WorksheetsGrade 6- Getting to know plants
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 11mins
A stem is like a two way street because the stem transfers water and minerals to the leaves in upward direction through the xylem. At the same time it transfers ________ from the leaves to other parts of the plant in downward direction through phloem.
CO2
Water
Food (glucose)
Oxygen
Anita wants to know the kind of roots the mint plant shown below has. She was about to uproot the plant to find out, when her friend tells her she need not pull it out, she just has to look at the leaves to know the kind of root it has. Can you guess the type of root?
Taproot
Fibrous root
True or false: Shrubs are very small plants with soft, green stems.
True
False
Climbers are
Medium sized plants with bushy, brown stems
Very tall plants with hard, thick and woody stems
Plants with weak stems that cannot stand upright and spread on the ground
Plants with weak stems that take support and climb up
Observe the experiment set up. What does this experiment show?
Roots are essential for a plant to survive
The leaves of a plant carries out photosynthesis
Stem conducts water and nutrients to the leaves and other parts of the plant
Leaves give out water through their stomata
Identify A, B and C in the picture shown
A- Veins
B- Midrib
C- Lamina
A- Midrib
B- Veins
C- Margin
A- Midrib
B- Veins
C- Lamina
A- Petiole
B- Veins
C- Midrib
This plant doesn't have a main root, instead it has many small roots growing out of the base of the stem. Identify the the type of root and the plant
Fibrous root, grass
Fibrous root, hibiscus
Taproot, grass
Taproot, hibiscus
Transpiration is
The process by which green leaves make their own food in the presence of sunlight, water, CO2 and chlorophyll
The process by which stems conduct water from the roots to the other parts of the plant
The process by which pollen grains transfer from one flower to another
The process by which leaves give out excess water in the form of water vapour through their stomata
Plants store food in their leaves, roots, stem and fruits in the form of
Starch
Water
Fat
Vitamins
Observe the set up shown. A leaf is placed in a test tube and immersed in alcohol. It is then placed in a beaker filled with water and heated. The leaf is then placed on a plate and a few drops of Iodine solution is poured over the bleached leaf. What would you observe? What does it show?
No colour change is seen in the leaf.
It shows the leaf doesn't have starch
The leaf becomes blue-black
It shows the leaf has proteins
The leaf becomes blue-black
It shows the leaf has starch
The leaf becomes orange
It shows the leaf has starch
