Plants and Seeds
Across
- 4. A living thing
- 6. Develops into a root
- 7. Fertilized cell with protective layer
- 10. Allows water, oxygen, and carbon dioxide to enter and leave the cell but keeps harmful substances out
- 11. The smallest unit of an organism
- 14. Uses light to produce food for the plant by photosynthesis
- 15. Stores food and other nutrients, or they store waste products
- 16. Rigid structure that surrounds the cell membrane and helps the cell keep its shape
- 18. The attachment between the shoot and true leaves
- 19. The wall of a plant cell is made mostly of this
Down
- 1. Converts food into energy for the cell
- 2. Embryonic leaves, feeds the seed, first leaves
- 3. Located near the center of the cell and controls many cell functions
- 5. Looks the same as adult leaves. Takes over cotyledon leaves
- 7. Hard protective outer layer
- 8. Outermost layer of a fruit, forms the peel
- 9. The study of life
- 12. Helps protect seeds, divides wedges, and distributes seeds
- 13. Fleshy edible portion, middle layer
- 17. Gel-like material