plants Crossword Puzzles
gymnosperms 2013-07-31
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- common family name of ramified gymnosperms
- common name of gymnosperms with pinnate leaves
- protective layer outside the ovule
- Latin for a leaf
- narrow water conducting cells with solid terminal walls
- common name for the Podocarpaceae, _ _ _ _ pines
- subtends the ovuliferous scale of conifers gymnosperms
- largest family of cycads in Australia
- distinguishing character of Cycadaceae leaflet
- modified leaves in male cones that bear the pollen sacs
- specialized roots housing cyanobacteria in cycads
- developing within a spore wall i.e. pollen and ovules
- suffix designating a family in plants
- wood of cycads
- nutritive tissue in the ovule, from the sporophyte
- product of the generative cell in pollen grains
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- uncurling young leaves of cycads
- recently discovered araucaria from NSW
- develops by consuming the nucleus tissue
- Latin prefix for large
- male and female cones separate but borne on one tree
- develops by consuming the megagametophyte
- fertilization using pollen tubes
- Latin prefix for small
- suffix referring to secondary wood of conifers
- seed bearing modified leaves of cycads
- gymnosperm family with circinate vernation
- compound leaves of cycads
- contains the male gametophyte of seed plants
- separate male and female plants e.g. in cycads and
- unlike cycads the leaves of conifers are _ _ _ _ _ _
- organ equivalent to the megasporangium of spore plants
- reproductive structure absent in female Cycadaceae
33 Clues: wood of cycads • Latin for a leaf • Latin prefix for large • Latin prefix for small • compound leaves of cycads • uncurling young leaves of cycads • fertilization using pollen tubes • protective layer outside the ovule • largest family of cycads in Australia • suffix designating a family in plants • recently discovered araucaria from NSW • seed bearing modified leaves of cycads • ...
Crossword Puzzle - Brady Voss 2015-03-09
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- An extremely cold, dry biome.
- An organism that makes its own food.
- Consumers that only eat plants.
- A tree that produces its seeds in cones and that has needle-shaped leaves.
- A leafy roof formed by tall trees in a forest.
- A layer of shorter plants that grow in the shade of a forest canopy.
- A tree that sheds its leaves and grows new ones each year.
- An area populated by grasses and other nonwoody plants. Get 25 to 75 centimeters of rain each year.
- Consists of the many overlapping food chains in an ecosystem.
- Consumers that eat both plants and animals.
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- An area that receives less than 25 centimeters of precipitation a year.
- Consumers that eat only animals.
- A series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy.
- Shows the amount of energy that moves from one feeding level to another in a food web.
- An organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms.
- Break down wastes and dead organisms and return the raw materials to the ecosystem.
- A carnivore that feeds on the bodies of dead organisms.
- Soil that is frozen all year.
- A group of land ecosystems with similar climates and organisms.
- A grassland close to the equator that receives as much as 120 centimeters of rain per year.
20 Clues: An extremely cold, dry biome. • Soil that is frozen all year. • Consumers that only eat plants. • Consumers that eat only animals. • An organism that makes its own food. • Consumers that eat both plants and animals. • A leafy roof formed by tall trees in a forest. • A carnivore that feeds on the bodies of dead organisms. • ...
Ecosystems and Biogeochemicals 2024-02-15
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- the process by which water vapor turns to liquid
- an organism that makes its own food
- the process in which bacteria make food with chemical energy.
- an organism that can produce its own food using light, water, carbon dioxide, or other chemicals.
- levels The position an organism fills in a food chain
- made up of the interaction of all living organisms
- the movement of digested food molecules into the cells of the body where they are used.
- a process where liquids change to a gas or vapor.
- the process by which water is pulled from the roots of the plant through the stems and leaves and released through microscopic holes in the leaves called stomata.
- an organism that obtains energy by the oxidation of electron donors in their environments.
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- organisms that carry out photosynthesis
- nonliving
- the process in which green plants use sunlight to make their own food.
- the act or process of ammoniating
- an organism that feeds on and breaks down dead plants or animal matter
- organisms that feeds on plants or other animals for energy.
- The liquid and solid water particles that fall from clouds and reach the ground
- living things within an ecosystem
- an organism that eats other plants or animals for energy and nutrients.
- exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide
20 Clues: nonliving • the act or process of ammoniating • living things within an ecosystem • an organism that makes its own food • exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide • organisms that carry out photosynthesis • the process by which water vapor turns to liquid • a process where liquids change to a gas or vapor. • made up of the interaction of all living organisms • ...
Unit 3: Matter to Organisms Vocab 2025-01-02
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- a process in which the Sun heats liquid water and changes it into a gas.
- an animal that only eats other animals.
- an animal that eats another animal.
- an organism that gets its energy by feeding on decaying organisms and wastes.
- Earth’s liquid water and ice, water in soil and rock, and water vapor in the air.
- an animal that eats only plants and plant products.
- non-living or related to non-living things
- the clearing of trees and forests for non-forest use.
- an animal that eats plants and other animals.
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- a process in plants that uses sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide to make food.
- Cycle the process in which water is recycled over and over again through the hydrosphere.
- an organism that can make its own food and provides food for other organisms.
- any form of water that falls from the sky.
- Web all the paths that energy can take through an ecosystem.
- a process in which water vapor cools and turns into drops of water.
- an animal that is eaten by another animal.
- Chain the path of energy through an ecosystem.
- a series of events that repeats.
- Cycle a natural cycle in which nitrogen in the air is used by plants and animals and is then released into the air again.
- living or related to living things
- an organism that gets energy from eating other organisms.
21 Clues: a series of events that repeats. • living or related to living things • an animal that eats another animal. • an animal that only eats other animals. • any form of water that falls from the sky. • an animal that is eaten by another animal. • non-living or related to non-living things • an animal that eats plants and other animals. • ...
pathogens and their transmission methods 2024-06-14
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- a possible way for plants to get a pathogen
- a non-living organism that invades host cells and uses them to make copies of them
- a virus that damages the leaves and lowers of tobacco plants
- affects potatoes, tomatoes and aubergines. causes a black ring around the vascular bundle.
- a protist that penetrates the host cells and destroys the leaves and fruit
- eukaryote organism that need a vector to move
- damages and destroys lung tissue, spread by a bacteria
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- Any organism that can spread a disease.
- affects bananas and destroys the leaves, turning the leaves black. caused by a fungus
- when the host cell bursts virus particles go out of the cell
- a eukaryote multicellular organism that feed off live plants or animals
- pathogen enters healthy organism indirectly from the infected organism
- a common virus that targets t helper cells
- pathogen enters the body of a healthy organism straight from the infected organism
- a single-celled organisms multiplying or releasing toxins
- one of the main reasons both plants and animals catch diseases indirectly
- inanimate object where pathogens can stay until picked up by an organism
- a form if ring worm that causes scaling and cracking between toes. caused by a fungus
- released by bacteria and they break down host cell's plasms membrane or inactivate the enzymes
- spread by mosquitoes(they cat as a vector)a protocistia
20 Clues: Any organism that can spread a disease. • a common virus that targets t helper cells • a possible way for plants to get a pathogen • eukaryote organism that need a vector to move • damages and destroys lung tissue, spread by a bacteria • spread by mosquitoes(they cat as a vector)a protocistia • a single-celled organisms multiplying or releasing toxins • ...
Photosynthesis vocab 2025-02-05
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- Carries the food around the plant to various areas
- The part of a plant cell that takes in sunlight for the plant
- Located on a leaf of a plant and it takes in carbon dioxide
- The name for H2O
- The pigment that is responsible for plants green color
- The tubes in a plant that carries water and minerals
- This is also known as the powerhouse of the cell
- An organism that eats others to get its energy
- Used to represent an uncharged battery
- The part of a plant that collects minerals and water from the soil
- ________ provides plants with light energy for photosynthesis
- The process of a plant making its food
- The energy plants use to start photosynthesis
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- one of the products of phototsynthesis (sugar)
- The food of the plant that is carried through the phloem
- The process that makes ATP
- Energy we get from food
- Organisms that can use light energy and convert it into chemical energy
- The gas that is released from a stomata
- The thing that holds stomatas on it
- Made up of water and minerals
- Dioxide The gas plants take in for photosynthesis
- Used to represent a charged battery for a plant
- The process when air becomes clean
- Extra clumps of sugar stored away in the plant for winter
25 Clues: The name for H2O • Energy we get from food • The process that makes ATP • Made up of water and minerals • The process when air becomes clean • The thing that holds stomatas on it • Used to represent an uncharged battery • The process of a plant making its food • The gas that is released from a stomata • The energy plants use to start photosynthesis • ...
Cell Processes 2025-10-08
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- – The phase when new nuclei form around chromosomes.
- – The phase of mitosis when chromosomes line up in the middle.
- cell – The result of mitosis; two identical new cells.
- – The cell part that controls all activities; the “brain” of the cell.
- – The green organelle where photosynthesis happens.
- – The small cell structure that helps organize spindle fibers.
- dioxide – The gas plants take in during photosynthesis.
- – The process that releases energy from food using oxygen.
- – A section of DNA that codes for a trait.
- – The gas animals need for respiration.
- – The first stage of mitosis when chromosomes become visible.
- – The form of energy from the sun used by plants.
- – The process where molecules move from high to low concentration.
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- – The point where sister chromatids are joined.
- – The process plants use to make food using sunlight.
- – The process that moves water through a membrane.
- – The splitting of the cytoplasm during cell division.
- – A reactant needed by plants during photosynthesis.
- – The phase of mitosis when sister chromatids move apart.
- – The process of dividing a cell’s nucleus.
- – The basic unit of all living things.
- – The powerhouse of the cell that makes energy.
- – The stage of the cell cycle when DNA is copied.
- – The structure that holds genetic information.
- – The sugar produced in photosynthesis.
- – The molecule that carries genetic information.
26 Clues: – The basic unit of all living things. • – The gas animals need for respiration. • – The sugar produced in photosynthesis. • – A section of DNA that codes for a trait. • – The process of dividing a cell’s nucleus. • – The point where sister chromatids are joined. • – The powerhouse of the cell that makes energy. • – The structure that holds genetic information. • ...
Ecosystem - ESL 2017-10-28
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- living thing / biotic
- / process where plants gets energy from the sun
- / an organism that eats ONLY animals
- / an organism that eats already dead animals
- / the environment where an organism lives
- organism that eats both plants and animals
- thing / abiotic
- / gets eaten by predator
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- / an organism that hunts other living things for food
- / a sequence that shows how one organism gets eaten by another organism
- organism that eats ONLY plants
- / the interaction between abiotic and biotic elements
- / large area with similar climate
- / an organism that breaks down dead organisms
14 Clues: thing / abiotic • living thing / biotic • / gets eaten by predator • organism that eats ONLY plants • / large area with similar climate • / an organism that eats ONLY animals • / the environment where an organism lives • organism that eats both plants and animals • / an organism that eats already dead animals • / an organism that breaks down dead organisms • ...
Tundra 2014-06-01
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- solid snow
- large hills
- also known as reindeer
- the world is divided into two halves, called _________
- a country starting with a, that is dominated by tundra
- animals with warm blood and fur
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- delicate and easily disrupted
- small bush like plants that grow in the tundra
- ice that doesn't melt
- pole at the top of the world is the _____ _____
- a dog like animal that howls to the moon and lives in tundra
- a home for plants and animals
- a small sqishy plants that grows on rocka near water
- the opposite of hot
14 Clues: solid snow • large hills • the opposite of hot • ice that doesn't melt • also known as reindeer • delicate and easily disrupted • a home for plants and animals • animals with warm blood and fur • small bush like plants that grow in the tundra • pole at the top of the world is the _____ _____ • a small sqishy plants that grows on rocka near water • ...
Test 2021-11-04
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- __________ consumers eat secondary consumers.
- These organisms digest dead matter.
- This type of dinoflagellate gives coral its color.
- Organisms that eat plants are classified as:
- This is one potential output of anaerobic respiration.
- This is an input for photosynthesis.
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- Organisms that eat plants are classified as:
- These organisms eat dead things.
- Plants are sometimes referred to as _______-autotrophs.
