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Unit 1 - Plants - Photosynthesis, Water, and Minerals Vocab

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 1hrs 5mins

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1.

What is the name of the process during which plants use light energy from the Sun to convert water and carbon dioxide into sugars and oxygen?

a)

transpiration

b)

photosynthesis

c)

respiration

d)

capillary action

2.

What type of molecules are shown in the image, and are primarily composed of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen?

a)

carbohydrates

b)

fats

c)

acids

d)

fertilizers

3.

Which type of carbohydrate do plants store in their cells in order to provide structure?

a)

glucose

b)

potassium

c)

starch

d)

blood

4.

Which of the following are important mineral salts that plants need to grow healthily? Choose all that apply.

a)

magnesium

b)

cyanide

c)

nitrates

d)

sodium chloride

5.

This mineral is necessary for making proteins for a plant. Without it, leaves will become yellow and shriveled, and the plant's growth will be stunted.

a)

carbon

b)

sodium chloride

c)

glucose

d)

nitrates

6.

This mineral is necessary for making chlorophyll in a plant. Without it, the leaves will have faded colors, and possibly darker veins.

a)

carbon

b)

magnesium

c)

oxygen

d)

chloride

7.

This is the word for water in gas form.

a)

water vapour

b)

liquid water

c)

ice

d)

sodium chloride

8.

This green pigment captures sunlight in plants and uses the energy to make glucose.

a)

stoma

b)

flower

c)

magnesium

d)

chlorophyll

9.

The organelle inside a plant's leaves that contains the chlorophyll (and where photosynthesis takes place) is called...

a)

the chloroplast

b)

the nucleus

c)

the vacuole

d)

the stomata

10.

When water evaporates out of the leaves of a plant, it is called...

a)

condensation

b)

transpiration

c)

sweat

d)

respiration

11.

Which of the following substances DO NOT move through the stomata of a leaf during photosynthesis?

a)

water

b)

carbon dioxide

c)

oxygen

d)

nitrates

12.

This is the vascular tissue that carries water upward from the roots to every part of a plant.

a)

xylem

b)

phloem

13.

This is the vascular tissue that carries sugar and organic substances throughout a plant.

a)

xylem

b)

phloem