Plant Science Vocabulary

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