5.3 - Plant Needs Key Terms Crossword

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Across
  1. 1. Growth by continuous additions.
  2. 6. Not woody, dying back to the ground each year.
  3. 8. Point at which no more water is available to the plant.
  4. 11. Height above sea level or height above any selected base point.
  5. 12. Chemical element necessary in relatively large amounts.
  6. 13. An insufficiency in reference to amount, volume, proportion, et cetera; a lack.
  7. 15. The angular distance north or south from the equator of a point on the earth's surface.
  8. 16. A proposed explanation whose status is still conjectural and subject to experimentation.
  9. 17. An irreversible increase in volume and/or weight.
  10. 18. The lowest temperature where metabolic processes result in a net substance gain.
  11. 20. The changing of a liquid into a gas.
  12. 22. Water pressure within a plant cell.
Down
  1. 2. Becoming mature or ripe.
  2. 3. Used to estimate the growth and development of plants and insects.
  3. 4. To take up or receive by chemical or molecular action.
  4. 5. One of sixteen elements required for plant growth.
  5. 7. An element or compound in a soil that is essential for the growth of a plant.
  6. 9. Loss of freshness and a drooping of the foliage of a plant due to an inadequate supply of water.
  7. 10. A soil or material, such as sand, peat moss, vermiculite, etc.
  8. 14. Chemical element necessary in relatively small amounts.
  9. 19. The distension of the cell wall and protoplasmic layer of plants by fluids.
  10. 21. The point that must be exceeded to begin producing a given effect or result.