Organisms & Plants

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 3. To make something different (6)
  2. 7. What lets us see; the opposite of dark (5)
  3. 8. Human beings (6)
  4. 10. The type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives or occurs (7)
  5. 11. Part of the perianth that is usually brightly colored (plural) (6)
  6. 13. A system considered analogous in structure or function to a living body (8)
  7. 14. The psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal (plural) (5)
  8. 16. Tall plants with trunks and leaves (5)

Down

  1. 1. The time between birth and death; what living things have (4)
  2. 2. An interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs (5)
  3. 4. The process of an individual organism ___ organically (7)
  4. 5. A structure that provides privacy and protection from danger (7)
  5. 6. Colorful blooms that grow on plants (7)
  6. 9. A living organism characterized by voluntary movement (6)
  7. 12. A small hard fruit (plural) (5)
  8. 15. A slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ (4)