- Organisms that make their own food without energy from the sun are called:
- Organisms that eat both plants and animals are classified as:
- This is an output of both kinds of respiration
- This is an input for respiration
- _______-respiration requires oxygen.
- ATP has this many phosphates.
15 Clues: ATP has this many phosphates. • These organisms eat dead things. • This is an input for respiration • These organisms digest dead matter. • _______-respiration requires oxygen. • This is an input for photosynthesis. • Organisms that eat plants are classified as: • Organisms that eat plants are classified as: • __________ consumers eat secondary consumers. • ...
Photosynthesis 2024-01-12
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- jelly like fluid htat surrounds the thylakoids
- doesn't go through the calvin cycle
- occurs inside the thylakoid
- opens stroma during the daytime to go through calvin cycle
- xanthophyll and carotene
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- opens stroma during the night to conserve H2O
- organisms that go through photosynthesis
- a billionth of a meter
- organelle where photosynthesis occurs
- pigments absorbs sunlight but does not produce enrgy from sunlight
- colors that absorb light and produces energy from sunlight
- occurs in the stroma
- microscopuc holes in the underside of leaves
- membranes where ight reactions occur
14 Clues: occurs in the stroma • a billionth of a meter • xanthophyll and carotene • occurs inside the thylakoid • doesn't go through the calvin cycle • membranes where ight reactions occur • organelle where photosynthesis occurs • organisms that go through photosynthesis • microscopuc holes in the underside of leaves • opens stroma during the night to conserve H2O • ...
Observing God's World 1.1-1.4 2024-08-11
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- largest plant family
- transfer of pollen form a stamen to the pistil
- most important family of food-producing plants
- miniature underdeveloped plant
- makes and holds pollen
- contain stored food for the growing plant
- enclose and protect a developing flower
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- scientist who study plants
- members of the pea family
- storehouse made with layers of thick fleshy leaves that surround a very short stem
- grasses used to cover lawns and athletic fields
- group of most widely used grains
- holds the developing seeds
- family of plants that have petals in multiples of 5
14 Clues: largest plant family • makes and holds pollen • members of the pea family • scientist who study plants • holds the developing seeds • miniature underdeveloped plant • group of most widely used grains • enclose and protect a developing flower • contain stored food for the growing plant • transfer of pollen form a stamen to the pistil • ...
Carbon & Nitrogen Cycle Puzzle 2024-10-29
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- Burnining fossil fuels will release CO2 into the...
- Element of Life
- Gas that causes Ocean Acidification
- Fuel created from dead plants and animals
- Plants take up fixed _________ as nutrients
- Shell of a Sea Urchin
- Carbon Fixation
- Byproduct of Photosynthesis
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- Ocean Acidification leaves ________(ions) in the water
- Plants taking up fixed Nitrogen from the soil
- Deification and Decomposition re introduce Nitrogen into the Soil
- Process to get cellular energy from food
- When an element is combined with something else so it can be used by living organisms
- Way to fix Nitrogen
14 Clues: Element of Life • Carbon Fixation • Way to fix Nitrogen • Shell of a Sea Urchin • Byproduct of Photosynthesis • Gas that causes Ocean Acidification • Process to get cellular energy from food • Fuel created from dead plants and animals • Plants take up fixed _________ as nutrients • Plants taking up fixed Nitrogen from the soil • ...
Cool Puzzle-samG 2025-12-02
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- Ecosystems with water-saturated land important for wildlife
- Organisms grown for food, like corn or wheat
- Clean-burning fossil fuel
- Living organisms like deer, birds, and frogs
- Animals that live in water and have gills
- Material needed for fertilizer, found in rocks and bones
- Thick liquid from underground
- Used to make steel
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- On the brink of dying out forever
- Large areas filled with trees that supply wood and habitat
- Substances mined from the earth
- Nutrient-rich material plants grow in
- Energy from the sun that helps plants grow
- Black rock formed by plants
14 Clues: Used to make steel • Clean-burning fossil fuel • Black rock formed by plants • Thick liquid from underground • Substances mined from the earth • On the brink of dying out forever • Nutrient-rich material plants grow in • Animals that live in water and have gills • Energy from the sun that helps plants grow • Organisms grown for food, like corn or wheat • ...
Photosynthesis 2024-09-13
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- the leaf is part of the _____ system
- a chemical that makes leaves green
- the process where plants make food
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- a gas given out by plants
- dioxide, a gas needed by plants to photosynthesize
- tiny _____ under the leaves are called stomata
- _____ energy from the Sun is needed for plants to make food.
- the function of the leaf is to make _____
- a material taken by plants for photosynthesis
9 Clues: a gas given out by plants • a chemical that makes leaves green • the process where plants make food • the leaf is part of the _____ system • the function of the leaf is to make _____ • a material taken by plants for photosynthesis • tiny _____ under the leaves are called stomata • dioxide, a gas needed by plants to photosynthesize • ...
ECOSYSTEMS! 2021-06-18
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- an organism that mostly feeds on plants
- green plants and some other organisms use sunlight to synthesize foods from carbon dioxide and water.
- organisms that break down dead or decaying organisms
- an organism that mostly eats meat
- living creatures that eat organisms from a different population
- animals and micro-organisms that have been accidentally or deliberately introduced into areas beyond their native range
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- by which materials, especially toxins are ingested by an organism at a rate greater than they are eliminated.
- organisms that grow or live wild in an area without being introduced by humans.
- are any kind of green plant.
- the population of the different species that interact in an ecosystem
- obtain most of their energy from sunlight
- areas where plants, animals, and other organisms, as well as weather and landscape, work together to form a bubble of life.
12 Clues: are any kind of green plant. • an organism that mostly eats meat • an organism that mostly feeds on plants • obtain most of their energy from sunlight • organisms that break down dead or decaying organisms • living creatures that eat organisms from a different population • the population of the different species that interact in an ecosystem • ...
Sustainability 2021-04-29
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- a forest that receives a lot of rain
- the result of cutting down trees
- green plants turn water into carbon dioxide
- a small animal
- the gradual destruction
- all the plants that live
- land with grass
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- land covered with trees and bushes
- able to be used without being completely used
- the protection of animals and plants
- everything that exists
- a divine that is used to find direction
12 Clues: a small animal • land with grass • everything that exists • the gradual destruction • all the plants that live • the result of cutting down trees • land covered with trees and bushes • a forest that receives a lot of rain • the protection of animals and plants • a divine that is used to find direction • green plants turn water into carbon dioxide • ...
Nature 2022-09-07
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- The direction the sun rises in
- The dirction the sun sets in
- tides
- A land mass surrounded by water on three sides
- What do plants produce
- A land mass surrounded by water
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- A low laying area with uncultivated waterand high humidity
- The base of a tree
- A river meet an ocean
- What do plants need
- What causes the Earth'
- Where sugar is produced in plants
12 Clues: tides • The base of a tree • What do plants need • A river meet an ocean • What causes the Earth' • What do plants produce • The dirction the sun sets in • The direction the sun rises in • A land mass surrounded by water • Where sugar is produced in plants • A land mass surrounded by water on three sides • A low laying area with uncultivated waterand high humidity
Save our Soils (BUCKWHEAT) 2023-02-08
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- : a part of a plant attached to the stem
- : living things that grow from the soil
- : a mixture of minerals & organic material that covers much of earth's surface
- : main part of the plant that supports leaves and flowers
- : the planet we live on
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- : green plant that covers backyards, fields, etc.
- : the version of mud when dry
- : colorful plants that bees pollinate on
- : liquid that makes life on Earth possible
- : the small parts produced by plants fro which new plants grow
- : the thing that gives us natural light and heat
11 Clues: : the planet we live on • : the version of mud when dry • : living things that grow from the soil • : colorful plants that bees pollinate on • : a part of a plant attached to the stem • : liquid that makes life on Earth possible • : the thing that gives us natural light and heat • : green plant that covers backyards, fields, etc. • ...
Living Things 2023-05-16
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- collect sunlight for a plant (green)
- an animal that eats only meat
- over time these __________ help living things survive
- has petals and pollen
- supports the leaves, branches and flower
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- an animal that only eats plants
- a living thing with roots, that needs sun and water to survive
- an animal that eats both plants and animals
- collects water and nutrients from soil
- all plants (and animals) need this to survive
- most, (but not all) plants must be planted in some form of this in order to sprout
11 Clues: has petals and pollen • an animal that eats only meat • an animal that only eats plants • collect sunlight for a plant (green) • collects water and nutrients from soil • supports the leaves, branches and flower • an animal that eats both plants and animals • all plants (and animals) need this to survive • over time these __________ help living things survive • ...
plant physiology crossword 2022-10-13
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- grows very little
- no leaves
- leaves year-round
- lots of moisture
- not enough moisture
- one year
- animals
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- fruits and veggies
- more than two years
- growing of field crops(cotton, wheat, tobacco)
- science and practice of growing, managing
- season grows best in summer
- plants
- two years
- the branch of science that deals with plants
- season cool weather
16 Clues: plants • animals • one year • no leaves • two years • lots of moisture • grows very little • leaves year-round • fruits and veggies • more than two years • not enough moisture • season cool weather • season grows best in summer • science and practice of growing, managing • the branch of science that deals with plants • growing of field crops(cotton, wheat, tobacco)
Beast Feasts 2024-08-23
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- An elephant picks up leaves, fruit and bark with its ________.
- Animals need _____ so they can live and grow.
- A toucan has a big, bright _______ for picking fruit.
- Some animals eat plants and meat. They are called _________.
- This __________ also eats plants.
- Giant pandas love _______.
- The ______ whale is the biggest animal that has ever lived.
- The koalas eat so many leaves that they ______, too.
- What do you ______?
- It catches _________, birds and snakes.
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- Some animals only eat meat. They are called ________.
- An aye-aye eats fruit and insect ________.
- _________ dragons eat animals like deer.
- Some animals only eat _________. They are called herbivores.
- The angler fish ________ them up.
- This moth uses its long tongue to suck up the sweet __________.
- This giant tortoise likes leaves, grass and ________.
17 Clues: What do you ______? • Giant pandas love _______. • The angler fish ________ them up. • This __________ also eats plants. • It catches _________, birds and snakes. • _________ dragons eat animals like deer. • An aye-aye eats fruit and insect ________. • Animals need _____ so they can live and grow. • The koalas eat so many leaves that they ______, too. • ...
Ecosystem crossword puzzle 2023-12-20
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- Animals that hunt for their food
- An animal who only eat plants
- Organisms that eat other organisms
- Organisms that eat dead animals or other organisms
- Animals that are hunted as food
- It shows the flow of energy between different animals and organisms in an ecosystem.
- A living thing
- They break down organic material
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- Organisms that only eat producers
- Plants that make their own food via photosynthesis
- These organisms invade other organism's natural habitat and take most of the food from their habitat.
- Something that is not alive in the ecosystem
- It shows how energy flows with a triangular visual
- An animal who eats only meat
- Organisms that eat leftover food
- The eating interactions between producers and consumers
- An animal who eats meat and plants
17 Clues: A living thing • An animal who eats only meat • An animal who only eat plants • Animals that are hunted as food • Animals that hunt for their food • Organisms that eat leftover food • They break down organic material • Organisms that only eat producers • Organisms that eat other organisms • An animal who eats meat and plants • Something that is not alive in the ecosystem • ...
Biology Questions 2024-10-12
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- The outer layer of a leaf.
- Organic compounds essential for life (e.g., carbohydrates,
- A type of biological molecule that includes fats.
- The structure in a leaf where gas exchange occurs.
- Molecules made up of amino acids.
- Fundamental units of life
- Process by which plants convert light energy into chemical energy.
- The process of breaking down glucose to release energy.
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- A type of enzyme that helps digest proteins.
- Main site of photosynthesis in plants.
- The liquid inside a cell where biochemical reactions occur.
- Biological catalysts that speed up reactions.
- Sugar made during photosynthesis.
- The green pigment in plants that absorbs light.
- Molecules that store and transmit genetic information.
- The part of a plant that captures sunlight.
- The base unit of carbohydrates.
