December Vocabulary Review

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Across
  1. 2. A substance that provides nourishment essential for growth
  2. 4. An explanation of what you think will happen in the experiment and why
  3. 5. Circumstance that contributes to a process
  4. 11. Protective layer that stops the seed from drying out
  5. 13. Helps the plant attach to the ground and absorb water and nutrients
  6. 14. Genetic diversity in a plant species that makes different varieties
  7. 15. Excess nutrients in a body of water that causes an algae bloom
  8. 17. Amount of crops that can be grown per unit of land
  9. 18. Lacking in an essential nutrient
  10. 20. The study of plant biology
  11. 21. A plant with one cotyledon, like corn
  12. 22. Movement, spread or transport of seeds
  13. 23. A plant with two cotyledon, like beans
Down
  1. 1. Process that plants used to make sugar using the suns energy
  2. 3. A trait that something has that makes it better at living in its environment
  3. 6. Noticing and recording information using your senses
  4. 7. Growing plants using nutrient rich water instead of soil
  5. 8. A factor that is changed or measured in an experiment
  6. 9. Sprouting of a seed after a period of dormancy
  7. 10. The substance from which a plant grows and gets its nutrients
  8. 12. Land that can be used for growing crops
  9. 15. Food for the baby plant that is the meat of the seed
  10. 16. Substrate used in most hydroponics labs made from volcanic rock
  11. 19. First leaves to escape from the seed and do photosynthesis