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FNGLA Plant Biology pgs 1-11

Total questions: 52

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

True or False: There are plants alive today that were alive during the time of Christ.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

True or False: Plants make up the largest living organisms on the planet.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

What are "higher plants"?

a)

Plants that are easier to care for

b)

Plants that need minimum care

c)

Plants that require much care

d)

Plants that are complex and have detailed parts

4.

True or False: The root and shoot typically grow horizontally.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

What happens to flowers if sexual reproduction occurs?

a)

It falls off the plant

b)

It produces pollen

c)

It turns into a fruit

d)

None of the above

6.

What is the gel called that surround the organelles in a cell?

a)

Cell membrane

b)

Cell wall

c)

Cytoplasm

d)

Mitochondria

7.

What part of the cell allows passage of liquids, gasses, and dissolved solids to move into the cell?

a)

Cell membrane

b)

Cell wall

c)

Cytoplasm

d)

Nucleus

8.

What allows plants to grow upright?

a)

Cell membrane

b)

Cell wall

c)

Bark

d)

Roots

9.

When cells divide in half to create self replicas of each other, this type of cell division is called ________________ and is the basic process of plant growth.

a)

Meioses

b)

Mitosis

10.

True or False: In meiosis, the daughter cells are identical to the parent cell.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

True or False: Mitosis creates a lot of variation in plants.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

True or False: Meiosis creates a lot of variation in plants.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

What are known as the "blueprints" that tells plants what type of cells to produce?

a)

Specialized cells

b)

Chloroplasts

c)

Chromosomes

d)

None of the above

14.

What are vascular plants?

a)

Group of plants that do not have a vascular cambium

b)

Contain groups of cells which create vessels for transporting liquids.

c)

Short, thickened underground stems

d)

All of the above

15.

Where is most of the vascular system located in dicots?

a)

In the bark

b)

Just beneath the bark

c)

In the center of the tree

d)

Leaves

16.

The Cambium is found in ______________

a)

Monocots

b)

Dicots

c)

Both

17.

Which functions in water and mineral movement?

a)

Xylem

b)

Phloem

18.

Grasses, lilies, and palms are all examples of:

a)

Monocots

b)

Dicots

19.

True or False: Only monocots have a cambium

a)

True

b)

False

20.

Which of the following is a function of the roots?

a)

Anchors the plants to the soil

b)

Supports top structure of the plants

c)

Absorbs water and nutrients from the soil

d)

All of the above

21.

Fibrous roots are found in what type of plants?

a)

Monocots

b)

Dicots

22.

Taproots are found in what type of plants?

a)

Monocots

b)

Dicots

23.

Where do buds form off of the stem?

a)

Node

b)

Internode

c)

Tip

d)

Lenticel

24.

Stems move water and minerals from the roots to the upper part of the plant through the:

a)

Xylem

b)

Phloem

c)

Both

25.

Food produced in the leaves through photosynthesis is moved throughout the plant through the...

a)

Xylem

b)

Phloem

26.

Which of the following is an example of a modified stem? Choose all that apply

a)

Corm

b)

Tuber

c)

Rhizomes

d)

Bulbs

27.

Where is food manufactured in the plant?

a)

Roots

b)

Stems

c)

Leaves

d)

Flowers

28.

Plants convert water and carbon dioxide, in the presence of light, into ___________

a)

Fructose

b)

Sucrose

c)

Lactose

d)

Glucose

29.

Which process converts stored energy, such as sucrose or starch, into usable energy for the plant?

a)

Respiration

b)

Transpiration

c)

Photosynthesis

d)

Oxidation

30.

Approximately how much water absorbed by the roots is actually lost during transpiration?

a)

50%

b)

60%

c)

80%

d)

90%

31.

True or False: The amount of oxygen given off as a by-product of photosynthesis is greater that the amount of oxygen consumed by respiration in one day.

a)

True

b)

False

32.

What is typically the easiest and most accurate way of identifying plants?

a)

Leaves

b)

Stems

c)

Flowers

d)

Roots

33.

Which of the following is the correct order of listed plant leaf arrangements, A,B, and C? (exclude D)

a)

Opposite, Whorled, Alternate

b)

Whorled, Opposite, Alternate

c)

Alternate, Whorled, Opposite

d)

Alternate, Opposite, Whorled

34.

True or False: The axillary bud is found at the top of the plant.

a)

True

b)

False

35.

How many terminal buds can there be on a stem?

a)

1

b)

3

c)

5

d)

Many

36.

How many axillary buds can there be on a stem?

a)

1

b)

3

c)

5

d)

Many

37.

True or False: The presence of terminal buds increases the chance of axillary buds growing.

a)

True

b)

False

38.

True or False: Tipping a plant makes it grow fuller.

a)

True

b)

False

39.

If a leaf does not have a petiole, it is called:

a)

Stipules

b)

Entire

c)

Alternate

d)

Sessile

40.

Leaves that grow off the base of petioles are called:

a)

Stipules

b)

Entire

c)

Alternate

d)

Sessile

41.

True or False: Parallel veins is primarily seen in dicots.

a)

True

b)

False

42.

True or False: Netted veins are primarily seen in dicots.

a)

True

b)

False

43.

Which type of veinage is seen from left to right

a)

Both are Pinnate

b)

Left is Pinnate, Right is Palmate

c)

Left is Palmate, Right is Pinnate

d)

Both are Palmate

44.

What are the two most basic type of leaf? Select all that apply

a)

Sessile

b)

Simple

c)

Compound

d)

Odd-Pinnately

45.

What is the correct order of leaf types from left to right?

a)

Compound, Palmately Compound, Simple

b)

Simple, Even-Pinnately Compound, Palmately Compound

c)

Compound, Odd-Pinnately Compound, Simple

d)

Simple, Odd-Pinnately Compound, Palmately Compound

46.

What part of the palm tree typically becomes a primary ornamental characteristic, or one that the customer like to see?

a)

Crownshaft

b)

Costapalmate

c)

The Trunk

d)

The Fronds

47.

True or False: Flowers can be produced from either terminal or axillary (lateral) buds.

a)

True

b)

False

48.

Collectively, flower petals are called:

a)

Sepal

b)

Calyx

c)

Corolla

d)

Receptacle

49.

The male reproductive organ in a flower is called the:

a)

Pistil

b)

Stamen

c)

Sepal

d)

Stigma

50.

The female organ of the flower is called the:

a)

Pistil

b)

Stamen

c)

Anther

d)

Filament

51.

What are dioecious plants?

a)

They have both male and female organs

b)

They have either male or female organs

c)

They are self-fertile

d)

None of the above

52.

What are monoecious plants?

a)

They have both male and female organs

b)

They have either male or female organs

c)

They require a pollinator to be pollinated

d)

None of the above