This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of Plants & Botany has 20 clues. Answers range from 3 to 17 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.
A plant (or the haploid phase in its life cycle) that produces gametes by mitosis in order to produce a zygote
A plant (or the diploid phase in its life cycle) that produces spores by meiosis in order to produce gametophytes.
Any plant possessing vascular tissue (xylem and phloem), including ferns, conifers, and flowering plants.
A complex conducting tissue, formed of more than one cell type, found in vascular plants.
Is responsible for transporting sugars, proteins, and other organic molecules in plants.
Spread by rhizomes and reproduce by spores that they produce on their leafless stems.
In ferns and lower plants) a receptacle in which asexual spores are formed.
Small nonvascular spore-bearing land plants.
They are divided into three different types, including mosses, liverworts, and hornworts.
The perceptible natural movement of the air, especially in the form of a current of air blowing from a particular direction.
The star around which the earth orbits.
(Of an organism or part) having or consisting of many cells.
A substance that provides nourishment essential for growth and the maintenance of life.
A colorless, odorless reactive gas, the chemical element of atomic number 8 and the life-supporting component of the air.
A colorless, odorless gas produced by burning carbon and organic compounds and by respiration. It is naturally present in air (about 0.03 percent) and is absorbed by plants in photosynthesis.
The process by which green plants and some other organisms use sunlight to synthesize foods from carbon dioxide and water
The part of a plant which attaches it to the ground or to a support, typically underground, conveying water and nourishment to the rest of the plant via numerous branches and fibers.
A tree that bears cones and needle-like or scale-like leaves that are typically evergreen.
(Of a cell or nucleus) containing two complete sets of chromosomes, one from each parent.
(Of a cell or nucleus) having a single set of unpaired chromosomes.