Plant Parts, Plant Structures, and Plant Reproductions (Ch. 4)

A group of similar cells that perform a specific function is called a(n) what?

• tissue

• vascular tissue

• organelles

• cell group

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NGSS.MS-LS1-3

The internal transporting system through which water, minerals, and good move inside the plant is called the what?

• vascular tissue

• veins

• tissue

• xylem

A(n) ________ is a structure inside a plant's cell in which food is made.

• chloroplast

• chlorophyll

• chromosome

• chronological

• chronic

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

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The process by which plants make food is called the what?

• photosynthesis

• chloroplast

• evaporation

• transpiration

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A(n) __________ is a waxy, waterproof layer that covers the leaves and stems of most plants.

• cuticle

• chlorophyll

• chloroplast

• chromosome

The sac inside a plant cell where water, wastes, and good are stored is called the what?

• vacuole

• vaccuum

• vacation

• vaccine

• vachole

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

The green pigment called __________ is necessary to the food-making process in plants.

• chlorophyll

• chloroplasts

• chromosome

• climate

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Match the following terms with their definitions

• frond

• a thin, rodlike structure that anchors a moss plant and absorbs water and nutrients

• monocots

• structures that contain cells that will later become sperm cells

• pollen

• the leaf of a fern

• cotyledon

• two seed leaves

• rhizoid

• a seed leaf

Match the following

• petal

• the transfer of pollen from male reproductive structures to female reproductive structures

• transpiration

• the process by which water evaporates from a plant's leaves

• embryo

• the young plant that develops from a fertilized egg

• germination

• colorful leaflike structure of a flower

• pollination

• the process by which an embryo grows and pushes out of the seed

Match the following

• ovary

• the hollow structure which protects the seeds as they develop

• stoma

• rounded tip that protects a growing root

• root cap

• the surface layers of the leaf have small openings or pores

• sepal

• leaflike structure that protects a bud

• cambium

• the layer of woody stem that produces new xylem