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WorksheetsIntro to Plants
Total questions: 75
Worksheet time: 38mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Most plants are
a)
Heterotrophic
b)
Unicellular
c)
Nonvascular
d)
Vascular
2.
Angiosperms produce seeds in
a)
Ferns
b)
Gymnosperms
c)
Fruits
d)
Pine Tress
3.
The plant tissue that transports water and dissolved nutrients is called
a)
Vascular Tissue
b)
Spongy Tissue
c)
Nervous Tissue
d)
Muscle Tissue
4.
This is a _____ plant.
a)
gymnosperm
b)
vascular
c)
nonvascular
d)
not enough information to tell
5.
This is a ____ plant.
a)
gymnosperm
b)
angiosperm
c)
vascular
d)
nonvascular
6.
Plants that have true roots, stems and leaves are called ____.
a)
nonvascular plants
b)
vascular plants
c)
seed plants
d)
spore plants
7.
Seedless plants reproduce with ___.
a)
spores
b)
seeds
c)
binary fission
d)
flowers
8.
The two groups of seed plants are....
a)
angiosperms and gymnosperms
b)
vascular and nonvascular
c)
spores and seeds
d)
short and tall
9.
What attracts insects for pollination?
a)
anther
b)
ovary
c)
stigma
d)
petals
10.
Which of the following are characteristics of nonvascular plants?
a)
tall with xylem tubes
b)
many leaves
c)
no roots, stems, or leaves
d)
conifers
11.
The ancestors of today’s land plants were probably
a)
Brown Algae
b)
Red Algae
c)
Green Algae
d)
Lichens
12.
The waxy protective covering of a land plant is called a
a)
cuticle.
b)
capsule.
c)
rhizome.
d)
stoma.
13.
Why is the flower in the picture classified as a dicot?
a)
A. The petals are arranged in 3 or groups of 3.
b)
B. The petals are arranged in 4 or 5 or groups of 4 or 5.
c)
C. The leaves have webbed, scattered or branching veins
d)
D. Both B and C
14.
___________________ plants have true roots, true stems, and true leaves.
a)
Protist
b)
Vascular
c)
Fungi
d)
Non-vascular
15.
Non-vascular plants reproduce through _____________.
a)
seeds
b)
cones
c)
flowers
d)
spores
16.
Vascular plants transport nutrients through tube-like structures known as ____________________ and non-vascular plants transport nutrients from _________________.
a)
cell to cell, xylem and phloem
b)
seeds, cell to cell
c)
xylem and phloem, cell to cell
d)
xylem and phloem, seeds
17.
Which of the following is an example of a non-vascular plant?
a)
grass
b)
corn
c)
trees
d)
moss
18.
How would you classify the stem in the picture?
a)
dicot
b)
monocot
19.
The _____________________ protects the undeveloped plant (embryo) against injury and from drying out.
a)
flower
b)
cotyledon
c)
environment (soil)
d)
seed coat
20.
Vascular plants with seeds are split into what two groups?
a)
angiosperms & bryosperms
b)
gymnosperms & angiosperms
c)
gametophytes & sporophytes
d)
sporophytes & gymnosperms
21.
This is a group of vascular plants where their seeds are not surrounded by a fruit?
a)
dicots
b)
monocots
c)
angiosperms
d)
gymnosperms
22.
These produce flowers that produce seeds enclosed in a fruit.
a)
angiosperms
b)
gymnosperms
c)
bryosperms
d)
evergreens
23.
Identify the type of angiosperm as a dicot or monocot.
a)
monocot
b)
dicot
24.
Identify the type of angiosperm as a dicot or monocot.
a)
monocot
b)
dicot
25.
Identify the type of angiosperm as a dicot or monocot.
a)
monocot
b)
dicot
26.
Identify the type of angiosperm as a dicot or monocot.
a)
monocot
b)
dicot
27.
Identify the type of angiosperm as a dicot or monocot.
a)
monocot
b)
dicot
28.
Identify the type of angiosperm as a dicot or monocot.
a)
monocot
b)
dicot
29.
Identify the type of angiosperm as a dicot or monocot.
a)
monocot
b)
dicot
30.
Identify the type of angiosperm as a dicot or monocot.
a)
monocot
b)
dicot
31.
Identify the type of angiosperm as a dicot or monocot.
a)
monocot
b)
dicot
32.
Identify the type of angiosperm as a dicot or monocot.
a)
monocot
b)
dicot
33.
Identify the type of angiosperm as a dicot or monocot.
a)
monocot
b)
dicot
34.
Identify the type of angiosperm as a dicot or monocot.
a)
monocot
b)
dicot
35.
The largest division of gymnosperms are the....
a)
dicots
b)
monocots
c)
cycads
d)
conifers
36.
Identify the following pine cone.
a)
Male cone that produces pollen
b)
Male cone that produces eggs
c)
Female cone that produces eggs
d)
Female cone that produce pollen
37.
