Plant Structures and Adaptations

A plant can sense gravity.

• True

• False

Plant roots always grow upward.

• True

• False

If you turn a plant upside down, what will happen?

• Roots will grow toward the sun.

• Roots will grow toward the ground.

Overtime, a plant will grown in the direction of light.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

What happens to a plant as it goes dormant?

• the days grow shorter

• the days grow longer

• the plants' leaves change color and fall off

• the plants' leaves curl up and freeze

Which of the following types of plants have special adaptations?

• aquatic, desert, tropical

• aquatic, desert, carnivorous

• desert, carnivorous, tropical`

• house plants, desert, aquatic

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Pollination can happen under water.

• True

• False

Identify the adaptations of a cactus by checking the box. If it is not an adaptation for a cactus, leave the box unchecked.

• barrel shaped, waxy stem

• thorns

• dormancy

• large, wide root system

Plants that get some or most of their nutrients by eating other organisms are called

• vegetarian plants

• omnivorous plants

• carnivorous plants

• herbivorous plants

What is the purpose of a plant called?

• external structure

• internal structure

• function

• photosynthesis

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6