Plant Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 4. the thin stalk that supports the anther in the male portion of the flower
  2. 8. leaves are intact on the tree for the entire year
  3. 11. growth response to the
  4. 12. brightly colored structures around a flower to attract pollinators
  5. 13. substance produced by flowers to reproduce and is transported by animals or wind
  6. 16. transports water up
  7. 18. the part of the pistil where the pollen germinates
  8. 23. promotes cell division and lateral growth in plants
  9. 24. process of converting light energy to chemical energy
  10. 27. plants that can conduct minerals and nutrients to all parts
  11. 28. seed plants that don’t make seeds
  12. 29. a underdeveloped plant embryo in a protective outer layer
  13. 30. a stiff sharp pointed projection on a plant for protection
  14. 31. the collective term for female reproductive organs of a flower
  15. 32. part of the stamen that collects the pollen
  16. 34. non vascular plant that grows in dense green clumps in damp and shady locations
  17. 35. contains a seed and can be eaten
  18. 37. a reproductive cell capable of developing into a new individual without fusion
  19. 38. the part of the plant that is present above the ground and transports minerals and nutrients
  20. 40. respiration, chemical reactions that break down glucose to make ATP
  21. 42. turning or bending of a plant in response to a touch stimulus
Down
  1. 1. waxy covering of a plant
  2. 2. the process by which an organism grows from a seed or spore
  3. 3. pores of the leaf, regulate and maintain homeostasis
  4. 5. transports food down
  5. 6. sweet and fleshy product of a plant
  6. 7. a tree shedding its leaves annually
  7. 9. part of the plant that blossoms
  8. 10. vascular, plants that do not have a system for transporting minerals and nutrients
  9. 14. flowering plants
  10. 15. promotes growth on shaded side
  11. 17. growth in response to light
  12. 19. seed producing plants
  13. 20. succession when a biological community develops when no life existed previously
  14. 21. that directs shoots upwards and roots downward
  15. 22. a green structure of a plant that is attached to the stem and main organs of photosynthesis and cellular respiration
  16. 25. succession, the regrowth of a biological community after it was impacted by a disturbance
  17. 26. collective male term for reproductive organs of a flower
  18. 33. the part of the plant which attaches it underground it receives water for plant
  19. 36. the tube structure that connects the stigma and ovary in a female flower
  20. 39. green pigment found in plants
  21. 41. evergreen trees that bear cones