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Science Fundamentals Ch.8

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which one of these makes a plant cell different from an animal cell?

a)

a nucleus

b)

cell membranes

c)

mitochondria

d)

cell walls

2.

Where does transpiration occur?

a)

the roots

b)

the stem

c)

the vascular tissue

d)

the leaves

3.

How is water transported throughout an angiosperm?

a)

by hormones

b)

by vascular tissue

c)

by organelles

d)

by roots

4.

Which is a product of photosynthesis?

a)

water

b)

carbon dioxide

c)

glucose

d)

chlorophyll

5.

Which part of a flower is female?

a)

the pistil

b)

the stamen

c)

the sepals

d)

the petals

6.

Which statement is true?

a)

Mosses have only a gametophyte life stage.

b)

Nonvascular plants have only a sporophyte life stage.

c)

Only vascular plants have both gametophyte and sporophyte life stages.

d)

All plants have both gametophyte and sporophyte life stages.

7.

Which type of plant produces fruits?

a)

angiosperm

b)

club moss

c)

nonvascular plant

d)

gymnosperm

8.

Which is not a function of roots?

a)

absorb water from the soil

b)

anchor vascular plants in the ground

c)

release oxygen that is produced during photosynthesis

d)

store sugar and starch to be used the next growing season

9.

Photosynthesis occurs in which structure?

a)

vacuole

b)

mitochondria

c)

chloroplast

d)

cell wall

10.

You duck your head when a baseball is thrown toward your face. You are responding to __________.

a)

an external stimulus

b)

an internal stimulus

c)

hormones

d)

pigments

11.

Plant photosynthesis helps humans because __________.

a)

the process adds carbon dioxide to the atmosphere

b)

the process adds nitrogen to the atmosphere

c)

the process adds oxygen to the atmosphere

d)

the process removes oxygen from the atmosphere

12.

Which is the process that breaks down food molecules and releases energy?

a)

meiosis

b)

respiration

c)

photoperiodism

d)

photosynthesis

13.

Plants need chlorophyll to carry out __________.

a)

reproduction

b)

respiration

c)

photosynthesis

d)

transpiration

14.

A plant that completes its life cycle within 12 months is called _________.

a)

an angiosperm

b)

a biennial

c)

a spore

d)

an annual

15.

Seeds develop on the __________ of conifers.

a)

female cone

b)

male cone

c)

phloem tissue

d)

cambium tissue

16.

What special types of cells are produced during the gametophyte stage of a plant's life cycle?

a)

spores

b)

zygotes

c)

sex cells

d)

seed cells

17.

Ferns reproduce by the use of __________.

a)

seeds

b)

spores

c)

roots

d)

cones

18.

The production of new plants from underground stems is an example of __________ reproduction.

a)

zygote

b)

two parent

c)

sexual

d)

asexual

19.

What kinds of plants have structures that move water and other substances through them?

a)

nonvascular

b)

protist

c)

vascular

d)

bacterial

20.

Maple trees have __________ stems.

a)

herbaceous

b)

woody

c)

waxy

d)

carotenoid