Crossword Puzzle

2. cells that are elongated cells with unevenly thickened walls.
4. has a main root that grows down vertically, and from which many smaller lateral roots arise.
7. separates the stele from the ground tissue in the outer portion of the root.
10. is located closer to the soil surface, and forms a dense network of roots that also helps prevent soil erosion
11. cells that are responsible for metabolic functions, such as photosynthesis, and they help repair and heal wounds.
12. arrangement of leaves on a stem
14. a system which supports the function of water and mineral absorption by the plant,usually underground.
17. the arrangement of veins in a leaf
18. are attachment points for leaves, aerial roots, and flowers.
19. meristems that occur only in monocots, at the bases of leaf blades and at nodes (the areas where leaves attach to a stem).

1. have certain distinguishing features, including chloroplasts, cell walls, and intracellular vacuoles.
3. meristems that contain meristematic tissue located at the tips of stems and roots, which enable a plant to extend in length.
5. are slender, twining strands that enable a plant (like a vine or pumpkin) to seek support by climbing on other surfaces.
6. that are either undifferentiated or incompletely differentiated, and they continue to divide and contribute to the growth of the plant.
8. a system that grows above the ground where it absorbs light to make its own food through photosynthesis.
9. cells that also provide support to the plant, but unlike collenchyma cells, many of them are dead at maturity.
13. meristems that facilitate growth in thickness or girth in a maturing plant.
14. are a type of stolon that runs above the ground and produces new clone plants at nodes at varying intervals: strawberries are an example.
15. these could either be could be woody or herbaceous in nature.
16. most numerous cells found in the epidermis of a plant.