ROOTing For You!

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Across
  1. 1. the root's outermost tip
  2. 3. absorb nutrients and moisture
  3. 6. attaches to root host
  4. 9. this type of root tuber is conical in shape
  5. 13. number of major types of roots
  6. 14. this type of root system is swollen at the middle and tapers at both ends
  7. 15. a common vegetable that is an example of conical root system, widest at the top and tapering steadily towards the bottom, and orange in color
  8. 16. originates at the lower end of a seedling's embryo
  9. 18. a common vegetable that is an example of a fusiform, swollen at the middle and tapers at both ends, and purple in color
  10. 20. a side or branch root that arises from another root
Down
  1. 2. restricts or terminates root growth
  2. 4. soil that causes roots to die due to lack of oxygen
  3. 5. this type of root system becomes swollen and spherical at the upper end while their lower end is tapered like a thread
  4. 7. delicate, elongated epidermis cells that occur in a small zone just behind the root's growing tip
  5. 8. if the primary root continues to elongate downwards, it is called a ____
  6. 10. susceptible to cold damage
  7. 11. this type of root system has large, wide roots on all sides of a shallowly rooted tree
  8. 12. this type of aerial roots that is formed from the horizontal branches of a tree
  9. 17. this type of root system arises from any point other than the radicle
  10. 19. a common vegetable that is an example of an adventitious root system and are yellow in color