STAAR Plant

In what part of a leaf does most photosynthesis take place?

• epidermis

• cuticle

• stomata

• palisade layer

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

What kinds of plants have structures that move water and other substances?

• vascular

• protist

• nonvascular

• bacterial

What group has plants that are only a few cells thick?

• gymnosperms

• cycads

• ferns

• mosses

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Where is most of a plant's new xylem and phloem produced?

• guard cell

• cambium

• stomata

• cuticle

What are the plant structures that anchor the plant called?

• stem

• roots

• leaves

• guard cell

What are the small openings in the surface of a leaf surrounded by guard cells called?

• stomata

• cuticle

• rhizoids

• angiosperms

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

The major function of leaves in seed plants is to ?

• store food

• make food

• absorb water and minerals

• move water to other plant parts

Nonvascular plants are held in place by threadlike structures called?

• guard cell

• rhizoids

• stomata

• vascular tissue

Peat is actually the earliest stage of ?

• coal

• natural gas

• petroleum

• petrified wood

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

The red, orange, and yellow pigment that gives leaves their color in the fall is ?

• cellulose

• xylem

• phloem

• carotenoids

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6