amount of energy moves level to level
  7. group of land
  8. receives very little rainfall per year
  9. a layer of shorter plants that grow in in the shade
  10. breaks down waste
Down
  1. eats plants and animals
  2. a tree that produces its seeds in cones
  3. a leafy roof
  4. an area populated by grassed
  5. soil thats frozen all year
  6. overlapping food chains
  7. making food
  8. a tree that sheds its leaves
  9. eats only plants
  10. obtains energy

20 Clues: making food • a leafy roof • group of land • obtains energy • eats only plants • eats only animals • breaks down waste • extremely dry biome • eats plants and animals • overlapping food chains • feeds on dead organisms • soil thats frozen all year • an area populated by grassed • a tree that sheds its leaves • a grassland close to the equater • receives very little rainfall per year • ...

Living Thin 2021-01-01

Living Thin crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Likes to chase mice
  2. Man's best friend
  3. have scales to help them swim through water
  4. india's national bird
  5. plant-eating animal
  6. Has a trunk
  7. require soil, water, and the sun to survive
  8. feathers allow these animals to fly
  9. Large marsupial
  10. warm-blooded animals that can make their own body heat
  11. birds that like to dive underwater
  12. mainly nocturnal bird
Down
  1. meat-eating animals
  2. organisms that carry pollen from one flower to another
  3. live both in water and on land
  4. plants and animals, flora and
  5. makes plants green
  6. Flying mammal
  7. cold-blooded and covered in scales
  8. breaths through its skin

20 Clues: Has a trunk • Flying mammal • Large marsupial • Man's best friend • makes plants green • meat-eating animals • Likes to chase mice • plant-eating animal • india's national bird • mainly nocturnal bird • breaths through its skin • plants and animals, flora and • live both in water and on land • cold-blooded and covered in scales • birds that like to dive underwater • ...

24 2024-08-19

24 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Tool for driving nails
  2. Compresses soil and grass
  3. Creates garden edges
  4. Planting seeds in rows
  5. Tool for carving wood
  6. Cuts grass
  7. Tool to move plants
  8. Heavy hammer
  9. Collects leaves for disposal
  10. Protects plants from pests
Down
  1. Tool for breaking hard soil
  2. Removes garden weeds
  3. Attaches to drill for holes
  4. Protects plants from sun
  5. Prevents weed growth
  6. Holds collected leaves
  7. Connects two hoses
  8. Tool for moving materials
  9. Holds compost materials
  10. Tool for preparing soil
  11. Garden wind barrier
  12. Rolls of fencing
  13. Sows seeds evenly
  14. Separates stones from soil
  15. Turns over soil

25 Clues: Cuts grass • Heavy hammer • Turns over soil • Rolls of fencing • Sows seeds evenly • Connects two hoses • Garden wind barrier • Tool to move plants • Removes garden weeds • Prevents weed growth • Creates garden edges • Tool for carving wood • Tool for driving nails • Holds collected leaves • Planting seeds in rows • Holds compost materials • Tool for preparing soil • Protects plants from sun • ...

PPE 2025-01-31

PPE crossword puzzle
Across
  1. is a red fruit grown on plants
  2. to protect your hands
  3. to protection your eyes
  4. a living organism
  5. printer something in this room we will never use
  6. green plants everywhere
  7. to lower the sound
  8. messaures stuff
Down
  1. things that protect you and others
  2. a pink animal
  3. a name for a small cow
  4. to protect your head
  5. small things that plant plants
  6. a light brown piece of material
  7. the weather
  8. a name for a bigger cattle
  9. works with hammers really well
  10. works well with nails (not a nailgun)
  11. makes things smooth
  12. gives oxegen to the world

20 Clues: the weather • a pink animal • messaures stuff • a living organism • to lower the sound • makes things smooth • to protect your head • to protect your hands • a name for a small cow • to protection your eyes • green plants everywhere • gives oxegen to the world • a name for a bigger cattle • is a red fruit grown on plants • small things that plant plants • works with hammers really well • ...

CRAIG'S ECOSYSTEM CROSSWORD PUZZLE 2022-10-04

CRAIG'S ECOSYSTEM CROSSWORD PUZZLE crossword puzzle
Across
  1. GREEN PIGMENT IN PLANTS
  2. CHANGES CARBON DIOXIDE AND WATER
  3. PRESERVING AN ECOSYSTEM
  4. SYSTEM OF INTERDEPENDENT FOOD CHAINS
  5. LIVING ORGANISM
  6. GROUP OF SAME INDIVIDUALS
  7. SINGLE CELL LIFE FORM
  8. GETS ENERGY BY BREAKING DOWN WASTE
  9. ALL THE ORGANISMS THAT LIVE IN THE SAME PLACE
  10. EATS MEAT
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  1. PART OF ECOSYSTEM THAT MEETS NEEDS OF ORGANISM
  2. ROLE AN ANIMAL OR PLANT PLAYS
  3. FEEDS MOSTLY ON PLANTS
  4. PREYS ON OTHERS
  5. CONSUMES ANIMALS, PLANTS AND FUNGI
  6. GRADUAL CHANGE OF AN ORGANISM
  7. NON-LIVING
  8. CANNOT MAKE ITS OWN FOOD
  9. COMMUNITY OF ORGANISMS AND THEIR ENVIRONMENT
  10. MAKES ITS OWN FOOD

20 Clues: EATS MEAT • NON-LIVING • PREYS ON OTHERS • LIVING ORGANISM • MAKES ITS OWN FOOD • SINGLE CELL LIFE FORM • FEEDS MOSTLY ON PLANTS • GREEN PIGMENT IN PLANTS • PRESERVING AN ECOSYSTEM • CANNOT MAKE ITS OWN FOOD • GROUP OF SAME INDIVIDUALS • ROLE AN ANIMAL OR PLANT PLAYS • GRADUAL CHANGE OF AN ORGANISM • CHANGES CARBON DIOXIDE AND WATER • CONSUMES ANIMALS, PLANTS AND FUNGI • ...

Unit 2 Vocab 2022-10-02

Unit 2 Vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Volcanoes
  2. Plants draw water from ground
  3. Contains 68% of the world's freshwater
  4. CO2 in, oxygen out
  5. Ocean, plants, atm
  6. Nitrites converting to nitrates
  7. Burning fossil fuels to release energy fast
Down
  1. Convert nitrate to gasesous nitrogen
  2. Rocks (weathering)
  3. Dead materials sink to the bottom of the ocean
  4. Useable form on nitrogen
  5. Soil bacteria turning waste into ammonia
  6. Extra nutrients enter aquatic ecosystem
  7. Removal of nutrients as water passes through soil
  8. Taking up nutrients by the roots of plants
  9. Convert N2gas into biological compound
  10. Oxygen in, CO2 out
  11. Burning of fossil fuels
  12. Drives water cycle
  13. Water sinking into the ground

20 Clues: Volcanoes • Rocks (weathering) • Oxygen in, CO2 out • CO2 in, oxygen out • Drives water cycle • Ocean, plants, atm • Burning of fossil fuels • Useable form on nitrogen • Plants draw water from ground • Water sinking into the ground • Nitrites converting to nitrates • Convert nitrate to gasesous nitrogen • Contains 68% of the world's freshwater • Convert N2gas into biological compound • ...

UNIT 10 - LOP 9 2026-03-30

UNIT 10 - LOP 9 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. changes in the Earth's weather
  2. to move around a planet or star
  3. to hurt or damage something
  4. animal waste on the ground
  5. balance in nature
  6. food for plants
  7. very important
  8. a chemical that kills insects or weeds
  9. to watch carefully
  10. extremely important
  11. animals and plants eating each other
Down
  1. land covered with grass
  2. to understand how good something is
  3. space outside the Earth
  4. the home of an animal or plant
  5. something dangerous
  6. very interesting
  7. a natural shape of the land
  8. to change or influence something
  9. a safe place for wild animals and plants

20 Clues: very important • food for plants • very interesting • balance in nature • to watch carefully • something dangerous • extremely important • land covered with grass • space outside the Earth • animal waste on the ground • to hurt or damage something • a natural shape of the land • changes in the Earth's weather • the home of an animal or plant • to move around a planet or star • ...

Organising organisms 2022-04-29

Organising organisms crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Green _________ produce their own sugar
  2. Monotremes (platypus & echidna)lay these
  3. Animal that can't keep itself warm is ______-blooded
  4. Provides energy for plants to make sugar
  5. Animal with a backbone
  6. Inter-related system of organisms environment
  7. Animal with no backbone
Down
  1. Animal that can keep itself warm is______ - blooded
  2. A living thing
  3. Consumes meat of other animals
  4. Makes sugar from sunlight + water + CO2
  5. Eats other organisms (plants or animals)
  6. Only birds have these
  7. A consumer that eats plants

14 Clues: A living thing • Only birds have these • Animal with a backbone • Animal with no backbone • A consumer that eats plants • Consumes meat of other animals • Green _________ produce their own sugar • Makes sugar from sunlight + water + CO2 • Monotremes (platypus & echidna)lay these • Eats other organisms (plants or animals) • Provides energy for plants to make sugar • ...

