Chapter 20: Plant Diversity

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Across
  1. 2. the study of plants
  2. 4. multicellular eukaryotes, most of which produce their own food through photosynthesis and have adapted to life on land
  3. 6. the reproductive structure of most gymnosperms inside of which the female gamete is fertilized and seeds are produced
  4. 7. when pollen meets female reproductive parts of the same plant species
  5. 8. a fibrous material made up of dead cells that are part of the vascular system of some plants
  6. 10. a collection of specialized tissues that bring water and mineral nutrients up from the roots and disperse sugars down from the leaves
  7. 12. the study of how people in different cultures use plants
  8. 13. flowering plants whose embryos have two seed leaves
  9. 14. potent plant chemicals that contain nitrogen
  10. 16. a two-celled structure that contains a cell that will divide to form sperm
  11. 19. an embryonic leaf inside a seed
  12. 21. a seed plant that has seeds enclosed in some type of fruit
Down
  1. 1. the study of drugs and their effects on the body
  2. 3. a seed plant whose seeds are not enclosed in fruit
  3. 5. flowering plants whose embryos have one seed leaf
  4. 9. a waxy, waterproof later that helps hold in moisture
  5. 11. tiny holes in the cuticle
  6. 15. the mature ovary of a flower
  7. 17. a material that hardens the cell walls of some vascular tissues
  8. 18. a storage device for a plant embryo
  9. 20. the reproductive structure of flowering plants