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Unit 1 Plants (KS3)

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which chemical reaction takes place in plant cells during the day?

a)

Respiration

b)

Photosynthesis

c)

Digestion

d)

Mitosis

2.

How do plants obtain their energy at night?

a)

From the air

b)

From the stars

c)

Through cellular respiration

d)

From the Moon

3.

Photosynthesis is:

carbon dioxide + (a)   --------> glucose + oxygen

4.

In which plant cell organelle does photosynthesis take place?

a)

The nucleus

b)

The cytoplasm

c)

Mitochondria

d)

Chloroplasts

5.

The reactants involved in photosynthesis are...

a)

carbon dioxide and glucose

b)

water and oxygen

c)

carbon dioxide and water

d)

water and glucose

6.

What is this plant deficient in?

a)

Potassium

b)

Nitrate

c)

Phosphorous

d)

Iron

7.

What does phosphorous deficiency in plants lead to?

a)

Yellow leaves

b)

Poor root growth

c)

Abnormally shaped leaves

d)

Reduced plant size

8.

Nitrogen absorbed by the roots from the soil helps plants synthesize chlorophyll and (a)   .

9.

What do xylem vessels transport in plants?

a)

Water and mineral salts

b)

Water

c)

Sucrose

d)

Mineral salts

10.

What do phloem vessels transport in plants?

a)

Sucrose

b)

Water

c)

Mineral salts

d)

Carbon dioxide

11.

Identify the red vessels in this cross-section of a plant stem

a)

Phloem

b)

Roots

c)

Palisade mesophyll

d)

Xylem

12.

What is the function of the palisade mesophyll tissue?

a)

Enable gas exchange to take place

b)

Facilitate photosynthesis

c)

Protect the leaf

d)

Allow Oxygen to escape the leaf

13.

What is the primary function of spongy mesophyll cells?

a)

Give the leaf its structure

b)

Retain water in the leaf

c)

To facilitate the movement of carbon dioxide and oxygen into and out of the leaf

d)

Keep the leaf cool

14.

How are leaf palisade cells adapted for their function?

a)

The are big

b)

They are near the upper leaf surface and contain a large number of chloroplasts needed for photosynthesis

c)

They have lots of vacuoles

d)

They can move inside the leaf

15.

The part of the flower labelled 10 is the (a)   .

16.

The part of the flower labelled 4 is the (a)   .

17.

The part of the flower labelled 7 is the ______.

a)

Anther

b)

Stamen

c)

Filament

d)

Ovule

18.

Some flowers have brightly coloured petals and are scented to attract (a)   such as bees and hummingbirds.

19.

When the pollen from a flower is deposited on the stigma of the same flower, this is know as:

a)

Symbiosis

b)

Independent pollination

c)

Self-pollination

d)

Cross-pollination

20.

This flower is pollinated by:

a)

Insects

b)

Pollinators

c)

Fruit bats

d)

The wind

21.

Pollination in plants is the process by which:

a)

Pollen grains from the male anther of a flower are deposited on the petals.

b)

Pollen grains from the male anther of a flower are deposited on the female stigma.

c)

The germinating of a new plant from a seed.

d)

Pollen grains from the male anther of a flower are deposited on the stamen.

22.

During fertilization in flowers, the pollen grain on the stigma will grow a pollen tube which will carry the male (a)   down towards the ovule in the ovary.

23.

Why are fruits brightly coloured, sweet, and scented?

a)

To scare animals away

b)

To look attractive to pollinators

c)

So that they can be more expensive in supermarkets

d)

To encourage animals to eat them and disperse their seeds through defecation later on.

24.

This is an example of seed dispersal by:

a)

Water

b)

Bursting

c)

Wind

d)

Animals

25.

This plant disperses its seeds by:

a)

Wind

b)

Bursting

c)

Water

d)

Soil