Across
- 3. a plastid in green plant cells which contains chlorophyll and in which photosynthesis takes place.
- 5. Seed dispersal is the movement, spread or transport of seeds away from the parent plant.
- 8. the main body or stalk of a plant or shrub, typically rising above ground but occasionally subterranean.
- 10. The action or process of fertilizing an egg or a female animal or plant, involving the fusion of male and female gametes to form a zygote.
Down
- 1. a green pigment, present in all green plants and in cyanobacteria, which is responsible for the absorption of light to provide energy for photosynthesis.
- 2. The transfer of pollen grains from the male anther to the female stigma
- 4. a sugary fluid secreted within flowers to encourage pollination by insects and other animals, collected by bees to make into honey.
- 6. (in a flower) the part of a pistil that receives the pollen during pollination.
- 7. each of the segments of the corolla of a flower, which are modified leaves and are typically coloured.
- 9. a rigid layer of polysaccharides lying outside the plasma membrane of the cells of plants, fungi, and bacteria. In the algae and higher plants it consists mainly of cellulose.
