Across
- 4. agriculture evolved 10-12 ___ years ago
- 5. structure that contains a plant embryo and endosperm
- 8. plant crystals found in epidermal cells
- 10. type of root system in dicots
- 12. possible pollinator for a red flower with a long floral tube
- 13. develops from the ovule after fertilization
- 14. embryonic seed leaf
- 16. one of the primary functions of the fruit
- 18. ancestor to corn
- 23. plant hormone responsible for phototropism
- 24. number of layers in a pericarp
- 25. part of the stamen that makes pollen
- 26. top part of the carpel
- 28. mechanism of evolution where humans select what traits are passed down is ___ selection
- 29. food reserves for a developing embryo within the seed
- 31. male part of the flower
- 32. einkorn and emmer are types of ___
- 33. flower that has sepals, petals, stamens, and carpels
- 34. union of egg and sperm
- 35. study of pollen
Down
- 1. cell with three copies of every chromosome
- 2. plant with one cotyledon
- 3. sugary floral reward for pollinators
- 6. major legume crop to be domesticated from Asia
- 7. this bee is different from other bees because it lives socially
- 9. mode of dispersal for samaras
- 11. transfer of pollen from anther to stigma
- 12. chemical messenger
- 14. female part of the flower
- 15. flowering plant
- 17. fertilization of the ___ nuclei makes the endosperm
- 19. part of the flower a fruit develops from
- 20. type of wheat used to make pasta
- 21. type of fruit from multiple carpels on a single flower
- 22. fruit that opens at maturity
- 27. stalk of the stamen
- 30. when mature grains naturally disperse from a grass plant