GCSE Topic 6

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Across
  1. 4. cells in the shoot do this in response to a plant hormone
  2. 5. equipment used to measure the rate at which water is lost from a leafy shoot
  3. 6. storage carbohydrate in plants
  4. 9. waterproof layer that limits water loss in plants
  5. 11. organelle present in high numbers in cells that are very metabolically active
  6. 15. hormone that causes fruit to ripen
  7. 16. cells that actively pump sugar into and out of vessels
  8. 17. guard cells become this to open pores on the underside of the leaf
  9. 19. these are transported dissolved in water from the roots up the plant (7,4)
  10. 20. part of the plant that produces sugars
Down
  1. 1. process by which sugars are transported through the plant
  2. 2. the process by which water is lost from a plant
  3. 3. a vessel that is dead at maturity
  4. 5. vessel that transports sugar and amino acids
  5. 7. factor that affects the rate at which water is lost from a plant
  6. 8. hormone that stimulates germination
  7. 10. plant hormone that regulates the response of shoots and roots
  8. 12. a directed response to a stimulus in plants
  9. 13. transport sugar in plants
  10. 14. pores through which water vapour escapes
  11. 16. carbohydrate found in plant cell walls
  12. 18. part of the plant that requires sugars or stores them as carbohydrate