Plants for Food and Fibre

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