Plant Pollination, Fertilization, Seed Production and Growth 2024-03-04

Plant Pollination, Fertilization, Seed Production and Growth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. - Tissue in plants that conducts water and nutrients.
  2. - Male part of the flower that produces pollen.
  3. - Directional growth of a plant in response to gravity.
  4. - When plant cells differentiate to perform unique functions.
  5. - Plant's reproductive unit capable of developing into another plant.
  6. - Fine powdery substance containing male gametes of plants.
  7. - Process by which plants make their own food using sunlight.
  8. - Seed leaf that provides nutrients to the developing seedling.
  9. - Part of the flower that captures pollen during pollination.
Down
  1. - The process by which a plant grows from a seed.
  2. - Transfer of pollen from male parts to female parts of plants.
  3. - Union of male and female gametes to form a zygote.
  4. - Female part of the flower where seeds develop.
  5. - Reproductive unit in non-flowering plants.
  6. - Protective outer layer of a seed.
  7. - The female reproductive part of a flower.

16 Clues: - Protective outer layer of a seed. • - The female reproductive part of a flower. • - Reproductive unit in non-flowering plants. • - Male part of the flower that produces pollen. • - Female part of the flower where seeds develop. • - The process by which a plant grows from a seed. • - Union of male and female gametes to form a zygote. • ...

Food Chains and Webs 2023-02-15

Food Chains and Webs crossword puzzle
Across
  1. , an organism that eats only plants
  2. , the process where producers take energy from the sun and make their own food
  3. , an organism that breaks down dead or dying organisms both plants and animals
  4. , a type of decomposer that you may find on your hands
  5. the third organism that consumes in food web
  6. , any living thing including all plants, humans, and animals
Down
  1. , decomposers like mushrooms that break down dead organisms
  2. , an organism that eats both plants and animals
  3. , an organism that hunts for other organisms
  4. , an organism that makes its own food using photosynthesis (plants)
  5. , any organism that eats another organism
  6. the second organism that consumes in a food web
  7. , shows the transfer of energy in an ecosystem
  8. , many food chains connected together showing the transfer of energy in an ecosystem
  9. , an organism that eats only meat including animals and insects
  10. the first organism that consumes in a food web or chain
  11. , the organism that gets hunted by the predator

17 Clues: , an organism that eats only plants • , any organism that eats another organism • , an organism that hunts for other organisms • the third organism that consumes in food web • , shows the transfer of energy in an ecosystem • , an organism that eats both plants and animals • the second organism that consumes in a food web • ...

BioPlants Review quiz 2022-03-30

BioPlants Review quiz crossword puzzle
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  1. Vascular _______ makes new phloem and xylem during secondary growth.
  2. The release of water vapor from the leaves of plants.
  3. The tendency of water molecules to stick to other water molecules.
  4. Female gametangia in seedless plants
  5. Parts of the plants where sugars are abundant and from where sugar is transported.
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  1. The darker part of a wood ring is ________wood.
  2. May reproduce asexually through gemma cups
  3. ________ of generations describes a life cycle with distinct haploid and diploid stages.
  4. The tendency of water molecules to stick to surfaces.
  5. The main tissue that replaces the epidermis during secondary growth.
  6. Plants whose vegetative structures live through many growing seasons.
  7. ________ ferns are relatives of ferns that lack leaves or roots.
  8. The evolutionary history of plants is marked by the development of traits that allow for more independence from ________.
  9. A moss species of great ecological importance
  10. Most of wood is made of secondary ________.
  11. All the tissues outside the vascular cambium in a tree trunk
  12. ________ mosses are also called lycopods.

17 Clues: Female gametangia in seedless plants • ________ mosses are also called lycopods. • May reproduce asexually through gemma cups • Most of wood is made of secondary ________. • A moss species of great ecological importance • The darker part of a wood ring is ________wood. • The tendency of water molecules to stick to surfaces. • ...

Plant/Flower Parts 2025-01-13

Plant/Flower Parts crossword puzzle
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  1. The ovule producing part of a flower.
  2. Small openings on the bottom of leaves for gas exchange
  3. plants Does not have vessels like the Xylem and Phloem
  4. plants Has vessels like the Xylem and Phloem
  5. Seed part of flowering plants
  6. The part of the pistil where pollen starts to grow.
  7. Where sugar/glucose is produced
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  1. Carries sugar from the leaves throughout the plant
  2. The parts of a flower that are often very colorful.
  3. Supports a plants leaves
  4. Cells Open or close the stomata to let in gas or prevent too much water loss
  5. The pollen producing part of a flower which supports the anther
  6. Water carrying tube in a plant
  7. Anchor plants and help them absorb water/nutrients from soil
  8. The outer parts of the flower that cover a developing bud.
  9. The part of the stamen where pollen is produced.
  10. The enlarged center part of the pistil where ovules are produced.

17 Clues: Supports a plants leaves • Seed part of flowering plants • Water carrying tube in a plant • Where sugar/glucose is produced • The ovule producing part of a flower. • plants Has vessels like the Xylem and Phloem • The part of the stamen where pollen is produced. • Carries sugar from the leaves throughout the plant • The parts of a flower that are often very colorful. • ...

Crossword puzzle 2024-03-04

Crossword puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. small plants grown in a small amount of media in a divided tray
  2. terms for soil or media
  3. the practice of fertilizing well irrigating
  4. the process of moving plants from one container to another container
  5. planting of seeds
  6. grout to size
  7. refers to the development of latuhal branches that contribute to a bushy appearance
  8. refers to the time the plant maintains its health well on display for sale
  9. hanging basket that contains plans that are propagated by cutting
  10. the percentage of germination capable of seeds
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  1. molded plastic containers divided into separate growing compartments used to breed plants
  2. the difference between day and nighttime temperature
  3. hanging baskets that contain plants that are photos size from seeds
  4. a term used to describe procedures, used to blank seeds for a post production
  5. something they grows from a seed
  6. the ability of seeds to germinate under optimal conditions
  7. the process in which soluble salts are washed from a growing medium as water flows through the medium

17 Clues: grout to size • planting of seeds • terms for soil or media • something they grows from a seed • the practice of fertilizing well irrigating • the percentage of germination capable of seeds • the difference between day and nighttime temperature • the ability of seeds to germinate under optimal conditions • small plants grown in a small amount of media in a divided tray • ...

Plant Taxonomy Vocabulary 2022-01-31

Plant Taxonomy Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. subset of organisms with a family that share
  2. separates plants within a phylum
  3. non-flower plant with seeds that develop without an ovary
  4. seed with two cotyledons, net-veined leaves, and flower parts in multiples of four or five
  5. system of grouping live organisms together
  6. Science for naming & classify organisms
  7. scientist focused with understanding ecosystems as a whole
  8. a seed with only on cotyledon in seed, parallel-veined leaves, and floral structures in multiples of three
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  1. two-word naming system, such as that used for plant speicies
  2. taxonomic ranking that separates or identifies plants in a kingdom
  3. physical form and structure of an organism
  4. separates plants in order
  5. flowering plants with their seeds enclosed in front
  6. plant that has been bred or selected for horticultural purposes
  7. form or subclassification of a species that is slightly different but doesn't warrant a new species
  8. first leaf to emerge from a seed
  9. taxonomic ranking that separates or identifies plants in a class. Order is above family in taxonomic ranking

17 Clues: separates plants in order • separates plants within a phylum • first leaf to emerge from a seed • Science for naming & classify organisms • physical form and structure of an organism • system of grouping live organisms together • subset of organisms with a family that share • flowering plants with their seeds enclosed in front • ...

