Seed Germination Crossword Puzzle

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GERMINATION : The process when a seed wakes up and starts to grow into a baby plant.
SEED COAT : The hard, outer covering of a seed. Its function is to protect the baby plant inside.
EMBRYO : The tiny baby plant inside the seed. It will grow into a new plant.
COTYLEDON : A part inside the seed that stores food. Its function is to feed the baby plant when it starts to grow.
GERM : The part of the embryo that grows upward. Its function is to become the stem and the first leaves.
HYPOCOTYL : The part of the embryo between the germ and the radicle. Its function is to become the lower part of the stem.
RADICLE : The part of the embryo that grows downward. Its function is to become the first root. It is the first part to come out during germination.
HYPOTHESIS : An educated guess or a prediction about what will happen in an experiment.
VARIABLE : Anything that can be changed or controlled in an experiment.
INDEPENDENT VARIABLE : The one thing you change on purpose in an experiment. It is the cause.
DEPENDENT VARIABLE : The thing you measure or observe in an experiment. It is the effect or the result.
EXPERIMENTAL GROUP : The group in an experiment that receives the change (the independent variable).
CONTROL GROUP : The group in an experiment that does NOT receive the change. It is used for comparison.

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germination : the process when a seed wakes up and starts to grow into a baby plant.
seed coat : the hard, outer covering of a seed. its function is to protect the baby plant inside.
embryo : the tiny baby plant inside the seed. it will grow into a new plant.
cotyledon : a part inside the seed that stores food. its function is to feed the baby plant when it starts to grow.
germ : the part of the embryo that grows upward. its function is to become the stem and the first leaves.
hypocotyl : the part of the embryo between the germ and the radicle. its function is to become the lower part of the stem.
radicle : the part of the embryo that grows downward. its function is to become the first root. it is the first part to come out during germination.
hypothesis : an educated guess or a prediction about what will happen in an experiment.
variable : anything that can be changed or controlled in an experiment.
independent variable : the one thing you change on purpose in an experiment. it is the cause.
dependent variable : the thing you measure or observe in an experiment. it is the effect or the result.
experimental group : the group in an experiment that receives the change (the independent variable).
control group : the group in an experiment that does not receive the change. it is used for comparison.