Plant diseases: TMV, crown gall disease and Chalara ash dieback | Starter Quiz | Oak National Academy

Which cell is from a plant?

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Answer explanation

Plant cells have a cell wall, nucleus, chloroplasts, vacuole, cell membrane, cytoplasm and mitochondria.

A calcium deficiency can cause which disease in humans?

• anaemia

• scurvy

• rickets

Answer explanation

Rickets can cause the bones to be painful and 'bow'.

Water and minerals enter a plant through its ...

Answer explanation

Roots absorb water and minerals from the soil.

Which plant organelle carries out photosynthesis?

Answer explanation

Chloroplasts are the site of photosynthesis in plant cells.

What are the products of photosynthesis?

• carbon dioxide

• glucose

• oxygen

• water

• nitrogen

Answer explanation

During photosynthesis, plants use water and carbon dioxide, and produce glucose and oxygen.

Match the human disease to the type of pathogen.

• gonorrhoea

• protist

• athlete's foot

• virus

• measles

• bacteria

• malaria

• fungus

Answer explanation

Athlete's foot is cause by a fungus, malaria is caused by a protist, gonorrhoea is caused by bacteria, and measles is caused by a virus. These are all types of pathogens.