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Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 18mins
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Class
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1.
What is written on the x-axis of the graph above (Figure A)?
a)
The dependent variable
b)
The qulatative variable
c)
The inference variable
d)
The independent variable
2.
What is written on the y-axis of the graph above (Figure A)?
a)
The dependent variable
b)
The qualitative variable
c)
The inference variable
d)
The independent variable
3.
What is an observation that can be made about the graph above (Figure A)?
a)
Sunflower has green leaves.
b)
Corn is yellow.
c)
Corn has fungus on it.
d)
Sunflower grew taller than the corn.
4.
Which of the following is a way that fungi cause crop loss for farmers?
a)
Fungi take over the area and suffocate plants.
b)
Fungi infect the stems, leaves, and fruits of plants.
c)
Fungi absorb much of the available nutrients and water from the soil.
d)
Fungi keep the soil too moist.
5.
What is the process seen in Figure N?
a)
Photosynthesis
b)
Respiration
c)
Transpiration
d)
Fertilization
6.
What is NOT true of all living things?
a)
They can make their own food.
b)
They obtain and use energy.
c)
They respond to stimuli.
d)
They grow and develop.
7.
Which of these is a heterotroph?
a)
Pine Tree
b)
Butterfly
c)
Tomato Plant
d)
Fern
8.
Which of the following fungi is helpful to humans in (Figure L)?
a)
Penicillin Mold
b)
Corn Smut
c)
Grain Mold
d)
Wheat Rust
9.
A plant is placed near a window. After a while, the leaves and stems start to turn toward the window. Which of the following characteristics of life best describes this behavior?
a)
growth and development
b)
respond to stimuli
c)
reproduction
d)
obtain and use energy
10.
If a glass beaker as seen in Figure S is broken in the lab the first thing you should do is_________.
a)
Grab a towel and start soaking up the liquid as quick as possible.
b)
Tell the teacher as immediately.
c)
Grab the glass one piece at a time and get it in the nearest trash can.
d)
Put your gloves on.
11.
If glass broke in the lab setting, the most important safety item the students should be using before it would ever occur is:
a)
a pair of tongs
b)
some plastic containers
c)
safety glasses or goggles
d)
a pair of heat-resistant gloves
12.
Plants like the one in (Figure U) take in water from their roots, but after photosynthesis takes place, a plant in the hot, hot sun will release water through the stomata of its leaves that it no longer needs. What is this process called?
a)
Photosynthesis
b)
Transpiration
c)
Pollination
d)
Fertilization
13.
To obtain energy from their food, the bodies of all plants (and animals) undergo respiration. What is the chemical change that occurs?
a)
sugar and oxygen change into water and carbon dioxide
b)
water and carbon dioxide change into sugar and oxygen
c)
sugar and carbon dioxide change into water and oxygen
d)
water and oxygen change into sugar and carbon dioxide
14.
Which of the following is a list of resources that organisms need to provide energy for growth, development, and repair?
a)
food, water, shelter
b)
food, oxygen, carbon dioxide
c)
food, oxygen, water
d)
food, water, carbon dioxide
15.
Since mosses are non-vascular, they are less likely than vascular plants to do which of the following?
a)
Photosynthesize
b)
Control Transpiration
c)
Grow Tall
d)
produce Oxygen
16.
Which of the following is evidence of sexual plant reproduction?
a)
potato eyes
b)
bulbs
c)
runners
d)
Brassica pod
17.
Mrs. Everhart took four (4) stem cuttings from her spider plant and shared them with Mrs. Massey, Mrs. Kaufman and Mrs. Lesley as a surprise. She placed them all in nice little pots with fertile soil and each of them grew roots. What process does this describe?
a)
Transpiration
b)
Asexual Reporduction
c)
Sexual Reproduction
d)
Photosynthesis
18.
A plant has flowers with six petals. Which of these describes this plant?
a)
Dicot
b)
Monocot
c)
Spore-producing
d)
Non-vascular
19.
