Plant Structure, Transport and Gas Exchange Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• root hairs : where waters a plant
• osmosis : process responsible for water entry to the plant
• calcium : mineral that helps to make the plant cell wall
• lignin : material that reinforces the walls of the xylem vessels
• stomata : opening in the leaf that allows for gas exchange
• carbon dioxide : factor that influences the diameter of the stomata
• lenticels : openings in stems equivalent to stomata
• active transport : method of how minerals enter the root of a plant
• root pressure : one of the processes that allows water to move upwards in a plant
• closed : how stomata are at night time
• cohesion : attraction of similar molecules e.g. water molecules
• joly : one of the scientists who discovered the cohesion-tension model of water transport in the xylem
• onion : example of a plant with leaves modified for food storage
• potato tuber : modified stem for food storage
• bulb : another term for a modified leaf
• carrot : root modified for food storage
• phloem : vascular tissue in plants, other than the xylem
• parallel : the type of leaf veins in monocotyledonous plants
• food : function of the sieve tube cells is to transport _
• protection : function of the plant dermal tissue
• waxy cuticle : leaves have a _ through which water cannot pass