Female cones have woody scales that produce __________ that contain eggs.
a)
pollen
b)
sperm
c)
ovules
d)
cotyledons
38.
How is pollen able to move from a male cone to a female cone?
a)
blows loose in the wind
b)
through tiny little water droplets
39.
About how old this this tree?
a)
1 year
b)
10 years
c)
100 years
d)
1000 years
40.
Seedless plants reproduce by
a)
spores
b)
seeds
c)
binary fission
d)
mitosis
41.
Ferns, club mosses and horsetails are all
a)
non-vascular plants
b)
vascular plants
c)
seed plants
d)
tall plants
42.
Plant leaves reflect
a)
white light
b)
red light
c)
blue light
d)
green light
43.
For plants to carry out photosynthesis, they need all of the following EXCEPT
a)
oxygen
b)
carbon dioxide
c)
water
d)
sunlight
44.
Through which vascular tissue does food move?
a)
Phloem
b)
Xylem
c)
Bark
d)
Muscle
45.
Through which vascular tissue does water move?
a)
Phloem
b)
Xylem
c)
Bark
d)
Roots
46.
Vascular tissue
a)
Helps support a plant
b)
Transports water
c)
Transports nutrients
d)
All of these
47.
Where is a plant's food made?
a)
In the leaves
b)
In the roots
c)
In the flowers
d)
In the seeds
48.
When a plant embryo starts to grow, this is called
a)
fertilization
b)
pollination
c)
germination
d)
growing
49.
Which of the following is not a function of stems?
a)
Carry substances between leaves and roots
b)
store food
c)
make food
d)
support the plant
50.
What do leaves do for a plant?
a)
Attract pollinators
b)
Make food
c)
Absorb water
d)
Transport nutrients
51.
Which part of a plant anchors it to the ground, absorbs water, and stores nutrients?
a)
leaves
b)
stems
c)
roots
d)
flowers
52.
All plants are
a)
heterotrophs
b)
prokaryotes
c)
eukaryotes
d)
carnivorous
53.
The male reproductive structure of a flower
a)
pistil
b)
sepal
c)
stigma
d)
stamen
54.
The female reproductive structure of a flower
a)
pistil
b)
sepal
c)
petal
d)
stamen
55.
vascular tissue that carries food made in the leaves down throughout the plant
a)
xylem
b)
phloem
c)
veins
d)
roots
56.
What is the major difference between monocots and dicots?
a)
the colors of the flowers
b)
the # of cotyledons
c)
the size of the seeds
d)
the scent of the flowers
57.
Water loss in a leaf is prevented by the
a)
upper epidermis
b)
cuticle
c)
lower epidermis
d)
vascular tissue
58.
A stem that is soft, thin, and flexible is called a
a)
woody stem
b)
soft stem
c)
herbaceous stem
d)
growth ring
59.
Photosynthesis uses sunlight to make food from water and
a)
carbon monoxide
b)
oxygen
c)
carbon dioxide
d)
sodium bicarbonate
60.
Which of the following takes water and minerals from roots to the shoot?
a)
phloem
b)
xylem
c)
flowers
d)
leavers
61.
In seed plants, sperm form inside of
a)
seeds
b)
sporophytes
c)
gametophytes
d)
pollen
62.
How do nonvascular plants get water?
a)
from the environment or nearby cells
b)
from their roots or vascualr tissue
c)
from the environment or xylem
d)
from taprrots or nearby cells
63.
What plant cell part captures energy from the sun to make food?
a)
chloroplasts
b)
cell walls
c)
cell membranes
d)
vacuoles
64.
Type of rigid stem found on trees
a)
Taproot
b)
Sepal
c)
Woody stem
d)
Stamen
65.
Angiosperm with one cotyledon
a)
Flower
b)
Stomata
c)
Dicot
d)
Monocot
66.
B?
a)
Petal
b)
Anther
c)
Style
d)
Ovary
67.
D?
a)
Petal
b)
Anther
c)
Ovary
d)
Style
68.
A flowering plant with leaves that have parallel veins.
a)
gymnosperms
b)
angiosperms
c)
dicot
d)
monocot
69.
Small grains that contain a plant's male reproductive cells.
a)
stamen
b)
pollen
c)
anther
d)
stigma
70.
Synonym for not active.
a)
dormant
b)
sterile
c)
spry
d)
mobile
71.
Small leaf-like structures forming an outer circle at the base of a flower.
a)
petals
b)
sepal
c)
anthers
d)
dicots
72.
The part of the flower on which the pollen grains land.
a)
pistil
b)
stamen
c)
style
d)
stigma
73.
The stalk connecting the ovaries and stigmas.
a)
filament
b)
pistil
c)
style
d)
anther
74.
The transfer of pollen, containing the sperm cells, to the female part of the flower.
a)
seed disperal
b)
pollination
c)
germination
d)
fertilization
75.
When a seed sprouts and begins the early growth of a young plant.
a)
germination
b)
pollination
c)
seed dispersal
d)
fertilization
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