Communities & Ecosystems 2024-09-19

Communities & Ecosystems crossword puzzle
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  1. Rain or snow
  2. A type of ectoparasite
  3. Where organisms live
  4. A rabbit is a primary
  5. Attacks another animal (lion or a bear)
  6. The classification of a inside parasite
  7. Water evaporates back
  8. Alive or living
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  1. When two organisms benefit from each other
  2. Is attacked by a larger animal
  3. Where the anatomy changes: Character...
  4. Where one animal befits and the other is neither
  5. One of the key element in life
  6. What herbivores eat
  7. Plants have this to protect them, secondary
  8. Non living
  9. Fighting for resources
  10. What carnivores eat
  11. What humans are (plants & animals)

19 Clues: Non living • Rain or snow • Alive or living • What herbivores eat • What carnivores eat • Where organisms live • A rabbit is a primary • Water evaporates back • A type of ectoparasite • Fighting for resources • Is attacked by a larger animal • One of the key element in life • What humans are (plants & animals) • Where the anatomy changes: Character... • ...

carbohydrate Terms Crossword puzzle 2018-09-21

carbohydrate Terms Crossword puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. plant materials that can't be digested by human enzymes
  2. complicated chemical arrangements that plants form
  3. sugars with single unit chemical structures
  4. simple carbohydrates made from plants
  5. sugars extract from plants used to sweeten foods
  6. green pigment in pant
  7. carbohydrates with complicated structures
  8. chemical process by which plants make carbohydrates
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  1. two monosaccharides combine
  2. carbohydrates with simple structures
  3. main source of energy
  4. when plants combine single glucose units into more complicated structures

12 Clues: main source of energy • green pigment in pant • two monosaccharides combine • carbohydrates with simple structures • simple carbohydrates made from plants • carbohydrates with complicated structures • sugars with single unit chemical structures • sugars extract from plants used to sweeten foods • complicated chemical arrangements that plants form • ...

Agriculture crossword 2022-09-08

Agriculture crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. Concerned with beauty or the appreciation of beauty.
  2. Crop, Plants that are deliberately grown for the production of fiber for texture.
  3. A fuel that comes from a living matter.
  4. The science or practice of farming
  5. pit or pip of a flowering plant unit to reproduction
  6. a piece of land planted with fruit trees
  7. The cover of an area of the ground.
  8. The science of soil management and crop production
  9. seed crop, A seed or crop like flaxseed grown mainly for oil.
  10. A grain used for food, such as wheat, oats or corn.
  11. an area of land
  12. The Science or practice of planting managing and caring for forest.
  13. a living organism like a flower or herb
  14. The scientific study of plants
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  1. The practice of gardening and management.
  2. A fresh and sweet produce of a tree or other plant.
  3. The cultivation of trees and shrubs.
  4. a produce of a plant like potato, carrot or bean
  5. The action of cultivating land
  6. A leguminous plants (member of the pea family), especially one grown as a crop.
  7. Crops, Edible parts of plants other than separated grain, that provide feed for grazing animals or that can be harvested for feeding.
  8. a place were young plants are grown and raised
  9. Having healing properties of a substance or plant
  10. Investigation or exploration
  11. a nutritious subsistence
  12. A cultivated plant that is grown as food.
  13. Plants considered collectively, especially those found in a area or habitat.
  14. The cultivation of flowers.

28 Clues: an area of land • a nutritious subsistence • The cultivation of flowers. • Investigation or exploration • The action of cultivating land • The scientific study of plants • The science or practice of farming • The cover of an area of the ground. • The cultivation of trees and shrubs. • A fuel that comes from a living matter. • a living organism like a flower or herb • ...

Photosynthesis & Cellular Respiration 2019-04-23

Photosynthesis & Cellular Respiration crossword puzzle
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  1. Some sugars molecules are not used for energy but are bounded together to make
  2. A structure in the cells of plants and some other organisms that captures energy from sunlight and uses it to produce food
  3. Uses cellular respiration to get energy from other organisms
  4. What is the energy plants use to make their own food?
  5. What product do you get when you break an ATP molecule to get energy?
  6. Takes place in the cytoplasm
  7. Disk-shaped structured where clusters of pigments are embedded
  8. A sugar that is the major source of energy for the body
  9. In the green parts of plants, gases are exchanged through it
  10. Respiration without the use of oxygen; lactic acid or alcoholic
  11. The process by which cells break down molecules to release energy without using oxygen
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  1. transport chain ATP made from high-energy electrons and protons and provides energy for ATP production final electron acceptor oxygen
  2. The green pigment that absorbs light energy found in plant organelles called chloroplasts
  3. The process by which plants, algae, and some bacteria use sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water to make food
  4. The loss of water from plant leaves through stomata.
  5. If there is a abundance of sugar, some plants store it as starch or convert it to.
  6. Where are most photosynthetic cells in plants found?
  7. In which organelle does most cellular respiration take place?
  8. Makes own food through photosynthesis
  9. Is very useful because it contains a stored form of energy captured from sunlight

20 Clues: Takes place in the cytoplasm • Makes own food through photosynthesis • The loss of water from plant leaves through stomata. • Where are most photosynthetic cells in plants found? • What is the energy plants use to make their own food? • A sugar that is the major source of energy for the body • Uses cellular respiration to get energy from other organisms • ...

Ecology 2018-10-04

Ecology crossword puzzle
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  1. What combines with carbon to make CO2?
  2. What sphere are clouds in?
  3. True or false: living organisms are abiotic.
  4. What is the name for food chains that mix with other food chains?
  5. What is the system of how living organisms interact with each other and their environment called?
  6. What are plants called in the carbon cycle?
  7. Oceans, plants, animals, and insects are all examples of _________.
  8. A racoon is an example of a ___________.
  9. _______________ are little bacteria in the water that act like land plants and absorb the sun then turn it into nutrients/sugar.
  10. Ecosystem diversity, species diversity and _______ diversity are the three branches of biodiversity.
  11. Forest fires and volcanos are both examples of carbon ______________.
  12. What do the 3 features ecosystem, species, and genetics make up?
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  1. What sphere is soil in?
  2. Insects, fungi, and bacteria are all examples of __________.
  3. What is the name for a species that their ecosystem relies on their existence?
  4. __________ is when plants and animals release co2 back into the atmosphere.
  5. What is at the top of the food chain?
  6. In the carbon story, what was cabbage used as?
  7. Carbon atoms move into trees, plants, the biosphere and into most food webs via this process.
  8. True or false: Binomial taxonomy is the classification of living things.
  9. What is the fist name of binomial taxonomy called? Genus
  10. What do living organisms gain by eating food?
  11. What would an animal that eats both meat and plants be called?
  12. What do we use to type the scientific names for animals?

24 Clues: What sphere is soil in? • What sphere are clouds in? • What is at the top of the food chain? • What combines with carbon to make CO2? • A racoon is an example of a ___________. • What are plants called in the carbon cycle? • True or false: living organisms are abiotic. • What do living organisms gain by eating food? • In the carbon story, what was cabbage used as? • ...

Ecology 2018-10-04

Ecology crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What combines with carbon to make CO2?
  2. What would an animal that eats both meat and plants be called?
  3. What is the name for a species that their ecosystem relies on their existence?
  4. A racoon is an example of a ___________.
  5. _______________ are little bacteria in the water that act like land plants and absorb the sun then turn it into nutrients/sugar.
  6. True or false: Binomial taxonomy is the classification of living things.
  7. Forest fires and volcanos are both examples of carbon ______________.
  8. What is at the top of the food chain?
  9. What is the system of how living organisms interact with each other and their environment called?
  10. What sphere is soil in?
  11. What is the name for food chains that mix with other food chains?
  12. True or false: living organisms are abiotic.
  13. What do we use to type the scientific names for animals?
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  1. What do living organisms gain by eating food?
  2. Ecosystem diversity, species diversity and _______ diversity are the three branches of biodiversity.
  3. What do the 3 features ecosystem, species, and genetics make up?
  4. __________ is when plants and animals release co2 back into the atmosphere.
  5. What is the fist name of binomial taxonomy called? Genus
  6. Carbon atoms move into trees, plants, the biosphere and into most food webs via this process.
  7. What sphere are clouds in?
  8. Insects, fungi, and bacteria are all examples of __________.
  9. Oceans, plants, animals, and insects are all examples of _________.
  10. In the carbon story, what was cabbage used as?
  11. What are plants called in the carbon cycle?

24 Clues: What sphere is soil in? • What sphere are clouds in? • What is at the top of the food chain? • What combines with carbon to make CO2? • A racoon is an example of a ___________. • What are plants called in the carbon cycle? • True or false: living organisms are abiotic. • What do living organisms gain by eating food? • In the carbon story, what was cabbage used as? • ...

Life Science Crossword 2024-05-14

Life Science Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. a living thing
  2. a consumer that eats only plants
  3. The process by which producers (green plants) make their own food by using energy from the Sun
  4. A living thing that obtains (gets) energy by eating other living things
  5. all the surrounding living and non-living things that affect a living thing
  6. An _________ species is an animal or plant in danger of becoming extinct or dying off
  7. an animal that hunts other animals for food
  8. a deep sleep that helps some animals survive the winter
  9. an animal hunted as food by another animal
  10. A living thing that breaks down the remains of dead organisms
  11. behavior or part of a living thing that helps it survive in a certain environment
  12. an area in which living and nonliving things interact
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  1. The path of energy transfer from one living organism to another.
  2. the ability to blend in with the surroundings
  3. a consumer that eats both animals and plants
  4. a consumer that eats only animals
  5. a gas in the air that is needed by green plants to make food
  6. a group of plants and animals that live in a certain area
  7. a gas in the air that is given off by the leaves of green plants
  8. to move to another region as the seasons change
  9. a number of the same kind of organisms that live in the same place
  10. the permanent disappearance of all living things of a certain kind
  11. a group of living things that can produce young by mating with one another

23 Clues: a living thing • a consumer that eats only plants • a consumer that eats only animals • an animal hunted as food by another animal • an animal that hunts other animals for food • a consumer that eats both animals and plants • the ability to blend in with the surroundings • to move to another region as the seasons change • ...

