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Plant Responses

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following is a source of light?

a)

book

b)

pillow

c)

sun

d)

rock

2.

Which type of energy comes from a flashlight?

a)

electrical

b)

light

c)

mechanical

d)

sound

3.

Which statement best describes what gravity is?

a)

A force that pulls objects with mass toward each other.

b)

A force that pushes objects up into the sky.

c)

A form of energy that causes objects to change positions.

d)

A form of energy that changes the color of an object.

4.

How does a plant respond to a heat stimulus?

a)

It will grow taller.

b)

It will wilt and lose its fruit and leaves.

c)

It will grow against gravity.

d)

It will bend toward the light.

5.

What stimulus caused the plant to wilt and die?

a)

heat

b)

light

c)

gravity

d)

sound

6.

Four plants are described below:

Plant A: had many wilted leaves

Plant B: grew very tall

Plant C: had many healthy fruit

Plant D: produced flowers

Which of the plants is most likely responding to a heat stimulus?

a)

Plant A

b)

Plant B

c)

Plant C

d)

Plant D

7.

What stimulus most likely causes a plant embryo (a seed) to grow?

a)

heat

b)

light

c)

gravity

d)

sound

8.

Which of the following describes a plant's response to a light stimulus?

a)

Its leaves will wilt and fall off.

b)

It will release its seeds and they will fall to the ground.

c)

Its fruit will be damaged.

d)

It will bend towards where it is.

9.

What is a similarity between a plant's response to light and to heat?

a)

Both affect the growth of the plant.

b)

Both damage the vegetable.

c)

Both require energy from the sun.

d)

Both result in the roots growing downward.

10.

What statement best describes the normal response of a plant to gravity?

a)

It bends its stem toward the sun.

b)

Its leaves wilt and drop off.

c)

It grows its stem up towards the sky.

d)

It grows its roots downward.

11.

Two plants are described below:

Plant 1: The roots were growing down into the soil.

Plant 2: The leaves of the plant wilt and have dropped.

Which statement is true about the plants?

a)

Both are responding to gravity.

b)

Both are responding to heat.

c)

Plant 1 is responding to gravity, and Plant 2 is responding to heat.

d)

Plant 1 is responding to light, and Plant 2 is responding to heat.

12.

A student completed an experiment investigating the response of tomato plants to gravity and created the table below.

What can you conclude from the observations? Look at the plant on its side.

a)

Gravity does not affect the growth of a plant at all. The plant will not grow.

b)

Gravity has no effect on the plant grown on its side and will just lay flat on the ground.

c)

The stem of a plant will grow downward with gravity.

d)

The stem of a plant will grow upward against gravity.