Photosynthesis

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 4. What we eat to get energy and grow (4)
  2. 6. The rays of the sun (8)
  3. 9. The color of grass (5)
  4. 10. Gas in the air that we need to breathe (6)
  5. 11. Clear liquid we drink that falls as rain (5)
  6. 13. Living thing that grows in soil and makes its own food (5)
  7. 14. Any of a group of green pigments found in photosynthetic organisms (11)
  8. 15. How plants make food from sunlight (14)
  9. 16. Characteristic life processes and phenomena of living organisms (7)

Down

  1. 1. The main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants (4)
  2. 2. A nonmetallic element belonging to the halogens (6)
  3. 3. The woody part of plants: the supporting and water-conducting tissue (5)
  4. 5. Plastid containing ___ and other pigments (11)
  5. 7. The metabolic processes whereby certain organisms obtain energy from organic molecules (11)
  6. 8. A complex carbohydrate found chiefly in seeds, fruits, tubers, roots and stem pith of plants (6)
  7. 12. A monosaccharide sugar that has several forms (7)