17 Clues: Fundamental units of life • The outer layer of a leaf. • The base unit of carbohydrates. • Molecules made up of amino acids. • Sugar made during photosynthesis. • Main site of photosynthesis in plants. • The part of a plant that captures sunlight. • A type of enzyme that helps digest proteins. • Biological catalysts that speed up reactions. • ...
Living Things and Classification 2025-11-04
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- An organism's abiity to maintian balance of its systems against the external environment.
- A system of classification that uses steps with two choices to identify an organism.
- Bacteria, Archaea, Protista, Plantae, Fungi, and Animalia.
- A term meaning classification of organisms.
- The powerhouse of a cell.
- Scientific name based on genus and species.
- Bacteria, Archaea, and Eukarya.
- Producers
- A group of animals that can interbreed.
- Inventor of modern taxonomy system.
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- Consumers and decomposers.
- The process of plants using energy rom the sun.
- Cells with a nucleus. Animals and plants.
- Cells without a nucleus. Archaea and Bacteria.
- A system of classification that seperates organisms according to characteristics and places the most common next to each other.
- World's best science teacher Mr.______________
- Gives plants structure.
17 Clues: Producers • Gives plants structure. • The powerhouse of a cell. • Consumers and decomposers. • Bacteria, Archaea, and Eukarya. • Inventor of modern taxonomy system. • A group of animals that can interbreed. • Cells with a nucleus. Animals and plants. • A term meaning classification of organisms. • Scientific name based on genus and species. • ...
ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS 2021-11-10
10 Clues: PLANTS • ANIMALS • WORLDWIDE • SWAMPY LAND • WILD ANIMALS COLLECTIVELY • TO KEEP SOMETHING FROM HARM • LIQUID PASSING THROUGH A FILTER • PROTECTION OF THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT • NATURAL ENVIRONMENT OF ANIMALS AND PLANTS • THE SURROUNDINGS WHERE ANIMALS AND PLANTS LIVE
Life Science 2023-06-07
10 Clues: plants • bacteria and fungi • non native species • carnivor, herbivore • ability to cause change • taking food from the host • eats decaying meat/plants • living together benefits both • plants creating oxygen/energy • working together to form bubble of life
The World of Plants Unit 2 Vocabulary Review 2021-01-30
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- organs that produce fruits and seeds for reproduction
- dead, hardened epidermis cells in wooden stems
- taller grass eaten by grazing animals
- plant that reproduces with seeds in cones
- grains such as wheat and oats
- organs that manufacture food for the plant
- trees that lose their leaves in winter
- very tall grass used for landscaping
- plant that reproduces with cones and seeds
- location on a seed where it was attached to the ovary of the plant
- 'baby' plant inside a seed
- protective covering on outside of seed
- additional nutrients absorbed by cotyledon during germination of monocots
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- short grass used for lawns
- seeds with two cotyledons
- plants with bendable stems
- part of the embryo which develops into the roods
- food stored in seed to supply nourishment to the plant
- plant that reproduces with flowers, fruit, and seeds
- a condition in which the seed is inactive or 'asleep'
- trees that do not lose their leaves in winter
- organs that hold up plants and provide their basic shape
- when seeds begin to grow
- plants with stiff woody stems
- part of embryo which develops into the stem and leaves
- movement of seed away from parent plant
- seed with one cotyledon
- organs that anchor the plants and absorb water and nutrients
28 Clues: seed with one cotyledon • when seeds begin to grow • seeds with two cotyledons • short grass used for lawns • plants with bendable stems • 'baby' plant inside a seed • grains such as wheat and oats • plants with stiff woody stems • very tall grass used for landscaping • taller grass eaten by grazing animals • trees that lose their leaves in winter • ...
Final Crossword Project 2021-01-26
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- reactions/ all _________ have reactants
- system/ secretes hormones into blood and other body fluids
- biological molecules that speed up the rate of all chemical reactions
- atoms/ ______ bond to eachother to form large organic structures
- factors/what can be density independent like weather?
- the process by which green plants use sunlight to synthesize food
- ______ is a fibrous connective tissue
- a bacterium
- species/ a type of species that doesnt belong in a certain area
- transport/ _______ __________ requires chemical energy because its the movement of biochemicals
- allows plants to capture the energy of the sun
- the tendency toward a relatively stable equilibrium between independent elements
- the process of capturing a substance or particle
- __________ means cellular eating
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- loop/ part of a system in which some portion of that systems output is used as input for future behavior
- process of vesicles fusing with the plasma membrane
- individuals are not limited by food or disease
- what can affect per capita growth rate?
- what deals with the energy flow from one specie to another?
- useful to plants and other autotrophs
- what takes reactants of an enzyme and catalyzies the reaction?
- respiration/ produces less energy and does not require oxygen
- whats the energy source for plants?
- respiration/ takes place in the mitochondria and requires oxygen and glucose
- organic compound that provides energy
25 Clues: a bacterium • __________ means cellular eating • whats the energy source for plants? • useful to plants and other autotrophs • ______ is a fibrous connective tissue • organic compound that provides energy • reactions/ all _________ have reactants • what can affect per capita growth rate? • individuals are not limited by food or disease • ...
2A - Asia O'Neal 2021-04-19
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- most water on Earth is
- all of the rocks and minerals on Earth are part of the
- this can flow into waterways if too many people use it
- this process involves evaporation, condensation, transpiration, and precipitation
- most of the fresh water on Earth is
- all of the living things on Earth's surface are called the
- the air on Earth is called the
- all of the water on Earth's surface is called the
- the process in which plants form ammonia through nitrogen fixation
- the process where plants absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and use it to make their food
- the process in which water in the Earth's atmosphere falls back down to Earth
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- this is the process in which certain atoms travel from the atmosphere, to Earth, and then back to the atmosphere
- when things rot and break down
- this elements is necessary for plants and animals to make their proteins
- when water on Earth's surface is moved to the atmosphere
- an odorless gas that circulates through the atmosphere, hint; not nitrogen
- this is the largest reservoir of carbon
- when water changes from a gas to a liquid
- the process by which plants and animals get rid of carbon dioxide
- when the water inside and on a plant turns to water vapor because of the sun's heat
20 Clues: most water on Earth is • when things rot and break down • the air on Earth is called the • most of the fresh water on Earth is • this is the largest reservoir of carbon • when water changes from a gas to a liquid • all of the water on Earth's surface is called the • all of the rocks and minerals on Earth are part of the • ...
3B William Benton 2021-04-20
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- Carbon moves from _____ ____ to the atmosphere when it is burned
- Makes up 3% of the Earths water
- Carbon moves from plants to animals through
- Process which water is converted from its liquid state to the gaseous state (water vapor)
- Plants use water to help make energy, and they also lose some water to the surrounding air
- Is the form commonly used by plants
- This sphere has to do with rocks, minerals and ground that are found on and in Earth
- Water that falls from the atmosphere in the form of rain, sleet, snow, hail, or freezing rain
- Process which water vapor is changed back into liquid water
- One of the ways that nature recycles matter is through the
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- Carbon moves from living things to the atmosphere.
- Water stored under the surface of the Earth
- Is condensation near the ground
- Makes up 97% of the Earths water
- Most of the nitrogen on Earth is in the _____
- This sphere has to do with rivers, lakes, streams, oceans, groundwater, polar ice caps, glaciers and moisture in the air
- Carbon moves from the atmosphere to plants by
- Process where water moves above, on, and below the Earth's surface
- Water can become ____ when if flows along the surface into lakes, rivers, and streams
- The most abundant element in the atmosphere (makes up 78%)
20 Clues: Makes up 3% of the Earths water • Is condensation near the ground • Makes up 97% of the Earths water • Is the form commonly used by plants • Water stored under the surface of the Earth • Carbon moves from plants to animals through • Most of the nitrogen on Earth is in the _____ • Carbon moves from the atmosphere to plants by • ...
Plant Physiology Crossword 2021-06-04
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- the plant process that increases plant numbers
- is the chief component of the cell wall
- fluid-filled organelles bound by a single membrane called the tonoplast
- the process through which plant leaves, stems and roots consume oxygen and give off carbon dioxide
- small particles suspended in water with sometimes glue-like consistency
- process of qualitative change in plants over time
- the food and manufacturing process in green plants that combines carbon dioxide and water in the presence of light to make sugar and oxygen
- the process by which plant roots take in water and air
- is derived from the Latin word ‘cella’, meaning storeroom or chamber
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- controls the activities of the cell
- the site of respiration
- is a protein composite that appears in food processed from wheat and related species
- defined as a community of plants dominated by trees
- a process of irreversible increase by cell division and enlargement, including synthesis of new cellular material and organization of subcellular organelles
- phenol derivatives (deter herbivory, deter infection)
- the site of protein synthesis
- a plastid containing the green pigment called the chlorophyll
- Plants mostly deposit such material in their tissues. Such mineral matter is mostly salts of calcium (e.g., raphides, druses) and anhydrides of silica
- the living part of the cell where organelles are embedded
- occurs as a reserve material in the protoplasm
20 Clues: the site of respiration • the site of protein synthesis • controls the activities of the cell • is the chief component of the cell wall • the plant process that increases plant numbers • occurs as a reserve material in the protoplasm • process of qualitative change in plants over time • defined as a community of plants dominated by trees • ...
chapter 5 vocabulary for science 2021-08-23
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- characteristics that help an organism to survive in its environment
- organisms that get the energy they need by breaking down dead matter and waste products
- a consumer that eats a first-order consumer
- part of the stem, root or leaf that is able to grow into a new plant
- an animal that eats only plants
- an interaction between two organisms in which one of them benefits but the other one is not affected
- organisms that have the same food source and live in the same habitat
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- species that is experiencing a rapid population decline and is in danger of becoming extinct if the drop in numbers continues
- non-living factors in the environment
- times of the year when fires are mostly likely to occur
- the process used by plants to make their own food
- an animal that is eaten by a predator
- the term used to describe different types of living things
- another name for interdependence
- an animal that eats both plants and animals
- individuals that are exactly the same as each other
- active or hunting at night
- raised bank built top prevent water reaching buildings
- an organism able to manufacture its own food plants are producer organisms
- a number of food chains combined
- an organism in or on which a parasite lives
21 Clues: active or hunting at night • an animal that eats only plants • another name for interdependence • a number of food chains combined • non-living factors in the environment • an animal that is eaten by a predator • a consumer that eats a first-order consumer • an animal that eats both plants and animals • an organism in or on which a parasite lives • ...
Biosphere Crossword 2018-11-20
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- capacity the amount of things a certain amount of space an hold
- a relationship were one species benefits and the other is harmed
- Result of a process
- relationship where both organisms benefit
- an animal that eats meat
- an animal that can’t make its own food
- the way an organism changes to better live in its environment
- leaving a place
- species first plants to grow
- an animal that feeds on dead matter
- a relationship where one organism benefits and the other one is unharmed
- an animal that only eats plants
- a cell that makes energy for your body
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- following one
- an organism that makes its own food
- attacking an animal to get food
- the amount of organisms living in an area
- relationship between two different organisms
- moving from one place to another
- you take in oxygen and release carbon dioxide
- substance which contains chlorophyll and is used for photosynthesis
- process where plants make food using the sun
- factor a variable that changes an environment
- a group of organisms that share characteristics
- the entire earth and the organisms it supports
- a group of organisms living in the same area
- eats both plants and animals
- interaction between animals and their environment
- a substance that takes part during a reaction
29 Clues: following one • leaving a place • Result of a process • an animal that eats meat • eats both plants and animals • species first plants to grow • attacking an animal to get food • an animal that only eats plants • moving from one place to another • an organism that makes its own food • an animal that feeds on dead matter • an animal that can’t make its own food • ...
