Plants Crossword Puzzle.
Across
- 2. ____ plants that have tube-like structures that carry water, nutrients, and other substances throughout the plant.
- 8. The process that al plants undergo to make food and oxygen using sunlight, carbon dioxide and water.
- 9. The lupper and lower surfaces of a leaf; this layer protects the leaf.
- 12. A waxie coating that covers the epidermis; it helps to slow water loss.
- 14. Scientists believe that plants evolved from freshwater green ____ (a protist).
- 16. A type of vascular plant that produces flowers and seeds inside of a fruit.
- 18. ____ plants that absorb water and other substances directly through the cell wall instead of tube-like structures.
- 19. This is the organ of the plant where food is made.
- 20. This vascular tissue is made up of hollow, tube-like cells that form structures called vessels that transport water throughout the plant.
Down
- 1. plants that have their flower parts in multiples of 3's, veins in the leaf run parallel and the vascular bundles in the stem are scattered.
- 3. This part of a plant acts as an anchor to prevent the plant from being blown or washed away; food can even be stored here.
- 4. A ____ is a plant ovule containing an ebryo and stored food.
- 5. A type of vascular plant that produces its seeds in cones instead of a fruit; this word means "naked seed".
- 6. Tiny openings on the surface of the leaf that allow water, carbon dioxide, and oxygen to enter or exit the leaf.
- 7. plants that have their flower parts in multiples of 4's or 5's, veins in the leaf are scattered, and the vascular bundles in the stem form rings.
- 10. The ____ layers contains a lot of closely packed chloroplasts and it is where most of the food is produced in a plant.
- 11. This vascular tissue is responsible for producing new xylem and phloem cells.
- 13. The ____ layer is made of loosely arranged cells with a lot of air spaces and is where the vascular tissue is found.
- 15. This vascular tissue foams structures called tubes that move the food throughout the plant.
- 17. A fern leaf.