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Plant Reproduction and Germination Worksheet

Total questions: 99

Worksheet time: 50mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who recognized that flowers are organs intricately designed for plant reproduction?

a)

Christian Konrad Sprengel

b)

Gregor Mendel

c)

Carl Linnaeus

d)

Charles Darwin

2.

What is the primary function of a flower in which all its parts are involved in?

a)

Reproduction

b)

Photosynthesis

c)

Water absorption

d)

Support

3.

What holds the plant's future seeds?

a)

Ovary

b)

Petal

c)

Stem

d)

Leaf

4.

What produces pollen grains?

a)

Anther

b)

Stigma

c)

Ovary

d)

Style

5.

What often serves to attract insects or birds that pollinate the plant?

a)

Petals

b)

Roots

c)

Stems

d)

Seeds

6.

What are leaf-like structures that surround the base of the petals and protect the flowering bud?

a)

Sepals

b)

Petals

c)

Stamens

d)

Carpels

7.

What is the transfer of pollen from the stamen to the pistil?

a)

Pollination

b)

Fertilization

c)

Germination

d)

Photosynthesis

8.

What begins growing from the pollen's location on the stigma, traveling down the style so that the sperm cell can travel to the egg cell in the ovary?

a)

Pollen tube

b)

Petal

c)

Anther

d)

Sepal

9.

What are the three parts of the seed?

a)

Embryo, endosperm, seed coat

b)

Root, stem, leaf

c)

Petal, sepal, stamen

d)

Fruit, flower, leaf

10.

What is the tiny shoot that will become the stems and leaves?

a)

Plumule

b)

Radicle

c)

Cotyledon

d)

Seed coat

11.

What is the small root that develops the root system?

a)

Radicle

b)

Plumule

c)

Cotyledon

d)

Epicotyl

12.

What is the structure designed for food absorption and storage?

a)

Cotyledon

b)

Stomata

c)

Xylem

d)

Phloem

13.

What is the protective outer covering that must soften by moisture for germination?

a)

Seed coat

b)

Endosperm

c)

Cotyledon

d)

Embryo

14.

Give four characteristics of monocots.

a)

One cotyledon, parallel leaf veins, scattered vascular bundles, flower parts in multiples of three

b)

Two cotyledons, net-like leaf veins, vascular bundles in a ring, flower parts in multiples of four or five

c)

One cotyledon, net-like leaf veins, vascular bundles in a ring, flower parts in multiples of five

d)

Two cotyledons, parallel leaf veins, scattered vascular bundles, flower parts in multiples of three

15.

Give four characteristics of dicots.

a)

Two cotyledons, net-like leaf veins, vascular bundles in a ring, flower parts in multiples of four or five

b)

One cotyledon, parallel leaf veins, scattered vascular bundles, flower parts in multiples of three

c)

No cotyledons, needle-like leaves, vascular bundles scattered, flower parts absent

d)

Two cotyledons, parallel leaf veins, vascular bundles scattered, flower parts in multiples of three

16.

What is the ripened ovary of a flower?

a)

Fruit

b)

Leaf

c)

Root

d)

Stem

17.

What occurs when ripened fruit bursts open and scatters the seed?

a)

Dehiscence

b)

Germination

c)

Photosynthesis

d)

Pollination

18.

What happens when birds, squirrels, or wind disperse the seed?

a)

Seed dispersal

b)

Seed germination

c)

Photosynthesis

d)

Pollination

19.

What three main things are required for germination of a seed?

a)

Water, oxygen, suitable temperature

b)

Sunlight, soil, fertilizer

c)

Carbon dioxide, light, wind

d)

Chlorophyll, minerals, humidity

20.

What is the first stage of germination?

a)

Imbibition (water absorption)

b)

Photosynthesis

c)

Pollination

d)

Seed dispersal

21.

What does the second stage of germination include the plant embryo developing into?

a)

Seedling

b)

Root hair

c)

Fruit

d)

Flower

22.

What is the final stage of germination?

a)

Growth of the seedling (emergence of the shoot above soil)

b)

Absorption of water by the seed

c)

Breaking of the seed coat

d)

Formation of roots only

23.

