Transport in plants

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Across
  1. 4. Sugar produced during photosynthesis
  2. 6. Pores on leaf surface through which water vapour escapes
  3. 8. Elongated dead xylem cell with tapering ends
  4. 9. Tissue that conducts water and minerals upward
  5. 10. Macronutrient involved in opening and closing of stomata
  6. 11. Tissue that transports food to all plant parts
  7. 14. Tendency of water molecules to cling to xylem walls
  8. 15. Movement of water across a semi-permeable membrane
  9. 16. Outer layer of the root from which root hairs arise
Down
  1. 1. Type of force that pulls water up narrow xylem tubes
  2. 2. Tendency of water molecules to stick to each other
  3. 3. Form in which food travels through phloem
  4. 5. Macronutrient that is a major constituent of proteins
  5. 7. Loss of water vapour from aerial parts of a plant
  6. 12. Movement of molecules from high to low concentration
  7. 13. Transport of food through phloem to all plant parts