Plant Science

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Across
  1. 4. connection the stem to the blade
  2. 6. first rood produced by a germinating seed, developing from the radicle of the embryo
  3. 7. part of a plant which attaches to the ground or to a support, typically underground
  4. 9. transports water and nutrients from the roots to the stem and leaves
  5. 11. a protective covering. The lower part of leaf around the stem
Down
  1. 1. one main root, has no nodes
  2. 2. many nodes, branching root system
  3. 3. part of a plant embryo that develops into the primary root
  4. 4. transports food made during photosynthesis to the rest of the plant
  5. 5. broad portion of a leaf as distinct from the petiole
  6. 8. tillers are branches that develop from the leaf axils at each elongated node off the main shoot or form other tillers during vegetative growth
  7. 10. the main body or stalk of a plant or shrub