Crossword Puzzle

3. Compressed leaves modified to store food for use in the next growing season.
6. A sugary liquid produced by some flowers to attract animals.
7. The production of new plants of the same type.
9. A tree that keeps its leaves all the year.
10. A gas present in the air, given off by plants during the day.
12. The tubes that carry water and salts from the stem to the leaves, and food from the leaves to the stem of the plant.
13. Transfer of pollen from anther to stigma of a flower, or from male to female cones.
14. Using energy from sunlight to combine carbon dioxide and water and produce food.

1. Loss of water through the leaves of growing plants.
2. The chemical used by plants to trap the energy in sunlight for making sugars giving plants their green colour.
3. The scientific study of plants and plant life.
4. The upright part of the plant that holds up the leaves and carries food from the leaves to the roots, and water and minerals from the roots to the leaves.
5. The process that occurs when a seed absorbs water and produces a seedling.
8. The part of the plant held up to trap sunlight and absorb carbon dioxide to make sugars.
11. Trees that shed their leaves after the growing season.