Plant and Animal Structures

A plant takes in water and nutrients through its

• trunk
• root hairs
• leaves
• chlorophyll

What is the job of plant's roots?

• provide support
• anchor it to the soil
• protect the plant's stem
• absorb light for photosynthesis

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

Needle-shaped leaves help plants ____________ more water than wide leaves.

• lose
• create
• absorb
• conserve

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

In order to survive, plants that live in ____________ places have structures to slow the loss of water.

• wet
• dry
• windy
• high

If plants don't produce flowers or cones, what do they use to reproduce?

• spores
• insects
• leaves
• roots

What do seeds and spores have in common?

• They both are used by mosses to reproduce.
• They both are only transported by the wind.
• They both can eventually grow into new plants.
• They both grow on conifers before reproduction.

A conifer is a type of tree that produces

• flowers.
• fruit.
• cones.
• spores.

What stimulus decreases during winter?

• gravity
• water
• touch
• light

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Which of the following is an example of a plant responding to the stimulus of touch?

• Trees grow flowers in the spring.
• Vines coil around trees.
• Roots grow down into the soil.
• Stems and leaves grow upwards.

Animals that eat meat usually have __________ teeth.

• large and flat
• small and sharp
• short and flat
• long and sharp