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Plant vocabulary

Total questions: 51

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Life cycle that has two alternating phases-a haploid (N) phase and diploid (2N) phase

a)

alternation of genes

b)

alternation of generations

c)

sporophyte

d)

gametophyte

2.

Spore-producing plant; the multicellular diploid phase of a plant life cycle.

a)

Stroma

b)

Gametophyte

c)

Sporophyte

d)

Saprophyte

3.

Gamete-producing plant; multicellular haploid phase of a plant life cycle.

a)

Gametophyte

b)

Saprophyte

c)

Stomatophyte

d)

Sporophyte

4.

Group of plants that have specialized reproductive organs but lack vascular tissue; includes mosses and their relatives

a)

Gametophyte

b)

Saprophyte

c)

Tracheophyte

d)

Bryophyte

5.

Specialized tissue in plants that carries water and nutrients.

a)

Vascular tissue

b)

Plant tissue

c)

Organic tissue

d)

Puff's Plus tissue

6.

structure in plants that produces egg cells

a)

Phloem

b)

Ovum

c)

Archegonium

d)

Archipelago

7.

Male reproductive structure in some plants that produces sperm.

a)

Angiosperm

b)

Archegonium

c)

Antheridium

d)

Anther

8.

Spore capsule in which haploid spores are produced by meiosis.

a)

Sporangium

b)

Spore

c)

Sporophtye

d)

Sporidium

9.

Vascular plants are known as a _________ after a specialized type of water conducting cell they contain.

a)

Trocophore

b)

Moss

c)

Angiosperm

d)

Tracheophyte

10.

Hollow tubelike cells with thick cell walls strengthened by lignin

a)

xylem

b)

phloem

c)

tracheids

d)

antheridia

11.

What structure carries water upward from roots to every part of a plant

a)

xylem

b)

phloem

c)

sporangium

d)

tracheid

12.

Transport tissue that transports solutions of nutrients and carbohydrates produced by photosynthesis.

a)

xylem

b)

phloem

c)

tracheid

d)

antheridia

13.

A plant embryo and a food supply, encased in a protective covering.

a)

angiosperm

b)

pollen grain

c)

seed

d)

sapling

14.

Type of plant that bears its seeds directly on the scales of cones.

a)

gymnosperm

b)

angiosperm

c)

pollen grain

d)

fern

15.

Type of plant that bears thier seeds inside a layer of tissue that protects the seeds.

a)

gymnosperm

b)

angiosperm

c)

seed coat

d)

conifer

16.

The male gametophyte is contained in a tiny structured called a _______.

a)

gymnosperm

b)

angiosperm

c)

seed coat

d)

pollen grain

17.

transfer of pollen from the male reproductive structure to the female reproductive structures is called ______.

a)

cross contamination

b)

ovaries

c)

pollination

d)

sporophyte

18.

a tough _______ surrounds and protects the embryo and keeps the contents from drying out.

a)

seed coat

b)

shell

c)

seed

d)

armour

19.

The structures where the female gametophytes develop.

a)

pollen tube

b)

seed

c)

ovules

d)

embryo

20.

What is the structure that develops once a pollen grain lands near an ovule?

a)

pollen tube

b)

pollen cone

c)

seed cone

d)

sporophyte

21.

What does angiosperm mean?

a)

naked seed

b)

enclosed seed

c)

enclosed flower

d)

naked flower

22.

What is the angiosperm structure that contains one or more matured ovaries?

a)

flower

b)

seed

c)

fruit

d)

pollen

23.

What are seed leaves called?

a)

cotyledons

b)

vascular bundles

c)

taproots

d)

clades

24.

What are seeds with a single cotyledon called?

a)

flower

b)

fruit

c)

monocot

d)

dicot

25.

What type of plant is primarily made of cells with thick cell walls that support the plant body?

a)

dandelions

b)

woody plant

c)

herbaceous plant

d)

zinnias

26.

What type of plant has stems that are smooth and nonwoody?

a)

shrubs

b)

woody

c)

trees

d)

herbaceous

27.

What is the lifespan of annuals?

a)

1 year

b)

2 years

c)

3 years

d)

4 years

28.

What is the lifespan of biennials?

a)

1 year

b)

2 years

c)

3 years

d)

4 years

29.

What is the lifespan of perennials?

a)

1 year

b)

2 years

c)

3 years

d)

4 years

30.

Which of the following is not a principal organ of seed plants?

a)

flowers

b)

leaves

c)

roots

d)

stems

31.

Which of the following is not part of the plant tissue systems?

a)

Vascular

b)

Dermal

c)

Fibrous

d)

Ground

32.

What is a complex molecule that resists water and gives wood its strenght?

a)

parenchyma

b)

sieve tubes

c)

lignin

d)

companion cells

33.

What is the tissue that covers that outer layer of a plant?

a)

meristem

b)

parenchyma

c)

epidermis

d)

lignin

34.

What is the name of the tissue that carries water and nutrients throughout the plant?

a)

dermal

b)

vascular

c)

ground

d)

meristem

35.

What is the name of the tissue that stores sugars, and contributes to physical support of the plant?

a)

dermal

b)

vascular

c)

meristem

d)

ground

36.

What are regions of unspecialized cells in which mitosis produces new cells that are ready for differentiation?

a)

dermal

b)

meristem

c)

ground

d)

vascular

37.

What are the two main types of root systems?

a)

Fibrous and meristem

b)

Fibrous and meristem

c)

Taproot and meristem

d)

Taproot and Fibrous root

38.

What is the function of the roots epidermis?

a)

protection and absorption

b)

photosynthesis

c)

growth

d)

sugar storage

39.

Just inside the epidermis of a root is the cortex. What is it's function?

a)

structure

b)

storage and movement of water and minerals

c)

protection and absorption

d)

production of new cells

40.

What is the term used to describe the area or rapid cell divison that results in the lengthening of roots?

a)

root cap

b)

epidermis

c)

cortex

d)

apical meristem

41.

What is the cap called that secretes a slippery substance to ease the progress of the root through the soil?

a)

apex

b)

root

c)

hair

d)

meristem

42.

Which of the following is not a function of roots?

a)

plant support and anchor

b)

absorb water and dissolved nutrients from the soil

c)

store food

d)

photosynthesis

43.

Why is it important that the root endodermis permits only a one-way passage of materials?

a)

so the plant can wilt

b)

to maintain pressure

c)

so the plant can reproduce

d)

so water molecules can leak back out

44.

Which is not a function of a stem?

a)

produce leaves, branches, and flowers

b)

block the mineral transport system

c)

hold leaves to the sun

d)

transport substances throughout the plant

45.

Growing stems contain distinct ______, where leaves are attached.

a)

nodes

b)

buds

c)

bundles

d)

meristems

46.

Where the leaf attaches to the nodes is a _____that contains an apical meristem that can produce new stems and leaves.

a)

bundle

b)

stem

c)

node

d)

bud

47.

In all seeds plants, this type of growth of stems is the result of elongation of cells produced in the apical meristem.

a)

rapid growth

b)

tertiary growth

c)

secondary growth

d)

primary growth

48.

The growth that increases the thickness of stems and roots is known as_______.

a)

rapid growth

b)

tertiary growth

c)

primary growth

d)

secondary growth

49.

What produces the vascular tissues and increases the thickness of stems over time?

a)

xylem

b)

vascular cambium

c)

cork cambium

d)

phloem

50.

What produces the outer covering of stems?

a)

vascular cambium

b)

xylem

c)

phloem

d)

cork cambium

51.

Bark includes all of the following tissues except...

a)

xylem

b)

phloem

c)

cork cambium

d)

cork