Chapter 5 rock 2014-02-02
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- contour line that said the elevation
- a chemical change that makes rust
- difference of elevation from one contour line to the next
- thick grass roots and soil
- dead plants to help the soils fertility
- dead plant leaves on the top of soil
- material with spaces of air that water can go through
- highest layer of soil with humus and clay mixed in it
- breaks up remains of organisims and digest them
- breaks rock by a chemical change
- material with plants and animal matter
- curves a hill to stop losing soil
- plants can grow in this material
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- water,wind,ice, or gravity move rock
- process that works today that worked in past
- wind erosion in the 1930's that lost soil
- something that a person can use
- rock is physically broke down into small peices
- rich fertil soil made up of sand silt and clay
- that changes color and texture
- how soil helps plants grow
- to stop soil destruction
- a layer of rock under the soil
- soil under topsoil with clay a And other minerals in it
- brings together places of the same elevation
- water goes into rock then it becomes ice then it expands
- small rocks carried by wind or water or ice
- a process with two ways to break down rock
- show the land elevation
29 Clues: show the land elevation • to stop soil destruction • thick grass roots and soil • how soil helps plants grow • that changes color and texture • a layer of rock under the soil • something that a person can use • breaks rock by a chemical change • plants can grow in this material • a chemical change that makes rust • curves a hill to stop losing soil • ...
Sustainability 2016-05-05
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- The non-living parts of an ecosystem.
- The regions of Earth where living organisms exist.
- The conversion of Oxygen to Carbon Dioxide or Carbon Dioxide to Oxygen.
- Most organisms need this for their life processes. Aquatic animals get this from the water.
- The process of rotting or decaying.
- Plants and other organisms need this for photosynthesis.
- The process of one organism consuming another organism for food.
- The abiotic characteristic that all organisms need to survive. Plants absorb this through their roots.
- The interaction between members of two difference species that live together in a close association.
- The process of two or more organisms fighting for the same resource.
- All organisms need this to grow. An example of this is nitrogen and phosphorus.
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- An ecosystem that is capable of withstanding pressure and giving support to a variety of organisms.
- The hard part of the Earth’s surface.
- This contains many nutrients for plants and is also a habitat for many micro-organisms.
- The process where plants convert sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water into energy.
- All the water found on Earth, including lakes, oceans, and ground water.
- The layer of gases above Earth’s surface.
- The process of burning something.
- All the interacting parts of a biological community and its environment.
- The living parts of an ecosystem.
20 Clues: The process of burning something. • The living parts of an ecosystem. • The process of rotting or decaying. • The hard part of the Earth’s surface. • The non-living parts of an ecosystem. • The layer of gases above Earth’s surface. • The regions of Earth where living organisms exist. • Plants and other organisms need this for photosynthesis. • ...
Plant Growth and Reproduction 2023-12-07
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- The ___________ of the root is to anchor the plant.
- Tissue that carries water and nutrients from the roots to every part of the plant.
- The __________ let carbon dioxide into leaves and let oxygen excape.
- This part of the flower produces eggs.
- Process by which plants make food.
- After fertilization, the ______ develops into a fruit.
- Male pine cones release millions of ________ grains to be blown by the wind and settle onto ovules to develop seeds.
- Pollen grains need to get to the _______ of the flower in order for pollination to occur.
- A plant that has naked seeds.
- These parts of the flower attract insects for pollination.
- These are clusters found under a fern frond and have springlike devices that toss spores into the air.
- _________ tissue is a material that supports a plant and conducts nutrients.
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- Carbon __________ is the product of photosynthesis.
- A flowering plant, which has seeds protected by a fruit.
- These are structures in the embryo that contain food that provides energy until the plant can make its own food.
- ___________ plants are generally larger than nonvascular plants.
- This is a kind of nonvascular plant.
- In nonvascular plants, __________ move from cell to cell.
- In ferns, the __________ are more visible than the gametophytes.
- to sprout.
- Tissue that carries food from a plant's leaves to its cells.
- A single reproductive cell that can grow into a new plant.
22 Clues: to sprout. • A plant that has naked seeds. • Process by which plants make food. • This is a kind of nonvascular plant. • This part of the flower produces eggs. • Carbon __________ is the product of photosynthesis. • The ___________ of the root is to anchor the plant. • After fertilization, the ______ develops into a fruit. • ...
biology climate change puzzle 2023-03-09
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- Organisms that eat other organisms
- amount of living material provided by a given area
- an organism (such as an earthworm or a fungus) that feeds on dead and decomposing organic matter
- organisms that makes its own food or resources
- process that involves loss of water vapour through the stomata of plants
- resources that organisms need to survive
- non living things in an ecosystem
- process where water vapor becomes liquid process where water vapor becomes liquid process where water vapor becomes liquid
- ate of generation of biomass in an ecosystem
- organism that breaks down dead organic material
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- an organism that mostly feeds on plants
- an organism that mostly eats meat, or the flesh of animals
- an organism that eats plants and animals
- ll the organisms and the physical environment with which they interact
- process by which biological fuels are oxidised in the presence of an inorganic electron acceptor such as oxygen to produce large amounts of energy,
- an organism that can produce its own food
- living things in an ecosystem
- an organism that eats other plants or animals for energy and nutrients
- any liquid or frozen water that forms in the atmosphere and falls back to the earth.
- process of absorption of vitamins, minerals, and other chemicals from food as part of the nutrition of an organism
20 Clues: living things in an ecosystem • non living things in an ecosystem • Organisms that eat other organisms • an organism that mostly feeds on plants • an organism that eats plants and animals • resources that organisms need to survive • an organism that can produce its own food • ate of generation of biomass in an ecosystem • organisms that makes its own food or resources • ...
UNIT 5 CROSSWORD PUZZLE 2024-04-19
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- Use of biological processes for industrial and agricultural purposes
- Slash-and-burn agriculture clearing land for cultivation
- Separating grain from chaff using air currents
- Husks separated from grain during threshing
- Confined area for fattening livestock before slaughter
- Process of soil and rock being worn away
- Inheritance law favoring the eldest son's succession
- Machine for harvesting and processing crops
- Wetland rice cultivation area
- Separating grains from harvested plants
- Raising livestock while migrating for grazing
- Irrigated rice field in southeast asia
- Propagation using plant parts like stems
- Farming primarily for self-sufficiency and survival
- Cultivation of fruits, vegetables, and ornamental plants
- Process of adapting wild plants for human cultivation
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- Large-scale agricultural estate for cash crops
- Cultivated plant species harvested for human use
- Rotating fields to maintain soil fertility
- Integration of agricultural production and commercial activities
- Growing two or more crops on the same land in a year
- Area of land used for grazing livestock
- Farming based on planting and cultivating seeds
- Exchange of plants, animals, and diseases between hemispheres
- Practices to maintain resources for future generations
- Land degradation turning fertile land into desert
- Farming of aquatic organisms for human consumption
- Cultivation of land for food and resources
- Area that supplies milk to a specific market
- Seasonal movement of livestock between pastures
30 Clues: Wetland rice cultivation area • Irrigated rice field in southeast asia • Area of land used for grazing livestock • Separating grains from harvested plants • Process of soil and rock being worn away • Propagation using plant parts like stems • Rotating fields to maintain soil fertility • Cultivation of land for food and resources • ...
Paleocropology 2024-08-27
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- Microscopic silica structures found in some plants.
- The study of rock layers.
- Fossilized feces from ancient animals.
- Tiny fossilized remains, such as pollen or spores.
- Fossil: A type of fossil that records the activity or behavior of an organism.
- Microorganisms that produce methane.
- Pellet: A small piece of feces which can become a cropolite.
- The study of ancient ecosystems.
- The study of ancient or fossilized feces.
- Electron Microscope (SEM): A powerful microscope.
- The process by which food is broken down in an animal's body.
- Organisms that live in or on another organism.
- Chemical compounds found in coprolites.
- The study of sediments and sedimentary rocks.
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- Diffraction: A technique used to study the mineral composition of coprolites.
- An animal that primarily eats plants.
- Coprolite: The original specimen of a coprolite used to describe and name a new species.
- Analysis: A scientific technique used to determine the composition of elements in coprolites.
- An animal that eats both plants and animals.
- Stones swallowed by some animals to aid in digestion.
- The process of drying out, which can preserve feces.
- The process by which organic material is replaced by minerals.
- The male reproductive cells of plants.
- An animal that primarily eats other animals.
- The disturbance of sediment by living organisms.
- The consumption of feces by an animal.
26 Clues: The study of rock layers. • The study of ancient ecosystems. • Microorganisms that produce methane. • An animal that primarily eats plants. • Fossilized feces from ancient animals. • The male reproductive cells of plants. • The consumption of feces by an animal. • Chemical compounds found in coprolites. • The study of ancient or fossilized feces. • ...
Ecology crossword 2023-04-21
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- group of ecosystems that share similar climates and typical organisms
- when phosphorus moves between the soil and plants which are eaten by the animals, used by them, and then are delivered back through waste
- nutrients whose supply limits productivity
- series of steps in which organisms transfer energy by eating and being eaten
- network of feeding interactions
- group of similar organisms that can breed and produce fertile offspring
- when plants use CO2 in the process of photosynthesis to make sugar and oxygen
- any living part of the environment with which an organism might interact
- biological, geological, chemical/physical, and human activity
- study of interactions amount organisms
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- non-living parts if the environment
- group of individuals that belong to the same species and live in the same area
- a step in a food chain or web
- chemical substances that an organism needs to sustain life
- when animal waste decay to create ammonia and nitrate products rich in nitrogen, and useful for plants to use again
- assemblage of different populations that live together in a defined area
- all the organisms that live in a place together with their physical environment
- stages include precipitation, evaporation, and then condensation
- consists of all life on earth and all plants of the earth in which life exists
- amount of living tissue within a given trophic level
20 Clues: a step in a food chain or web • network of feeding interactions • non-living parts if the environment • study of interactions amount organisms • nutrients whose supply limits productivity • amount of living tissue within a given trophic level • chemical substances that an organism needs to sustain life • biological, geological, chemical/physical, and human activity • ...
Nutrient Cycles Crossword! 2023-04-24
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- What is present in all four cycles (carbon, water, nitrogen, Phosphorus).
- Natural Source of CO2.
- Dead plants and animals burned to release CO2.
- Cycle in which CO2 moves from the atmosphere to plants through photosynthesis and animals make more CO2 through respiration.
- A nutrient whose supply limits productivity.
- Burning fossil fuels, manufacturing, oil, electricity generation, and vehicles all release this into the atmosphere.
- Phosphorus moves from the soil to plants to animals to their waste and then back to the soil.
- Humans allow fertilizer runoff into waterways adding this to the environment.
- Too much phosphorus can lead to this.
- A complex system of continuous movement of water on the earth.
- Process by which nitrogen goes though four steps; nitrogen fixation, decay, nitrification, and denitrification.
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- Process used by plants to make sugar and oxygen.
- Forms of matter pass from organism to organism and from one part of the biosphere to another.
- Main regulator of CO2 (dissolves easily in it).
- Our atmosphere is made of 78% of this gas.
- A type of bacteria that makes nitrogen usable by other organisms.
- Found in rocks and minerals and makes up DNA.
- Snow, hail, rain, sleet, and hail are all examples of what?
- Evaporation, condensation, and precipitation are the 3 major steps in the _________ cycle.
- What organisms need to survive.
20 Clues: Natural Source of CO2. • What organisms need to survive. • Too much phosphorus can lead to this. • Our atmosphere is made of 78% of this gas. • A nutrient whose supply limits productivity. • Found in rocks and minerals and makes up DNA. • Dead plants and animals burned to release CO2. • Main regulator of CO2 (dissolves easily in it). • ...
Plant Organs & Tissues 2023-05-25
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- layer of polysaccharides lying outside the plasma membrane of the cells of only plants, fungi, and bacteria
- the semipermeable membrane surrounding the cytoplasm of a cell.
- process where certain organisms transform light energy into chemical energy
- plastid where photosynthesis takes place, contains chlorophyll
- cells designed to carry out a particular role in the body
- tissue that transports water and nutrients from the soil to the stems and leaves
- gelatinous liquid that fills the inside of a cell
- organelle where respiration takes place, makes ATP
- network of protein filaments, microtubules,& interconnecting filamentous bridges that give structure to a cell
- relating to or denoting a region of plant tissue consisting of actively dividing cells forming new tissue
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- vascular tissue in plants that conducts sugars & metabolic products downward from the leaves
- DNA's full name
- organelle containing genetic material, nuclear botties and nucleoplasm
- specialized cell division to produce haploid cells in plants
- tissue strengthened by the thickening of cell walls, as in young shoots
- in the cytoplasm of a cell, enclosed by a membrane containing fluid
- tiny holes on a leaf that allow for gas exchange
- the cellular tissue, typically soft and succulent
- strengthening tissue in a plant, formed from cells with thick walls
- Cells undergo this to form new cells
- plant epidermis, the outer layer of tissue that surrounds the primary body of vascular plants
21 Clues: DNA's full name • Cells undergo this to form new cells • tiny holes on a leaf that allow for gas exchange • the cellular tissue, typically soft and succulent • gelatinous liquid that fills the inside of a cell • organelle where respiration takes place, makes ATP • cells designed to carry out a particular role in the body • ...
