LILY SCIENCE QUIZ PLANT LIFE CYCLE

What purpose do the roots of a plant serve? Choose THREE.

• secure plants to the ground

• give worms food

• help grass grow

• take in water and minerals from the soil

• store food

What are the two main types of roots?

• fibrous

• lily root

• bullroot

• taproot

Fibrous roots ________________

• are one very long, thin root with no other roots connected

• are one thick, long main root with small roots that branch off

• are roots that do not have enough dirt to anchor into the ground

• are made up of many roots that are about the same size and are tangled together

Taproots are __________________

• made up of many smaller sized, tangled roots

• dead roots that do not help the plant

• located near flower petals

• one thick main root with smaller roots connected to it

Stems carry substances between the plant's ____________ and _________.

• petals; roots

• roots; leaves

• leaves; seeds

• pollen; grass

Stems also provide _____________ to the plant and hold up the ________ so they can get sunlight.

• food; roots

• support; leaves

• rain; flowers

• shade; leaves

What are the two types of stems?

• taproot

• flowering

• woody

• fibrous

• herbaccous

What type of stem is described below?

-hard (like trees)

-have many layers of tissue

-made of wood

• flowering stems

• woody stems

• greenleaf stems

• herbacceous stems

What type of stem is described below?

-soft (like flowers)

• flowering stems

• woody stems

• greenleaf stems

• herbacceous stems

What kinds of tissue makes up stems? Choose TWO.

• phloem

• distill

• lorrum

• tylem

• ipsum