Plants Vocabulary

3. An organelle responsible for producing food and oxygen
4. The movement of water molecules from a region of high water potential to a region of low water potential, across a selectively permeable membrane
6. A complex carbohydrate made of multiple glucose molecules bound together
8. The building blocks that make up living organisms
9. A green pigment inside the chloroplast that is responsible for trapping light energy
13. A chemical reaction in which a sugar and oxygen react with one another to produce energy, water vapour and carbon dioxide
14. A plant organ responsible for reproduction

1. The mass of living materials
2. A chemical reaction in which water and carbon dioxide react with one another to produce a sugar and oxygen
5. A simple carbohydrate molecule produced by the process of photosynthesis
7. The tough outer covering of a plant cell that prevents it from bursting
10. A group of tissues working together to perform a particular function
11. A specialised cell that transports food around the plant
12. A hollow plant cell responsible for transporting water from the roots to the leaves of a plant
13. Plant organs responsible for absorbing water and dissolved minerals from the soil