Biology Vocab Crossword 2024-11-16
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- the process that cells undergo in order to multiply
- the maximum amount of organisms that an ecosystem can care for
- stage of the cell cycle in which the chromosomes separate and are pulled to opposite sides of the cell
- an animal that only consumes plants
- an area wherein various organisms coexist and rely on one another
- stage of the cell cycle in which the nucleus dissolves and the chromosomes line up in the center of the cell
- a process that plants carry out to produce chemical energy
- stage of the cell cycle in which the cell splits entirely in half and two daughter cells are fully formed
- stage of the cell cycle in which a nucleus begins forming on either side of the cell and the cell begins to pull in half
- the predator at the top of the food chain
- organism that gets energy by consuming plants or animals
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- an animal that only consumes meat
- a living thing that is capable of basic functions
- an ecosystem with steady conditions
- refers to a position within a food chain/pyramid/web
- a living factor that directly affects an ecosystem
- organism that creates its own food
- a non-living factor that directly affects an ecosystem
- and animal that consumes a mixed diet of plants and meat
- stage of the cell cycle in which the chromosomes become visible
20 Clues: an animal that only consumes meat • organism that creates its own food • an animal that only consumes plants • an ecosystem with steady conditions • the predator at the top of the food chain • a living thing that is capable of basic functions • a living factor that directly affects an ecosystem • the process that cells undergo in order to multiply • ...
Botany Crossword 2025-05-02
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- One of two main structural axes of a vascular plant
- Having male reproductive organs in one individual and female in another
- Study of plants
- The part of a vascular plant normally underground
- Thing that carries water from the roots to all parts of the tree or plant
- The pollen lands on the pistil of another plant and fertilizes the eggs within the ______
- a narrow, tube-like structure that is part of the female reproductive part of a flower, the pistil
- _____ is to plants as sperm cells are to animals
- The organ that forms the seeds of flowering plants
- To make a seed begin to grow and put out shoots after a period of time
- Facilitates the transport of sugars and other assimilates through the plant body
- The male reproductive part of a flower
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- Plants transforming light energy into chemical energy
- A small object produced by a plant and when it's planted, a new plant can grow
- Has 2 seed leaves
- The outer parts of the flower that encloses a developing bud
- The seed leaves
- Female flowers have these to receive pollen grains
- Has 1 seed leaf
- The thin stalk that supports the anther in the stamen
- Male flowers have _____ on their filaments that produce pollen
- Modified leaves that form an inner whorl surrounding the reproductive parts of flowers
22 Clues: Study of plants • The seed leaves • Has 1 seed leaf • Has 2 seed leaves • The male reproductive part of a flower • _____ is to plants as sperm cells are to animals • The part of a vascular plant normally underground • Female flowers have these to receive pollen grains • The organ that forms the seeds of flowering plants • One of two main structural axes of a vascular plant • ...
Ecosystem Vocabulary 2025-01-10
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- A group of interacting individuals of the same species located in the same area
- A relationship where both species benefit.
- A relationship where one species benefits and the other is harmed.
- An animal that is caught and killed by another for food.
- The variety of life on Earth at all its levels, from genes to ecosystems.
- Any organism that breaks down or eats decaying material for its energy source.
- The process by which a species becomes fitted to its environment.
- A close relationship between two or more different species.
- Eat plants (producers).
- Organisms that make their own food.
- The natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism.
- Eat other animals (consumers).
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- More than one individual or population in an ecosystem relies upon the same limited resources.
- An organism that cannot produce its own food and must eat other plants and/or animals to get energy.
- The process by which green plants and certain other organisms transform light energy into chemical energy.
- An animal that naturally preys on others.
- Any living things or once living that affects the ecosystem.
- Any living thing.
- System of all biotic and abiotic factors in an area that interact.
- Any nonliving thing that affects the ecosystem.
- Where one species benefits from the relationship without harming the other.
- Eats plants and animals (producers and consumers).
22 Clues: Any living thing. • Eat plants (producers). • Eat other animals (consumers). • Organisms that make their own food. • An animal that naturally preys on others. • A relationship where both species benefit. • Any nonliving thing that affects the ecosystem. • Eats plants and animals (producers and consumers). • An animal that is caught and killed by another for food. • ...
Denver Botanic Gardens 2025-09-18
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- Children’s garden across York St.
- interactive science building
- Where the DBG now resides. Spooky!
- Library located in the FNC
- Designed the Japanese Teahouse
- 700 acre native plant refuge
- DBG has the most extensive collection in the Rocky Mountain region.
- found on the Birds and Bees walk
- gallery across from Ladd
- has a collection of nearly 800 species
- Historical old home in the gardens
- Holiday light extravaganza at York location
- where guests can go to touch and smell plants!
- Created sculpture located in the ellipse garden
- the gardens might be haunted!
- many of the plants grown at DBG are local
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- almost 40,000 pounds is grown at Chatfield.
- Botanic Gardens DBG
- est. 1859, originally a cemetery
- You can learn to draw plants!
- Auditorium located in the FNC
- A bistro located near the Monet Pool.
- Building that houses the art galleries.
- Dining option next to Beottcher
- popular water garden
- Coffee shop located in the FNC
- Houses plant specimens, located in the FNC
- Holiday Event at Chatfield Farms
- Houses tropical plants, located in Beottcher
- Houses the gift shop, where guests can purchase tickets
- where the concerts take place
- where the gardens were originally located
- Street where Denver Botanic Gardens is on.
- gallery next to the auditorium
34 Clues: Botanic Gardens DBG • popular water garden • gallery across from Ladd • Library located in the FNC • interactive science building • 700 acre native plant refuge • You can learn to draw plants! • Auditorium located in the FNC • where the concerts take place • the gardens might be haunted! • Designed the Japanese Teahouse • Coffee shop located in the FNC • ...
Unit 1 Crossword 2025-11-12
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- A diagram that shows the transfer of energy in an ecosystem
- The type of plate motion where two plates move away from each other
- The type of landform created at convergent plate boundaries
- Consumers that eat both plants and animals
- Groups that organisms live in
- When one living thing benefits, but the other is neither helped nor harmed by the relationship
- What Earth's tectonic plates are made of
- The type of landform that is found at divergent plate boundaries
- Organisms that must eat other ogranisms to get energy
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- When two organisms fight over the same resource
- Organisms that take in energy from the sun
- When one living thing hunts and eats another
- The man who thought of continental drift
- When one living thing lives on or inside another and harms it in the process
- Organisms that recycle nutrients from dead plants and animals
- The type of plate motion where two plates slide past each other
- When living things live in close proximity to each other and interact in different ways
- When two living things benefit from their relationshp
- Consumers that only eat plants
- Consumers that only eat animals
- Evidence of plate motion from the remains of plants or animals
- The type of plate motion where two plates move toward each other
- Earth's outer layer is broken into these
23 Clues: Groups that organisms live in • Consumers that only eat plants • Consumers that only eat animals • The man who thought of continental drift • Earth's outer layer is broken into these • What Earth's tectonic plates are made of • Organisms that take in energy from the sun • Consumers that eat both plants and animals • When one living thing hunts and eats another • ...
PLANT SYSTEM SUMMARY CROSSWORD 2017-07-14
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- Roots hold the plants firmly in the s_____ .
- F______ function to protects seeds.
- F_____________ plants reproduce by producing seeds.
- Tiny openings on the underside of the leaves that help take in or give out gases are called s_________.
- Chlorophyll, a green pigment on the leaf blades, help the leaves to absorb s________ to make food.
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- Other than water, roots also helps the plant absorb m___________ s_____ from the soil.
- Strong and straight stems help plants stand upright while w_____ stems climb onto walls and other plants for support.
- Plants can make f_____ in the presence of sunlight, water and oxygen.
- This part of the plant keeps the plant upright.
- Without roots, plants would die because they cannot absorb w_________ and mineral salts for their survival.
10 Clues: F______ function to protects seeds. • Roots hold the plants firmly in the s_____ . • This part of the plant keeps the plant upright. • F_____________ plants reproduce by producing seeds. • Plants can make f_____ in the presence of sunlight, water and oxygen. • Other than water, roots also helps the plant absorb m___________ s_____ from the soil. • ...
PLANT SYSTEM SUMMARY CROSSWORD 2017-07-14
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- Chlorophyll, a green pigment on the leaf blades, help the leaves to absorb s________ to make food.
- F_____________ plants reproduce by producing seeds.
- F______ function to protects seeds.
- Strong and straight stems help plants stand upright while w_____ stems climb onto walls and other plants for support.
- Tiny openings on the underside of the leaves that help take in or give out gases are called s_________.
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- Other than water, roots also helps the plant absorb m___________ s_____ from the soil.
- Roots hold the plants firmly in the s_____ .
- Plants can make f_____ in the presence of sunlight.
- This part of the plant keeps the plant upright.
- Without roots, plants would die because they cannot absorb w_________ and mineral salts for their survival.
10 Clues: F______ function to protects seeds. • Roots hold the plants firmly in the s_____ . • This part of the plant keeps the plant upright. • F_____________ plants reproduce by producing seeds. • Plants can make f_____ in the presence of sunlight. • Other than water, roots also helps the plant absorb m___________ s_____ from the soil. • ...
NUTRITION IN PLANTS 2017-05-08
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- the numerous openings found on the lower surface of the leaf
- the pigment in plant that captures solar energy
- the gas released during photosynthesis
- a soft and white substances foung growing on decomposing materials during the rainy season
- a plant that traps and feeds on insects
- a plant that feeds on decomposing materials
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- the process of taking in food by an organism and its utilization by the bosy
- the process carried out by plants to prepare food for themselves
- the good and friendly relationship between 2 organisms
- the plant from which a parasitic plant sucks its food
- the bacteria present in the soil which converts the atmospheric nitrogen into the water soluble compounds to be absorbed by the plants
11 Clues: the gas released during photosynthesis • a plant that traps and feeds on insects • a plant that feeds on decomposing materials • the pigment in plant that captures solar energy • the plant from which a parasitic plant sucks its food • the good and friendly relationship between 2 organisms • the numerous openings found on the lower surface of the leaf • ...
Nutrition in Plants 2017-05-04
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- process of taking in food by an organism and its utilization by the body.
- plants which trap insects by ingenious methods.
- organism that can make their food from simple non-living substances.
- the mode of nutrition where two different organisms work together for mutual benefit.
- pores located on under side of the leaves from which leaves take in carbon di oxide from the air.
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- organisms that directly or indirectly depend on green plants for nutrition.
- organisms that live on dead plants and animals and derive their food from them.
- green pigment present in plants.
- organism that live in or on other living organisms and derive their food from them.
- bacteria that can convert atmospheric nitrogen and convert it into a soluble form that plants can absorb.
- example of saprotrophs.
11 Clues: example of saprotrophs. • green pigment present in plants. • plants which trap insects by ingenious methods. • organism that can make their food from simple non-living substances. • process of taking in food by an organism and its utilization by the body. • organisms that directly or indirectly depend on green plants for nutrition. • ...
NUTRITION IN PLANTS 2017-05-09
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- Energy for photosynthesis is obtained from sunlight trapped by _______________
- The process of taking in food by an organism and its utilization by the body is called_______________
- Organism that can make their food from simple non-living substances
- Plants that obtain nutrients from insects
- A plant from which a parasite gets its food is called______
- All non-green plants are ______________.(hint : animals are also one of them )
- A type of plant that replenishes the soil
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- Organisms that live on dead plants and animals and derive their food from them
- the process of plant making food is called ______________________
- The mode of nutrition where two different organisms work together for their mutual benefit
- Organism that live on other organisms and derive their food
11 Clues: Plants that obtain nutrients from insects • A type of plant that replenishes the soil • Organism that live on other organisms and derive their food • A plant from which a parasite gets its food is called______ • the process of plant making food is called ______________________ • Organism that can make their food from simple non-living substances • ...
