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Plants and ecology practice quizziz

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

All of the following describe plants EXCEPT:

a)

autotrophic

b)

heterotrophic

c)

contains chloroplasts

d)

contains mitochondria

2.

Plants have the ability to make their own food in the form of:

a)

lipids

b)

proteins

c)

glucose

d)

nucleic acids

3.

Plants are essential to animals because they produce ____ gas.

a)

carbon dioxide

b)

nitrogen

c)

hydrogen

d)

oxygen

4.

Evolutionarily, plants are related to ______ because they share a common process of ____.

a)

green algae; cellular respiration

b)

green algae; photosynthesis

c)

red algae; cellular respiration

d)

red algae; photosynthesis

5.

Which of the following pairs of plants produce spores?

a)

Mosses and Ferns

b)

Ferns and Cone-bearing plants

c)

Cone-bearing plants and Flowering plants

d)

Flowering plants and Mosses

6.

Flowering plants are unique because their seeds are enclosed in:

a)

flowers

b)

cones

c)

fruits

d)

spores

7.

Plants have a mutual relationship with many insects. If a particular plant was removed from an area (habitat loss), how would that affect the insects?

a)

The insects would lose their habitat and will move to other locations.

b)

The insects would immediately become extinct.

c)

The insects would find another food source.

d)

The insects would lose their habitat and will move to other locations and the insects would find another food source.

8.

Which of the following would NOT be considered a fruit?

a)

Strawberries

b)

Blueberries

c)

Tomatoes

d)

Cotton

e)

Potatoes

9.

Milkweed plants are essential to the life cycle of monarch larvae and butterflies because they provide:

a)

a food source

b)

a habitat

c)

a chemical protection

d)

a food source, a habitat, and chemical protection

e)

a food source and a habitat

10.

Every living organism interacts with its environment. This includes:

a)

abiotic factors, such as sunlight

b)

biotic factors, such as viruses

c)

abiotic factors, such as plants

d)

biotic factors, such as air

11.

Which of the following is the correct typed format for the scientific name of the Monarch butterfly?

a)

Danaus Plexippus

b)

danaus plexippus

c)

Danaus plexippus

d)

Danaus Plexippus

e)

Danaus plexippus

12.

If you are handwriting the scientific name for the milkweed, Asclepias incarnata, how is it different from typing the name?

a)

The scientific name is underlined when handwritten.

b)

The 2nd part of the scientific name, the species, is capitalized, when handwritten.

c)

The 1st part of the scientific name, the genus, is lowercase, when handwritten.

d)

Both parts of the scientific name are lowercase, when handwritten.

13.

Of the plants we listed in class, all of the following are mosses EXCEPT for:

a)

Liverwort

b)

Hornwort

c)

Club moss

d)

Luminous moss

14.

Of the plants we listed in class, an example of a flowering plant would be:

a)

Whisk fern

b)

Horsetail

c)

Cycad

d)

Hibiscus