Rock Formation

3. require light for photosynthesis
5. The parts of a flower that are often conspicuously colored
7. The process of which plants produce their own food
10. any usually flattened green outgrowth from the stem of a vascular plant
11. transports water and nutrients up from the roots all the way to the leaves
12. element plays a critical role in photosynthesis and is both stored for energy and released as a byproduct
13. is used by plants for energy and to make other substances like cellulose and starch
15. An element that plays a critical role as a nutrient that plants need to survive

1. a term for the general physical, chemical, and mineralogical composition of the unconsolidated material, mineral or organic, in which soil forms
2. centrally located, typically consists of a swollen base
4. typically consisting of a pollen-containing anther and a filament.
6. layer is a mixture of sand, silt, clay and broken down organic matter, called humus
8. the top layer of soil made up of undecayed plant and animal material
9. layer is a mixture of sand, silt, clay and broken down organic matter, called humus
14. the soil lying immediately under the surface soil