Reproduction in Humans and Plants

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Across
  1. 2. When there are too many individuals in a given area, leading to competition for resources.
  2. 7. The struggle between organisms for resources such as food, water, and mates.
  3. 9. The sticky top of the pistil where pollen lands.
  4. 12. Pertaining to the process of producing offspring.
  5. 14. The union of male and female gametes to form a zygote.
  6. 15. The part of the flower that contains ovules.
  7. 16. Pertaining to the cord that connects a developing fetus to the placenta in the uterus.
Down
  1. 1. The process of growth and change from infancy to adulthood.
  2. 3. This part of a flower produces pollen grains.
  3. 4. Another term for the uterus, where a fetus develops during pregnancy.
  4. 5. The spreading of seeds or offspring away from the parent plant.
  5. 6. To receive genetic traits from one's parents.
  6. 8. The structure within the ovary that develops into a seed after fertilisation.
  7. 10. The merging or joining together of two things.
  8. 11. Small reproductive cells that can develop into a new organism without fertilisation.
  9. 13. The transfer of pollen from one flower to another.