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Worksheets6 Kingdoms and Plant Characteristics
Total questions: 91
Worksheet time: 52mins
Which bacteria can live in extreme environments, such as hot springs?
Archaeabacteria
Eubacteria
Protist
Fungi
You would find mushrooms, mold, mildew, yeast, ring worm, and athlete's foot in which kingdom?
Plantae
Protists
Fungi
Animalia
This ameoba, which is an animal-like protist is best classified as...
prokaryotic, unicellular, and heterotrophic
eukaryotic, unicellular, heterotrophic
eukaryotic, unicellular, autotrophic
prokaryotic, unicellular, autotrophic
Microscopic unicellular organism found in a mud puddle. Organism's DNA is contained in a nucleus and it moves by beating tiny hairs in the water.
Unicellular organisms with no nuclei found living in the superheated waters of a hot spring.
Daisies, pine trees, and oak trees belong in which kingdom?
Fungi
Plantae
Protista
Animalia
Tigers, Jellyfish, insects, Gorillas and Sponges are all part of _______kingdom.
Animalia
Plantae
Fungi
Bacteria
What levels of classification are used in the scientific name?
Kingdom, Phylum
Kingdom, Species
Genus, Species
Phylum, Genus
Fungi are usually...
Multicellular
Unicellular
Which part of a mushroom protects the gills, which make spores?
Cap
Stalk
Hyphae
Which part of a mushroom is used to absorb nutrients?
Cap
Stalk
Hyphae
In order for plants to go through photosynthesis, plants need carbon dioxide, water, and ____
oxygen
soil
sunlight
sugar
The products of photosynthesis are sugar and ___________________________________. (what is produced from the process of photosynthesis)
oxygen
soil
light
sugar
What are two groups that plants are classified in?
Vascular and Nonvascular
Monocots and Dicots
Xylem and Phloem
Seed and Seedless (meaning it reproduces by spores)
What are the two types of Vascular plants?
Vascular and Non-vascular
Monocots and Dicots
Xylem and Phloem
Seed-producing and Seedless/Spore-producing plants
Seed plants can be classified as?
Vascular and Nonvascular
Monocots and Dicots
Xylem and Phloem
Cone-bearing plants AKA Gymnosperms and Flowering Plants AKA Angiosperms
What are the two types of Flowering Plants AKA Angiosperms?
Vascular and Nonvascular
Monocots and Dicots
Xylem and Phloem
Which type of plant reproduces by spores, has no roots, stems, or true leaves, is small, grows low to the ground, and grows near water so that water can absorb directly through the plant's cell.
Vascular
Nonvascular
Which type of vascular tissue transports food or nutrients through the plant?
Xylem
Phloem
Which type of vascular plant reproduces with spores?
Seed-Producing Plants
Seedless/Spore-producing Plants
What type of plant is this? (Hint: all fruit and vegetables come from flowering plants)
Cone-bearing plants/Gymnosperms
Flowering Plants/Angiosperm
What type of Flowering Plant/Angiosperm is this? (hint:corn)
Monocot
Dicot
This parasitic worm might be found in your stomach or an animal's heart (let's hope not). What is it?
Flatworm
Roundworm
Segmented worm
This Sea Star belongs to what animal group?
Porifera
Mollusk
Echinoderms
Arthropods
What animal group does a squid belong?
Fish
Mollusk
Arthropod
Mammal
What type of animal is this?
fish
amphibian
mollusk
This thing has feathers, hollow bones, lays eggs, is endothermic, and has a backbone aka has an endoskeleton. What animal group does it belong to?
Mammal
Pisces
Bird
Reptile
System for providing a scientific name for every organism is:
a dichotomous key
binomial nomenclature
classification
domain
A wolf's scientific name is Canis rufus. Which genus does it belong to?
Canis
rufus
wolf
animal
In which way(s) do protists obtain food?
Autotroph
Heterotroph
Both
Which are nonvascular plants?
hornworts, liverworts, pinetrees
mosses, liverworts, roses
mosses, hornworts, liverworts
Which are cone bearing plants?
flowering plants such as roses
conifers such as pinetrees
True or False: Almost all flowerless plants produce spores.