Ecosystems 2024-10-01

Ecosystems crossword puzzle
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  1. An organism’s “job” in the ecosystem. Includes what they eat, where they live and what it does.
  2. for photosynthesis CO2 + H2O + Sunlight → O2 + C6H12O6
  3. A group of organisms of the same species living together in one place at one time.
  4. Are organisms that must eat other organisms (plants or animals) for their food.
  5. The living things in an ecosystem (e.g animals and plants)
  6. Organisms we can see with our naked eyes (e.g. moose)
  7. Organisms that break-down the cells of dead material and recycle nutrients back into the ecosystem
  8. A model that shows how energy is transferred in an ecosystem when one organism eats another organism.
  9. The location (home) where an organism lives.
  10. All the populations of all the living things in one area.
  11. Any living thing (any plant or animal)
  12. A group of very similar organisms that can reproduce (e.g. Blue jay, bullfrog, etc.)
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  1. The process by which green plants make their own food using sunlight, water and carbon dioxide.
  2. Plant-eating consumers
  3. A large naturally occurring community of plants and animals occupying a major habitat (e.g. forest or tundra)
  4. Consumers that eat both plants and animals
  5. Organisms that can make their own food (using sunlight, water, air, and nutrients)
  6. Organisms too small to see with our naked eyes (e.g. bacteria)
  7. meat-eating consumers
  8. Is one organism (e.g. one cow)
  9. Carbon Dioxide + Water + Sunlight → Oxygen + Sugar
  10. Consumers that eat dead plants or dead animals.
  11. The interaction between biotic and abiotic features of an area
  12. The non-living things in an ecosystem (e.g. water, sunlight)

24 Clues: meat-eating consumers • Plant-eating consumers • Is one organism (e.g. one cow) • Any living thing (any plant or animal) • Consumers that eat both plants and animals • The location (home) where an organism lives. • Consumers that eat dead plants or dead animals. • Carbon Dioxide + Water + Sunlight → Oxygen + Sugar • Organisms we can see with our naked eyes (e.g. moose) • ...

8th Grade - Plant Science Review 2024-12-10

8th Grade - Plant Science Review crossword puzzle
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  1. A raw material or primary agricultural product that can be bought and sold
  2. One of three Primary MACRO nutrients needed by plants; promotes vegetative growth
  3. The number 1 agricultural commodity grown in MO
  4. Has one, original leaves (cotyledons) seen during germination
  5. One of three secondary MICRO nutrients; (Ca)
  6. One of three Primary MACRO nutrients needed by plants: promotes root growth
  7. This plant has a white boll and is ranked 10th nationally for production in MO
  8. One of three nutrients obtained from the air by plants (H)
  9. One of the two conditions needed for favorable germination
  10. Site of photosynthesis
  11. Missouri is ranked 4th in this crop production
  12. Responsible for supporting the plant
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  1. Largest particle size of mineral matter in soil
  2. Has two, original leaves (cotyledons) seen during germination
  3. One of three Primary MACRO nutrients needed by plants; Increases disease resistance
  4. One of the two conditions needed for favorable germination
  5. Smallest particle size of mineral matter in soil
  6. She’s got a pistil and uses it to get out of sticky situations
  7. Middle particle size of mineral matter in soil
  8. The first leaves to emerge from a seed
  9. Hard, outside surface; Protects the seed
  10. One of three secondary MICRO nutrients; (S)
  11. One of three nutrients obtained from the air by plants (O)
  12. One of three nutrients obtained from the air by plants (C)
  13. Common greeting amongst friends; Ranked 6th nationally
  14. One of three secondary MICRO nutrients; (Mg)
  15. Anchors the plant & absorbs nutrients
  16. A mixture of mineral matter, organic matter, air and water in soil

28 Clues: Site of photosynthesis • Responsible for supporting the plant • Anchors the plant & absorbs nutrients • The first leaves to emerge from a seed • Hard, outside surface; Protects the seed • One of three secondary MICRO nutrients; (S) • One of three secondary MICRO nutrients; (Ca) • One of three secondary MICRO nutrients; (Mg) • Middle particle size of mineral matter in soil • ...

Arborists' Study Guide Vocab Chapter 2-Tree ID pt. 1 2025-11-20

Arborists' Study Guide Vocab Chapter 2-Tree ID pt. 1 crossword puzzle
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  1. phylum. Taxonomic group below the kingdom level but above the class level
  2. taxonomic group under the order level and above the genus level
  3. plant with two cotyledons in its embryo; netted or palmate leaf veins; and flowers with three, four, or five petals, or petals in multiples of these numbers
  4. cone-bearing tree or other plant that has its seeds in a structure called a cone
  5. primary taxonomic group, separating plants from animals
  6. plant resulting from a cross between two or more other plants that are more or less alike
  7. tree or plant that sheds it leaves
  8. taxonomic group, composed of species having similar fundamental traits. Botanical classification under the family level and above the specific epithet level
  9. pertaining to bud or leaf arrangement, one leaf or bud at each node, situated at alternating positions along the stem. In this arrangement, the leaves are not directly across from each other
  10. term describing a leaf margin without teeth
  11. taxonomic group below the division level but above the order level
  12. tip of the leaf blade
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  1. groups of plants within a species having distinct variations that occur sporadically and naturally
  2. diagnostic aid to help identify plants and other organisms
  3. plants with exposed seeds, usually within cones
  4. leaves of a plant
  5. leaf with two or more leaflets
  6. cultivated variety of a plant. Cannot be reproduced without human assistance. Usually propagated asexually (cloned)
  7. bottom part of a leaf blade
  8. plants with seeds borne in an ovary
  9. outer edge of the leaf blade

21 Clues: leaves of a plant • tip of the leaf blade • bottom part of a leaf blade • outer edge of the leaf blade • leaf with two or more leaflets • tree or plant that sheds it leaves • plants with seeds borne in an ovary • term describing a leaf margin without teeth • plants with exposed seeds, usually within cones • primary taxonomic group, separating plants from animals • ...

Chapter 25 2022-02-15

Chapter 25 crossword puzzle
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  1. vascular tissue that conducts water and nutrients
  2. the region where cells divide throughout a plant’s life span on the root and shoot tips
  3. leaves that produce spores
  4. the structures on gametophytes that produce gametes
  5. in which the haploid stage is dominant; no multicellular diploid stage
  6. the polymer that protects the spores and pollen of plants
  7. a waxy, waterproof covering
  8. the structures on gametophytes that produce egg cells
  9. the gametophyte growth form of the liverworts
  10. small pieces of tissue in liverworts used for asexual reproduction
  11. the n life stage; produces gametes
  12. the structures on the bottom of fern fronds which house sporangia
  13. in which only one type of spore is produced
  14. the structures on gametophytes that produce sperm cells
  15. pores that open and close to regulate the exchange of gases
  16. in which the diploid stage is dominant; no multicellular haploid stage
  17. cells that undergo meiosis to produce spores
  18. the 2n life stage; produces spores
  19. AKA, the nonvascular plants
  20. a bundle of vascular tissue in leaves
  21. a structure in mosses from which gametophores grow
  22. in which there are both multicellular haploid and diploid stages
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  1. the group that includes some of the green algae and the land plants
  2. leaves with multiple veins
  3. the name for land plants; because of the need to protect the embryo
  4. a polymer that strengthens the cell walls of xylem cells
  5. the closest living relatives of the land plants
  6. plants without xylem and phloem
  7. the structures on sporophytes that produce spores
  8. transports food from photosynthesis throughout the plant
  9. plants with xylem and phloem
  10. cone-like structures that produce spores
  11. in which two types of spores are produced
  12. leaves with a single vein
  13. vascular tissue that transports sugars throughout the plant
  14. cells in xylem that conduct the water and nutrients
  15. cells in the phloem that transport the sugars
  16. a young fern frond
  17. conducts water and minerals up to the shoot

39 Clues: a young fern frond • leaves with a single vein • leaves with multiple veins • leaves that produce spores • a waxy, waterproof covering • AKA, the nonvascular plants • plants with xylem and phloem • plants without xylem and phloem • the n life stage; produces gametes • the 2n life stage; produces spores • a bundle of vascular tissue in leaves • ...

