Plant Defense

1. important food source for many animals including humans
5. don't eat the taproot, but they eat the less defended fine root
8. spider like creators that are small and eat plants
10. most diverse group of animals on earth
12. only about 5,500 of this species
13. important for taking up water and food to the plants, every plant has hundreds of them
14. Features of a plant that affect the behavior, growth, or survival of herbivores
15. An animal that eats plants

1. science of creating new plant varieties with desirable characteristics like taste, smell, color, or resistance
2. chemical defense for coffee to stop animals from eating their seeds; but most humans enjoy it for energy
3. thorns of roses, hairs on a leaf, and thick skin of roots
4. Defense substances responsible for the sharp bitter taste of mustard and wasabi.
6. another defense that cannot be seen, often smelled or tasted; never seen
7. Tiny, wormlike animals that mostly occur in the soil
9. often a chemical defense to animals; but good for humans usually on a hotdog
11. Main root from which lateral roots arise; collects water and food for root system