To summarize the most important processes in a plant’s life cycle, you would have to include: *
a)
germination, pollination, fertilization, seed production
b)
monocots and dicots
c)
the usefulness of good fertilizer
d)
seed dispersal
20.
Which of these is a characteristic of only some plants?
a)
They produce sugars.
b)
They are multicellular.
c)
They have a vascular system.
d)
They all contain chlorophyll.
21.
Which part of the plant anchors it in the soil?
a)
shoot system
b)
vascular system
c)
root system
d)
growth system
22.
How are mosses different from ferns, pines trees, and flowering plants?
a)
Mosses reproduce through sexual reproduction.
b)
Mosses need moisture to reproduce.
c)
Mosses produce sugar through photosynthesis.
d)
Mosses have no vascular tissue.
23.
What is the group of plants that cherry trees belong to?
a)
non-vascular
b)
cone-bearing
c)
non-flowering
d)
flowering
24.
Seeds can lie dormant for many years until? *
a)
sunlight causes photosynthesis
b)
food webs are complete
c)
conditions are right for growth
d)
conduction of food occurs
25.
The illustration in Figure W shows a type of moss. This plant does not have true roots, stems, or leaves. Which of the following would be the correct classification categories for a moss?
a)
non-vascular, seed-producing, flowering
b)
vascular, seed-producing, flowering
c)
vascular, seed-producing, cone-bearing
d)
non-vascular, spore-producing
26.
Which of the following is the plant’s response to the stimulus seen in (Figure P) above? * Hydrotropism Thigmotropism Gravitropism Phototropism
a)
Hydrotropism
b)
Thigmotropism
c)
Gravitropism/Geotropism
d)
Phototropism
27.
Which statement is NOT true regarding fungi?
a)
Fungi are autotrophs and can make their own food.
b)
Fungi are heterotrophs and grow on plants for food.
c)
Fungi can cause disease in plants and animals.
d)
Fungi, like penicillin mold, can be helpful to humans.
28.
You place a stalk of celery in a jar filled with water and red food coloring. A part of the celery stalk becomes red over time, which part is it that becomes red?
a)
leaves
b)
xylem
c)
roots
d)
phloem
29.
We get maple syrup by placing hollow tubes in the stems of maple trees in the fall. What part of the plant do the tubes penetrate releasing the maple syrup (sugar)?
a)
leaves
b)
xylem
c)
roots
d)
phloem
30.
There are two types of roots: fibrous and taproot. What example below is NOT a plant with fibrous roots?
a)
corn
b)
grass
c)
tulips
d)
carrots
31.
If all of the flowers in Figure H were removed from this Fennel plant, what would result?
a)
It would die.
b)
It would stop growing.
c)
It would wilt.
d)
It would not produce seeds.
32.
The illustration in Figure M shows a pine tree. This tree has roots, stems, pine needles and cones. Which of the following would be the correct classification categories for a pine tree?
a)
non-vascular, seed producing, flowering
b)
vascular, seed-producing, flowering
c)
vascular, seed-producing, cone-bearing
d)
non-vascular, spore-producing, cone-bearing
33.
Which of the following is the ivy plant’s response (Figure V) to the wooden stake seen in the picture? * Hydrotropism Thigmotropism Gravitropism Phototropism
a)
hydrotropism
b)
thigmotropism
c)
gravitropism/geotropism
d)
phototropism
34.
Which of the following is the seedling’s response to being turned on its side as seen in the picture (Figure E)?
a)
hydrotropism
b)
thigmotropism
c)
gravitropism/geotropism
d)
phototropism
35.
Which of the following correctly describes the pollination process?
a)
Pollen moves from the anther to the stigma.
b)
Pollen moves from the pistil to the stamen.
c)
Pollen moves from the stigma to the anther.
d)
Pollen moves from the anther to the sepals.
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