Across
- 3. the simplest and smallest forms of life.
- 5. to put pollen into a plant so that seed develops; to join sperm with an egg so that a baby or young animal develops
- 7. when the seed of a plant germinates or is germinated, it starts to grow
- 8. pistil's plural
- 11. fine powder, usually yellow, that is formed in flowers
- 13. a long, hollow cylinder of metal, plastic, glass, etc. for holding or transporting something, chiefly liquids or gases.
- 14. They bind messenger RNA and transfer RNA to synthesize polypeptides and proteins
- 16. if sth contains sth else, it has that thing inside it or as part of it
- 19. the tough outer part of a loaf of bread.
- 21. The smallest structural and functional unit of an organism
- 22. the material or protoplasm within a living cell, excluding the nucleus.
- 24. a slender threadlike structure, especially a microscopic appendage that enables many protozoa, bacteria, spermatozoa
- 25. the material in plants that carries water and minerals upwards from the root
- 26. a simple, nonflowering, and typically aquatic plant of a large group that includes the seaweeds and many single-celled forms.
- 27. an organelle in the cytoplasm of eukaryotic cells containing degradative enzymes enclosed in a membrane.
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- 1. a fungus used in making beer and wine, or to make bread rise
- 2. stamen’s plural
- 4. (in green plant cells) a plastid that contains chlorophyll and in which photosynthesis takes place.
- 6. another term for pseudopodium.
- 9. a space or vesicle within the cytoplasm of a cell, enclosed by a membrane and typically containing fluid.
- 10. any of a group of spore-producing organisms feeding on organic matter, including molds, yeast, mushrooms, and toadstools.
- 12. a single-celled organism with two flagella, occurring in large numbers in marine plankton and also found in fresh water
- 15. the ability to put effort and enthusiasm into an activity, work
- 16. an eyelash
- 17. a single-celled animal that catches food and moves about by extending fingerlike projections of protoplasm.
- 18. a dense organelle present in most eukaryotic cells, typically a single rounded structure bounded by a double membrane, containing the genetic material.
- 20. a single-celled freshwater animal that has a characteristic slipper-like shape and is covered with cilia.
- 23. the main long thin part of a plant above the ground from which the leaves or flowers grow;
- 28. a minute, typically one-celled, reproductive unit capable of giving rise to a new individual without sexual fusion, characteristic of lower plants, fungi, and protozoans.