Chapter 22
Across
- 5. a plant that has seeds unprotected by an ovary or fruit. Gymnosperms include the conifers, cycads, and ginkgo
- 6. a leaf that bears sporangia
- 8. the central part of an ovule, containing the embryo sac
- 11. a tough outer protective layer, especially that of an animal or plant.
- 12. palmlike gymnosperm
- 13. (of a plant or invertebrate animal) having the male and female reproductive organs in separate individuals.
Down
- 1. a divison of trees
- 2. a flowering plant's unit of reproduction, capable of developing into another such plant
- 3. a sticky flammable organic substance, insoluble in water, exuded by some trees and other plants (notably fir and pine).
- 4. each of the microscopic particles, typically single cells, of which pollen is composed. Have a tough coat that has a form characteristic of the pollen-producing plant and which can still be recognized in some archaeological deposits
- 7. gymnosperm,cone bearing seed plants
- 9. a coat for the seed
- 10. phylum gymnosperm that resembles angiosperm