Investigating Plant Systems and Homeostasis

What are the levels of organization in plants?

• Plants have cells, but not tissues.

• Plants are made up of cells, tissues, organs, and organ systems

• Plants contain cells and tissues, but not organs.

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What is the vascular tissue that carries water throughout a plant?

• phloem

• seedling

• xylem

______________, pores on leaves through which plants lose water and exchange carbon dioxide and oxygen.

• stomata

• seed

• stem

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The body of a plant is made up of organs called roots, ________, and leaves.

• vacuole

• stems

• cones

What does the reproductive system for a plant consist of?

• flower and fruit

• xylem and phloem

• chloroplast and chlorophyll

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What is the function of the plant organelle called the vacuole?

• The vacuole stores water, nutrients, and waste.

• The vacuole produces proteins.

• The vacuole stores DNA.

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_____________________ is a vascular tissue that carries sugars and other foods throughout a plant.

• stems

• phloem

• roots

• xylem

What is the main function of the chloroplast cell organelle?

• The chloroplast organelle's main function is to produce green pigment.

• The chloroplast organelle's main function is to convert light energy into chemical energy through photosynthesis.

• The chloroplast organelle's main function is to produce DNA

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Plants have two organ systems, the _________________ system and the root system.

• vascular

• seedless

• shoot

• non-vascular

___________________________ is growth that happens in organisms in response to light, such as a stem bending toward a light source.

• transpiration

• gravitropism

• phototropism

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