Greenhouse Terminology 2017-12-10

Greenhouse Terminology crossword puzzle
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  1. Structure for growing plants that is not heat or minimally heated
  2. Roof slopes in only one direction and are connected along the side posts
  3. Structure for growing plants that have no sides, usually covered with shade cloth to reduce light intensity and provide minimal wind protection
  4. Entirely interior with no real sunlight
  5. Rafters are of uneven length, makes structure adaptable to a hill
  6. Structure for growing plants that is unheated, has a single plastic covering and is usually movable and used to extend growing season
  7. Air steam greenhouses, single layer of plastic held up by large, blowing fans
  8. Greenhouse that stands alone
  9. Greenhouse cover that is cheaper than glass yet costs the same to heat and cool
  10. Greenhouses that are connected together at the eaves
  11. Structure allows for maximum management of environment (temp, light, fertility)
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  1. Allows for open production space because there are no posts
  2. One side of the greenhouse is a solid wall
  3. Distance between gutters is narrow, cheaper to heat and more expensive to cool
  4. Greenhouse cover that is the most expensive and doesn't save money on heating or cooling
  5. Distance between gutters is wide, cheaper to cool and more expensive to heat
  6. 2 or more greenhouses in one location
  7. Structure for growing plants that is covered with transparent material, tall enough to walk in, artificially heated
  8. Structure protects plants from the natural environment (wint,rain)
  9. Framing material that must be painted every 5-7 years
  10. color of light that plants take up
  11. Building associated with the greenhouse that is typically used for storage
  12. Most common framing material because it is strong yet lightweight
  13. Two roof slopes with the same pitch and width
  14. Structure for growing plants that is artificially heated, is not tall enough to walk in

25 Clues: Greenhouse that stands alone • color of light that plants take up • 2 or more greenhouses in one location • Entirely interior with no real sunlight • One side of the greenhouse is a solid wall • Two roof slopes with the same pitch and width • Greenhouses that are connected together at the eaves • Framing material that must be painted every 5-7 years • ...

Plant Physiology Crossword 2023-10-15

Plant Physiology Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. A condition required for aquaporins to be expressed.
  2. Helps with the movement of molecules between cells in plants.
  3. The membrane in which light dependent reaction occurs.
  4. Movement of two molecules in the opposite direction through a protein channel.
  5. A tissue that forms the outer protective layer in plants.
  6. Where the carbon fixation occurs
  7. A type of photosynthesis that separates carbon fixation and carbon assimilation in different cells.
  8. A transport protein that open and close in response to signal.
  9. A cell transport system that requires ATP.
  10. When lacking this macronutrient, plants experience leaf chlorosis in young and mature leaves.
  11. Most abundant macronutrient needed in plants.
  12. An active transport that involves the coupling of a cotransporter.
  13. The first step of the Calvin-Benson cycle.
  14. Molecule required to fix carbon dioxide, besides ATP
  15. Pressure potential of water is generated by this characteristic of cell wall.
  16. An common example of the CAM plant.
  17. Vascular tissue in plants that conducts water and nutrients from the root.
  18. Mutual attraction between molecules
  19. An system in which plants get their nutrient assimilation.
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  1. Root hairs increase their surface area as a means of...
  2. A mechanism by which chlorophyll absorbs light for photosynthesis.
  3. A primary pigment in photosynthesis.
  4. A major constituent of the middle lamella of cell walls.
  5. The state in which absorption of light affects the electrons.
  6. This protein facilitates the movement of water across plasma membrane.
  7. This organelle occupies 95% of the total volume of mature plant cell.
  8. technique used to join parts from two or more plants to grow into a single plant.
  9. A reaction that increases in hot condition when stomata closes, which increases levels of O2
  10. Extracellular space outside of plant cell membranes.
  11. A transport protein that when binded with, causes a conformation change.
  12. An enzyme that catalyzes both carboxylation and oxygenation reactions.

31 Clues: Where the carbon fixation occurs • An common example of the CAM plant. • Mutual attraction between molecules • A primary pigment in photosynthesis. • A cell transport system that requires ATP. • The first step of the Calvin-Benson cycle. • Most abundant macronutrient needed in plants. • A condition required for aquaporins to be expressed. • ...

Plant Physiology Crossword 2023-10-15

Plant Physiology Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A transport protein that when binded with, causes a conformation change.
  2. Mutual attraction between molecules
  3. The first step of the Calvin-Benson cycle.
  4. Extracellular space outside of plant cell membranes.
  5. A condition required for aquaporins to be expressed.
  6. The state in which absorption of light affects the electrons.
  7. Pressure potential of water is generated by this characteristic of cell wall.
  8. Helps with the movement of molecules between cells in plants.
  9. Vascular tissue in plants that conducts water and nutrients from the root.
  10. A transport protein that open and close in response to signal.
  11. This organelle occupies 95% of the total volume of mature plant cell.
  12. When lacking this macronutrient, plants experience leaf chlorosis in young and mature leaves.
  13. Root hairs increase their surface area as a means of...
  14. Where the carbon fixation occurs
  15. An common example of the CAM plant.
  16. An active transport that involves the coupling of a cotransporter.
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  1. A tissue that forms the outer protective layer in plants.
  2. technique used to join parts from two or more plants to grow into a single plant.
  3. Most abundant macronutrient needed in plants.
  4. A major constituent of the middle lamella of cell walls.
  5. A primary pigment in photosynthesis.
  6. An system in which plants get their nutrient assimilation.
  7. Molecule required to fix carbon dioxide, besides ATP
  8. A cell transport system that requires ATP.
  9. An enzyme that catalyzes both carboxylation and oxygenation reactions.
  10. Movement of two molecules in the opposite direction through a protein channel.
  11. This protein facilitates the movement of water across plasma membrane.
  12. A reaction that increases in hot condition when stomata closes, which increases levels of O2
  13. The membrane in which light dependent reaction occurs.
  14. A mechanism by which chlorophyll absorbs light for photosynthesis.
  15. A type of photosynthesis that separates carbon fixation and carbon assimilation in different cells.

31 Clues: Where the carbon fixation occurs • Mutual attraction between molecules • An common example of the CAM plant. • A primary pigment in photosynthesis. • The first step of the Calvin-Benson cycle. • A cell transport system that requires ATP. • Most abundant macronutrient needed in plants. • Molecule required to fix carbon dioxide, besides ATP • ...

Plant Physiology Crossword 2023-10-15

Plant Physiology Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A transport protein that when binded with, causes a conformation change.
  2. Mutual attraction between molecules
  3. The first step of the Calvin-Benson cycle.
  4. Extracellular space outside of plant cell membranes.
  5. A condition required for aquaporins to be expressed.
  6. The state in which absorption of light affects the electrons.
  7. Pressure potential of water is generated by this characteristic of cell wall.
  8. Helps with the movement of molecules between cells in plants.
  9. Vascular tissue in plants that conducts water and nutrients from the root.
  10. A transport protein that open and close in response to signal.
  11. This organelle occupies 95% of the total volume of mature plant cell.
  12. When lacking this macronutrient, plants experience leaf chlorosis in young and mature leaves.
  13. Root hairs increase their surface area as a means of...
  14. Where the carbon fixation occurs
  15. An common example of the CAM plant.
  16. An active transport that involves the coupling of a cotransporter.
Down
  1. A tissue that forms the outer protective layer in plants.
  2. technique used to join parts from two or more plants to grow into a single plant.
  3. Most abundant macronutrient needed in plants.
  4. A major constituent of the middle lamella of cell walls.
  5. A primary pigment in photosynthesis.
  6. An system in which plants get their nutrient assimilation.
  7. Molecule required to fix carbon dioxide, besides ATP
  8. A cell transport system that requires ATP.
  9. An enzyme that catalyzes both carboxylation and oxygenation reactions.
  10. Movement of two molecules in the opposite direction through a protein channel.
  11. This protein facilitates the movement of water across plasma membrane.
  12. A reaction that increases in hot condition when stomata closes, which increases levels of O2
  13. The membrane in which light dependent reaction occurs.
  14. A mechanism by which chlorophyll absorbs light for photosynthesis.
  15. A type of photosynthesis that separates carbon fixation and carbon assimilation in different cells.

31 Clues: Where the carbon fixation occurs • Mutual attraction between molecules • An common example of the CAM plant. • A primary pigment in photosynthesis. • The first step of the Calvin-Benson cycle. • A cell transport system that requires ATP. • Most abundant macronutrient needed in plants. • Molecule required to fix carbon dioxide, besides ATP • ...

