Leaves
Across
- 2. - What plants would unfortunately do if they did not have their amazing leaves to feed them.
- 5. - Warm energy from above trapped by leaves to help cook up their sugary meals.
- 6. - A busy green living thing that grows in the soil and has stems, leaves and roots.
- 8. - Dark, sun-deprived spots where leaves must grow extra large to catch every scrap of light.
- 9. - The flat, main part of a leaf.
- 10. - The clear liquid carried through a leaf's tiny pipes, falling originally as rain.
- 11. - Common green ground cover where we might wrongly think plants just sit and do nothing.
Down
- 1. - The busy green pigment inside leaves that traps warm rays of sunlight.
- 3. - How the green grass looks while secretly working incredibly hard as a food factory.
- 4. - Thin lines on a leaf acting like tiny pipes to carry water to every corner.
- 5. - Tiny, hidden mouths found underneath a leaf that let the plant breathe.
- 6. - The magical scientific process leaves use to whip up their own sugary food.
- 7. - A fresh, clean gas released by leaves that humans and animals desperately need to breathe.