Plant Survival Quiz

____ is the evaporation of water from a plant's leaves.

• Transpiration
• stomata

• xylem

• phloem

Plants use water,.......................... , and light energy to produce sugar and oxygen.

• carbon dioxide

• oxygen

• nitrogen

• all the above

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Water is carried from the roots through the stem by tissues called ...................................... .

• xylem
• phloem

• transpiration

• stomata

Plants cannot grow too close together because their ____ need to spread out and absorb nutrients from the soil.

• roots
• stem

• leaves

• stomata

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Phloem are tissues that transport ..................................................... to all parts of the plant.

• sugars
• water

• sunlight

• all the above

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Which of the following are located on a plant's leaves?

• stomata

• roots

• xylem

• phloem

Which of the following materials used by plants to make food can be found in the air?

• pollen

• soil

• oxygen

• carbon dioxide

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A student made the claim that plants need air and water to grow. They conducted an experiment to test this claim. Their results are in the table.

What data support the claim?

• Little to no growth happened without air and water present

• The plants grew a total of 24 centimeters during the experiment.

• Access to air and water produced plants that were more than 30 centimeters tall.

• One plant was able to start growing without its needed materials.

Plants need energy to acquire the nutrients they need to survive. The different parts of a plant's structure work together to keep the plant healthy. Which two functions do the leaves of a plant serve in obtaining the nutrients needed for survival?

• Leaves take in sunlight and oxygen.

• Leaves take in water and give off oxygen.

• Leaves take in sunlight and carbon dioxide.

• Leaves take in water and give off carbon dioxide.

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The parts of a plant all work together to provide the nutrients it needs to survive. Which of the following provides the function of transporting water to all parts of a plant?

• xylem

• transpiration

• stomata

• evaporation