Plant biology

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 3. Any of numerous perennial bulbous herbs having linear or broadly lanceolate leaves and usually (5)
  2. 5. A pliable sheet of tissue that covers or lines or connects the organs or cells of animals or plants (8)
  3. 8. Sweet food that grows on plants (5)
  4. 10. Tiny leafy-stemmed flowerless plants (4)
  5. 11. The simplest structural unit of an element or compound (plural) (9)
  6. 12. A rigid layer of polysaccharides enclosing the membrane of plant and prokaryotic ___ (8)
  7. 15. Part of the perianth that is usually brightly colored (5)
  8. 16. A particle that is electrically charged (plural) (4)

Down

  1. 1. The diploid cell resulting from the union of a haploid spermatozoon and ovum (6)
  2. 2. A plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms (6)
  3. 4. A living thing that has the ability to act or function independently (plural) (9)
  4. 6. A tiny cavity filled with fluid in the cytoplasm of a cell (plural) (8)
  5. 7. Oval foods laid by hens (4)
  6. 9. Tiniest unit of living things (4)
  7. 13. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots (5)
  8. 14. Any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds (4)