What is it called when the plant no longer depends on the cotyledon?

a)

Autotrophic stage

b)

Germination phase

c)

Dormant stage

d)

Senescence period

24.

What happens to the cotyledon when it's no longer needed as a food source?

a)

It shrivels and falls off

b)

It grows larger and becomes a leaf

c)

It turns into a flower

d)

It becomes the main stem

25.

What are plants that produce new seeds and die in a single ________?

a)

growing season

b)

decade

c)

century

d)

month

26.

What are plants that take two growing seasons to complete their ________?

a)

life cycles

b)

flowering

c)

height

d)

leaves

27.

What are plants that live from year to year and bloom each ________?

a)

growing season

b)

decade

c)

century

d)

month

28.

What type of flowering plant produces covered seeds?

a)

angiosperms

b)

gymnosperms

c)

ferns

d)

mosses

29.

What is the scientific term for plants that produce seeds covered by a flower?

a)

angiosperms

b)

gymnosperms

c)

bryophytes

d)

pteridophytes

30.

What type of non flowering seed plants produce uncovered seeds?

a)

gymnosperms

b)

angiosperms

c)

ferns

d)

mosses

31.

What is one of the largest families of flowering plants that has disc and ray flowers?

a)

Asteraceae (Compositae)

b)

Rosaceae

c)

Fabaceae

d)

Lamiaceae

32.

What is the flower usually found in the center of a composite flower?

a)

disc flower

b)

ray flower

c)

petal flower

d)

leaf flower

33.

What is a plant whose pollen causes allergic reaction in many people?

a)

ragweed

b)

rose

c)

cactus

d)

orchid

34.

What is the family name that includes legumes?

a)

Fabaceae (Leguminosae)

b)

Rosaceae

c)

Poaceae

d)

Asteraceae

35.

What type of plants help to restore nitrogen into the soil as a part of the nitrogen cycle?

a)

legumes

b)

ferns

c)

cacti

d)

conifers

36.

What family has most plants having woody stems, fleshy fruits and flower parts and multiples of five?

a)

Rosaceae (Rose family)

b)

Fabaceae (Pea family)

c)

Poaceae (Grass family)

d)

Asteraceae (Sunflower family)

37.

What family is also known as the dry fruits, leaves with 3 sections and cupshaped flower?

a)

Geraniaceae (Geranium family)

b)

Rosaceae (Rose family)

c)

Fabaceae (Pea family)

d)

Asteraceae (Daisy family)

38.

What family has stems that are square and stout and their flowers clusters frequently form spikes?

a)

Lamiaceae (Mint family)

b)

Rosaceae (Rose family)

c)

Fabaceae (Pea family)

d)

Asteraceae (Aster family)

39.

What family has trumpet shaped flowers?

a)

Convolvulaceae (Morning glory family)

b)

Rosaceae (Rose family)

c)

Fabaceae (Legume family)

d)

Asteraceae (Daisy family)

40.

What is an arrangement of flowers that have stems of nearly equal length emerging from common points on the main stem?

a)

umbel

b)

spike

c)

raceme

d)

panicle

41.

What is a common tall weed also known as wild carrot?

a)

Queen Anne's lace

b)

Dandelion

c)

Ragweed

d)

Milkweed

42.

What family has an unusual arrangement that every flower has five nectar horns?

a)

Asclepiadaceae (Milkweed family)

b)

Rosaceae (Rose family)

c)

Fabaceae (Legume family)

d)

Asteraceae (Daisy family)

43.

What is a structure made-up of layers of thick fleshy leaves surrounded by a very short stem?

a)

bulb

b)

root

c)

stem

d)

seed

44.

________ are thick underground stems that grow vertically.

a)

corms

b)

tubers

c)

rhizomes

d)

bulbs

45.

________ are thick underground stems that grow horizontally.

a)

rhizomes

b)

tubers

c)

bulbs

d)

corms

46.

What family of monocots have tepals (combined petals and sepals), include tulips, hyacinths, tiger lily, and asparagus?

a)

Liliaceae (Lily family)

b)

Poaceae (Grass family)

c)

Orchidaceae (Orchid family)

d)

Amaryllidaceae (Amaryllis family)

47.

