Plant Life Crossword Puzzle

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  1. 10. The process in which pollen mixes with the egg inside the flower and makes a seed.
  2. 11. Some plants do not have xylems and phloems like others. They do not pipes or tubes through which water and nutrients flow. What are these plants called?
  3. 13. What is the name of the moment when a seed breaks open and a plant comes out?
  4. 14. I am a nonflowering plant. I do not make seeds. Instead, I make spores, which are a lot like seeds, but spores do not have food inside. Hint: my name starts with an "F".
  5. 16. I am a special pigment inside plants that helps drive photosynthesis. My job is to collect the sunlight that is used to make sugar.
  6. 17. When plants grow, they tend to grow towards the sun so that they can make as much food as possible. What is this called?
  7. 20. The process where the seed finds a new home away from its parent plant. Sometimes, the seed is carried by the wind to a new place. Sometimes, the seed is buried in the ground by a person or animal.
  8. 21. I make the food for the plant. I use two main ingredients to make my own sugar: sunlight and carbon dioxide.
  9. 23. I am a really really thick and strong stem. You can find me in trees. I help them stand tall, just like other plants.
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  1. 1. The process in which pollen from one flower reaches the female part of another flower.
  2. 2. I am a special kind of root that has a really thick primary root and smaller thin roots sticking out of it.
  3. 3. I am a young plant inside the seed! I am still inside the ground and I find my food inside the seed.
  4. 4. A vital process that plants use to make sugar from carbon dioxide and sunlight. As a bonus, I make the oxygen that animals need to breathe!
  5. 5. I am the female part of the flower. I have eggs inside me. When an animal brings pollen to me, I take it and mix it with my eggs to make seeds.
  6. 6. I am a sweet, tasty drink found inside the flower. Bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds love to drink me up! While they drink me, the pollen from the flower rubs off on them.
  7. 7. I am the male part of the flower. I keep pollen on my tip so bees, birds, and wind can take it to other flowers.
  8. 8. I am a sticky powder that is used to make seeds. You can find me on top of the stamen.
  9. 9. I am a special tube inside the stem that carries water and salt for the plant.
  10. 10. When the flower starts making seeds, I am made to protect the seeds. I come in many shapes, sizes, and flavors!
  11. 12. I hang out under the flower and support it. Before the flower blooms, I cover the flower and keep it safe and moist.
  12. 14. I am responsible for making pollen and eggs. I have a male part and a female part. I can also make seeds when fertilized.
  13. 15. We usually hide underground all the time. We am responsible for collecting water and nutrients from the ground and sending it to the stem. We can grow really tiny and thin fibers, or we can grow a really thick part with tiny fibers sticking out of it.
  14. 18. I am a special tube inside the stem that carries the plant's food.
  15. 19. I am a small plant that has just broken out of the seed. I still have a lot of growing up to do before I become an adult.
  16. 22. My job is to make the plant stand tall. I have tiny tubes inside me that carry water and nutrients to all the other plant parts.