Plant Nutrition and Transport Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• xylem : uses negative pressure to move water and nutrients
• phloem : uses positive pressure to move sap
• trans membrane : tissue-level transport through cell membranes
• symplastic : tissue-level transport through cytoplasm
• apoplastic : tissue-level transport between cell walls
• flaccid : this plant cell is in an isotonic solution
• turgid : this plant cell is in a hypotonic solution
• plasmolyzed : this plant cell is in a hypertonic solution
• turgor pressure : the force of water pressing against a cell wall
• osmosis : the movement of water down its concentration gradient
• bulk flow : movement of sap or water through the vascular tissues
• sugar source : where sugar is produced
• sugar sink : where sugar is used up or stored
• fixed nitrogen : a nutrient plants need for making dna and rna
• cation exchange : how plants absorb inorganic ions from the soil
• water : plant source for protons
• sunlight : power for photosynthesis
• carbon dioxide : plant source for carbon
• soil : where plants get water and nutrients