What family has inferior ovaries and grow from bulbs, corms and rhizomes and generally has leaves at the bottom with the stalk arising high from the ground?

a)

Amaryllidaceae (Amaryllis family)

b)

Rosaceae (Rose family)

c)

Fabaceae (Legume family)

d)

Asteraceae (Aster family)

48.

What is the place where the leaf attaches to the stem?

a)

node

b)

petiole

c)

lamina

d)

apex

49.

What is a creeping stem that grows along the ground?

a)

stolon

b)

tuber

c)

bulb

d)

rhizome

50.

Fertilized flowers produce grass fruits called ________.

a)

grains

b)

leaves

c)

roots

d)

petals

51.

What family has fruit called grains?

a)

Poaceae (Grass family)

b)

Rosaceae (Rose family)

c)

Fabaceae (Legume family)

d)

Solanaceae (Nightshade family)

52.

What may be the most important group of plants on the earth?

a)

Grasses

b)

Mosses

c)

Ferns

d)

Cacti

53.

Why is grass the most important group of plants on the earth?

a)

It provides food for many animals and humans.

b)

It is the tallest plant group.

c)

It grows only in deserts.

d)

It produces the most colorful flowers.

54.

What is the stalk called that attaches most leaves to the node?

a)

Petioles

b)

Stamens

c)

Sepals

d)

Pedicels

55.

What is it called when the leaves attach directly to the stem?

a)

Sessile

b)

Petiole

c)

Stipule

d)

Node

56.

When two leaves grow from one node but on opposite sides, what is it called?

a)

Opposite leaf arrangement

b)

Alternate leaf arrangement

c)

Whorled leaf arrangement

d)

Rosette leaf arrangement

57.

When leaves grow in individual leaves in an alternating pattern, what is it called?

a)

Alternate leaf arrangement

b)

Opposite leaf arrangement

c)

Whorled leaf arrangement

d)

Rosette leaf arrangement

58.

What is it called when it consists of three or more leaves growing from the same node?

a)

Whorled leaf arrangement

b)

Opposite leaf arrangement

c)

Alternate leaf arrangement

d)

Rosette leaf arrangement

59.

A cluster of leaves at the ground or base of the plant is called?

a)

A rosette

b)

A spike

c)

A tendril

d)

A bulb

60.

What has only one blade attached to the petiole?

a)

Simple leaf

b)

Compound leaf

c)

Needle leaf

d)

Scale leaf

61.

What has more than one blade joined to the petiole?

a)

Compound leaf

b)

Simple leaf

c)

Needle leaf

d)

Scale leaf

62.

What is the leaf edge called?

a)

Margin

b)

Vein

c)

Petiole

d)

Midrib

63.

What's a smooth margin called?

a)

Entire margin

b)

Serrated margin

c)

Lobed margin

d)

Crenate margin

64.

What's a margin with small sharp teeth or large blood teeth called?

a)

Serrated or toothed margin

b)

Entire margin

c)

Lobed margin

d)

Wavy margin

65.

What is the margin that has extensions of itself (like an earlobe) called?

a)

Lobed margin

b)

Entire margin

c)

Serrated margin

d)

Crenate margin

66.

What type of venation do monocots have?

a)

Parallel venation

b)

Reticulate venation

c)

Palmate venation

d)

Pinnate venation

67.

What type of venation has small veins branching from one main vein?

a)

Pinnate venation

b)

Parallel venation

c)

Reticulate venation

d)

Palmate venation

68.

What type of venation has small veins branching from more than one main vein?

a)

Palmate venation

b)

Parallel venation

c)

Reticulate venation

d)

Pinnate venation

69.

What is the process by which most of a plant's food is manufactured in its leaves?

a)

Photosynthesis

b)

Respiration

c)

Transpiration

d)

Fermentation

70.

What process can only happen during the day?

a)

Photosynthesis

b)

Respiration

c)

Fermentation

d)

Transpiration

71.

What are the chemical factories of the plant?

a)

Chloroplasts

b)

Mitochondria

c)

Nucleus

d)

Vacuole

72.

