Unit 5 Plants

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Across
  1. 2. The reproductive structure of angiosperms.
  2. 5. A flowering plant with seeds enclosed inside a fruit.
  3. 9. A nonvascular plant that lacks true roots, stems, and leaves.
  4. 11. Vascular tissue that transports water and minerals upward.
  5. 14. A plant hormone that causes cells to elongate and is involved in phototropism.
  6. 15. The process by which plants convert sunlight into chemical energy.
  7. 17. (two words) An angiosperm process in which one sperm fertilizes the egg and another forms endosperm.
  8. 18. Tiny openings in leaves that regulate gas exchange and water loss.
  9. 19. Vascular tissue that transports sugars throughout the plant.
  10. 20. A structure that protects and nourishes a plant embryo.
Down
  1. 1. (two words) Specialized tissue that transports water, minerals, and sugars.
  2. 3. Root-like structures that anchor nonvascular plants.
  3. 4. A seed plant with naked seeds not enclosed in fruit.
  4. 6. Nutritive tissue that feeds the developing embryo in angiosperms.
  5. 7. A waxy protective layer that covers leaves and stems and reduces water loss.
  6. 8. The haploid stage of a plant that produces gametes.
  7. 10. The male gametophyte of seed plants.
  8. 12. The mature ovary of a flower that encloses and disperses seeds.
  9. 13. The loss of water vapor from plant leaves.
  10. 16. The diploid stage of a plant that produces spores.