Year 7 Agriculture Vocabulary
Across
- 2. Eats both plants and animals (e.g., humans, pigs).
- 3. Storage carbohydrate in chloroplasts/plastids
- 5. Plant/fruit reaches full size; seeds fully viable.
- 8. Water falling to Earth (rain, snow, hail).
- 11. Water vapour released from plant leaves.
- 12. Embryo in a protective coat; may be dormant.
- 14. Variety of life (genes, species, ecosystems).
- 15. All ecosystems on Earth.
- 17. Community + abiotic environment interacting.
- 20. Breaks down dead organisms/waste into simpler substances (e.g., fungi, many bacteria), recycling nutrients.
- 24. Pollen transferred to stigma (self or cross).
- 25. Interconnected food chains.
- 27. Organisms break down sugars, releasing CO₂.
- 30. Makes its own food (usually via photosynthesis; some via chemosynthesis).
- 32. Non-living components (light, temperature, water, pH, salinity, soil, nutrients).
- 33. – Leaves, stems, and roots expand (biomass increases).
- 34. Gets energy by eating other organisms/organic matter.
- 36. The place an organism lives.
- 38. Members of one species in an area.
- 39. – One organism kills/consumes another.
- 40. Seed absorbs water and begins growth.
- 41. Eats plants/algae only (e.g., koalas, cattle).
Down
- 1. – Organisms vying for the same resources.
- 4. Water vapour → liquid droplets (cloud formation).
- 6. A single pathway of energy flow.
- 7. set Fruits develop; seeds mature.
- 8. Plants/algae fix CO₂ into sugars using light.
- 9. Leaf pores for CO₂ in/O₂ out; control water loss (transpiration)
- 10. Water stored underground in soil/rock.
- 13. Eats other animals (e.g., dingoes, owls).
- 15. Living components (plants, animals, microbes) and their interactions.
- 16. Pollen nucleus fuses with ovule; seeds begin forming.
- 18. Microbes break down dead matter, returning CO₂ (or CH₄ in low-oxygen conditions).
- 19. All populations of different species in an area.
- 21. Water soaking into the soil.
- 22. Immediate product of photosynthesis; used in cellular respiration.
- 23. Eats dead organic matter fragments (e.g., earthworms, dung beetles); often aids decomposers.
- 26. Young plant forming first leaves and roots.
- 28. Water flowing over land to streams/rivers.
- 29. Open/close stomata in response to light, CO₂, water status.
- 31. Liquid water → water vapour from surfaces (lakes, soil).
- 35. Flowers develop and open.
- 37. Ageing; tissues break down; annuals die after seed set.