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Plants Photosynthesis and Structures

Total questions: 29

Worksheet time: 51mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which is NOT a characteristic of plants?
a)
Autotroph
b)
Eukaryotic Cell
c)
Unicellular
d)
Cell walls
2.
What PART of the plant collects water?
a)
leaves
b)
flower
c)
roots
d)
stem
3.
What PART of the plant stops transpiration?
a)
cuticle
b)
stomata
c)
chloroplast
d)
root hairs
4.
The plant tissue that carries food DOWNWARD from the leaves to the rest of the pant is the ______.
a)
Phloem
b)
Stomata
c)
Chlorophyll
d)
Xylem
5.
Small openings called ______ are found on the underside of leaves and allow gases to enter or leave the plant cells.
a)
Phloem
b)
Chloroplasts
c)
Xylem
d)
Stomata
6.
Vascular tissue that transports water and minerals UPWARDS from a plant's roots is known as ______.
a)
Cuticle
b)
Phloem
c)
Stomata
d)
Xylem
7.
Plants COULD NOT survive without _____ and ______.
a)
Transpiration and Gravity
b)
Oxygen and Water
c)
Seeds and Water
d)
Carbon Dioxide and Water
8.
What is the TISSUE that carries food from a plant's leaves to its cells?
a)
xylem
b)
phloem
c)
photsynthesis
d)
vascular tissue
9.
What is TISSUE that carries water and nutrients from the roots to every part of the plant?
a)
xylem
b)
pholem
c)
gymnosperm
d)
angiosperm
10.
What are the root's job in a plant?
a)
absorb water and sunlight
b)
give off oxygen and absorb water
c)
make sugar and absorb water
d)
anchor the plant to the ground and absorb water
11.
What part of the plant cell stores water?
a)
nucleus
b)
vacuole
c)
chloroplast
d)
ribosome
12.
What TWO things help a plant to stand vertically?
a)
cell wall & vascular tissue
b)
cell wall & chloroplasts
c)
vascular tissue & vacuole
d)
cytoplasm & ribosomes
13.
What part of the plant cell is the control center of the cell?
a)
chloroplast
b)
ribosome
c)
nucleus
d)
cell wall
14.
The process of photosynthesis takes place in organelles (part of cell) called ______.
a)
Phloem
b)
Xylem
c)
Stomata
d)
Cholorplasts
15.
What is the name of the jelly-like filling of the cell?
a)
ribosome
b)
cell membrane
c)
nucleus
d)
cytoplasm
16.
What is the PROCESS by which plants make food?
a)
xylem
b)
phloem
c)
germinate
d)
photosynthesis 
17.
What two things do plants need to do the PROCESS of photosynthesis?
a)
Carbon dioxide & water
b)
Oxygen & water
c)
Sugar & water
d)
Carbon dioxide & Sugar
18.
Why do plants do photosynthesis?
a)
to make oxygen for people
b)
to make food for itself
c)
to make a flower
d)
to make carbon dioxide
19.
The outer layer of the dermal tissue is called the
a)
Mesoderm
b)
Endodermis
c)
Meristem
d)
Epidermis
20.

Which best describes the process of wilting?

a)

Water entering the plant increased the turgor pressure in the cells of the flower.

b)

Water entering and leaving the cells of the flower at equal rates kept turgor pressure equal.

c)

Lack of water in the soil decreased the turgor pressure in the cells of the flower.

d)

Lack of sunlight on a cloudy day caused the flower to lose turgor pressure.

21.

Where in the plant does photosynthesis occur?

a)

Flower

b)

Leaves

c)

Stem

d)

Roots

22.

The thick waxy covering of a leaf that helps prevent water loss is known as the--

a)

Flower

b)

Cuticle

c)

Mitochondria

d)

Chloroplast

23.

Which of the following is a REACTANT for Photosynthesis?

a)

Sunlight

b)

ATP

c)

Glucose

d)

Oxygen

24.
Which of the following is the correct equation for PHOTOSYNTHESIS?
a)
CO2 + light + H2O --> O2 + Sugar
b)
CO2 + sugar + H2O --> O2 + light
c)
O2 + light + H2O --> CO2 + Sugar
d)
CO2 + O2 + H2O --> Light+ Sugar
25.
What are the two products of photosynthesis?
a)
Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide
b)

Oxygen and Sugar

c)
Sunlight and Sugar
d)

Sugar and Carbon Dioxide

26.
Pigment in green plants that captures the energy in sunlight is called _______.
a)
Pigment
b)
Chlorophyll
c)
Stomata
d)
Green Thing
27.
The main source of energy for all life comes from ____.
a)
the Earth
b)
the moon
c)
the sun
d)
the food we eat/make
28.

This is the chemical formula for a molecule of...

a)

Oxygen

b)

Carbon dioxide

c)

Glucose

d)

Water

29.
What characteristic sets heterotrophs apart from autotrophs?
a)
Heterotrophs can be classified only as mammals.
b)
Heterotrophs use energy from the sun to make their own food.
c)
Heterotrophs obtain food from consuming other living or once-living things.
d)
Heterotrophs obtain food through the process of photosynthesis.