This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of Plants & Botany has 15 clues. Answers range from 5 to 17 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.
the process by which green plants and some other organisms use sunlight to synthesize foods from carbon dioxide and water
a process in living organisms involving the production of energy
the exhalation of water vapor through the stomata
The process of absorbing or assimilating substances into cells or across the tissues and organs through diffusion or osmosis
A tiny pore in a plant leaf surrounded by a pair of guard cells that regulate its opening and closure, and serves as the site for gas exchange.
the inner tissue (parenchyma) of a leaf, containing many chloroplasts
a green pigment, present in all green plants and in cyanobacteria, responsible for the absorption of light to provide energy for photosynthesis
a plastid that contains chlorophyll and in which photosynthesis takes place.
the vascular tissue in plants that conducts sugars and other metabolic products downward from the leaves
: each of a large number of elongated microscopic outgrowths from the outer layer of cells in a root, absorbing moisture and nutrients from the soil.
A membrane that permits passage of water and certain substances in solution
the outer layer of tissue in a plant, except where it is replaced by periderm.
an outer layer of tissue immediately below the epidermis of a stem or root
the vascular tissue in plants that conducts water and dissolved nutrients upward from the root and also helps to form the woody element in the stem.
movement of a solvent through a semipermeable membrane into a solution of higher solute concentration that tends to equalize the concentrations of solute on the two sides of the membrane