Ch. 5 (Inside Plants)

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Across
  1. 1. Thimble-shaped mass of cells that covers and protects the root apical meristem
  2. 4. Water-resistant substance that helps limit the loss of water
  3. 5. Compact stem tissue at or near the soil surface
  4. 9. above-ground parts die back to the soil surface at the end of the growing season
  5. 12. Occupies the central part of the stem
  6. 13. cells that help the plant to sense gravity
  7. 14. cell divides into two identical daughter cells
  8. 16. hair-like outgrowths arising from the epidermis
  9. 17. allows gas exchange between the atmosphere and internal parts of the leaf
  10. 18. embryo with a single cotyledon
  11. 19. regulate the size of the stomata
  12. 20. Growth in response to gravity
  13. 21. known as the ground meristem
Down
  1. 2. cells laid down toward the exterior of the root
  2. 3. Protective waxy coating of cutin
  3. 6. Main root of a plant
  4. 7. Lateral meristem in vascular plants
  5. 8. sieve tube that moves dissolved sugars and other products of photosynthesis
  6. 10. Movement of a substance from one place to another
  7. 11. water-conducting tissue of vascular plants
  8. 15. embryo with paired cotyledons
  9. 17. forms off of the primary root