Photosthesynthesis

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Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 3. A blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart (4)
  2. 5. The woody part of plants: the supporting and water-conducting tissue (5)
  3. 7. Living things like trees and flowers that grow in soil (6)
  4. 11. Plastid containing ___ and other pigments (plural) (12)
  5. 14. A complex carbohydrate found chiefly in seeds, fruits, tubers, roots and stem pith of plants (6)
  6. 15. A monosaccharide sugar that has several forms (7)
  7. 16. The power to do work or make things move (6)

Down

  1. 1. The star our planet orbits (3)
  2. 2. Tiniest unit of living things (plural) (5)
  3. 4. Clear liquid we drink that falls as rain (5)
  4. 6. Solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition (7)
  5. 8. Green parts of a tree that fall in autumn (6)
  6. 9. Nutrient in meat and beans that builds muscle (plural) (8)
  7. 10. Any of a group of green pigments found in photosynthetic organisms (11)
  8. 12. The outer layer of the skin covering the exterior body surface of vertebrates (7)
  9. 13. Greasy substance in food and body tissue (plural) (4)