Plants Crossword Puzzle

Across

2. When a “parent” plant grows another plant from its roots.
9. vegetative reproduction using the stem of the plant.
14. Supports the tree stored with sugars oils and dyes, made out of dead xylem tissue.
15. Eggs produced by the female reproductive organ.
18. Affect plants by eating part of it.
19. Removing pests from the plant or out of the ground by hand or with machines.
21. Using chemicals to remove the pest.
22. The embryonic stage of the plant life cycle.
23. Produces new phloem and xylem tissue.
26. Protects the embryo.
28. A plant structure that develops into a seed.
30. The main way to store food.
32. Male reproductive organ.
34. Female reproductive part of the plant.
37. A single root with other smaller roots growing from it.
40. Taking something from a plant and putting it on another plant.
42. A tube connecting the stigma and the ovary.
43. The pathway created by the pollen grain.
45. The production of seeds and fruits from specialized cells of two plants.
48. Insect/mammals that get attracted by brightly colored flowers.
49. Increases the number of organisms that become resistant to the pesticide.
51. The movement of a substance from an area of high to an area of lower concentration.
54. Brightly colored parts of the flower that attracts pollinators.
55. The process of improving to promote the growth of healthy plants.
57. The tip of the male reproductive organ where pollen grains are developed,stored, and released.
58. The development of a plant.
59. Plants that are identical to the parent plan.
60. Are often toxic to more than one organism.
61. The movement of substances through levels of a food chain.

Down

1. Occurs as a pesticides washing off on plants.
3. The stalk of the male reproductive organ.
4. A chemical to remove plants.
5. Affect plants by causing infections and damaging parts.
6. Transports water from the roots upwards.
7. A shallow root system full of similar sized roots.
8. Using a pest’s natural enemies to remove it.
10. Part of the seed, made up of precursor tissues for the leaves, stem, and roots.
11. Choosing specific organisms with particular characteristics and having those organisms reproduce with each other.
12. An outer protective layer of the stem.
13. A chemical to remove fungi and bacteria.
16. The degree of how hot the object/organism is.
17. Transports sugars and other metabolic products from the leaves downwards.
20. A pollen grain from a specific plant lands on the stigma of another plant.
24. A tiny molecule that has no color, taste, or smell.
25. F cones contain eggs in small bumps, M cones contain the pollen grains. Wind carries the pollen grains to F cones.
27. When a pollen grain from a specific plant lands on the stigma of the same plant.
29. The process which organisms produce energy from sugars,by taking in oxygen and releasing carbon dioxide.
31. Movement of solute molecules from lower concentration to a higher concentration.
33. Tiny particles of pollen containing sperm from the male reproductive organ.
35. The sticky tip of the pistil where pollen grains are disposed of.
36. Small sections of a parent plant are cut off and planted into the ground or (Leaf and Stem).
38. Affect plant by taking sunlight, moisture, space,and nutrients.
39. A tiny chamber at the bottom of the style that contains the plants ovules.
41. plants release the water inside it in the form of moisture or water vapor.
44. An energy force that travels in waves.
46. An organism that is causing plants to die or produce less than they would.
47. A chemical to remove insects.
50. Enclose the petals of the bud and protects the flowers before it opens.
52. A plant that blooms brightly colored petals to attract pollinators.
53. The process by green plants and other organisms transforms light energy into chemical energy.
56. Pollen grains that reach the cone get caught in a sticky substance near the ovule.