Plant Science Vocabulary
Across
- 4. a method of controlling pests that uses a variety of means
- 7. plant structures that are usually in the soil; they absorb water and nutrients for the plant
- 8. a substance that is used to kill plants
- 15. pertaining to grains or products made from grains
- 16. crops such as soybeans and canola that are grown primarily for the oil in the seeds
- 17. any departure from the normal health of a plant or animal
- 19. the embryos of plants
- 20. the process in plants that converts light energy to chemical energy
Down
- 1. the process of a plant giving off water
- 2. any plants that grow where they are not wanted
- 3. the seeds of such plants as wheat, oats, rice, etc that are used for animal feed or human food
- 4. substances used to kill insects
- 5. crops such as cotton and flax that are grown primarily for fiber
- 6. the control of pests using natural means such as insect predators or weed-eating insects
- 9. organisms that lives off or at the expense of other organisms
- 10. the fine-ground product obtained in the commercial milling of wheat and other grains
- 11. the sweet substance from flowers
- 12. reproductive parts of a plant that produce seeds
- 13. organisms that have three distinctive body parts and have wings in at least one stage of their lives
- 14. plants that are grown in long rows in a field
- 18. plant structures that provide support for the plant
- 20. organisms that grow where they are not wanted or that do damage to wanted plants or animals