Al Things to do with Plants

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 7. Green parts of a tree that fall in autumn (6)
  2. 10. Creation by the physical union of male and female gametes (13)
  3. 11. A slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ (4)
  4. 12. The fine spores that contain male gametes and that are borne by an anther in a flowering plant (6)
  5. 13. One of usually two organs that produce ova and secrete estrogen and progesterone (5)
  6. 14. The usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes (plural) (5)
  7. 16. Moving air (4)

Down

  1. 1. The act of ___ or diffusing something (9)
  2. 2. Part of the perianth that is usually brightly colored (plural) (6)
  3. 3. A living organism characterized by voluntary movement (6)
  4. 4. Transfer of pollen from the anther to the stigma of a plant (11)
  5. 5. A small body that contains the female germ cell of a plant (5)
  6. 6. Sweet food that grows on plants (5)
  7. 8. The male reproductive organ of a flower (6)
  8. 9. The apical end of the style where deposited pollen enters the pistil (6)
  9. 15. A small hard fruit (4)