Jessica studied different adaptations of plants. Which adaptation would help a plant collect more energy for photosynthesis?

Mr. Andersen’s class is studying plants. They visited a garden and saw trees and shrubs. Which characteristic do all of the plants the class studied MOST likely share?

Plants have many parts that serve different functions.

Transporting water and nutrients is the main function of which part of the plant?

Alejandro collected different kinds of leaves from various trees. Although produced by different trees, what do these leaves have in common?

Oak trees contain xylem and phloem. Which statement BEST states a similarity and a difference for these parts of the oak tree?

How are the stem of a tree and the stem of a flower MOST similar?

A prickly pear cactus has thick stems that hold water.

How does a thick stem MOST likely help a prickly pear cactus?

Which part of a dandelion plant takes in minerals and water?

A seed of a plant sticks to the fur of an animal as it walks by. How has the animal MOST likely helped the plant?

Which of these correctly identifies the way materials are transported in a plant?

Vascular plants have tissue called xylem. Which of these is transported by the xylem?

A cocklebur seed has a hook-like adaptation called a spine. When an animal walks by a cocklebur plant, the spines on the seed can attach the seed to the animal’s fur. Which statement BEST describes how the animal helps the plant?

Drought and fire are common during the hot summers in a grassland. Which adaptation would MOST likely give a grassland plant an advantage for survival during a hot summer?

Some plants grow in an area where there are many leaf-eating animals. Having which feature would BEST help the plants survive around the leaf-eating animals?

Two different plants are shown.

Which feature belongs to ONLY one of the plants?

The trees in a local park have been recently damaged by a swarm of beetles. The beetles have nested in the trees and eaten all the leaves. Which statement BEST explains why losing all of their leaves might kill the trees?

A plant is shown. Which of these BEST demonstrates the path water takes through a plant?

Saltwort is a plant with thick, waxy leaves. The leaves protect the plant from losing water when it is exposed to salt. This adaptation BEST helps this plant survive in which type of environment?

Which part of a plant is used to absorb sunlight during photosynthesis?

Some kinds of plants, like redwood trees, may live for thousands of years. Other kinds, like wind poppy wildflowers, may only live for a few months. What do these plants MOST likely have in common?

In which way are sugars usually transported throughout a pine tree?

The table lists some vegetables that are sorted by color.

Which other way of organizing these vegetables will have them divided the same way as they are now?

In multicellular organisms, different structures have different functions. Which function is carried out in the leaves of a plant?

June grew flowering plants in the school garden.

What part of this plant takes in carbon dioxide?

Cockleburs are plants that produce seeds with hook-like adaptations called spines. Cocklebur offspring need to sprout away from the parent plant to get enough nutrients to survive. Spines MOST likely help the cocklebur plant reproduce by helping each seed to be

Plants that have stems that store water and no leaves would MOST likely live in a

How is xylem similar to phloem in a plant?

Which would MOST likely need to happen for a new plant to grow?

Jim is growing some plants in pots indoors. He has a fern and a fig tree. Which characteristic must both of his plants have in common?

Ana conducts an investigation on flowers. She takes two glasses and fills them with plain water. Ana adds blue food coloring to one of the glasses. She then places the same type of flower in each glass. The next day, she compares the flowers. Which statement is BEST supported by the results shown in the picture?

In flowering plants, what structure containing DNA is transported from one plant to another?

Jefferson’s class was studying sunflowers. They learned that sunflowers are able to make their own food. Which parts of a sunflower collect MOST of the sunlight needed to make food?

Plants that are different from each another may have similar structures. Which structure do all plants have in common?

The shape of plants’ leaves that survive well in a rainy climate are MOST often

Which sentence correctly states the relationship between chloroplasts, grana, and chlorophyll?

Which is a major difference between the life cycles of different types of plants?

Which part of a plant helps the plant make food from sunlight?

A root emerges from a seed because of the force of

Why does a plant’s transport of sugar differ from its transport of water?

Enrique studied how trees survive and grow.

Which part of a tree absorbs the sunlight that helps it make its own food?

Plant leaves come in all shapes and sizes. Some plants have very dark green leaves. Others have leaves with white or red areas, or leaves that are yellowish. Which characteristic is necessary for ALL leaves to perform photosynthesis?