Plants 2023

1. are thick and grow straight down, ex. dandelion
3. organelles that contain chlorophyll
7. can anchor plants to soil and store food
8. helps plants use light energy to produce sugars
11. plants with tubes in roots, stems, and leaves
14. holes on the surface of a plant leaf through which gases pass
15. _______roots help keep trees upright in loose, wet soil
16. air hole on the skin of an insect’s body
17. to sprout
18. single reproductive cells that grow into new plants (mainly nonvascular plants)
19. a random change in a gene

2. the predictable order of changes in communities after a change occurs
4. transfer of pollen by wind, insects, or small animals
5. fish and other sea animals have them to breathe
6. plants no tubes, pass water and nutrients from cell to cell
9. a hard skeleton on the outside of the body
10. _______roots look like tiny branches, hold soil in place, great for erosion control
12. process by which plants make their own food
13. a characteristic that increases an organism’s ability to survive and reproduce