Across
- 2. A substance that provides nourishment essential for growth
- 4. An explanation of what you think will happen in the experiment and why
- 5. Circumstance that contributes to a process
- 11. Protective layer that stops the seed from drying out
- 13. Helps the plant attach to the ground and absorb water and nutrients
- 14. Genetic diversity in a plant species that makes different varieties
- 15. Excess nutrients in a body of water that causes an algae bloom
- 17. Amount of crops that can be grown per unit of land
- 18. Lacking in an essential nutrient
- 20. The study of plant biology
- 21. A plant with one cotyledon, like corn
- 22. Movement, spread or transport of seeds
- 23. A plant with two cotyledon, like beans
Down
- 1. Process that plants used to make sugar using the suns energy
- 3. A trait that something has that makes it better at living in its environment
- 6. Noticing and recording information using your senses
- 7. Growing plants using nutrient rich water instead of soil
- 8. A factor that is changed or measured in an experiment
- 9. Sprouting of a seed after a period of dormancy
- 10. The substance from which a plant grows and gets its nutrients
- 12. Land that can be used for growing crops
- 15. Food for the baby plant that is the meat of the seed
- 16. Substrate used in most hydroponics labs made from volcanic rock
- 19. First leaves to escape from the seed and do photosynthesis