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Grade 8: Plants

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Energy is passed from one organism to another along what?

a)

Biomass

b)

A food chain

c)

A cycle

d)

By plants

2.

What do plants need to photosynthesise?

a)

Oxygen

b)

Food

c)

Biomass

d)

Carbon dioxide

3.

The process of photosynthesis:

a)

Carbon dioxide + water + energy --> Oxygen and Glucose

b)

Energy and food --> oxygen

c)

oxygen + water + energy --> Carbon dioxide and Glucose

d)

Water and carbon dioxide make food

4.

Where in the plant does photosynthesis take place?

a)

Flower

b)

Root

c)

Leaf

d)

Stem

5.

What is biomass?

a)

A mass of biological waste

b)

Material made from living cells and tissues

c)

Plants

d)

Animals

6.

Which layer inside the leaf does most of the photosynthesis?

a)

Palisade layer

b)

Spongy layer

c)

Veins

d)

Epidermis

7.

What is the waxy layer on the leaf responsible for?

a)

Keeping moisture in

b)

Preventing the leaf from drying out

c)

Protection

d)

All of the above

8.

What cells transport water and minerals from the roots to the leaves?

a)

Veins

b)

Arteries

c)

Xylem

d)

Hollow tubes

9.

An adaptation of roots to perform its function

a)

They contain millions of root hairs

b)

The root hairs are only 1 cell layer thick

c)

They branch deep into the soil

d)

All of the above

10.

This variable is the variable you are measuring in an experiment and will dependent on what you are changing.

a)

Controlled variable

b)

Independent variable

c)

Fixed variable

d)

Dependant variable

11.

If I am testing the effect of different water given on the rate of photosynthesis what would my independent variable be?

a)

Light intensity

b)

The different amounts of water given

c)

The rate of photosynthesis

d)

The type of plant

12.

If I am testing the effect of different water given on the rate of photosynthesis what could an example of a controlled variable be?

a)

The amount of water

b)

The rate of photosynthesis

c)

There won't be any

d)

The type of plant