Across
- 1. the continuous flow of water from root to leaf is known as the transpiration_______
- 2. _____ cells open and close the stoma
- 5. water enters the root hair by _______
- 6. apparatus used to measure the rate of transpiration
- 9. evaporation of water from a leaf
- 10. a _____ cell supplies phloem sieve plates with their requirements
- 14. how plants make their own food
- 16. waterproofing chemical deposited in xylem walls
- 18. a pesticide that is transported throughout the plant in the phloem is described as _____
- 19. movement of sugars and amino acids along the phloem
- 22. the area of the plant receiving sugars and amino acids
Down
- 1. the end walls of phloem sieve tubes are called ____ ___
- 3. the method by which plants take up mineral ions
- 4. a group of xylem vessels and phloem tubes is called a ________
- 7. water moves down its ______ _____ gradient
- 8. an increase in humidity _____ the rate of transpiration
- 11. cells of the __________ mesophyll are specially adapted for maximum photosynthesis
- 12. pores in leaves for gas exchange
- 13. transport of food occurs in the _______
- 15. the form in which sugar is transported in the plant
- 17. transport of water and mineral salts occurs in the ______
- 20. specialised cell used to maximise absorption of water
- 21. part of the plant from where sugars and amino acids are translocated