Hawaiian Medicinal Plants 2022-04-25
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- How noni juice is extracted
- English name for kukui
- A physical manifestation of a God as an event or object
- Noni was used to color this
- Modified underground plant stem
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- The common name for Noni
- kukui oil is commonly used as a treatment for this
- A species present in a place naturally without human intervention.
- Pig god associated with kukui
- One use for bitter ginger
- How the noni plant came to Hawaii
11 Clues: English name for kukui • The common name for Noni • One use for bitter ginger • How noni juice is extracted • Noni was used to color this • Pig god associated with kukui • Modified underground plant stem • How the noni plant came to Hawaii • kukui oil is commonly used as a treatment for this • A physical manifestation of a God as an event or object • ...
plants around us 2022-06-03
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- seperates the left and right side of heart
- main artery
- protein in blood carrying oxygen
- a drug to reduce the risk of heart attack
- type of muscles found in heart only
- lower chambers of the heart
- prevents backward flow of blood
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- valves that are moon shaped
- main vein
- muscular and thick walled part of heart
- upper chambers of the heart
11 Clues: main vein • main artery • valves that are moon shaped • upper chambers of the heart • lower chambers of the heart • prevents backward flow of blood • protein in blood carrying oxygen • type of muscles found in heart only • muscular and thick walled part of heart • a drug to reduce the risk of heart attack • seperates the left and right side of heart
Plants and Animals 2021-12-09
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- When a seed gets enough water, sunlight, and space, it will ______.
- What part of the plant absorbs water?
- Seed get planted in the ______.
- Seeds can be found inside a plant's _____.
- What part of the plant absorbs sunlight?
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- This animal likes the chalta fruit.
- The Bengal _______ reserve.
- Plants need sunlight, _________, and space to grow.
- What part of the plant system moves the sunlight and water around?
- The colorful part of a plant.
- A plant grows from a ____.
11 Clues: A plant grows from a ____. • The Bengal _______ reserve. • The colorful part of a plant. • Seed get planted in the ______. • This animal likes the chalta fruit. • What part of the plant absorbs water? • What part of the plant absorbs sunlight? • Seeds can be found inside a plant's _____. • Plants need sunlight, _________, and space to grow. • ...
Plants and Minerals 2024-01-19
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- The mineral that is needed for the opening and closing of stomata
- Only found in plant cells and provides structure to the cell
- The chemical reaction that happens in the chloroplasts
- The product of photosynthesis that is then used to release energy
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- The mineral required to make chlorophyll and the plant will grow poorly without
- The mineral present in chlorophyll and the plant will turn yellow without it
- The mineral that if the plant is deficient in, leaves will turn purple
- The cells found near the surface of the leaves with lots of chloroplasts
- The molecule that glucose is stored as
- The gas that is a reactant of photosynthesis
- The gas that is a product of photosynthesis
11 Clues: The molecule that glucose is stored as • The gas that is a product of photosynthesis • The gas that is a reactant of photosynthesis • The chemical reaction that happens in the chloroplasts • Only found in plant cells and provides structure to the cell • The mineral that is needed for the opening and closing of stomata • ...
Plants are Living 2023-08-24
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- made by the flower
- a gas we need for our bodies which made by plants
- the growing end of a stem
- height of something
- holds up the plants and water moves inside them
- something that was alive but not now
- bend over
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- to keep living
- to soak up or take on a liquid
- hold the plant and absorbs water from the soil
- in sunlight the ______ makes food for the plant
- very young plant
12 Clues: bend over • to keep living • very young plant • made by the flower • height of something • the growing end of a stem • to soak up or take on a liquid • something that was alive but not now • hold the plant and absorbs water from the soil • in sunlight the ______ makes food for the plant • holds up the plants and water moves inside them • ...
transport in plants 2020-07-28
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- device used to measure rate of water uptake by leafy shoot
- inert impermeable waxy substance found in cell wall(phellem layer) of corky plants
- layer of loosely packed,irregularly shaped chlorophyll bearing cell found within the cortex of some plant stems
- secondary dermal tissue that replaces epidermis of older stems and roots
- type of water-conducting cells of xylem that lack perforations on the cell wall
- consists of parenchyma cells and maybe hollow in some plants
- pore on the epidermis of leaf bounded by two specialized cells
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- plant tissue between endodermis and phloem
- plant that need very little water
- strip band deposited radially and transversely on the cell wall of endodermis
- sticking together of of particles of different substances
11 Clues: plant that need very little water • plant tissue between endodermis and phloem • device used to measure rate of water uptake by leafy shoot • sticking together of of particles of different substances • consists of parenchyma cells and maybe hollow in some plants • pore on the epidermis of leaf bounded by two specialized cells • ...
Flowers and plants 2020-06-10
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- Soft fruit that grows on brambles in picture 7
- Crunchy red fruit growing on this tree in picture 5
- Flower in picture 1
- Look closely and you may the pods on plants in picture 8
- Round vegetable growing underground in picture 3
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- Juicy red fruit in picture 10
- Orange vegetable growing underground in picture 2
- Purple round vegetable growing underground in picture 4
- Salad crop in picture 11
- You can have these vegetables mashed or boiled in pic 9
- Mummy Annie likes these _ _ _ _ _ beans in picture 6
11 Clues: Flower in picture 1 • Salad crop in picture 11 • Juicy red fruit in picture 10 • Soft fruit that grows on brambles in picture 7 • Round vegetable growing underground in picture 3 • Orange vegetable growing underground in picture 2 • Crunchy red fruit growing on this tree in picture 5 • Mummy Annie likes these _ _ _ _ _ beans in picture 6 • ...
Parts of plants 2020-03-27
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- is important part of tree for timber production.
- absorbs water and mineral from the soil.
- transport fluids between the root.
- can grow into a new plant.
- grow from the trunk from the plant.
- is the seed-bearing structure in flowering plants.
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- are sexual reproduction part of plant.
- coat is outer cover of seed.
- is mainly for photosynthesis and exchange of gas.
- absorbs nutrients via the plants different roots.
- develop into a flower,leaf or shoot.
11 Clues: can grow into a new plant. • coat is outer cover of seed. • transport fluids between the root. • grow from the trunk from the plant. • develop into a flower,leaf or shoot. • are sexual reproduction part of plant. • absorbs water and mineral from the soil. • is important part of tree for timber production. • is mainly for photosynthesis and exchange of gas. • ...
transport in plants 2024-07-07
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- Movement of sugars from sources (e.g., leaves) to sinks (e.g., roots or fruits) in plants.
- The process of water evaporating from plant leaves.
- organelle which is responsible for photosynthesis
- Vascular tissue responsible for transporting water and minerals from roots to the rest of the plant.
- Source of energy used in photosynthesis.
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- Structure through which water enters and exits the leaf.
- Water potential gradient responsible for water movement in plants.
- Complex carbohydrate stored in plants.
- Vascular tissue responsible for transporting water and minerals from roots to the rest of the plant.
- Pigment responsible for capturing light energy in photosynthesis.
- vital role in plants by receiving and utilizing or storing assimilates transported through the phloem
- part of the plant where substances such as sugars and nutrients are produced or generated.
12 Clues: Complex carbohydrate stored in plants. • Source of energy used in photosynthesis. • organelle which is responsible for photosynthesis • The process of water evaporating from plant leaves. • Structure through which water enters and exits the leaf. • Pigment responsible for capturing light energy in photosynthesis. • ...
Introduction to Plants 2025-04-07
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- A system of tube-like tissues used for transporting water and nutrients in plants
- The male reproductive cell in organisms
- The part of the plant that makes food for the plant by photosynthesis
- The process in which plants convert energy into food
- The female reproductive cell organisms
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- A green pigment that captures energy from sunlight.
- A type of organism that makes its own food
- The male reproductive structure in a flower
- The female reproductive structure in a flower
- A plant embryo enclosed in a protective coating
- The part of the plant that provides support and transports water and minerals up to the rest of the plant
11 Clues: The female reproductive cell organisms • The male reproductive cell in organisms • A type of organism that makes its own food • The male reproductive structure in a flower • The female reproductive structure in a flower • A plant embryo enclosed in a protective coating • A green pigment that captures energy from sunlight. • ...
Reproduction in plants 2025-04-23
11 Clues: bulb • tuber • runner • sucker • rhizome • male part of the flower • female part of the flower • propagates through leaves • unfertilized female cells in the ovary • process of a seed growing into a seedling • yellow powder like substance in the anther
Nutrition in Plants 2023-05-17
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- Responsible for the storage of lipids, carbohydrates, and proteins
- Type of nutrition in pitcher plants
- Sugar formed during photosynthesis
- Type of parasitic plant
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- Process of breakdown due to light
- Light energy from the sun is absorbed by
- Controls the opening and closing of the stomata
- Sight of light reaction
- Element used for starch test
- Sight of dark reaction
- Nutrients are absorbed by the plant via
11 Clues: Sight of dark reaction • Sight of light reaction • Type of parasitic plant • Element used for starch test • Process of breakdown due to light • Sugar formed during photosynthesis • Type of nutrition in pitcher plants • Nutrients are absorbed by the plant via • Light energy from the sun is absorbed by • Controls the opening and closing of the stomata • ...
Plants Crossword Puzzle 2024-10-11
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- makes food for the plant
- part of the plant that grows out of the ground and supports the plant
- the place where seeds begin
- has seeds inside and protects the seeds
- spread by bees or the wind to other flowers
- seeds get planted in this
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- sweet juice of the flower
- needed to the plant to make food (photosynthesis)
- the beginning of a new plant
- part of the plant that is in the ground, absorbs minerals
- help to scatter seeds
11 Clues: help to scatter seeds • makes food for the plant • sweet juice of the flower • seeds get planted in this • the place where seeds begin • the beginning of a new plant • has seeds inside and protects the seeds • spread by bees or the wind to other flowers • needed to the plant to make food (photosynthesis) • part of the plant that is in the ground, absorbs minerals • ...
ECOSYSTEMS 2014-02-25
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- A place and the living things that live there.
- A bacteria is a ......... It eats decaying matter (dead animals or plants) and descompose them.
- Animals that eat other animals.
- Animals that eat plants and other animals.
- It is a big ecosystem.
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- Plants are......... They make their own food.
- It is a small ecosystem.
- Animals that eat plants.
- They need to consume plants and animals.
9 Clues: It is a big ecosystem. • It is a small ecosystem. • Animals that eat plants. • Animals that eat other animals. • They need to consume plants and animals. • Animals that eat plants and other animals. • Plants are......... They make their own food. • A place and the living things that live there. • ...
Photosynthesis 2024-01-05
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- Gas released as a byproduct of photosynthesis oxygen
- Plants require ____ from the sun or artificial sources
- Because plants create their own food, they are ____.
- The process plants use to create food
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- Part of the plant cell where photosynthesis occurs
- The sugar created by plants is ____.
- Plant cells are green because they contain
- used by plants for photosynthesis carbon dioxide
- To change from one form to another
9 Clues: To change from one form to another • The sugar created by plants is ____. • The process plants use to create food • Plant cells are green because they contain • used by plants for photosynthesis carbon dioxide • Part of the plant cell where photosynthesis occurs • Gas released as a byproduct of photosynthesis oxygen • ...
Photosynthesis 2024-06-29
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- Photosynthesis produces this and plants use it for food.
- Where do plants get carbon dioxide from?
- How do plants make food?
- When does photosynthesis happen?
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- Where do plants get energy for photosynthesis?
- What makes a plant's leaves green?
- Plants get this from the roots and is needed for photosynthesis.
- Where does photosynthesis happen?
- This is a result of photosynthesis and we need it to live.
9 Clues: How do plants make food? • When does photosynthesis happen? • Where does photosynthesis happen? • What makes a plant's leaves green? • Where do plants get carbon dioxide from? • Where do plants get energy for photosynthesis? • Photosynthesis produces this and plants use it for food. • This is a result of photosynthesis and we need it to live. • ...
