Transport in Humans and Plants

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Across
  1. 4. a muscular pump that pumps blood around the body
  2. 5. the only vein that transports oxygenated blood
  3. 6. help blood to clot
  4. 7. the process by which water enters the root hairs
  5. 9. transports water and dissolved mineral salts
  6. 10. help to increase surface area for the absorption of water and dissolved mineral salts
  7. 12. gaseous exchange in plants happen via this process
  8. 14. carry blood away from the heart
  9. 15. the process by which dissolved mineral salts enters the root hairs
  10. 18. shape of RBC that helps to increase surface area
  11. 19. this contains many dissolved substances that are transported from one part of the body to another
Down
  1. 1. transports food/sucrose
  2. 2. number of chambers in the heart
  3. 3. blood is transported through 2 different routes passing through the heart twice in one cycle
  4. 4. the pigment that allows red blood cells to carry oxygen
  5. 8. this helps to fight infections
  6. 11. carry blood toward the heart
  7. 13. have walls that are one-cell thick to facilitate diffusion
  8. 16. water loss by plant via evaporation that helps to suck water up the xylem
  9. 17. xylem + phloem