Fundamental Plant Process Crossword

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Across
  1. 4. loss of evaporation of water from plant leaves through stomata
  2. 6. membrane-bound organelle found in the eukaryotic cells which generate most of the cell's supply
  3. 8. membrane which allows water molecules, but not solute molecules, to pass
  4. 11. connective, functionally supportive framework of a biological cell, tissue or organ
  5. 14. specialized cells which help regulate the rate of transpirtation by opening and closing the stomata
  6. 15. control of the shoot tip over axillary bud outgrowth which allows a plant to grow upward more than it growth outward
  7. 19. also known as M phase
  8. 20. single piece of coiled DNA which contains many genes
  9. 22. also known as G2
  10. 23. phase in which the cell replicates its DNA
  11. 25. organic compounds produced within the plant
  12. 26. process by which a cell releases energy by breaking down glucose and other food molecules in the presence of oxygen
  13. 29. second stage of mitosis
  14. 30. pores found on the surface of plant structures which control the exchange of gas and water
  15. 34. process which occurs after mitosis where the cell splits and two daughter cells are created
  16. 38. first root of the plant which elongates during germination and forms the primary root
  17. 40. solute concentration is greater outside of the cell than inside
  18. 43. area in the cell where microtubles are produced
  19. 44. process in which cells lose water in a hypertonic solution
  20. 45. process by which a plant grows from a seed
Down
  1. 1. one copy of a duplicated chromosome which is usually joined to the other copy by a centromere
  2. 2. region of DNA typically found in the center of a chromosome which links two sister chromatids
  3. 3. also known as G1 phase
  4. 5. compound formed as a result glycolosis
  5. 7. also known as turgidity; pressure which occurs when the water located inside the cells begins to expand, pushing on the cell membranes
  6. 9. process of converting light energy to chemical energy and storing it in the bonds of sugar
  7. 10. solute concentration is the same on either side of the cell membrane and results in the incipient plasmolysis
  8. 12. transports chemical energy within cells for metabolism
  9. 13. fourth stage of mitosis
  10. 16. condition or process of aging
  11. 17. first stage of mitosis
  12. 18. diffusion of water across a semipermeable membrane from areas of high concentration to areas of low concentration
  13. 21. natural or synthetic organic compound which modifies or controls one or more specific physiological processes within a plant
  14. 24. first embryonic leaf (leaves) of a seedling which emerge at the time of germination
  15. 27. chemical product of photosynthesis
  16. 28. ordered set of events resulting in cell growth
  17. 31. solute concentration is lower outside of the cell than inside
  18. 32. movement of dissolved substances from areas of high concentration to areas of low concentration
  19. 33. metabolic pathway found in the stroma of the chloroplast in which carbon enters in the form of CO2 and leaves in the form of sugar
  20. 35. phase of the cell cycle in which a cell spends the majority of its time and performs most of its normal functions in preparation for cell division
  21. 36. tissue produced inside the seeds of most flowering plants which surrounds the embryo and provides nutrition in the form starch, oils and protein
  22. 37. fibers which form during mitosis and segregate chromosomes between daughter cells during cell division
  23. 39. third stage of mitosis
  24. 41. growth of plants in response to light
  25. 42. plant cell which is limp through a reduction of pressure inside the cell