Photosynthesis - Assessment

Phototropism is a response to what stimulus?

• heat
• chlorophyll
• water
• light

Dividing a habitat into smaller zones is called fragmentation.

• True
• False

Desert plants have characteristics that help them survive. Which is NOT one of these characteristics?

• vine-like structure
• shallow root systems
• long taproots
• small or spikelike leaves

Any movement in a plant that occurs as a response to a stimulus.

• thigmotropism
• tropism
• geotropism
• hydrotropism

Which is not a method of seed dispersal?

• wind
• birds
• animals
• cars

Allows water and minerals to move up the plant.

• stomata
• osmosis
• xylem
• phloem

The natural process by which a species dies off is called ____.

• endangered
• adaptation
• habitat destruction
• extinction

The stomata allow gases to enter that exit a leaf.

• True
• False

The primary cause of species loss is ____.

• increased pollution
• global warming
• habitat loss
• acid rain

Fluids containing glucose move up and down a plant within this structure.

• xylem
• phloem
• cork cambium
• pith