Biodiversity recap
Across
- 4. Plant whose hook-like burrs inspired the invention of Velcro
- 5. Cancer treatment drug obtained from the yew tree.
- 8. The use of biological adaptations to improve the design of human products.
- 10. The natural process that breaks down dead organic matter
- 11. Organisms such as plants that make their own food using light energy
- 12. Drought-resistant bean promoted as an alternative food crop
Down
- 1. Centres of the world with exceptionally high genetic diversity of crop species
- 2. Insect released in greenhouses to control whitefly population
- 3. A relationship between two species where both benefit
- 6. The variety and abundance of life in a defined area
- 7. The process by which a seed begins to grow into a plant
- 9. Tree whose bark was the original source of quinine