Grade 6 Science Vocabulary Quiz

What is the meaning of artificial?

• Made by man; not natural.

• A quality of having a number of related units.

• Storage parts of roots.

What is auxin?

• Growth chemical produced in plant leaf and root tips.

• Waxy layer on epidermis.

• Chemical used to help digestion.

What is a carbohydrate?

• Chemical compound made of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen.

• Soft, light, and full of holes like a sponge.

• Tiny opening on the underside of a leaf.

What does complexity refer to?

• A quality of having a number of related units.

• Layer of cells near the top surface of the leaf.

• Tubes in plants carrying food downward.

What is the cortex?

• Storage parts of roots.

• Growth chemical made by plants.

• Organic (natural) fertilizer.

What is a cuticle?

• Waxy layer on epidermis.

• Sugar made during photosynthesis.

• A vegetable with seed pods.

What is the epidermis?

• Outer layer of cells.

• Chemical process of cells doing work.

• Tubes in plants carrying water and minerals upward.

What is an enzyme?

• Chemical used to help digestion.

• Chemicals added to plants to aid growth.

• The treeless Arctic plain.

What is fertilizer?

• Chemicals added to plants to aid growth.

• Many glucose units stacked together.

• Layer of cells near the top surface of the leaf.

What is gibberellin?

• Growth chemical made by plants.

• Tiny opening on the underside of a leaf.

• Plant parts containing the phloem and xylem.