Botany 4- Plant Structure and Function

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Across
  1. 3. regulate gas exchange between the plant and environment and control of water loss
  2. 5. translocates water and products of photosynthesis from source tissues to the sink regions where they are utilized or stored.
  3. 6. Processes large molecules and maintains turgor pressure
  4. 8. the precursor of a branch or lateral shoot
  5. 9. Leaf adapted to moderate amounts of water.
  6. 11. facilitate the exchange of gases essential to the process of photosynthesis.
  7. 12. Leaf adapted to little water
  8. 13. conducts the flow of water from the xylem to the mesophyll cells and then to the intercellular spaces
Down
  1. 1. a soluble fiber (polysaccharide) found in fruits
  2. 2. regulates the rate of transpiration by opening and closing the stomata.
  3. 4. Conducts water (Upwards only)
  4. 5. Leaf cell type primarily functions for photosynthesis
  5. 7. provides a protective barrier against mechanical injury, water loss, and infection
  6. 10. Leaf adapter to aquatic life
  7. 14. Waxy protective coating