Cotton Facts Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• fruiting : branches that grow in a zigzag pattern
• three : how many boll development phases there are
• white flower : occurs once the bud blooms
• match head : when the bud is one third of its full size
• pinhead : the first stage a square can be identified
• photosynthesis : when the plant turns the sun into energy
• two : amount of branches a cotton plant has
• pink : the colour tinge the flower has by the next day after it blooms
• vegetative : straight growing branches intended for producing energy
• white : colour when the bloom opens
• ripening : a key part of the dehiscence process
• filling : this phase begins during the 4th week and lasts 2 weeks
• maturation : phase begins when boll reaches full size
• enlargement : when the fibers produced begin to elongate
• five : amount of cotton bud development stages
• candle : occurs prior to bloom
• deposition : when the secondary walls of the cotton fiber form
• boll : opens in about 50 days with optimum growing conditions