WorksheetsPlants/Orientation to Ag.
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 45mins
What are roots?
The vegetative part of the plant that grows mainly underground.
The part of the plant where photosynthesis occurs.
The part of the plant where transpiration occurs.
The part of the plant that produces flowers.
What functions do roots have?
They store food for the plant.
All 3 of the other answers.
They absorb water and other nutrients.
They anchor the plant in the ground.
Fibrous roots_____________
Have many branches of different sizes.
Have one main root and several smaller ones.
Have many branches of similar size.
Produce fiber for clothing.
Tap roots___________
Have several large roots.
Have several thick roots that tap into water sources underground.
Have one root that is much larger than the others.
Have parallel roots.
What are examples of tap roots that we eat?
Potatoes and corn
Peanuts and beans
Squash and celery.
Radishes and carrots.
Often tap roots store
Food
Minerals
Chloroplasts
Water
What is a type of organ on a plant stem?
Petiole
Blade
Leaf
Flower
During photosynthesis, what is given off?
Carbon dioxide
Methane
Heat
Oxygen
During photosynthesis, plants _____________
Convert water and materials absorbed by the roots into food.
Convert sunlight and water into oxygen.
Take in oxygen and emit carbon dioxide.
Create new plants called seedlings.
One way to group plants is based on how the _______ is/are formed.
Stem
Embryo
Leaves
Roots
A monocot is a plant that
Has two seed leaves when it emerges from the soil.
Has a cluster of leaves when it emerges from the soil.
Has only a stem emerge from the soil.
Has only one seed leaf when it emerges from the soil.
A dicot
Has two seed leaves when it emerges from the soil.
Has three or more seed leaves when it emerges from the soil.
Has a compund root system and 1 leaf when it emerges from the soil.
Is a fruiting plant.
Roses, potatoes, and crotons are examples of
Monocots
Succulents
Dicots
Bromeliads
The part that attaches a dicot leaf to the stem is called a
Petiole
Leaf margin
Spine
Blade
Examples of monocots are
Oak tree, pine tree, grapevine.
Corn, grass, and wheat.
Crotons and potatoes.
Cactus and bromeliads.
