8S Chapter 7 Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 3. The stage in the life cycle of a plant in which the plant produces spores
  2. 7. The process through which water is lost through a plant’s leaves
  3. 8. The male reproductive part of a flower
  4. 10. Receives pollen; hairy or sticky
  5. 13. The sprouting of the embryo out of a seed
  6. 14. The reproductive structure of an angiosperm
  7. 16. When an egg cell and a sperm cell join to form a new cell
  8. 17. Develops into a seed when fertilized
  9. 18. A young organism that develops from a zygote
  10. 21. A layer of cells in a plant that produces new phloem and xylem cells
  11. 23. Produces pollen
Down
  1. 1. A small opening in the underside of a leaf through which water, oxygen, and carbon dioxide can move
  2. 2. The female reproductive part of a flower
  3. 4. A flowering plant that completes its life cycle in one growing season
  4. 5. A flowering plant that completes its life cycle in two years
  5. 6. The transfer of pollen from male reproductive structures to female reproductive structures in plants
  6. 9. A fertilized egg, produced by the joining of a sperm and an egg
  7. 10. A leaflike structure that encloses and protects the bud of a flower
  8. 11. A colorful, leaflike structure of some flowers; attracts pollinators
  9. 12. Stalk that supports the stigma
  10. 15. A structure that covers the tip of a root, protecting the root from injury as it grows through the soil
  11. 19. The stage in the life cycle of a plant in which the plant produces gametes
  12. 20. Stalk-like structure that supports the anther
  13. 22. Protects ovules and seeds as they develop