Nutrition in Plants
Across
- 4. / Removal of starch
- 7. / Many minute openings in lower epidermis
- 8. / Provides a large surface area for maximum absorbtion of light (2 words)
- 10. / Process in which light energy absorbed by chlorophyll is transformed into chemical energy
- 11. / Lies just between the upper and lower epidermis
- 13. / Simplest energy-rich organic molecules
- 17. / Product of photosynthesis
- 18. / Holds leaf in position to absorb maximum light energy
- 19. / Transports water and mineral salts to mesophyll cells
Down
- 1. / Other name of leaf blade
- 2. / Has chemical formula CO2
- 3. / Used in light energy to split water moleccules into O2 and hydrogen atoms
- 5. / Has chemical formula H2O
- 6. / Pigment in plants that absorbs sunlight
- 9. / Simplest form of carbohydrates
- 12. / Liquid to test whether starch is present or not
- 13. / Waxy and transparent covering the outside of upper epidermis
- 14. / Gas produced during photosynthesis
- 15. / Energy essential for photosynthesis
- 16. / Transports sugar away from leaf