Plants for Food and Fibre
Across
- 1. Chemical used to kill unwanted plants
- 5. Organisms that are that help move pollen
- 7. The process of removing a branch from a plant and replanting it allowing it to grow new roots and become a copy of the original parent plant
- 9. The movement of a substance from low to high concentrations using energy.
- 11. The process where gasses contained in the organism and the environment exchange
- 12. A pigment found in producers that absorbs light and turns it into energy
- 14. The hollow base of flower containing the ovule(eggs)
- 15. Soil containing decaying organic particles
- 19. The tendency of a liquid to rise up tiny tubes
- 20. Fine grain of the male cell used for fertilization
- 22. Cycle The process a plant goes through from seed to seedling to adult to producing seeds
- 24. The process of liquid passing through a semi-permeable membrane
Down
- 2. The spreading of a substance caused by the intermingling of its particles
- 3. A substance that provides nourishment essential for growth and maintenance of life
- 4. When the parent plant grows new plants from its roots. Asexual reproduction
- 6. Broken down rocks that provide nutrients for plants
- 8. The process of growing plants in a soil free environment with added nutrients
- 10. A cell structure that contains chlorophyll, where photosynthesis occurs
- 13. The process that producers use to create food through the intake of water, carbon dioxide and light and releasing oxygen and sugar
- 16. Breeding People choosing specific plants with specific characteristics and encouraging them to reproduce
- 17. Water being released through the stomata
- 18. The process of taking one species of plant and attaching it to another so that they may grow together
- 21. Fertile soil made of sand, clay and humus
- 23. Depositing pollen on stigma, ovule or flower to allow fertilization