Plant Crossword Puzzle

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