Across
- 2. Carbohydrates - Organic compounds made by plants during photosynthesis.
- 3. Carnivorous - Plants that obtain some of their nutrients by trapping and consuming animals.
- 5. - Organisms that cannot make their own food.
- 7. Chlorophyll - The green pigment in plants that captures light energy for photosynthesis.
- 8. Autotrophs - Organisms that make their own food.
- 9. - An organism that lives on or in another organism and derives nutrients at the host's expense.
- 10. Stomata - Tiny openings on the leaf surface that allow the exchange of gases.
- 11. Symbiosis - A mutually beneficial relationship between different organisms.
Down
- 1. Nutrients - Substances that provide nourishment essential for growth and the maintenance of life.
- 2. The process by which green plants make their food using sunlight.
- 4. Leaf - The part of the plant where photosynthesis primarily occurs.
- 6. Host - An organism that supports a parasite.
- 7. Legumes - Plants that have a symbiotic relationship with nitrogen-fixing bacteria.
- 9. Saprotrophs - Organisms that feed on dead and decaying matter.
- 10. Algae - Simple photosynthetic organisms found in water and damp places.