Plant Physiology Crossword 2023-10-15

Plant Physiology Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A transport protein that when binded with, causes a conformation change.
  2. Mutual attraction between molecules
  3. The first step of the Calvin-Benson cycle.
  4. Extracellular space outside of plant cell membranes.
  5. A condition required for aquaporins to be expressed.
  6. The state in which absorption of light affects the electrons.
  7. Pressure potential of water is generated by this characteristic of cell wall.
  8. Helps with the movement of molecules between cells in plants.
  9. Vascular tissue in plants that conducts water and nutrients from the root.
  10. A transport protein that open and close in response to signal.
  11. This organelle occupies 95% of the total volume of mature plant cell.
  12. When lacking this macronutrient, plants experience leaf chlorosis in young and mature leaves.
  13. Root hairs increase their surface area as a means of...
  14. Where the carbon fixation occurs
  15. An common example of the CAM plant.
  16. An active transport that involves the coupling of a cotransporter.
Down
  1. A tissue that forms the outer protective layer in plants.
  2. technique used to join parts from two or more plants to grow into a single plant.
  3. Most abundant macronutrient needed in plants.
  4. A major constituent of the middle lamella of cell walls.
  5. A primary pigment in photosynthesis.
  6. An system in which plants get their nutrient assimilation.
  7. Molecule required to fix carbon dioxide, besides ATP
  8. A cell transport system that requires ATP.
  9. An enzyme that catalyzes both carboxylation and oxygenation reactions.
  10. Movement of two molecules in the opposite direction through a protein channel.
  11. This protein facilitates the movement of water across plasma membrane.
  12. A reaction that increases in hot condition when stomata closes, which increases levels of O2
  13. The membrane in which light dependent reaction occurs.
  14. A mechanism by which chlorophyll absorbs light for photosynthesis.
  15. A type of photosynthesis that separates carbon fixation and carbon assimilation in different cells.

31 Clues: Where the carbon fixation occurs • Mutual attraction between molecules • An common example of the CAM plant. • A primary pigment in photosynthesis. • The first step of the Calvin-Benson cycle. • A cell transport system that requires ATP. • Most abundant macronutrient needed in plants. • Molecule required to fix carbon dioxide, besides ATP • ...

Plant Physiology Crossword 2023-10-15

Plant Physiology Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The membrane in which light dependent reaction occurs.
  2. The state in which absorption of light affects the electrons.
  3. Helps with the movement of molecules between cells in plants.
  4. An system in which plants get their nutrient assimilation.
  5. A major constituent of the middle lamella of cell walls.
  6. An common example of the CAM plant.
  7. Extracellular space outside of plant cell membranes.
  8. A transport protein that when binded with, causes a conformation change.
  9. This protein facilitates the movement of water across plasma membrane.
  10. An enzyme that catalyzes both carboxylation and oxygenation reactions.
  11. Most abundant macronutrient needed in plants.
  12. Pressure potential of water is generated by this characteristic of cell wall.
  13. A transport protein that open and close in response to signal.
  14. Where the carbon fixation occurs
  15. The first step of the Calvin-Benson cycle.
Down
  1. A mechanism by which chlorophyll absorbs light for photosynthesis.
  2. Movement of two molecules in the opposite direction through a protein channel.
  3. This organelle occupies 95% of the total volume of mature plant cell.
  4. A reaction that increases in hot condition when stomata closes, which increases levels of O2
  5. Vascular tissue in plants that conducts water and nutrients from the root.
  6. When lacking this macronutrient, plants experience leaf chlorosis in young and mature leaves.
  7. A type of photosynthesis that separates carbon fixation and carbon assimilation in different cells.
  8. A cell transport system that requires ATP.
  9. A condition required for aquaporins to be expressed.
  10. Root hairs increase their surface area as a means of...
  11. An active transport that involves the coupling of a cotransporter.
  12. technique used to join parts from two or more plants to grow into a single plant.
  13. A primary pigment in photosynthesis.
  14. A tissue that forms the outer protective layer in plants.
  15. Mutual attraction between molecules

30 Clues: Where the carbon fixation occurs • An common example of the CAM plant. • Mutual attraction between molecules • A primary pigment in photosynthesis. • A cell transport system that requires ATP. • The first step of the Calvin-Benson cycle. • Most abundant macronutrient needed in plants. • Extracellular space outside of plant cell membranes. • ...

Plants and Animals Crossword Puzzle 2024-02-04

Plants and Animals Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. Plants take in carbon dioxide, water, and ______ to produce food
  2. Vascular plants have vascular tissue, true roots, and ___ on their leaves.
  3. plants, low growing, lack vascular tissue for transporting materials.
  4. Plants use ______ to make their food.
  5. Have stinging cells and take food into central body cavity.
  6. The ability to move around, also separates plants and animals.
  7. Are simple animals but have a brain and digestive system.
  8. There are three main parts to a land plant: leaves, stem or branch, and:
  9. are animals with a backbone.
  10. Specialized structures, called ______, are located on each leaf.
  11. Chloroplasts contain a green pigment called _____ that absorbs sunlight, the energy that drives photosynthesis.
  12. The provides support and stores food for the plant.
  13. A group of similar cells that perform a specific function are called:
  14. Have one or two hard shells to protect internal organs.
Down
  1. Animals without a backbone are classified as:
  2. The roots of trees have three major functions: absorb water and nutrients from the ground, anchor the plant to the ground, and store food and
  3. Plants with true vascular tissues are:
  4. All living things need water and food for:
  5. is a vertebrate whose body temperature is regulated by its internal heat, and has skin covered with hair or fur and glands that produce milk to feed its young.
  6. A leaf has two functions: to capture the light energy and _____ exchange
  7. Animals have _______ body structures that break down food they consume.
  8. Each ______ is a small opening on the underside of a leaf.
  9. Most organisms have a balance of body parts called:
  10. Have jointed appendages and shed their exoskeleton as they grow.
  11. Are made of specialized cells, adults are attached, and they take food into their bodies to ger energy.
  12. is a body structure composed of different kinds of tissues that work together.
  13. Have a system of tubes to move and obtain food and oxygen.
  14. All land plants are:

28 Clues: All land plants are: • are animals with a backbone. • Plants use ______ to make their food. • Plants with true vascular tissues are: • All living things need water and food for: • Animals without a backbone are classified as: • Most organisms have a balance of body parts called: • The provides support and stores food for the plant. • ...

Environmental Bio 2022-05-11

Environmental Bio crossword puzzle
Across
  1. area of land that drains water into a specific body of water
  2. the waste water from domestic, commercial, and industrial sources carried by sewers
  3. wetland of soft, spongy ground
  4. inhabiting or situated in rapidly moving fresh water
  5. soil of poor quality that lacks the substance and nutrients plants need
  6. the open water area where light will not penetrate all the way to the bottom
  7. the part of a sea, lake, or river that is close to the shore, with sunlight present at the sediment level
  8. substance used to destroy insects or other organisms harmful to cultivated plants or animals
  9. chemical used on plants to destroy fungus
  10. type of peat-accumulating wetland fed by mineral rich ground or surface water
  11. a substance that is toxic to plants, used to destroy unwanted vegetation
  12. a chemical or substance which harms water, air, or land quality
  13. the science of raising plants or animals for food, clothing, or other products
  14. wetland that is forested and found near lakes and rivers with slow waters and woody plants
  15. areas where water covers/saturates the soil, either permanently or seasonally
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  1. the supply of water to land or crops that helps growth
  2. the cultivation of a singular crop in a given area
  3. an animal lacking a backbone that is large enough to be seen without a microscope
  4. inhabiting or situated in still fresh water
  5. mainly of partially decayed plant matter
  6. preparing and cultivating land for crops
  7. the deep zone of an inland body of freestanding water, below the range of light penetration
  8. the part of the water cycle in which the water flows over the land as surface water
  9. region at the lowest level of a body of water
  10. loosening and turning soil
  11. wetland ecosystem near lakes and rivers with softer, non woody plants

26 Clues: loosening and turning soil • wetland of soft, spongy ground • mainly of partially decayed plant matter • preparing and cultivating land for crops • chemical used on plants to destroy fungus • inhabiting or situated in still fresh water • region at the lowest level of a body of water • the cultivation of a singular crop in a given area • ...

