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Basic Botany - Terms and Intro

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which is NOT a reason botany is important?

a)

66% of our food comes directly from plants

b)

Plants are beginning of the food chain

c)

Plants are used in medicine

d)

Plants are chaotic and hard to organize

2.

What does biology mean?

a)

looking closely

b)

study of life

c)

study of plants

d)

people science

3.

Which of these is not a basic part of every plant?

a)

flowers

b)

leaves

c)

stem

d)

stick

4.

What type of root system is made of many hair-like roots?

a)

taproot system

b)

fibrous root system

c)

herbaceous

d)

woody

5.

Which of these is an example of a taproot?

a)

potatoe

b)

carrot

c)

grass

d)

willow tree

6.

What type of plant's flowers produce seeds covered by fruit?

a)

angiosperm

b)

gymnosperm

7.

Which of these is an example of a composite flower?

a)

daisy

b)

broccoli

c)

queen ann's lace

d)

tulip

8.

Which of these groups is bigger?

a)

gymnosperm

b)

angiosperm

9.

Which of these is a member of the parsley family

a)

Celery

b)

Basil

c)

Strawberry

d)

Wisteria

10.

Which of the following is an example of the Rose family?

a)

Oregano

b)

Dill

c)

Celery

d)

Apple tree

11.

What type of plant grows and produces seeds in one season?

a)

biennial

b)

perennial

c)

annual

12.

What type of plant grows and produces seeds every year?

a)

perennial

b)

biannials

c)

annual

13.

What is another name of the pea family?

a)

alfalfa group

b)

legume

c)

rutabagas

d)

nightshades

14.

Select any plant in the nightsade family

a)

tomatoes

b)

peppers

c)

chashew

d)

trillium

15.

Poison ivy is in which family?

a)

Lily

b)

Cashew

c)

Nightshade

d)

Pea

16.

What part of a seed is used to store food until the seed begins to grow?

a)

cotyledon

b)

embryo

c)

root

d)

veins

17.

What type of bacteria coverts  N2N_2  into usable nitrates?

a)

nitrogen-fixing bacteria

b)

nitrifying bacteria