Plant Survival
Across
- 2. A collection of things or quantity of material tied or wrapped up together.
- 3. Taking or carrying goods from one place to another.
- 6. Any of the distinct types of material of which animals or plants are made, consisting of specialized cells and their products.
- 9. the vascular tissue in plants which conducts sugars and other metabolic products downwards from the leaves.
- 11. The process by which green plants and some other organisms use sunlight to synthesize nutrients from carbon dioxide and water.
- 15. A solid, naturally occurring inorganic substance.
- 16. A substance or matter in a state in which it will expand freely to fill the whole of a container, having no fixed shape (unlike a solid) and no fixed volume (unlike a liquid).
- 17. An angiospermous plant (such as a deciduous tree or broad-leaved herb) having an embryo with two cotyledons, leaves with typically reticulate venation, and floral organs usually arranged in multiples of four or five.
- 18. The vascular tissue in plants which conducts water and dissolved nutrients upwards from the root and also helps to form the woody element in the stem.
- 19. The part of a plant which attaches it to the ground or to a support, typically underground, conveying water and nourishment to the rest of the plant via numerous branches and fibres.
Down
- 1. Grass and grass-like flowering plants (angiosperms), the seeds of which typically contain only one embryonic leaf.
- 4. A living organism typically growing in a permanent site, absorbing water and inorganic substances, and synthesising nutrients by photosynthesis using the green pigment chlorophyll.
- 5. The vascular bundles of dicot stems are arranged in a ___________.
- 7. An act of giving one thing and receiving another.
- 8. The process of developing physically, mentally, or spiritually.
- 10. Water or other liquid diffused in a small quantity as vapour, within a solid, or condensed on a surface.
- 12. The main body or stalk of a plant or shrub, typically rising above ground but occasionally subterranean.
- 13. The unit of reproduction of a flowering plant, capable of developing into another such plant.
- 14. Relating to, affecting, or consisting of a vessel or vessels, especially those which carry blood.