Across
- 3. Transfer of pollen between different blooms.
- 5. Direction of water and mineral transport.
- 7. Provides buoyancy to plants.
- 8. A permanent tissue that transports water and minerals.
- 11. Complete the equation: ____________ + water + sunlight → glucose + oxygen.
- 12. A shallow coastal waterbody intermittently separated from larger bodies of water by a natural barrier.
- 14. The study of marine plants and algae.
- 16. A hormone that promotes germination and flowering in plants.
- 17. These organisms lack true tissues.
- 18. The reproductive structure in sexual reproduction.
- 21. Produces pollen in the flower male reproductive organ.
- 23. Unspecialized cells capable of continuous division.
- 24. A macronutrient essential for plant metabolism. A local factor found insignificant to mangrove growth rates.
- 25. Seeds germinating while still attached to the parent tree.
Down
- 1. The floating position of a mangrove propagule in favorable conditions.
- 2. Plants thriving in saline environments.
- 4. Found at the internodes or the base of leaves.
- 6. Plant hormones.
- 9. A root-like structure in seaweeds.
- 10. Seed leaves enclosed in the propagule.
- 13. A local factor found insignificant to mangrove growth rates.
- 15. A root structure resembling a human knee.
- 19. The part responsible for nutrient and water absorption.
- 20. Pollination by wind.
- 22. Cell division producing two identical cells.
- 24. Part of the flower that attracts pollinators.