Across
- 2. the vascular tissue in plants that conducts water and dissolved nutrients upward from the root
- 3. an expert in or student of the scientific study of plants
- 4. the process of growing plants in sand, gravel, or liquid, with added nutrients but without soil
- 5. the transfer of pollen to a stigma, ovule, flower, or plant to allow fertilization
- 7. a green pigment, present in all green plants and in cyanobacteria, responsible for the absorption of light to provide energy for photosynthesis
- 9. the combination of ideas to form a theory or system
- 10. individual animals, plants, or single-celled life forms
- 11. the material or protoplasm within a living cell, excluding the nucleus
Down
- 1. the development of a plant from a seed or spore after a period of dormancy
- 5. the process by which green plants and some other organisms use sunlight to synthesize foods from carbon dioxide and water
- 6. the central and most important part of an object, movement, or group, forming the basis for its activity and growth
- 8. the vascular tissue in plants that conducts sugars and other metabolic products downward from the leaves