LEAF STRUCTURE AND PHOTOSYNTHESIS
Across
- 2. keeps a plant from going dry and helps it grow
- 4. collects rain water
- 9. a sweet crystalline substance
- 11. the orientation of a plant or other organism in response to light, either toward the source of light
- 13. a prosses plants go through to evolve
- 16. the physical energy resulting from electromagnetic radiation
- 17. comprised of the xylem and the phloem, the main transport systems of plants
- 18. the turning or bending of a plant or other organism in response to a touch stimulus
- 19. the beginning of a plant
- 20. an insect or other agent that conveys pollen to a plant and so allows fertilization
Down
- 1. made up of one carbon atom and two oxygen atoms
- 3. the growth of the parts of plants with respect to the force of gravity
- 5. Plants use the energy of the sun to change water and carbon dioxide into a sugar called
- 6. an essential component of photosynthesis
- 7. holds the atoms in a molecule together
- 8. gives plants energy
- 10. stems with secondary growth
- 12. a diatomic molecule that is composed of two oxygen atoms held together by a covalent bond
- 14. part of the plant that is in the ground
- 15. two hydrogen atoms, each linked by a single chemical bond to an oxygen atom