Life Science Chapter 9: Plant Functions

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Across
  1. 2. short day plant from Mexico; p. 176
  2. 7. female part of flower; grows into fruit
  3. 8. new diploid cell formed after gametes meet
  4. 10. hormones that cause shoots/stems to grow
  5. 13. male parts of flower
  6. 16. plant that doesn't require much sun; mum
  7. 20. unicellular; mushroom/fern reproduction
  8. 23. a gaseous plant hormone that ripens fruit
  9. 24. female parts of flower
  10. 25. plant that shows positive tropism (p 177)
  11. 29. plant that requires 12 hours of sun; iris
  12. 30. a change in an environment
  13. 32. plant that flowers whenever; cucumber
  14. 33. "bare seed"; conifers and evergreens
  15. 34. cell used in reproduction
  16. 35. process plants use to make food from sun
Down
  1. 1. stalk that holds anther
  2. 3. a response toward or away from a stimulus
  3. 4. hormone that causes cells to divide
  4. 5. male gamete in flower
  5. 6. bright parts of flower that attract pollinator animal/element that moves pollen to stigma
  6. 9. a plant's response to touch
  7. 11. female gamete where seed grows
  8. 12. chemicals made by plants that affect growth
  9. 14. leaf like organ that protects ovary
  10. 15. plant hormone that helps stems/flowers grow
  11. 16. multicellular; grows into new plant
  12. 17. flowering plants
  13. 18. hormone that inhibits plant growth
  14. 19. a behavior that results from a stimulus
  15. 21. most important pollinator
  16. 22. a plant's response to sunlight
  17. 26. male part of flower that produces pollen
  18. 27. a plant's response to gravity
  19. 28. another word for producer; Ex: plants
  20. 31. sticky female part of flower