Unit 3 Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 4. pressure pressure exerted by water inside the cell on the cell wall
  2. 5. system belowground part of a plant that includes the organs such as roots, tubers, and rhizomes
  3. 6. stimulus a change in the environment outside of the organism
  4. 8. turning of all or part of an organism in a particular direction in response to an external stimulus
  5. 10. growth that happens in organisms in response to light, such as a stem bending toward a light source
  6. 12. a push or pull that can change the position or motion of an object / material
  7. 13. balanced; unchanging
  8. 15. system above-ground part of a plant that includes the organs such as leaves, buds, stems, flowers (if the plant has any), and fruits (if the plant has any)
  9. 16. a thing or event that causes a response or reaction
Down
  1. 1. a change in the position of an object
  2. 2. conducting tissue in plants that transports nutrients through the plant
  3. 3. the body’s ability to keep the internal balance of the body stable
  4. 7. vascular tissue in plants that transports fluid through the plant
  5. 9. stimulus a change within the organism
  6. 11. growth that happens in organisms in response to gravity, such as the downward growth of plant roots
  7. 12. mechanism a response within a system that influences the activity of that system
  8. 14. process of water moving through plants and evaporating from the leaves and stems into the atmosphere