Photosynthesis 2024-06-29
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- Photosynthesis produces this and plants use it for food.
- Where do plants get carbon dioxide from?
- How do plants make food?
- When does photosynthesis happen?
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- Where do plants get energy for photosynthesis?
- What makes a plant's leaves green?
- Plants get this from the roots and is needed for photosynthesis.
- Where does photosynthesis happen?
- This is a result of photosynthesis and we need it to live.
9 Clues: How do plants make food? • When does photosynthesis happen? • Where does photosynthesis happen? • What makes a plant's leaves green? • Where do plants get carbon dioxide from? • Where do plants get energy for photosynthesis? • Photosynthesis produces this and plants use it for food. • This is a result of photosynthesis and we need it to live. • ...
Photosynthesis 2024-06-29
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- Photosynthesis produces this and plants use it for food.
- Where do plants get carbon dioxide from?
- How do plants make food?
- When does photosynthesis happen?
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- Where do plants get energy for photosynthesis?
- What makes a plant's leaves green?
- Plants get this from the roots and is needed for photosynthesis.
- Where does photosynthesis happen?
- This is a result of photosynthesis and we need it to live.
9 Clues: How do plants make food? • When does photosynthesis happen? • Where does photosynthesis happen? • What makes a plant's leaves green? • Where do plants get carbon dioxide from? • Where do plants get energy for photosynthesis? • Photosynthesis produces this and plants use it for food. • This is a result of photosynthesis and we need it to live. • ...
NUTRITION IN PLANTS 2017-05-08
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- PLANTS the plant from which a parasitic plant sucks its food
- the process carried out by plants to prepare food for themselves
- PLANTS a plant that feeds on decomposing materials
- the bacteria present in the soil which converts the atmospheric nitrogen into the water soluble compounds to be absorbed by the plants
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- the pigment in plant that captures solar energy
- the good and friendly relationship between 2 organisms
- a soft and white substances foung growing on decomposing materials during the rainy season
- PLANTS a plant that traps and feeds on insects
- the numerous openings found on the lower surface of the leaf
- the process of taking in food by an organism and its utilization by the bosy
- the gas released during photosynthesis
11 Clues: the gas released during photosynthesis • PLANTS a plant that traps and feeds on insects • the pigment in plant that captures solar energy • PLANTS a plant that feeds on decomposing materials • the good and friendly relationship between 2 organisms • PLANTS the plant from which a parasitic plant sucks its food • ...
GARDEN 2023-12-03
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- - Liquid essential for a plant's growth.
- - Grows in the soil in the garden.
- - Boundary that protects the garden.
- - Plants that we can eat safely.
- - Part of Earth where plants grow.
- - These are used for cooking and sometimes medicine.
- - Someone who works at a garden.
- - Tool used in garden for various purposes.
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- - It is the entry point of the garden.
- - Area that is closed for plants growth.
- - Equipment that waters the garden.
- - Beautiful color creatures Fly around flowers.
- - Creature that pollinates flowers.
- - These are buried in soil that becomes plant afterward.
14 Clues: - Plants that we can eat safely. • - Someone who works at a garden. • - Grows in the soil in the garden. • - Part of Earth where plants grow. • - Equipment that waters the garden. • - Creature that pollinates flowers. • - Boundary that protects the garden. • - It is the entry point of the garden. • - Area that is closed for plants growth. • ...
1.10 Vocabulary 2023-09-19
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- living things that make energy using the sun (plants)
- only eats meat
- how many types of living things there are
- eats others
- only eats plants
- eats both plants and meat
- something that is not alive, and was never alive
- living things that need to eat other things to get energy
- two organisms both benefit from interacting (like bees/flowers)
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- living things and its environment (biotic and abiotic)
- two or more organisms fight for something
- one organism is a parasite, the other is a host
- gets eaten
- something that is alive, or used to be alive
14 Clues: gets eaten • eats others • only eats meat • only eats plants • eats both plants and meat • how many types of living things there are • two or more organisms fight for something • something that is alive, or used to be alive • one organism is a parasite, the other is a host • something that is not alive, and was never alive • living things that make energy using the sun (plants) • ...
Animal Classification Vocab 2024-10-08
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- to change
- to put things into groups based on similarities
- a place where plants and animals live
- maintains a constant body temperature
- something that makes a person, thing, or group different
- animals that do not have a backbone
- having a body temperature that changes based on the environment
- an animal that eats both plants and meat
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- living, growing, or found in water
- an animal that only eats meat
- the backbone, found in all vertebrates
- animals that have a backbone
- a large group of fish
- an animal that only eats plants
14 Clues: to change • a large group of fish • animals that have a backbone • an animal that only eats meat • an animal that only eats plants • living, growing, or found in water • animals that do not have a backbone • a place where plants and animals live • maintains a constant body temperature • the backbone, found in all vertebrates • an animal that eats both plants and meat • ...
Environment 2025-12-01
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- The natural home of plants or animals.
- To use resources carefully and avoid waste.
- The physical world around us.
- Usual weather conditions in an area.
- To put a species at risk of disappearing.
- To contaminate the air, water, or environment.
- Gas produced by plants that humans need to breathe.
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- Unwanted or thrown-away material.
- To keep something safe from harm.
- Something thrown away as rubbish.
- To process used items into new materials.
- A place where animals or plants are protected.
- The act of restoring or making clean again.
- Waste separation process into paper, plastic, glass, etc.
- Natural and chemical-free.
15 Clues: Natural and chemical-free. • The physical world around us. • Unwanted or thrown-away material. • To keep something safe from harm. • Something thrown away as rubbish. • Usual weather conditions in an area. • The natural home of plants or animals. • To process used items into new materials. • To put a species at risk of disappearing. • ...
Plant Biology 2 2021-12-07
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- a filamentous structure that is the earliest stage of the gametophyte in mosses
- phase in the life cycle of multicellular plants and algae that develops from the zygote; it is the diploid phase after the haploid gametophyte phase.
- a plant that produces two different types of gametes (usually one large and the other small.)
- the female reproductive structures typically in homosporous plants (like ferns and mosses)
- spore case, within which asexual spores are produced.
- cell with two copies of genetic material (2n)
- an underground plant stem that grow horizontally and produces the shoot and roots in a plant (also called creeping rootstalk)
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- phase in the life cycle of certain plants and algae that starts with a haploid spore up to the time that gametes are produced.
- a type of spore from a heterosporous plant that germinates into the male gametophyte (sperm)
- the male reproductive structures typically in homosporous plants (like ferns and mosses)
- the alternation of generations with haploid sexual and diploid asexual stages.
- a type of spore from a heterosporous plant that germinates into the female gametophyte (egg).
- non-vascular land plants that include mosses, hornworts and liverworts
- a plant that produces only one kind of spore
- cell with one copy of genetic material (1n)
15 Clues: cell with one copy of genetic material (1n) • a plant that produces only one kind of spore • cell with two copies of genetic material (2n) • spore case, within which asexual spores are produced. • non-vascular land plants that include mosses, hornworts and liverworts • the alternation of generations with haploid sexual and diploid asexual stages. • ...
vocab unit B crossword 2023-04-11
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- the act of transferring pollen grains from the male anther of a flower to the female stigma
- to water crops by bringing in water from pipes, canals, sprinklers, or other man-made means, rather than relying on rainfall alone
- a methed of evaporation of water from leaves, in turn, resulting more water being drawn from the roots.
- cycle a series of stages a living organism thing goes through during its life.
- an infant or young animals that is suckled
- a dark, organic material that forms in soil when plants and animals matter decays
- a fine powder produced by curtain plants
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- a mixture of minerals and organic materials that covers most of earths surface
- action a process during which a liquid moves up something solid or into a material with a lot of small hole.
- particles a mineral is organic if it contains carbon bound to other atoms by covalece.
- an organelle within cells of plants and certain algae that is the site of photosynthesis.
- reproduction It is a type of asexual reproduction in which new plants are produced from roots, stems, leaves and buds.
- a rootlike, often thickened, and usually horizontal underground plant stem that produces shoots above and roots below
- particles solid substances that occurs naturally.
- a pigment that give plants their green color
15 Clues: a fine powder produced by curtain plants • an infant or young animals that is suckled • a pigment that give plants their green color • particles solid substances that occurs naturally. • a mixture of minerals and organic materials that covers most of earths surface • cycle a series of stages a living organism thing goes through during its life. • ...
Photosynthesis Crossword 2023-02-09
12 Clues: plants • energy • pigments • consumers • Bi product • splits water • Calvin cycle • transportation • energy carrier • form grana stacks • organelles found in cell plants • enzyme used in the Calvin cycle
Organic farming 2020-03-19
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- fight against smth
- natural fertiliser
- a wild plant that you do not want to grow in your garden
- mixture put on plants to help them grow more successfully
- natural substances that help animals/plants to grow
- different vehicls
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- not using artificial chemicals when keeping animals or growing plants for food
- Chemicals to kill insects/bugs
- have been using for a long time; usual; traditional
- all the living things in an area and the way they affect each other and the environment
- animal droppings that help plants to grow in a natural way
11 Clues: different vehicls • fight against smth • natural fertiliser • Chemicals to kill insects/bugs • have been using for a long time; usual; traditional • natural substances that help animals/plants to grow • a wild plant that you do not want to grow in your garden • mixture put on plants to help them grow more successfully • ...
Animal and Plants crossword puzzle 2020-10-12
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- male structure in plants that makes pollen
- one of the leaflike parts that cover and protect the flower bud
- to receive the characteristics from an organism's parents
- the process in which plants make sugar
- something that causes a reaction in a living thing
- the qualities and organism has
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- the process in which a sperm cell and an egg cell combine
- a behavior that is inherited
- the substance in plants that makes their parts green and captures energy from sunlight
- a female structure in plants that produces egg cells
- to start to grow
11 Clues: to start to grow • a behavior that is inherited • the qualities and organism has • the process in which plants make sugar • male structure in plants that makes pollen • something that causes a reaction in a living thing • a female structure in plants that produces egg cells • the process in which a sperm cell and an egg cell combine • ...
Ecosystems 2 2024-09-08
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- A consumer that eats only plants
- An organism that cannot make their own food(animals) obtains energy by consuming other animals
- Organisms that find and eat dead animals or rotting plants
- These organisms breakdown waste and dead organisms(bacteria) obtain energy from breaking down waste
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- A consumer that only eats meat
- The non living objects in an ecosystem
- The living organisms in an ecosystem
- A consumer that eats both plants and animals
- Job or role an organism plays in its community
- An organism that makes its own food/plants
- Any living thing
11 Clues: Any living thing • A consumer that only eats meat • A consumer that eats only plants • The living organisms in an ecosystem • The non living objects in an ecosystem • An organism that makes its own food/plants • A consumer that eats both plants and animals • Job or role an organism plays in its community • Organisms that find and eat dead animals or rotting plants • ...
Science- Natural Resources pg. 92-93 2025-12-09
Across
- the power to make something change
- a resource that comes from land plants
- food added to soil to help plants grow
- energy energy that comes from the sun
- objects that make work easier to do
- a resource that comes from ocean plants
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- resources things found on Earth that people use to meet their needs
- a mixture of rock pieces, water, and air in which plants can grow
- source of power used for heat, light, and equipment
- hard substances made in Earth
- the substance used to make something
11 Clues: hard substances made in Earth • the power to make something change • objects that make work easier to do • the substance used to make something • a resource that comes from land plants • food added to soil to help plants grow • energy energy that comes from the sun • a resource that comes from ocean plants • source of power used for heat, light, and equipment • ...
