Across
- 5. process in which cells use carbon dioxide, water, and light energy to make oxygen and glucose, an energy-storing sugar
- 6. any substance in food that the body needs
- 7. an individual living thing
- 13. union of two gametes that produces a diploid zygote
- 14. ncomplex carbohydrate that is a polymer of glucose and that makes up the cell wall of plants
- 16. type of tissue in plants that transports fluid throughout the plant; consists of xylem and phloem
- 17. type of vascular tissue in a plant that transports food from photosynthetic cells to other parts of the plant
- 18. type of vascular tissue in a plant that transports water and dissolved nutrients from roots to stems and leaves
- 19. very early stage in the development of an organism that lasts from fertilization to the eighth week of development in which initial growth and development take place
Down
- 1. eukaryotic organism in the protist kingdom
- 2. single-celled prokaryotic organism that is a member of the Bacteria domain
- 3. characteristic that an organism inherits that helps it survive and reproduce in a given environment
- 4. waxy, waterproof substance of plants to prevent damage and loss of water by evaporation
- 8. tiny pore in the leaf of a plant that can open and close to control transpiration (release of water vapor) and gas exchange with the air
- 9. plant organ that generally grows down into the soil to absorb water and nutrients from the soil
- 10. rigid layer that surrounds the cell membrane in plants, fungi, and bacteria that helps support and protect the cell
- 11. group of specialized cells of the same kind that perform the same function
- 12. common name of a plant-like protist, which contains chloroplasts and makes food by photosynthesis
- 15. any type of data that may be used to test a hypothesis