Plants Part 2

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Across
  1. 2. Part of vascular plant that transports WATER AND MINERALS from the ROOTS to the rest of the plant.
  2. 3. The leaf part of the fern sporophyte.
  3. 4. Type of plant that contains xylem and phloem.
  4. 6. Type of plant that lacks xylem and phloem.
  5. 8. Part of the fern sporophyte that contains all of the sporangia.
  6. 9. This form of the plant produces gametes which form into seeds instead of spores.
  7. 10. Rootlike structures that anchor mosses to a surface.
  8. 11. Reproductive cells (sperm and egg) that must be united to eventually form a seed.
  9. 12. This form of the plant produces spores instead of seeds.
  10. 13. Part of vascular plant that transports FOOD to the rest of the plant including the roots.
  11. 15. The way that vascular plants transport water, food, and nutrients throughout the whole plant.
Down
  1. 1. The process by which the plant cycles between its sporophyte form and gametophyte form.
  2. 5. The underground stems that ferns grow from.
  3. 7. Part of the fern sporophyte that drops spores to the ground.
  4. 12. A reproductive cell that falls from plants that do not make seeds. It is able to develop into a new plant without being fertilized.
  5. 14. When the gametes (sperm and egg) unite, this is formed.