Plant Physiology Crossword Puzzle

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  1. 3. A fundamental process in plants where CO2 and H2O are combined with the help of sunlight to form Sugar molecules and oxygen gas.
  2. 8. An organism that can make their own food.
  3. 12. It is a community of various plants dominated by trees.
  4. 13. The state where essential substances from the soil is inadequate; limits the growth of plants.
  5. 16. These are complex sequence of chemical reactions in cells that transforms food into energy.
  6. 18. Process of water loss because of water evaporation from the leaves of the plant
  7. 19. An Irreversible increase through cell division and enlargement, It is the process of transforming reserve materials into structural materials.
  8. 20. is the process where the cell shrinks when it is exposed to a hypertonic solution.
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  1. 1. Its the movement of atoms or molecules from an area of high concentration to lower concentration.
  2. 2. It is a scale is logarithmic and inversely indicates the concentration of hydrogen ions in the solution.
  3. 4. __________ is a substance or an enzyme that speeds up chemical reactions.
  4. 5. __________ is generated when the cell membrane pushes against the cell wall of the plant.
  5. 6. The sciences that deals with plant function as well as the physical and chemical processes in plants.
  6. 7. It is the movement of water from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration through a semi permeable membrane.
  7. 9. It moves water and nutrients from the soil up and to other parts of its body.
  8. 10. It moves sugars and other nutrients in a bidirectional movement from the leaves to the storage organs of the plant.
  9. 11. Plant __________ is the uptake of mineral elements from the soil.
  10. 14. Organic compounds such as sugars and starch that is used for food storage are classified as __________.
  11. 15. _______ is the site of gas exchange in plants, it is typically found in epidermis of the leaf.
  12. 17. It is one of the unique cell structure that uniquely found in plants.