Unit 4 Vocabulary 2022-05-11

Unit 4 Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. area of land that drains water into a specific body of water
  2. the waste water from domestic, commercial, and industrial sources carried by sewers
  3. wetland of soft, spongy ground
  4. inhabiting or situated in rapidly moving fresh water
  5. soil of poor quality that lacks the substance and nutrients plants need
  6. the open water area where light will not penetrate all the way to the bottom
  7. the part of a sea, lake, or river that is close to the shore, with sunlight present at the sediment level
  8. substance used to destroy insects or other organisms harmful to cultivated plants or animals
  9. chemical used on plants to destroy fungus
  10. type of peat-accumulating wetland fed by mineral rich ground or surface water
  11. a substance that is toxic to plants, used to destroy unwanted vegetation
  12. a chemical or substance which harms water, air, or land quality
  13. the science of raising plants or animals for food, clothing, or other products
  14. wetland that is forested and found near lakes and rivers with slow waters and woody plants
  15. areas where water covers/saturates the soil, either permanently or seasonally
Down
  1. the supply of water to land or crops that helps growth
  2. the cultivation of a singular crop in a given area
  3. an animal lacking a backbone that is large enough to be seen without a microscope
  4. inhabiting or situated in still fresh water
  5. mainly of partially decayed plant matter
  6. preparing and cultivating land for crops
  7. the deep zone of an inland body of freestanding water, below the range of light penetration
  8. the part of the water cycle in which the water flows over the land as surface water
  9. region at the lowest level of a body of water
  10. loosening and turning soil
  11. wetland ecosystem near lakes and rivers with softer, non woody plants

26 Clues: loosening and turning soil • wetland of soft, spongy ground • mainly of partially decayed plant matter • preparing and cultivating land for crops • chemical used on plants to destroy fungus • inhabiting or situated in still fresh water • region at the lowest level of a body of water • the cultivation of a singular crop in a given area • ...

Plants and Plant Reproduction: Flowers and Pollination 2025-02-18

Plants and Plant Reproduction: Flowers and Pollination crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Insect known as an excellent pollinator.
  2. Something used to carry the seeds of flowering plants. Fruit can be fleshy or dry.
  3. A male reproductive organ in plants that supports the anther.
  4. Female reproductive organ in which egg cells are produced.
  5. The transfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma.
  6. White or coloured section of a flower.
  7. The set of male reproductive organs in plants (anther and filament).
  8. poll-in-ay-shun When pollen is transferred from one plant to a different plant of the same species.
  9. The set of female reproductive organs in plants (ovary, style and stigma).
  10. When pollen is transferred from a flower on a plant to a stigma in the same flower or to another flower on the same plant.
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  1. Fusing of a male gamete with a female gamete.
  2. A part of a flower that produces a sweet nectar, on which some animals like to feed.
  3. A pollen ______ is a tunnel made for the male gamete to reach the ovule.
  4. A leaf-like structure that protects a flower bud.
  5. Part of the female reproductive organs in a plant. It is where pollen lands.
  6. Contains an egg cell in plants. An ovary contains ovules.
  7. em-bree-O The tiny new life that grows by cell division from a fertilised egg cell.
  8. The container for the male gamete in plants.
  9. Moving air that can carry pollen grains from plant to plant.
  10. Cell ________ is the splitting of a cell to form two identical cells.
  11. Part of the female reproductive organs in a plant that connects thestigma to the ovary.
  12. There is competition between organisms that need the same things as each other. We say that they compete for those things.
  13. A male reproductive organ in plants that produces pollen grains.

23 Clues: White or coloured section of a flower. • Insect known as an excellent pollinator. • The container for the male gamete in plants. • Fusing of a male gamete with a female gamete. • A leaf-like structure that protects a flower bud. • The transfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma. • Contains an egg cell in plants. An ovary contains ovules. • ...

Growth and Reproduction of Plants 2025-01-06

Growth and Reproduction of Plants crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The transfer of pollen to the female reproductive structure of a plant.
  2. Where stems that grow below the soil and produce new plants.
  3. The initial growth of a plant from a seed, forming roots and shoots.
  4. Single-celled reproductive units used by seedless plants to reproduce.
  5. The female reproductive structure of a flower.
  6. Tiny structures that contain the sperm cells of a plant.
  7. A type of reproduction involving the combination of sperm and egg to create genetically diverse offspring.
  8. A part of an organism that serves a specific function, such as a leaf, stem, or flower.
  9. Structures in plants that anchor them to the soil and absorb water and nutrients.
  10. Reproductive structures of flowerless seed plants.
  11. Substances that plants absorb from the soil to help them grow.
  12. Characteristics like flower color and height that are passed from parent to offspring.
  13. A method of seed dispersal that carries small, lightweight seeds like dandelions.
  14. A small, hard particle or seed-like structure.
  15. The male reproductive structure of a flower.
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  1. A plant's response to gravity.
  2. A plant's response to touch.
  3. A method of seed dispersal that carries seeds with waterproof structures like coconuts.
  4. The process in which sperm from the pollen grain combines with the egg in the ovule to form a seed.
  5. Organisms that help disperse seeds by eating fruits and excreting seeds or carrying them in their fur.
  6. A type of reproduction where a single parent produces offspring that are genetically identical to the parent.
  7. Horizontal stems that grow above ground and produce new plants at their nodes.
  8. Structures that contain a young plant and stored food, capable of developing into a new plant.
  9. Reproductive structures of flowering plants that contain male and female parts.
  10. The movement of nutrients, water, and food within a plant.
  11. Growth toward or away from light.
  12. To need something for survival or growth.
  13. To live in or occupy a particular environment.

28 Clues: A plant's response to touch. • A plant's response to gravity. • Growth toward or away from light. • To need something for survival or growth. • The male reproductive structure of a flower. • The female reproductive structure of a flower. • To live in or occupy a particular environment. • A small, hard particle or seed-like structure. • ...

Weed Control Chp 1 & 2 2026-01-15

Weed Control Chp 1 & 2 crossword puzzle
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  1. Green plants may require _____ burnings
  2. Below ground stems that are utilized for reproduction are referred to as ____
  3. The chemical product that causes leaves to drop from plants is called ___________
  4. Plants originally brought in for decoration that have now become out of control and spread farther than originally intended are regarded as ______ plants
  5. In their first year Biennial plants form ______ at their basal leaves
  6. Biological control may utilize insect _______ agents that are very specific to their host weed species
  7. Blackberries and Knotweed are both _____ plants, with net-like veins.
  8. ____ is a substance added to pesticide formulations to increase safety or the effectiveness of the pesticide
  9. Intentionally choosing crops that are native and adapted to the environment to out compete invasives is an example of ________ control
  10. Grasses are ________ meaning that they have one seed leaf
  11. _____ perennials spread primarily by seed and can report from crown buds on the Taproot
Down
  1. Sedges, unlike grasses, have _______ shaped stems
  2. The most effective way to keep an invasive weed out of an area is ________
  3. Burning and hand pulling are two examples of ________ control
  4. Summer annuals germinate in the _________
  5. True or False - In the state of Washington Fertilizers are considered to be a pesticide
  6. The chemical product utilized to target a species by creating moisture loss within the plants tissues is called _______
  7. True or False - The most common way for a weed species to invade an urban environment is through movement of contaminated equipment/soils/and mulch
  8. Introducing a species to target a invasive weed is an example of _______ control
  9. Grasses and Sedges have these kind of leaf veins which suffers from other plant types
  10. True or False - Some seeds will survive being crushed, digested AND being pooped out of an animal
  11. Substances that alter the development of a plant are regarded as Growth __________
  12. Winter annuals germinate in the _______
  13. Above ground stems utilized for reproduction are referred to as _________
  14. What does the M in IWM stand for?
  15. ________ perennials reproduce by aboveground stems or below ground stems

26 Clues: What does the M in IWM stand for? • Green plants may require _____ burnings • Winter annuals germinate in the _______ • Summer annuals germinate in the _________ • Sedges, unlike grasses, have _______ shaped stems • Grasses are ________ meaning that they have one seed leaf • Burning and hand pulling are two examples of ________ control • ...

Ecology 2014-05-20

Ecology crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A person or thing that only eats plants
  2. Web/A system of joining and interdependent food chains
  3. branch of biology dealing with the relations
  4. ecological relation
  5. organism, usually an animal, that feeds on plants or other animals
  6. amount of living matter in a given habitat
  7. and animals
  8. with their environment.
  9. Characterized by the lack of life or living organisms.
  10. Pyramid/Graphical model of energy flow in an ecosystem
  11. reasons surrounding and moving particular organism at any time
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  1. /Producers are organisms that can make their own energy through
  2. The position or function of an organism in an ecosystem of
  3. system formed by the interaction of an ecosystem of
  4. The air, water, minerals, organisms, and all other
  5. person or animal that eats meat
  6. person or animal that eats both meat and plants
  7. processes
  8. relating to, or resulting from living things, especially in
  9. Chain/the series of processes by which food is grown or produced

20 Clues: processes • and animals • ecological relation • with their environment. • person or animal that eats meat • A person or thing that only eats plants • amount of living matter in a given habitat • branch of biology dealing with the relations • person or animal that eats both meat and plants • The air, water, minerals, organisms, and all other • ...

