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WorksheetsPlants Week 9: Reproduction & Growth & Defenses
Total questions: 38
Worksheet time: 19mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Organisms are placed into this classification based on their ability to make food and the number of cells in their body.
a)
class
b)
kingdom
c)
phylum
d)
species
2.
Fungi obtain water and minerals from the soil through long fibrous strands because they lack a root system. One of these long strands is called a _________?
a)
mycelium
b)
hyphae
3.
Fungi obtain water and minerals from the soil through long fibrous strands. If there is a mass of these long strands it is called a _________?
a)
mycelium
b)
hyphae
4.
Which item is not an environmental or genetic factor?
a)
salinity
b)
seed
c)
temperature
d)
water
5.
Which item is an environmental or genetic factor?
a)
seed
b)
seed coat
c)
salinity
d)
cotyledon
6.
What's the Manipulated Independent Variable (MIX) in the graph?
a)
temperature
b)
Isobutanol Concentration
7.
What's the Dependent Responding Variable (DRY) in the graph?
a)
temperature
b)
Isobutanol Concentration
8.
Why do pollinators gravitate (always move) towards certain flowers?
a)
the color of the petals and for pollen and nectar
b)
the color of the petals and for the ovary and style
c)
the color of the ovary and for the nectar and filament
d)
the color of the stigma and for the style and ovary
9.
What do pollinators do after they leave a flower?
a)
they find a hole to bury the pollen
b)
the use their stingers to attack someone
c)
travel to another flower and fly away back to their hives to make honey
d)
bury themselves in the sand
10.
What kinds of structures would a pollinator need to reach a particular flower’s nectar?
a)
one pair of antennae
b)
an exoskeleton
c)
a long tube-like beak
d)
sharp fangs
11.
What kinds of structures would a pollinator need to carry pollen?
a)
segmented legs
b)
a furry body
c)
one pair of antennae
d)
an exoskeleton
12.
What is the male organ of a flower that has an anther and a filament on it called?
a)
ovary
b)
pistil
c)
stamen
d)
stigma
13.
What is the part of the flower that protects the bud before the flower blooms (often green and leaf-like) that enclose a developing bud called?
a)
ovary
b)
sepal
c)
petal
d)
pollen tubes
14.
What is the female organ of the flower that contains the stigma, style, ovary and ovules called?
a)
anther
b)
stamen
c)
stigma
d)
pistil
15.
What is the sticky top of the female portion of the flower where pollen grains land called?
a)
stigma
b)
style
c)
ovary
d)
pistil
16.
After pollination has taken place, a pollen tube grows down the length of this female part of the pistil.
a)
stigma
b)
style
c)
ovary
d)
pistil
17.
When sperm cells enter an egg creating an embryo it is called?
a)
pollination
b)
fertilization
c)
plant defenses
d)
germination
18.
When a seed pops out and begins to grow, it is called ___________.
a)
fertilization
b)
germination
c)
pollination
d)
plant defenses
19.
Fertilized eggs become seeds and are protected in the ovule which becomes ________ until seeds can be dispersed.
a)
ovary
b)
stigma
c)
sepal
d)
fruit
20.
The fertilized egg (embryo) from which new plants are formed are found here. It also contains the ovules where the egg cells are produced?
a)
stigma
b)
style
c)
ovary
d)
stamen
21.
What contains the sperm cells?
a)
stigma
b)
filament
c)
anther
d)
ovary
22.
What is the long stalk that supports the anther on the male stamen called?
a)
style
b)
ovary
c)
filament
d)
stigma
23.
The female reproductive part of a flower is called?
a)
stamen
b)
pistil
c)
ovary
d)
anther
24.
The scientific word for eggs in the flower is called?
a)
stigma
b)
style
c)
ovules
d)
stamen
25.
What structure attracts pollinators to the flower with color and scent?
a)
sepal
b)
petals
c)
stigma
d)
ovary
26.
What are the long tubes that allow the pollen grains to travel from the stigma to the ovary called?
a)
pollen tubes
b)
ovule tubes
c)
filament tubes
d)
style tubes
27.
When pollen is carried from the anther to the sticky stigma by pollinators this process is called?
a)
germination
b)
pollination
c)
fertilization
d)
transpiration
28.
Which part of the flower produces the pollen that contains the sperm cells?
a)
stigma
b)
anther
c)
pistil
d)
sepal
29.
Potato eyes are examples of which type of asexual reproduction?
a)
leaves
b)
bulbs
c)
tubers
d)
stem cuttings
30.
Many types of grasses and strawberries are examples of which type of asexual reproduction?
a)
stem cuttings
b)
runners
c)
roots
d)
leaves
31.
Sugar cane and pineapples are examples of which type of asexual reproduction?
a)
leaves
b)
bulbs
c)
tubers
d)
stem cuttings
32.
Some fruit trees, bushes, and sweet potatoes are examples of which type of asexual reproduction?
a)
bulbs
b)
tubers
c)
runners
d)
roots
33.
African Violets are examples of which type of asexual reproduction?
a)
bulbs
b)
tubers
c)
leaves
d)
roots
34.
Onions are examples of which type of asexual reproduction?
a)
bulbs
b)
tubers
c)
runners
d)
roots
35.
In order for pollination to occur, pollen has to travel from what part of the flower to the other?
a)
Part #1 to Part 4
b)
Part #4 to Part 6
c)
Part #1 to Part 5
d)
Part #1 to Part 8
36.
In order for fertilization to occur, pollen has to travel from what part of the flower to the other?
a)
Part #1 to Part 4
b)
Part #4 to Part 6
c)
Part #1 to Part 5
d)
Part #1 to Part 8
37.
Of the choices below, which is not a way for plants defend themselves?
a)
poisonous fruit and leaves
b)
stigma
c)
thorns
d)
thigmotropism
38.
A group of scientists designed an investigation in which they measured the growth of plants that contained different concentrations of salinity (salt content Sodium Chloride) and the addition of salt with added Potassium (K). Their final data is shown in the graph above. Which of the arguments below does the evidence in this study best support?
a)
Sodium Chloride with added Potassium decreases the process of plant growth.
b)
Sodium Chloride alone increases the process of plant growth.
c)
Plants will grow taller if there is Sodium Chloride with added Potassium.
d)
Plants will grow taller if there is no salt or potassium involved.
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