What are the little green structures moving in the cells that absorb the light energy for photosynthesis?

a)

Chloroplasts

b)

Mitochondria

c)

Nuclei

d)

Vacuoles

73.

What chemical stores chemical energy?

a)

Glucose

b)

Oxygen

c)

Water

d)

Carbon dioxide

74.

Where is carbon dioxide absorbed?

a)

Stomata

b)

Roots

c)

Xylem

d)

Phloem

75.

What is the simple sugar that is made as plants food?

a)

Glucose

b)

Fructose

c)

Sucrose

d)

Lactose

76.

What are non-woody plants referred to as?

a)

Herbaceous plants

b)

Woody plants

c)

Aquatic plants

d)

Epiphytes

77.

What is any plant with a long thin stem that grows along the ground or has tendrils that twine around a wall or support?

a)

Vine

b)

Shrub

c)

Tree

d)

Cactus

78.

What is a primary root that grows straight down and remains larger than secondary roots?

a)

Taproot

b)

Fibrous root

c)

Adventitious root

d)

Prop root

79.

What is plant reproduction that does not involve flowers?

a)

Asexual reproduction

b)

Sexual reproduction

c)

Pollination

d)

Fertilization

80.

What are made from dead cells and protect the root's new growth?

a)

Root cap

b)

Root hair

c)

Xylem

d)

Phloem

81.

What is the primary growth in a root?

a)

Lengthening of the root

b)

Thickening of the root

c)

Formation of root hairs

d)

Development of lateral roots

82.

What is the secondary growth in a root?

a)

Increase in thickness

b)

Increase in length

c)

Development of root hairs

d)

Formation of root cap

83.

What is the process by which water and dissolved chemicals are absorbed through the cell membranes of the root hair?

a)

Osmosis

b)

Transpiration

c)

Photosynthesis

d)

Diffusion

84.

What tissue carries water and nutrients from the root hairs to the leaves where the water is used in photosynthesis and released through the stomata?

a)

xylem

b)

phloem

c)

epidermis

d)

cortex

85.

What tissue carries sugars from the leaves to the stem and roots to be stored?

a)

phloem

b)

xylem

c)

epidermis

d)

cambium

86.

What is the upward force that results as water enters the roots by osmosis?

a)

root pressure

b)

transpiration pull

c)

capillary action

d)

guttation

87.

What is the tendency of water molecules to move through tiny spaces?

a)

capillarity

b)

diffusion

c)

osmosis

d)

sublimation

88.

What is evaporation from the leaves or what is the loss of water from leaves?

a)

transpiration

b)

photosynthesis

c)

respiration

d)

germination

89.

What are tiny one-celled reproductive structures that will eventually produce a new plant?

a)

spores

b)

roots

c)

leaves

d)

stems

90.

What are plants without vascular systems?

a)

non-vascular plants

b)

vascular plants

c)

flowering plants

d)

seed plants

91.

What are plants with vascular systems or transport systems?

a)

vascular plants

b)

non-vascular plants

c)

algae

d)

fungi

92.

What are bryophytes that grow to form a lush green coating on moist surfaces?

a)

mosses

b)

ferns

c)

algae

d)

lichens

93.

Label the part of the flower indicated in the diagram.

a)

Stamen

b)

Pistil

c)

Petal

d)

Sepal

94.

Label the part of the flower indicated in the diagram.

a)

Stigma

b)

Anther

c)

Petal

d)

Sepal

95.

Label the part of the flower indicated in the diagram.

a)

Anther

b)

Stigma

c)

Petal

d)

Sepal

96.

Label the part of the flower indicated in the diagram.

a)

Ovary

b)

Stamen

c)

Petal

d)

Sepal

97.

Label the part of the flower indicated in the diagram.

a)

Filament

b)

Stigma

c)

Petal

d)

Ovary

98.

Label the part of the flower indicated in the diagram.

a)

Petal

b)

Stamen

c)

Sepal

d)

Pistil

99.

Label the part of the flower indicated in the diagram.

a)

Sepal

b)

Petal

c)

Stamen

d)

Pistil

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