True
False
Ferns are ______________________ plants that reproduce by ______________________.
nonvascular; seeds
vascular; spores
nonvascular; spores
vascular; seeds
Two types of plant stems:
tap;fibrous
herbaceous;woody
tap;herbaceous
woody;fibrous
______________ and _____________ are examples of woody stems and ______________ and _______________ are examples of a herbaceous stems.
grass and trees; shrubs and dandelions
trees and shrubs; grass and strawberry plants
trees and strawberry plants; grass and tomato plants
Seeds contain the following
embryo, cotyledon(seed leaf), seed coat
seed coat(cotyledon leaf), water, spores
embryo, seed coat, water
Flowering plants with one seed leaf(cotyledon) are called ________________________, but flowering plants with two seed leaves(cotyledons) are called _______________
dicots; monocots
monocot; dicots
vascular; nonvascular
seeded plants; seedless plants (plants that reproduce by spores)
I am a type of flowering plant with petals in multiples of 3's, long slender leaves with parallel veins, and stems with vascular tissue that is scattered.
dicot
monocot
I am a type of flowering plant that has petals in multiples of 4's or 5's, wide leaves with branched veins, and stems with vascular tissue in circular bundles.
monocot
dicot
_____________________________ are monocots where as ____________________ are examples of dicots.
roses, grass, and maple trees; oak trees, wheat, corn, and lilies
lilies, grass, and wheat; roses, dandelions, maple and oak trees
roses, lilies, wheat; oak trees, wheat, and corn
Female part of the flower __________________________; male part of the flower ____________________________________
stamen; pistil
pistil; stamen
stigma; anthers
filament; ovary
The pistil is made of the _________________. The stamen is made up of the _________________________.
anthers and filament; sticky stigma, style, and ovary
sticky stigma, style, and ovary; anthers and filament
The stigma makes the eggs where as the ovaries catch pollen.
True
False
The anthers make _________ which contain _________ and the ovary creates and hold the ___________.
eggs, DNA, sperm
pollen, sperm, eggs
pollen, DNA, eggs
Insects and animals which aid in transferring pollen from the anthers to the sticky stigma are called _____. (pollination)
helpers
worker bees
pollinators
germinators
What is the correct order of the life cycle of a flowering plant?
seed production, germination, plant development, pollination, fertilization
fertilization, seed production,germination, pollination, plant development
pollination, fertilization, seed production, germination, plant growth
What part of the plant is the site for photosynthesis, respiration, and transpiration?
stem
roots
leaves
The ________holds the plant upright and aids in transporting water from the roots and food/nutrients from the leaves.
stem
leaves
roots
The _________anchor the plant into the ground and the__________ help to spread the surface area so it can get more water.
root hairs, roots
roots, root hairs
tap root, root hairs
Which have fibrous roots?
carrots, corn, grass
grass, corn, some trees
cactus, corn, roses
carrots, dandelions, grass
What is a perfect description of this plant?
nonvascular, flowering plant, produces seeds, has fibrous roots
vascular plant, flowering plant, produces seeds, has a tap root
nonvascular plant, cone bearing plant, produces seeds, has fibrous roots
Which groupings are correct?
Tap roots: corn, cacti, dandelions Fibrous roots: grass, some trees, dandelions
Tap roots: carrots, cacti, dandelions Fibrous roots: corn, grass, some trees
Tap roots: dandelions, carrots, cacti Fibrous roots: corn, some trees, grass
Seeds can be dispersed or spread by the following
wind, water, or animals
gravity, wind, and water
animals, wind, and other plants
Before an egg is fertilized, what process has to occur first.
plant development
pollination
germination
seed production
After an egg is fertilized, it ________________________.
germinates
becomes a seed
becomes pollinated
What keeps a baby plant(embryo) from getting damaged?
seed coat
cotyledon
shell
What protects the seed?
ripened ovary such as a fruit or vegetable
pistil
stamen
flowers
When a flowering plant produces flowers, it is ready to reproduce
True
False
Ovules are egg cells that are made in the _____________, when they become fertilized they grow and develop into _________.
ovaries; plants
ovaries; seeds
anthers; seeds
anthers; plants
Roses use _________ to protect themselves, however, poison ivy uses __________________________.
poison, thorns
thorns, touch
thorns, poison
poison, touch
When a Venus Fly Trap closes it's leaves, it uses______ to protect itself.
poison
thorns
thigmotropism (touch)
a weapon
When pollen reaches the sticky stigma it ________.
says hello
travels through the style and digs a pollen tube or tunnel to the eggs located in the ovary
hangs around the sticky stigma
What part of a plant protects the reproductive structures such as the pistil and stamen?
stem
cotyledon
fruit (ripened ovary)
Flower (petals)
Carefully look at this picture. This flower is a ________________________________________.
monocot
dicot
The following animal is a(n) _________________________________________
reptile
fish
amphibian
bird
