8S Chapter 7 Vocabulary
Across
- 5. A structure that covers the tip of a root, protecting the root from injury as it grows through the soil
- 8. A small opening in the underside of a leaf through which water, oxygen, and carbon dioxide can move
- 10. The stage in the life cycle of a plant in which the plant produces gametes
- 12. The process through which water is lost through a plant’s leaves
- 14. When an egg cell and a sperm cell join to form a new cell
- 17. A leaflike structure that encloses and protects the bud of a flower
- 18. A flower structure that encloses and protects ovules and seeds as they develop
- 19. The female reproductive part of a flower
Down
- 1. The transfer of pollen from male reproductive structures to female reproductive structures in plants
- 2. The sprouting of the embryo out of a seed
- 3. A young organism that develops from a zygote
- 4. The stage in the life cycle of a plant in which the plant produces spores
- 6. The male reproductive part of a flower
- 7. The reproductive structure of an angiosperm
- 9. A colorful, leaflike structure of some flowers
- 11. A flowering plant that completes its life cycle in one growing season
- 13. A flowering plant that completes its life cycle in two years
- 15. A layer of cells in a plant that produces new phloem and xylem cells
- 16. A fertilized egg, produced by the joining of a sperm and an egg