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How Plants Grow

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the function of the plants leaves?

a)

Supports the plant and carries water, nutrients, and plant chemicals up and down to all parts of the plant.

b)

Food factories, that have little openings that let air and water come and go.

c)

Hidden underground but is very important to the plant.

d)

Attract pollinators and make seeds that will someday form into new plants.

2.

What is the function of the stem?

a)

Food factories, that have little openings that let air and water come and go.

b)

Hidden underground but is very important to the plant.

c)

Little cases with a baby plant inside.

d)

Supports the plant and carries water, nutrients, and plant chemicals up and down to all parts of the plant.

3.

What is the function of the root?

a)

Supports the plant and carries water, nutrients, and plant chemicals up and down to all parts of the plant.

b)

Hold the plant steady in the ground.

c)

Food factories, that have little openings that let air and water come and go.

d)

Little cases with a baby plant inside.

4.

Select all that are raw materials for Photosynthesis.

a)

Water

b)

Carbon Dioxide

c)

Oxygen

d)

Sunlight (Light Energy)

e)

Glucose (Sugar/food)

5.

What is the meaning of photosynthesis?

a)

A process of plants to produce Oxygen

b)

A process of plants to make their on food

6.

The diagram shows a plant which is placed in a box. The plant is watered every day but died after one week. Why?

a)

The plants did not get enough air

b)

The plant did not get enough water

c)

The plant did not get enough sunlight

7.

Photosynthesis is very important to other living things. Why?

a)

It provides energy and air

b)

It provides food and Oxygen

c)

Photosynthesis causes the inbalance of air composition

8.

How does most of the water needed by the plant get into its leaves?

a)

It enters through the stomata

b)

The roots absorb it and then it travels up the stem

c)

It's made during a chemical reaction in the leaf

d)

The flowers capture water and deliver it to the leaves

9.
How does carbon dioxide get into the leaves of a plant?
a)
It's absorbed by the roots
b)
It's made in a chemical reaction in the stem
c)
It enters through the stomata
d)
It goes through the flowers
10.
Vascular tissue that transports water and minerals UPWARDS from a plant's roots is know as ______.
a)
Chlorophyll
b)
Phloem
c)
Stomata
d)
Xylem
11.
what is the function of root hair?
a)
it is place to store the food
b)
it has large surface area to absorb more water
12.

The products produced from the process of Photosynthesis include ___________ & ___________.

a)

carbon dioxide; oxygen

b)

carbon dioxide; glucose (sugar)

c)

oxygen; water

d)

oxygen; glucose (sugar)

13.

What part of a plant cell uses photosynthesis to create food?

a)

mitochondria

b)

vacuole

c)

chloroplast

d)

cell wall

14.

Inside the chloroplast of a plant cell, what chemical exists which give the plant its green color?

a)

carbon dioxide

b)

oxygen

c)

avocado

d)

chlorophyll

15.

Which solution is used to test for starch?

a)

soda lime

b)

iodine solution

c)

sodium hydrogen carbonate solution

d)

ethanol

16.

Which part of the leaf is the site for photosynthesis?

a)

part A

b)

part D

c)

part E

d)

part B

17.

(a)   vessel carries water and minerals.

18.

(a)   is the chemical that absorbs carbon dioxide.

19.

Which features allow the leaf to reduce water loss?

a)

cuticle and stomata

b)

spongy and palisade mesophyll

c)

Lower and upper epidermis

d)

stomata and petiole

20.

Which features allow a leaf to maximise exposure to light? (More than one answer)

a)

Leaf has a large surface area

b)

Both the cuticle and upper epidermal cells are transparent

c)

More stomata on the underside of the leaf

d)

Large air spaces in the spongy mesophyll

21.

How do we destarch a plant?

a)

Place a plant in a dark space for at least 24 hours

b)

Place a plant in the sunlight for a few hours

c)

Leave a houseplant outside overnight

d)

Do not water the plant for a week

22.

The following are the steps in the starch test for a leaf. Which one lists the steps in order, from beginning to end?

a)

Dip in hot water, boil in ethanol, place on white tile, then add iodine solution

b)

Add iodine solution, place on white tile, boil in ethanot then dip in hot water

c)

Dip in hot water, place on white tile, add iodine solution then boil in ethanol

d)

Boil in ethanol, dip in hot water, add iodine solution then place on white tile

23.

Which of the following are TRUE statements? (Select ALL that apply)

a)

Photosynthesis takes place in the chloroplasts of leaf cells

b)

Photosynthesis means "making food using sun"

c)

Photosynthesis can occur in the dark

d)

All plants, plant-like protists, and some bacteria go through photosynthesis

24.

How well do you understand this topic?

a)

I'm a genius

b)

Good

c)

Okay

d)

A little bit

e)

I have no idea what topic is this

25.

Have you been enjoying your science classes so far?

a)

Yes

b)

No

c)

Sometimes YES, sometimes NO