7_4 FF 2023-03-13

7_4 FF crossword puzzle
Across
  1. an insect that damages plants
  2. meat from pigs
  3. soil that can be used for farming
  4. more or less the same as harvest
  5. = cattle
  6. rehevöityminen
  7. if it doesn't rain enough, the farmer has to his ___ system to water the plants
  8. a plant that grows in your garden that you want to get rid of
  9. hay or straw; given to e.g. horses and cows to eat
  10. opposite of urban
  11. before planting seeds you usually have to do this; to turn over the soil
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  1. vuoroviljely (4_8 characters)
  2. meat from e.g. chickens
  3. solid waste from animals, e.g. horses, that is used to help plants grow
  4. often a chemical substance that helps the plants to grow
  5. lisäaine
  6. more or less the same as pesticide
  7. when we throw excess food out (4_7 characters)
  8. someone who sells something but not in a store

19 Clues: lisäaine • = cattle • meat from pigs • rehevöityminen • opposite of urban • meat from e.g. chickens • vuoroviljely (4_8 characters) • an insect that damages plants • more or less the same as harvest • soil that can be used for farming • more or less the same as pesticide • when we throw excess food out (4_7 characters) • someone who sells something but not in a store • ...

Photosynthesis/ Cellular Respiration 2023-03-13

Photosynthesis/ Cellular Respiration crossword puzzle
Across
  1. primary consumers only eat _________
  2. _______ are organisms that can produce their own food
  3. cellular respiration happens in the _____
  4. energy is never created nor ______
  5. where photosynthesis occurs in plants
  6. break down dead organisms and recycle nutrients
  7. means to breath
  8. In cellular respiration glucose is converted to _______
  9. as energy moves between living things, some energy is lost in the form of _____
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  1. the _______ of photosynthesis are the same as the reactants of cellular respiration
  2. a reaction that releases heat
  3. sugar molecule is also known as _______
  4. the _______ of photosynthesis are CO2 and H2O
  5. plants use the C from CO2 to form organic compounds called ______
  6. All consumers are _____ because they get their energy by eating other things
  7. ________ eat only plants
  8. organisms that consume both producers and other consumers
  9. the amount of energy in an energy pyramid _______ is you go up
  10. green pigment used by plants to capture light

19 Clues: means to breath • ________ eat only plants • a reaction that releases heat • energy is never created nor ______ • primary consumers only eat _________ • where photosynthesis occurs in plants • sugar molecule is also known as _______ • cellular respiration happens in the _____ • the _______ of photosynthesis are CO2 and H2O • green pigment used by plants to capture light • ...

Crossword Puzzle- Basic Science 2024-05-28

Crossword Puzzle- Basic Science crossword puzzle
Across
  1. FEET Example of structural adaptation in birds
  2. The place where an organism lives
  3. The surrounding of an organism
  4. Behavioral adaptation where growth stops temporarily
  5. Fur color that provides protection against predators
  6. Plant that stores water in its stems or leaves
  7. Behavioral adaptation for long-term sleep
  8. Determines what food a bird can eat
  9. Behavioral adaptation for seasonal movement
  10. Secretion used by some organisms as a defense mechanism
  11. Plants that climb to reach sunlight
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  1. PLANT Carnivorous plant that traps insects
  2. Plants that grow on other plants to reach sunlight
  3. Roots that help plants stand in shallow soil
  4. STUDY Observing organisms in their natural habitats
  5. Physiological adaptation for defense or hunting
  6. Type of seeds produced by lilies and mangroves
  7. Change in a species over time
  8. Characters that enable an organism to survive in its habitat

19 Clues: Change in a species over time • The surrounding of an organism • The place where an organism lives • Determines what food a bird can eat • Plants that climb to reach sunlight • Behavioral adaptation for long-term sleep • PLANT Carnivorous plant that traps insects • Behavioral adaptation for seasonal movement • Roots that help plants stand in shallow soil • ...

PLANTS 2018-04-22

PLANTS crossword puzzle
Across
  1. artificially watered
  2. Seeds with only one cotyledon
  3. Chemicals used for destroying pests
  4. Outer covering of a seed
Down
  1. The development of a seed into plant
  2. Seeds with two cotyledons

6 Clues: artificially watered • Outer covering of a seed • Seeds with two cotyledons • Seeds with only one cotyledon • Chemicals used for destroying pests • The development of a seed into plant

Plants 2018-04-23

Plants crossword puzzle
Across
  1. GRAINS USED FOR FOOD SUCH AS WHEAT OATS OR CORN
  2. CHEMICALS USED FOR DESTROYING HARMFUL INSECTS
  3. SEEDS WITH ONE SEED LEAF
Down
  1. DEVELOPMENT OF A SEED INTO A SEEDLING
  2. THE PROCESS OF SCATTERING OF SEEDS THROUGH AGENTS OF NATURE
  3. CROPS GROWN FROM NOVEMBER TO APRIL

6 Clues: SEEDS WITH ONE SEED LEAF • CROPS GROWN FROM NOVEMBER TO APRIL • DEVELOPMENT OF A SEED INTO A SEEDLING • CHEMICALS USED FOR DESTROYING HARMFUL INSECTS • GRAINS USED FOR FOOD SUCH AS WHEAT OATS OR CORN • THE PROCESS OF SCATTERING OF SEEDS THROUGH AGENTS OF NATURE

Plants 2018-04-23

Plants crossword puzzle
Across
  1. CROPS GROWN FROM NOVEMBER TO APRIL
  2. THE PROCESS OF SCATTERING OF SEEDS THROUGH AGENTS OF NATURE
  3. CHEMICALS USED FOR DESTROYING HARMFUL INSECTS
  4. SEEDS WITH ONE SEED LEAF
Down
  1. GRAINS USED FOR FOOD SUCH AS WHEAT OATS OR CORN
  2. DEVELOPMENT OF A SEED INTO A SEEDLING

6 Clues: SEEDS WITH ONE SEED LEAF • CROPS GROWN FROM NOVEMBER TO APRIL • DEVELOPMENT OF A SEED INTO A SEEDLING • CHEMICALS USED FOR DESTROYING HARMFUL INSECTS • GRAINS USED FOR FOOD SUCH AS WHEAT OATS OR CORN • THE PROCESS OF SCATTERING OF SEEDS THROUGH AGENTS OF NATURE

Plants 2022-02-28

Plants crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Things that pollinate the plant
  2. Male part of flower
Down
  1. Plants need this to grow
  2. Anchors the plant to the ground
  3. Female part of flower
  4. Holds the plant up

6 Clues: Holds the plant up • Male part of flower • Female part of flower • Plants need this to grow • Anchors the plant to the ground • Things that pollinate the plant

Plants 2022-02-09

Plants crossword puzzle
Across
  1. we use this to brush our teeth
  2. we play tug of war with this
  3. we cook with this
Down
  1. we wash our hands with this
  2. a sour yellow fruit
  3. girls wear this to smell nice

6 Clues: we cook with this • a sour yellow fruit • we wash our hands with this • we play tug of war with this • girls wear this to smell nice • we use this to brush our teeth

Plants. 2014-07-10

Plants. crossword puzzle
Across
  1. This is the action of water taken in being moved around other parts of the plant.
  2. Plants take in water through this part of the plant.
Down
  1. salts Besides water, this is also taken in by the roots.
  2. Plants need air, sunlight and this to stay alive.
  3. Plants would gradually turn out this way if they do not have the essentials to stay alive.
  4. Made up of different parts that are working together to form a function.

6 Clues: Plants need air, sunlight and this to stay alive. • Plants take in water through this part of the plant. • salts Besides water, this is also taken in by the roots. • Made up of different parts that are working together to form a function. • This is the action of water taken in being moved around other parts of the plant. • ...

plants 2016-04-19

plants crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the parasitic plant get thier own food
  2. the cell of green leaves and young stem of plant contains numerous green structure
  3. contains cetain bacteria in soil
Down
  1. living organsms that cannot make thier own food and dependent on other living oraganism
  2. living organisms that can make thier own food and don't dependent on other living organism
  3. leaves breathe through tiny pores

6 Clues: contains cetain bacteria in soil • leaves breathe through tiny pores • the parasitic plant get thier own food • the cell of green leaves and young stem of plant contains numerous green structure • living organsms that cannot make thier own food and dependent on other living oraganism • ...

Plants 2016-04-20

Plants crossword puzzle
Across
  1. dispersed by animals
  2. stores food for the baby plant
  3. Seeds with a single seed leaf
Down
  1. process of growing a seed into a seedling
  2. kharif crop
  3. Protects the seed

6 Clues: kharif crop • Protects the seed • dispersed by animals • Seeds with a single seed leaf • stores food for the baby plant • process of growing a seed into a seedling