Plant Unit Review

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Across
  1. 2. Inside of a plant, this tissue is made of tubes that carry water and minerals upward from the root.
  2. 5. Some plants have many equal-sized branching roots called ____ roots.
  3. 7. The process in which plants make their own food from sunlight.
  4. 11. A part of some flowers that forms around a seed.
  5. 14. Many conifers are ____ because they remain green throughout the year.
  6. 16. This occurs when birds, insects or the wind carries pollen from one flower to to another.
  7. 18. The ____ plant has leaves that are filled with juice. An insect falls and drowns in the juice. This plant then turns the insect into liquid and uses it as food.
  8. 20. The root of a plant that has only one main root is called a ____.
  9. 21. This part of a plant holds the plant in place.
  10. 22. Tiny grains that are produced in the stamen of a flower.
Down
  1. 1. This occurs when pollen is transferred from one part of a flower to another part of the same flower.
  2. 3. This is what happens after a seed has met its three needs and it begins to break open. Usually this will occur in the spring.
  3. 4. A plant that is found mostly in damp, shady places. They absorb large amounts of water through their tiny leaves.
  4. 6. A type of tree that produces its seeds in cones.
  5. 8. Most carnivorous plants like to eat these.
  6. 9. One of the four things that plants need. Soil provides plants with this need.
  7. 10. Leaves absorb ____ and use it to make food.
  8. 12. The colored part of a flower that attracts birds and insects.
  9. 13. The process in which organisms make energy from their food.
  10. 15. You can determine the age of a tree by counting the ___ on the stump.
  11. 17. Inside of a plant, this tissue is made of tubes that carry sugars and other nutrients downward to the root.
  12. 19. The male part of a flower.
  13. 22. The female part of a flower.