Across

2. The natural coloring of matter, skin, plant, or animal tissue

3. The time or date at which the sun crosses the celestial equator

4. The process of increasing in size or getting more mature

5. The process or time period of gathering crops

6. An object that is made to resemble a human figure and set up, usually in a field, to scare birds away from crops

7. A deposit of small white crystals that form on the ground after the temperature drops below freezing

8. A collection or mass of plant leaves

9. A green pigment that is present in all green plants and absorbs light so that the plant may go through photosynthesis

10. a flowering plant's unit of reproduction that is capable of developing into another plant of the same type

Down

1. The movement of persons or animals from one place to another

11. Collect, gather, or move with an instrument called a rake