Seedless Vascular Plants 2013-02-11
Across
- Leaves of a fern
- Gametophyte of a fern
- Transports sugars through the plant
- The horizontal stem that grows across the ground
- _____ are produced in sori
- Transports water and dissolved minerals through the plant
Down
- The diploid phase of the fern life cycle
- Form in the prothallus
- The structures on a fern that produces spores
- Ferns rely on _______ for reproduction
- After fertilization, the _____ starts the sporophyte stage
11 Clues: Leaves of a fern • Gametophyte of a fern • Form in the prothallus • _____ are produced in sori • Transports sugars through the plant • Ferns rely on _______ for reproduction • The diploid phase of the fern life cycle • The structures on a fern that produces spores • The horizontal stem that grows across the ground • Transports water and dissolved minerals through the plant • ...
transport in plants 2020-07-28
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- consists of parenchyma cells and maybe hollow in some plants
- secondary dermal tissue that replaces epidermis of older stems and roots
- pore on the epidermis of leaf bounded by two specialized cells
- layer of loosely packed,irregularly shaped chlorophyll bearing cell found within the cortex of some plant stems
- type of water-conducting cells of xylem that lack perforations on the cell wall
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- plant that need very little water
- strip band deposited radially and transversely on the cell wall of endodermis
- sticking together of of particles of different substances
- inert impermeable waxy substance found in cell wall(phellem layer) of corky plants
- device used to measure rate of water uptake by leafy shoot
- plant tissue between endodermis and phloem
11 Clues: plant that need very little water • plant tissue between endodermis and phloem • sticking together of of particles of different substances • device used to measure rate of water uptake by leafy shoot • consists of parenchyma cells and maybe hollow in some plants • pore on the epidermis of leaf bounded by two specialized cells • ...
Plants and life 2018-06-06
Across
- it pops out of the seed.
- they are a tap of plant.
- it keeps you warm and keeps plants warm.
- you breathe from it.
- they are line on leaves and your they are on your rest.
Down
- you drink it.
- there is nan in space.
- we are planting the plant in here
- they shot out of the seed before the stem.
- they are one of the bits of a plant.
- some plants are this colour.
11 Clues: you drink it. • you breathe from it. • there is nan in space. • it pops out of the seed. • they are a tap of plant. • some plants are this colour. • we are planting the plant in here • they are one of the bits of a plant. • it keeps you warm and keeps plants warm. • they shot out of the seed before the stem. • they are line on leaves and your they are on your rest.
NUTRITION IN PLANTS 2016-05-26
Across
- I AM A FUNGUS
- I ABSORB CARBON DIOXIDE
- CELL THAT CONTAINS CHLOROPHYLL
- I AM USED IN TEST FOR STARCH
- I AM A PARASITE I CAN SYNTHESIZE MY FOOD
- I PROVIDE NITROGEN
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- NUTRITION IN WHICH PLANTS LIVE TOGETHER
- I AM ADDED IN FARMS FOR NUTRIENTS
- SUCKS NUTRIENTS FROM HOST
- ULTIMATE SOURCE OF ENERGY
- SINGULAR OF STOMATA
11 Clues: I AM A FUNGUS • I PROVIDE NITROGEN • SINGULAR OF STOMATA • I ABSORB CARBON DIOXIDE • SUCKS NUTRIENTS FROM HOST • ULTIMATE SOURCE OF ENERGY • I AM USED IN TEST FOR STARCH • CELL THAT CONTAINS CHLOROPHYLL • I AM ADDED IN FARMS FOR NUTRIENTS • NUTRITION IN WHICH PLANTS LIVE TOGETHER • I AM A PARASITE I CAN SYNTHESIZE MY FOOD
Reproduction of Plants 2016-04-24
11 Clues: Stem • Rhizome • layering • crop Wheat • grows upwards • potato Root Tuber • protects the seed. • reproduces through spores. • provide food for the baby plant • the part of the stem to which the cut stem is attached. • horizontal stems that grow near the ground and give off roots.
Adaptation in Plants 2021-06-25
Across
- plant found in desert areas
- photosynthesis carried out by stem
- example of evergreen tree
- trees found in hilly areas
- trees found in marshy areas
- plants that grow on land
Down
- tree with flat and broad leaves
- trees shed their leaves in winter season
- plants that live in water
- develop breathing roots
- natural surrounding of a living being
11 Clues: develop breathing roots • plants that grow on land • plants that live in water • example of evergreen tree • trees found in hilly areas • plant found in desert areas • trees found in marshy areas • tree with flat and broad leaves • photosynthesis carried out by stem • natural surrounding of a living being • trees shed their leaves in winter season
ET & HT plants 2024-07-03
11 Clues: Its a shade • A light pink • a light black • a citrus fruit • its very bright • Delicious to eat • A colour of a princess • the colour of unpainted wood • It’s not in the rainbow song • If you add blue you can make green • a colour 2nd to last in the rainbow song
fertilization in plants 2024-08-20
Across
- The male gamete-producing part of the plant.
- The structure within the ovary that develops into a seed after fertilization.
- The part of the stamen that produces and releases pollen.
- The tube-like structure that connects the stigma to the ovary.
- The cell formed by the fusion of male and female gametes.
- A reproductive cell that unites with another during fertilization.
Down
- The tube that forms after pollination, allowing sperm to reach the ovule.
- The stalk that supports the anther.
- The part of the flower that contains the ovules and develops into a fruit.
- The developing young plant within a seed.
- The part of the flower where pollen lands during pollination.
11 Clues: The stalk that supports the anther. • The developing young plant within a seed. • The male gamete-producing part of the plant. • The part of the stamen that produces and releases pollen. • The cell formed by the fusion of male and female gametes. • The part of the flower where pollen lands during pollination. • ...
Transportation in plants 2024-08-16
Across
- The plant structures that absorb water and nutrients from the soil.
- What is the transportation process Xylem uses?
- The type of action that allows water to move upward through narrow spaces in the xylem vessels.
- The cell wall of the Phloem is made up of what?
- The vascular tissue responsible for transporting water and minerals from roots to the rest of the plant.
Down
- The attraction between water molecules and the walls of the xylem vessels.
- The movement of organic compounds like sugars within the phloem from sources to sinks.
- What is the cell wall of the Xylem made up of?
- The vascular tissue responsible for transporting sugars and other organic compounds throughout the plant.Translocation What is the transportation process Phloem uses?
- The specialised phloem cells that facilitate the transport of sugars.
- The force that holds water molecules together, aiding in their movement through the xylem.
11 Clues: What is the cell wall of the Xylem made up of? • What is the transportation process Xylem uses? • The cell wall of the Phloem is made up of what? • The plant structures that absorb water and nutrients from the soil. • The specialised phloem cells that facilitate the transport of sugars. • The attraction between water molecules and the walls of the xylem vessels. • ...
Unit 10-Plants 2023-05-22
Across
- folded membranes
- first stage un cellular respiration
- part of flower that holds egg cells
- used for protection and to prevent water loss
- fluid-like membranes
Down
- collect sunlight in chloroplasts
- part of flower that holds the anther up
- respiration that performs without oxygen
- a waxy layer
- part of flower for reproduction
- transport water from roots to shoot
11 Clues: a waxy layer • folded membranes • fluid-like membranes • part of flower for reproduction • collect sunlight in chloroplasts • first stage un cellular respiration • transport water from roots to shoot • part of flower that holds egg cells • part of flower that holds the anther up • respiration that performs without oxygen • used for protection and to prevent water loss
Unit 13 Plants 2025-01-07
Plants- Class 8 2021-08-31
Across
- Reserve food for plants
- Absorb water and minerals
- Mineral essential part of chlorophyll
- Gas released as byproduct in photosynthesis
- Source of energy for photosynthesis
- Solution to check presence of starch in leaves
Down
- Green organelle helping in photosynthesis
- Plant whose starch has been removed
- Synthetic chemical used to restore minerals in soil
- Colour shown by leaves poor in Nitrogen and Magnesium
- Tissue helping in transportation of water nad minerals in plants
11 Clues: Reserve food for plants • Absorb water and minerals • Plant whose starch has been removed • Source of energy for photosynthesis • Mineral essential part of chlorophyll • Green organelle helping in photosynthesis • Gas released as byproduct in photosynthesis • Solution to check presence of starch in leaves • Synthetic chemical used to restore minerals in soil • ...
Reactions in Plants 2025-10-22
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- a new substance made in chemical reaction.
- a process that plants use to make their own food. It needs light to work
- a type of respiaration in which oxygen is used to release energy from subtances, such as glucose
- an important sugar, which is used as a reactant in respiration.
- a variable that prevents the rate (speed) of process from becoming any faster.
Down
- a way of writing out what happens in a chemical reaction using symbols to represent the subtances invloved.
- a substance used to make other substance.
- tube made of living phloem cells that transports dissolved substances around the plant.
- the green substance found insied choloroplasts. It traps energy transferred by light.
- a green disc containing chlorophyll, found in plant cells. Where the plants makes food, using photosynthesis
- a substance that takes part in chemical reaction.
11 Clues: a substance used to make other substance. • a new substance made in chemical reaction. • a substance that takes part in chemical reaction. • an important sugar, which is used as a reactant in respiration. • a process that plants use to make their own food. It needs light to work • a variable that prevents the rate (speed) of process from becoming any faster. • ...
PHOTOSYNTHESIS 2024-05-02
Across
- Name the metal present in chlorophyll
- Name the pigment which is responsible for absorption of light in plants?
- Carbon dioxide enter plants through the
- ultimate source of energy
- The two raw materials in photosynthesis are water and ______________
Down
- photosynthesis is a ______ process
- Plants use energy from the sun to produce ________________ and sugars.
- Plants manufacture food through
- Plants make their own food using energy that comes from the
9 Clues: ultimate source of energy • Plants manufacture food through • photosynthesis is a ______ process • Name the metal present in chlorophyll • Carbon dioxide enter plants through the • Plants make their own food using energy that comes from the • The two raw materials in photosynthesis are water and ______________ • ...
Vocabulary Words from 7-1 & 7-2 2018-01-22
Across
- An organism that only eats plants is a...
- The non-living things of an ecosystem
- An organism that only eats meat is a...
- Light energy used to help plants make glucose and produce oxygen
- An organelle found in the leaves of a plant
- The process of creating cell energy
- A plant's food
- The representation of energy getting passed through trophic levels
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- An organism that eats both plants and meat is a...
- An area where there are living things and non-living things
- Organisms that produce food through photosynthesis
- An organism that eats secondary consumers
- An organism that eats dead animals is a...
- A living part of an ecosystem
- Organisms that eat other organisms
- A pigment found in chloroplast
16 Clues: A plant's food • A living part of an ecosystem • A pigment found in chloroplast • Organisms that eat other organisms • The process of creating cell energy • The non-living things of an ecosystem • An organism that only eats meat is a... • An organism that eats secondary consumers • An organism that only eats plants is a... • An organism that eats dead animals is a... • ...
Forces in Plants Crossword Puzzle 2013-09-19
Across
- pressure Causes a plant to be rigid and stand up
- What the vacuole stores
- Growth response of a plant to water
- Tropisms are a type of what in plants
- When growth is towards a stimulus
- Growth response of a plant to gravity
- Structure on plants that have negative geotropism
- When growth is away from a stimulus
- Structure on plants that have positive geotropism
Down
- A growth of an organism in response to an environmental stimulus
- Force that attracts a body to the center of the Earth
- Cell structure that stores water
- Growth response of a plant to light
- How an organism reacts to a stimulus
- Vacuoles create pressure on this cell structure
- A change in an organism's environment
16 Clues: What the vacuole stores • Cell structure that stores water • When growth is towards a stimulus • Growth response of a plant to water • Growth response of a plant to light • When growth is away from a stimulus • How an organism reacts to a stimulus • Tropisms are a type of what in plants • Growth response of a plant to gravity • A change in an organism's environment • ...
Branches of Biology 2024-04-07
Across
- The study of viruses.
- The study of life in the sea.
- The study of parasites.
- The science and art of growing fruits, vegetables, flowers or ornamental plants.
- The study of metabolism of organisms and their parts.
- The science that deals with immunity.
- The study of reptiles.
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- The science of naming, grouping and classifying species.
- The study of chemical reactions which take place inside the living organism.
- The study of birds.
- The study of form and structure of plants and animals.
- The study of diseases in plants and animals.
- The science which aims to improve the human race through controlled heredity.
- The technique of producing silk by raising silkworms.
- The study of algae.
- The science of transmission of body characteristics.
16 Clues: The study of birds. • The study of algae. • The study of viruses. • The study of reptiles. • The study of parasites. • The study of life in the sea. • The science that deals with immunity. • The study of diseases in plants and animals. • The science of transmission of body characteristics. • The technique of producing silk by raising silkworms. • ...
