Plants / Study Guide

Why are plants called producers?

• Because they produce carbon dioxide

• The produce their own food.

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 What would happen if the amount of plants on earth significantly decreased?

Choose all that apply.

• Animals would also decrease.

• There would be less oxygen for animals.

• We would not have sunlight.

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Why are plants important to animals and humans?

• They give us carbon dioxide and food.

• They give us oxygen and give us energy when we eat them.

• They are pretty.

• We enjoy the shade.

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 What are the two primary things a plant needs to survive?

• animals and insects

• water and sunlight

• sunlight and soil

• Soil and oxygen

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Which diagram best shows how photosynthesis happens?

• A

• B

• C

• None

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Name the parts of the plant in order of the blanks.

• Petal

  stem

  leaf

  roots

• petal

  leaf

  roots

  stem

• leaf

  roots

  stem

  petal

• petal

  stem

  roots

  leaf

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What would be the main problem that a plant with shorter roots have than a plant with longer roots? 

• not enough soil

• not enough water

• not enought carbon dioxide

• not enough nutrients from the soil

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Emilee is setting up an experiment involving pinto beans. She places a pinto bean 

inside a damp paper towel, then places it in a baggie. Emilee takes another pinto

bean and places it in a dry paper towel and puts it in a baggie. She puts both 

baggies on a windowsill next to each other. She checks each day to observe the 

changes. 

What testable question is Emilee most likely trying to answer?

• Does the amount of light affect how fast a pinto bean grows?

• Can pinto beans grow in a paper towel?

• What does a pinto bean look like once it is sprouted?

• Which grows faster, a damp pinto bean or a dry pinto bean?

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What is the gas that enters a plant during photosynthesis called?

• oxygen

• photosynthesis

• carbon dioxide

•  stomata

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The process through which plants create their 

    own food is called_________.

• oxygen

• photosynthesis

• carbon dioxide

•  stomata

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