Plant Science Terms

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Across
  1. 3. Helps protect the embryo from injury and also drying out
  2. 5. Serve as energy sources and as essential structural components in organisms
  3. 6. organs of photosynthesis and transpiration
  4. 8. A flattened structure of a higher plant, typically green and blade-like, that is attached to a stem directly on the stalk
  5. 9. A single rounded structure bounded by a double membrane. Main part of the cell
  6. 10. A space or vesicle within the cytoplasm of a cell, enclosed by a membrane and typically containing fluid
  7. 14. A rigid layer of polysaccharides lying outside the plasm membrane of the cells of plants, fungi, and bacteria
  8. 15. A root, as in most grasses, having numerous, very fine branches of approximately the same length
  9. 16. The vascular tissue in plants that conducts sugars and other metabolic products downward from leaves
  10. 19. A leaf whose blade is not divided to the midrib even though lobed
  11. 21. A straight tapering root growing vertically downward and forming the center from which subsidiary rootlets spring
  12. 22. A flowering plants unit of reproduction, capable of developing into another such plant
  13. 27. The vascular tissue in plants that conducts sugars and other metabolic products downward from the leaves
  14. 28. The division of a cell into two daughter cells with the same genetic material
  15. 29. Contains chlorophyll and in which photosynrhwaia takes place
  16. 31. Each of the parts of the calyx of a flower, enclosing the petals and typically green and leaflike
  17. 32. The male fertilizing organ of a flower, typically consisting of a pollen-containing anther and filament
Down
  1. 1. Each of a large number of elongated microscopic outgrowths from the outer layer of cells i a root
  2. 2. The transfer of pollen to a stigma, ovule, flower, or plant to allow fertilization
  3. 4. The seed-bearing part of a plant, consisting of reproductive organs that are typically surrounded by a brightly colored petals
  4. 7. Involves using the sugars produced during photosynthesis plus oxygen to produce energy for plant growth
  5. 11. The semipermeable membrane surrounding the cytoplasm of a cell
  6. 12. A slender rib running through a lead typically diving or branching and containing a vascular bundle
  7. 13. The part of the plant which attaches it to the ground or to a support typically underground, conveying water and nourishment to the rest of the plant through numerous branches and fibers
  8. 17. The development of a plant from a seed or spore after a period of dormancy
  9. 18. A leaf of a plant that consists of several distinct parts joined to a single stem
  10. 20. Plants that perform their entire life cycle from seed to flower within a single growing season
  11. 22. The main body or stalk of a plant or shrub, typically rising above the ground
  12. 23. A substance that provides nourishment essential for growth and the maintenance of life
  13. 24. The material within a living cell
  14. 25. The female organs of a flower
  15. 26. Each of the segments of the corolla of a flower, which are modified leaves and typically colored
  16. 30. The vascular tissue in plants that conducts water and dissolved nutrients upward from the root and also helps to form the woody element in the stem