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WorksheetsDiscovery Education Video: Investigating Plant Structure and Function
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 6mins
Sap flowing abundantly through trees in the spring is one example of the following plant process:
a. germination b. communication c. respiration d. transport
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What specific tissues are responsible for moving materials such as sugar and water throughout the plant?
a. xylem and phloem b. cork c. ground tissue d. stomata
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Which of the following is not a function of plant stems?
a. support b. transport c. water and food storage d. anchoring of the plant
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Mitosis is continually occurring in special types of plant tissue called:
a. skin tissue b. osteocytes c. nerve tissue d. meristematic tissue
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What are the small openings that regulate the movement of gases and water vapor into and out of the leaf?
a. pores b. stomata c. vacuoles d. roots
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What is one of the important jobs of vascular tissue in plants?
a. to conduct materials throughout the plant b. root growth c. to carry out photosynthesis d. to protect the plan
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Plant growth results from cells dividing in the following process:
a. disjunction b. osmosis c. mitosis d. diffusion
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What plant structures are designed to capture light for photosynthesis?
a. leaves b. roots c. nerve cells d. root hairs
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The majority of growth in roots occurs in the:
a. meristematic zone b. elongation zone c. maturation zone d. terminal zone
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In many types of woody-stemmed trees the growth of new xylem during each growing season forms:
a. leaves b. sap c. annual growth rings d. chloroplasts
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One of the main functions of dermal tissue is to:
a. help the plant grow b. protect the plant c. carry out photosynthesis d. produce food
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When a plant has lost too much water the following structures close stomata openings to prevent further water loss:
a. vacuoles b. control cells c. guard cells d. mitochondria
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Plants such as wildflowers and grasses possess soft, green stems, and are referred to as:
a. gymnosperms b. herbaceous plants c. woody plants d. bryophytes
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Which of the following is NOT a function that plant roots carry out?
anchor the plant
conduct materials such as water and minerals to other parts of the plant
provide a place for transpiration to occur
sometimes store food
______________ meristems are located at the tips of stems and roots. During periods of growth, the cells of apical meristems undergo active mitosis, continually adding more cells to the tips of stems and roots.
Apical
Lateral
____________ is the process by which plants emit water vapor through their stomata. Water vapor is given off as a by-product of photosynthesis.
Evaporation
Photosynthesis
Transpiration
Mitosis
____________ tissue is responsible for conducting materials such as water, dissolved food and minerals througout plants.
Dermal
Vascular
Ground
A fibrous root system, such as that found in grasses consists of:
a. a single main root b. three main roots c. many hair-like roots d. a taproot
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