Health Time

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 3. A thin coat of water-base paint (4)
  2. 4. Any of various cultivars of the genus Brassica oleracea grown for their edible leaves or flowers (7)
  3. 6. A sudden and decisive increase (4)
  4. 8. The act of physically reaching or thrusting out (7)
  5. 9. Of or providing nourishment (10)
  6. 12. Sweet food that grows on plants (5)
  7. 13. Bulbous plant having hollow leaves cultivated worldwide for its rounded edible bulb (5)
  8. 14. Twining perennials having cordate leaves and flowers arranged in conelike spikes (3)
  9. 15. During an ___ stage (5)

Down

  1. 1. A sharp change in direction (3)
  2. 2. Perennial plant widely cultivated as an annual in many varieties for its long conical orange edible (6)
  3. 5. Physical activity that keeps you fit (8)
  4. 7. Annual native to South America having underground stolons bearing edible starchy tubers (6)
  5. 8. Southwestern Asian plant widely cultivated for its succulent edible dark green leaves (7)
  6. 10. A plumbing fixture that sprays water over you (6)
  7. 11. Photographic film ___ up inside a container to protect it from light (4)