Sharing the Planet Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 4. dioxide: a gas that is produced when people and animals breathe out that is used by plants for energy
  2. 5. the top layer of earth in which plants grow
  3. 8. to begin to grow
  4. 10. the green substance in plants that makes it possible for them to make food from carbon dioxide and water
  5. 11. to move pollen from one flower to another
  6. 12. a specialist in botany, which is a branch of science that deals with plant life
Down
  1. 1. a decayed mixture of plants (such as leaves and grass) that is used to improve the soil in a garden
  2. 2. the very fine usually yellow dust that is produced by a plant
  3. 3. an agent (such as an insect) that pollinates flowers
  4. 6. a substance that plants, animals, and people need to live and grow
  5. 7. a young plant that is grown from a seed
  6. 9. the process by which a green plant turns water and carbon dioxide into food when the plant is exposed to light