Across
- 1. the opening between a pair of guard cells in the epidermis of a plant leaf or stem where gases and water vapor pass
- 4. the initial wall laid down by a plant cell
- 7. a smooth membrane that surrounds a chloroplast enclosing the stroma
- 8. sites of photosynthesis in plant cells
- 9. placid containing red and yellow pigments
- 10. a family of plant organelles
- 12. colorless plastid that stores starch in plants
- 13. a gel-like polysaccharide that hold the walls of adjacent cells together
- 14. the membrane that surrounds the central vacuoles
Down
- 1. the added wall layer, which is more rigid and much thicker
- 2. the main hormone of the thyroid gland, responsible for controlling the rate of metabolism in the body
- 3. the perforations in the primary and secondary cell walls
- 5. large vesicles that are identified as distinct organelles of plant cells because they perform specialized function unique to plants
- 6. membrane lying just inside the OBM of a chloroplast
- 11. structure of chloroplasts of higher plants formed by thylakoids stacked one on top of the other
