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8Bd/8Be Fertilisation & Seed Dispersal/Germination & Growth

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The splitting of a cell to form two identical cells.

a)

Sexual reproduction

b)

Species

c)

Cell division

d)

Fertilised egg cell

2.

This takes place between organisms that need the same things as each other.

a)

Egestion

b)

Competition

c)

Variation

d)

Reproduction

3.

The tough outer covering of a seed.

a)

Pollen tube

b)

Seed dispersal

c)

Pollination

d)

Seed coat

4.

A process that plants use to make their own food. It needs light to work.

a)

Faeces

b)

Enzyme

c)

Species

d)

Photosynthesis

5.

interdependent

a)

A tube that grows from a pollen grain down through the stigma and style and into the ovary.

b)

Organisms that depend on one another

c)

Differences between organisms passed on to offspring by their parents in reproduction.

d)

An approximate answer, often calculated from a sample or using rounded values.

6.

When a seed starts to grow.

a)

Germinate

b)

Fruit

c)

Seed dispersal

d)

Seed

7.

A compound containing an important element that is needed in small quantities for health (e.g. calcium).

a)

Mineral salt (biology)

b)

Chloroplast

c)

Photosynthesis

d)

Seed dispersal

8.

The tiny new life that grows by cell division from a fertilised egg cell.

a)

Pollen tube

b)

Inherited

c)

Embryo

d)

Zygote

9.

What is the definition of faeces?

a)

Waste food material produced by the intestines.

b)

Able to produce offspring.

c)

The differences between things.

d)

The tough outer covering of a seed.

10.

When the life processes are very slow.

a)

Respiration

b)

Embryo

c)

Dormant

d)

Enzyme

11.

What is a seed?

a)

A small part of a plant formed by sexual reproduction that can grow into a new plant.

b)

A square frame, thrown randomly on the ground, which is used to sample plants in an area.

c)

A leaf-like structure that protects a flower bud.

d)

The set of male reproductive organs in plants (anther and filament).

12.

A cell used for sexual reproduction.

a)

Sexual reproduction

b)

Photosynthesis

c)

Fertilisation

d)

Gamete

13.

When faeces are pushed out of the anus.

a)

Variation

b)

Competition

c)

Respiration

d)

Egestion

14.

Fusing of a male gamete with a female gamete.

a)

Fertilisation

b)

Sexual reproduction

c)

Pollination

d)

Seed dispersal

15.

What is a fruit?

a)

When there is an equal chance for one event occurring as there is for any other events in the same set.

b)

Something used to carry the seeds of flowering plants.

c)

The set of female reproductive organs in plants (ovary, style and stigma).

d)

A stem that grows from certain plants (e.g. strawberry), from which new plants grow using asexual reproduction.

16.

What is an enzyme?

a)

An approximate answer, often calculated from a sample or using rounded values.

b)

A substance produced by a chemical reaction that is not the desired product of the reaction. For example, the desired product of photosynthesis is glucose, and oxygen is a byproduct.

c)

A substance that can speed up some processes in living things (e.g. breaking down food molecules).

d)

A stem that grows from certain plants (e.g. strawberry), from which new plants grow using asexual reproduction.

17.

A substance produced by a chemical reaction that is not the desired product of the reaction.

a)

Estimate

b)

Species

c)

Extinct

d)

Byproduct

18.

What is produced when two gametes fuse?

a)

Quadrat

b)

Cell division

c)

Life cycle

d)

Fertilised egg cell

19.

The series of changes in an organism as it grows, matures and reproduces.

a)

Life cycle

b)

Inherited variation

c)

Species

d)

Biodiversity

20.

What is seed dispersal?

a)

The range of different species of organisms in an area.

b)

The transfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma.

c)

The container for the male gamete in plants.

d)

The spreading of seeds away from a parent plant.

21.

A green disc containing chlorophyll. Found in plant cells. Where the plant makes food, using photosynthesis.

a)

Chloroplast

b)

Enzyme

c)

Embryo

d)

Starch

22.

What is respiration?

a)

A process that plants use to make their own food. It needs light to work.

b)

A tube that grows from a pollen grain down through the stigma and style and into the ovary.

c)

A process in which energy is released from substances so it can be used by an organism.

d)

When organisms need the same thing.

23.

A type of insoluble carbohydrate found in plants.

a)

Photosynthesis

b)

Starch

c)

Fruit

d)

Chloroplast

24.

A tube that grows from a pollen grain down through the stigma and style and into the ovary.

a)

Self pollination

b)

Fertilisation

c)

Pollen tube

d)

Pollination