Plant Processes Crossword Activity

2. bast tissue in plants that conduct foods made in leaves to all other parts of the plant.
4. the outer epithelial layer of the external integument of the animal body that is derived from the embryotic epiblast specifically.
7. the parenchyma between the epidermal layers of a foliage leaf.
9. hairs are cylindrical extensions of root epidermal cells that are important for acquisition of nutrients.
11. plant vascular tissue that conveys water and dissolved minerals from the roots to the rest of the plant.
12. The act of inhaling and exhaling air in order to exchange oxygen for carbon dioxide.
13. the outermost layer of a structure.
14. the process of drawing or soaking up.
15. the green coloring matter found mainly in the chloroplast of a plant.

1. a plastid that contains chlorophyll and is the site of photosynthesis.
3. movement of water through a septipermeable membrane into a higher solute concentration that tends to equalize.
5. membrane a membrane that permits passage of water and certain substances in solution.
6. process used by plants, algae and certain bacteria to harness energy from sunlight.
8. one of the minute openings in the epidermis of a plant organ.
10. the passage of watery vapor from a living body or plant through a membrane or pores.