Unit 3, Lesson 1: Plants Transform and Use Energy

What can plants do that animals cannot do?

• Plants can grow and change.

• Plants can move to find food.

• Plants can make their own food.

• Plants can use air to help them survive.

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Kevan’s class did an experiment on plants in class. The results are shown in the table.

Which question was Kevan’s class testing in this experiment?

• Do plants need air to grow?

• Do plants need soil to grow?

• How much water do plants need a week?

• How many hours of sunlight do plants need a day?

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Gail puts a green plant in a closed wooden box. She gives it good soil and plenty of water. What will happen to the plant?

• It will die because living things need oxygen.

• It will die because it does not get any sunlight.

• It will grow slowly because it also needs plant food.

• It will grow fast because it has good soil and water.

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A student set up an investigation with four plants of the same kind.

Plant 1 gets light and water.

Plant 2 gets light but no water.

Plant 3 gets water but no light.

Plant 4 gets no water and no light.

What will happen to the plants?

• Plant 1 will grow well.

• All plants will grow well.

• Plants 1 and 3 will grow well.

• Plants 2 and 4 will grow well.

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The picture shows the steps that happen during photosynthesis.

What is happening at Step 4 in the picture?

• Sugar is entering the leaf, and water vapor is exiting.

• Carbon dioxide is entering the leaf, and sugar and oxygen are exiting.

• Carbon dioxide is entering the leaf and oxygen is exiting.

• Oxygen is entering the leaf and carbon dioxide is exiting.

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Russ puts three bean plants on a windowsill. He waters the plants daily, measuring in milliliters (mL). The plants are watered the following amounts daily:

plant A – 0 mL

plant B – 10 mL

plant C – 25 mL

plant D – 50 mL

Russ measures the height of the plants every week. This table shows his results in centimeters (cm).

Which best describes how much water young bean plants need every day?

• 0 mL

• 10 mL

• 25 mL

• 50 mL

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What is the process that plants use to produce food?

• sunlight

• chloroplast

• photosynthesis

• carbon dioxide

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Photosynthesis is important for life on Earth. Which living thing can perform photosynthesis?

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The diagram shows a process occurring in a leaf.

Which of these best describes the diagram?

• the different layers within leaves of plants

• the process of photosynthesis

• how plants use the sun to stay warm

• how plants use energy to grow and move

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The opening on the underside of a leaf where the plant takes in carbon dioxide and releases oxygen

• Stem

• Stomata

• Leaf

• Photosynthesis

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