Plants crossword
Across
- 1. The protective structure that contains a baby plant and its food supply, ready to be planted.
- 7. The bottom of a plant that pull in nutrients.
- 9. A type of plant that has an internal system of pipelines (like xylem and phloem) to move water and food.
- 10. The sweet, fleshy part of a plant that grows around seeds to protect them and attract hungry animals.
- 11. The tiny "egg cell" hiding inside the ovary that turns into a seed after pollination.
Down
- 2. The tiny, undeveloped baby plant that is sleeping inside a seed.
- 3. A large, tall plant with a single woody stem called a trunk and branches high off the ground.
- 4. A living thing that makes its own food using sunlight and cannot move from place to place on its own.
- 5. The internal tubes that act like a straw to carry water up from the roots.
- 6. The internal tubes that carry sugary food down from the leaves to the rest of the plant.
- 8. The rounded base of a flower that protects developing seeds and grows into a fruit.