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Plant Structure & Transport

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 27mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following is NOT a function of the roots?

a)

Store carbs

b)

Absorb water and minerals

c)

Anchor plant to the ground

d)

Photosynthesis

2.

Where in the plant does photosynthesis occur?

a)

Flower

b)

Leaves

c)

Stem

d)

Roots

3.

What type of cells transport water UP the stem?

a)

Xylem cells

b)

Phloem Cells

c)

Epidermal Cells

d)

Root Cells

4.

The thick waxy covering of a leaf that helps prevent water loss is known as the--

a)

Flower

b)

Cuticle

c)

Mitochondria

d)

Chloroplast

5.

Where does gas exchange occur within the plant?

a)

Flower

b)

Leaf

c)

Stem

d)

Roots

6.

Which structure of the plant is responsible for transport?

a)

Flower

b)

Leaf

c)

Stem

d)

Root

7.

Which of the following is NOT a part of the plant's SHOOT system?

a)

Flower

b)

Leaf

c)

Stem

d)

Root

8.

True or False? The products of photosynthesis are the reactants of cellular respiration.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

Photosynthesis occurs in the ______ while cellular respiration occurs in the _____.

a)

Chloroplast; Vacuole

b)

Vacuole; Mitochondria

c)

Mitochondria; Chloroplast

d)

Chloroplast; Mitochondria

10.

An organism who can make their own food from the sun is known as a-

a)

Heterotroph

b)

Eukaryote

c)

Autotroph

d)

Prokaryote

11.
The leaf has a shiny, waxy cuticle around it to
a)
increase the rate of photosynthesis
b)
attract more light
c)
control water loss
d)
stop carbon dioxide and oxygen gases escaping
12.
Most of the chloroplast cells are found in the
a)
upper epidermis
b)
pallisade mesophyll layer
c)
lower epidermis
d)
stomata
13.
The water needed for photosynthesis comes into the leaves through the
a)
upper epidermis
b)
stomata
c)
guard cells
d)
xylem cells
14.
The important gases, carbon dioxide and oxygen, enter and leave the leaf through the
a)
upper epidermis
b)
phloem
c)
stomata
d)
guard cells
15.
The reactants needed for photosynthesis to occur are:
a)
carbon dioxide & water
b)
carbon dioxide & oxygen
c)
oxygen & water
d)
carbon dioxide, oxygen & water
16.
The role of the guard cell is to
a)
help control the temperature of the plant
b)
control how much water enters the leaf
c)
control how much glucose is stored
d)
control the movement of water vapour & gases 
17.
Plants need to take in oxygen gas for respiration
a)
only at night 
b)
only during the day
c)
both during the day & the night
18.
Transpiration helps the plant
a)
make more sugars at night
b)
move water from the roots to the stem and leaves
c)
move sugars from the leaf to be stored in the stem & roots
d)
make more chloroplasts
19.
Sugar and the products of photosynthesis move through the plant in 
a)
the phloem cells
b)
the xylem cells
c)
the root hair cells
d)
palisade mesophyll layer
20.
Water & soluble nutrients move through the plant in 
a)
the phloem cells
b)
the xylem cells
c)
the root hair cells
d)
palisade mesophyll layer
21.

The leaf is known as the ___________.

a)

photogenic organ

b)

Photosynthetic organ

c)

Photographic organ

22.

____________­lines the lower area of the leaf.

a)

blade

b)

cuticle

c)

petiole

d)

epidermis

23.

There are ____ types of vascular tissue.

a)

4

b)

5

c)

2

d)

3

24.

The vascular tissues are ____&____.

a)

­Xylem and Phlobotemy

b)

­Xylemy and Phloemy

c)

­Xylemotomy and Phloemotomy

d)

­Xylem and Phloem.

25.

Transpiration is a part of____________?

a)

Condensation

b)

Sublimation

c)

Evaporation

d)

Precipitation

26.

What is the effect of increasing light intensity in transpiration?

a)

It decreases transpiration rates

b)

It increases transpiration rates

c)

It doesn't impact the rate of transpiration

27.

Which of the following indicates the pathway of water through a plant?

a)

Stomata=>Root hair cell=>Xylem

b)

Root hair cell=>Xylem=>Stomata

c)

Xylem=>Stomata=>Root hair cell

28.

Kidney shaped cells at the border of the stomata

a)

Lenticels

b)

Cuticle

c)

Guard cells

d)

Hydathodes

29.

What happens to the movement of air bubble if apparatus is kept in front of a fan

a)

Air bubble does not move

b)

Air bubble moves very little

c)

Air bubble does not change its position

d)

Air bubble moves very fast

30.

The rate of transpiration increases with

a)

High atmospheric CO2 level

b)

Low water content of leaf

c)

Shedding of leaves

d)

Dry air

31.

The rate of transpiration decreases with

a)

high temperature

b)

high water content of leaf

c)

closure of stomata

d)

intensity of sunlight

32.
What gas is TAKEN IN during photosynthesis?
a)
argon
b)
nitrogen
c)
oxygen
d)
carbon dioxide
33.

What is transpiration?

a)

Excess water being released from the aerial parts of plants in the form of water vapor

b)

Excess sugar being released from the leave

c)

The way a plant makes its food

d)

When the plant uses sugar for energy

34.

Water transported from stems to leaves through what?

a)

xylem

b)

phloem

c)

stems

d)

roots

35.
Transpiration is
a)
the movement of water through a plant from the roots up the stem
b)
the loss of water from the leaves of a plant by the process of evaporation
c)
the flow of water into plant roots by osmosis from the soil
d)
the process of minerals and sugars moving through plant veins
36.
Which feature would be most helpful to a plant in a desert?
a)
small leaves
b)
large seeds
c)
small roots
d)
smelly flowers
37.

Factors which affect transpiration are (external)

a)

Sunlight

b)

Wind speed

c)

Humidity

d)

Rain

38.

Adaptations in plant to reduce transpiration are -

a)

No of stomata

b)

Thickness of cuticle

c)

Loss of leaves

d)

All of the above

39.
What molecule is the phloem responsible for transporting?
a)
Glucose
b)
Water
c)
Sucrose
d)
Glycogen
40.

Recall what the pathway of water from roots to leaves is called.

a)

Respiration

b)

Translocation

c)

Transpiration stream

d)

Evaporation

41.

Recall the main funtion of a phloem cell.

a)

To transport nutrients (mainly sucrose) to different parts of a plant.

b)

To transport water to different parts of a plant.

c)

To make energy for the plant via photosynthesis.

d)

To provide structural support to a plant.

42.

Recall which of the following form part of the phloem.

a)

Sieve-tube elements

b)

Trachieds

c)

Vessels

d)

Companion cells

43.

Recall that the movement of food in the phloem is called.

a)

Translocation

b)

Transpiration stream

c)

Evaporation

d)

Respiration

44.

which of the following are vascular bundle

a)

pallisade mesophyll and stoma

b)

xylem and stoma

c)

xylem nad phloem

d)

phloem and epidermis

45.

vascular bundle is a tissue

a)

yes

b)

no