Plants

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. The usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes (4)
  2. 3. Tiniest unit of living things (plural) (5)
  3. 6. A plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms (6)
  4. 7. Living thing that grows in soil and makes its own food (5)
  5. 9. A device that produces electricity (7)
  6. 10. The vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity (6)
  7. 13. How plants make food from sunlight (14)
  8. 14. A slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ (4)
  9. 15. A blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart (4)

Down

  1. 1. Part of the perianth that is usually brightly colored (5)
  2. 3. Perennial plant widely cultivated as an annual in many varieties for its long conical orange edible (6)
  3. 4. The main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants (4)
  4. 5. The rays of the sun (8)
  5. 8. Force that pulls objects toward the Earth (7)
  6. 11. The male reproductive organ of a flower (6)
  7. 12. Stalks eaten raw or cooked or used as seasoning (6)