Plants Unit Part 1 Crossword

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Across
  1. 1. Vascular plants that produce seeds in cones and do not need water for reproduction
  2. 4. The kingdom of multicellular, eukaryotic, autotrophic organisms that perform photosynthesis
  3. 5. Wetland formed by mosses that stores water and carbon and creates acidic conditions
  4. 9. Structure in angiosperms that aids in reproduction and attracts pollinators
  5. 10. Vascular tissue that transports sugars and nutrients throughout the plant
  6. 12. A sugar produced during photosynthesis that stores energy for plants
  7. 13. Nonvascular plants like mosses that reproduce with spores and need water for reproduction
  8. 15. Small vascular plants with hollow stems and cilia, historically used for scrubbing pots
  9. 17. Specialized tissue that transports water, nutrients, and food in plants
  10. 19. The science of classifying organisms into groups based on shared characteristics
  11. 21. The process of lowering pH in peat bogs, reducing competition from other plants
  12. 22. Small vascular plants that resemble moss but have vascular tissue
  13. 24. The life cycle pattern in plants alternating between gametophyte and sporophyte stages
  14. 25. The stage in a plant’s life cycle that produces gametes (sperm and egg)
Down
  1. 2. Organelle that breaks down glucose to release energy for the cell
  2. 3. The green pigment in chloroplasts that absorbs sunlight for photosynthesis
  3. 4. The process by which plants use sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide to make glucose and oxygen
  4. 6. Seedless vascular plants like ferns that reproduce with spores
  5. 7. Organelle in plant cells where photosynthesis occurs
  6. 8. The stage in a plant’s life cycle that produces spores
  7. 11. Characteristic of plants like ferns, horsetails, and club mosses that have vascular tissue but reproduce with spores
  8. 14. Structure that protects seeds in angiosperms and aids in seed dispersal
  9. 16. Vascular tissue that carries water and minerals from roots to leaves
  10. 18. Structure in gymnosperms that produces seeds and pollen
  11. 20. Flowering plants that produce seeds in fruits and flowers
  12. 23. Structure in ferns that produces and releases spores