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Plants/Botany

Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

 1. 
Plants use the energy of sunlight to
a.
exchange gases with the atmosphere.
c.
carry out cellular respiration.
b.
take in water from the soil.
d.
carry out photosynthesis.
 

 2. 
Which of the following is NOT true?
a.
Plants have adaptations that maximize light absorption.
b.
Plants require more water on a sunny day.
c.
Plants get the water they need from the atmosphere.
d.
Plants can lose water while exchanging gases with the atmosphere.
 

 3. 
Living on land required that plants
a.
evolve photosynthetic pigments.
c.
exchange gases.
b.
conserve water.
d.
have cell walls.
 

 4. 
Without plants,
a.
animals could not live on land.
b.
there would be no green algae in the oceans.
c.
animals could not undergo cellular respiration.
d.
there would be no carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
 

 5. 
Which of the following includes all the others?
a.
xylem
c.
phloem
b.
vascular tissue
d.
roots
 

 6. 
Which of the following includes a plant embryo, a food supply, and a protective covering?
a.
pollen grain
c.
seed
b.
spore
d.
gametophyte
 

 7. 
The most ancient surviving seed plants are the
a.
mosses.
c.
ferns.
b.
liverworts.
d.
gymnosperms.
 

 8. 
Angiosperms produce seeds inside protective structures called
a.
pollen grains.
c.
ovaries.
b.
cones.
d.
petals.
 

 9. 
Which term below is least closely related to the others?
a.
fruit
c.
ovary
b.
seed
d.
cone
 

 10. 
Unlike a dicot, a monocot has
a.
four or five petals per flower.
c.
taproots.
b.
two cotyledons.
d.
parallel leaf veins.
 

 11. 
A seed plant is anchored in the ground by its
a.
stems.
c.
leaves.
b.
roots.
d.
trichomes.
 

 12. 
Ground tissue is found in a plant’s
a.
stems only.
c.
roots and stems only.
b.
stems and leaves only.
d.
roots, stems, and leaves.
 

 13. 
If some of the xylem of a young oak tree were destroyed, it would most likely interfere with the tree’s ability to
a.
conduct sugars to the roots.
c.
absorb water from the soil.
b.
absorb sunlight.
d.
conduct water to the leaves.
 

 14. 
The outer covering of a plant consists of
a.
ground tissue.
c.
dermal tissue.
b.
vascular tissue.
d.
meristematic tissue.
 

 15. 
One of the main functions of stems is to
a.
carry out photosynthesis.
b.
transport substances between roots and leaves.
c.
store carbohydrates.
d.
store water.
 

 16. 
Oxygen and carbon dioxide diffuse in and out of a leaf through the
a.
palisade mesophyll.
c.
phloem.
b.
guard cells.
d.
stomata.
 

 17. 
Water will move higher in a narrow glass tube than in a wide glass tube because of
a.
adhesion only.
c.
pressure.
b.
capillary action.
d.
cohesion only.
 

 18. 
Pollen grains are produced by
a.
male reproductive structures.
c.
ovules.
b.
female reproductive structures.
d.
flowers.
 

 19. 
In angiosperms, reproduction takes place in
a.
leaves.
c.
cones.
b.
flowers.
d.
pollen.
 

 20. 
In an angiosperm, pollen grains are produced in the
a.
stigma.
c.
carpel.
b.
filament.
d.
anther.
 

 21. 
A ripened ovary that contains angiosperm seeds is called a(an)
a.
embryo.
c.
fruit.
b.
seed.
d.
vegetable.
 

 22. 
A seed that is dispersed to an area far away from the parent plant might face less
a.
alternation.
c.
germination.
b.
pollination.
d.
competition.
 

 23. 
Seeds that are dispersed by wind and water typically are
a.
lightweight.
c.
nutritious.
b.
large.
d.
sweet and fleshy.
 

 24. 
Seeds dispersed by animals typically are contained in
a.
fleshy, nutritious fruits.
c.
thin coatings that are easily digested.
b.
unripened ovaries.
d.
lightweight structures.
 

 25. 
Most people in the world depend on food crops such as
a.
sugar beets, cabbage, and broccoli.
c.
wheat, rice, and corn.
b.
strawberries, chilies, and avocados.
d.
apples, grapes, and strawberries.
 

 26. 
Modern varieties of apples have the benefit of
a.
developing in predictable time frames
d.
all of the above
b.
having uniform shape and color
e.
only a and b
c.
being more easily picked from the tree
 

Other
 
 
USING SCIENCE SKILLS

 
Monocots
Dicots
Leaves
Parallel veins
Branching veins
Flowers
Parts in multiples
of three
Parts in multiples of
four or five
Vascular
Bundles
in Stems
Scattered throughout
stem
Arranged in a ring
Roots
Fibrous
Taproot
Seeds
One seed leaf
Two seed leaves

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Figure 22–4
 

 27. 
Using Tables and Graphs A corn seed is a monocot. According to the table in Figure 22–4, does a corn seed have one or two seed leaves?
 

 28. 
Classifying Is the maple leaf in Figure 22–4 a monocot or a dicot? How do you know?
 

 29. 
Comparing and Contrasting Which flower in Figure 22–4 is a monocot? How do you know?
 
 
USING SCIENCE SKILLS

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Figure 23–5
 

 30. 
Interpreting Graphics Are the stomata in Figure 23–5 open or closed? Identify the letter of the stoma.
 

 31. 
Using Models Which labeled structures in Figure 23–5 protect the leaf from drying out? Identify the structures.
 

True/False
Indicate whether the sentence or statement is true or false.
 

 32. 
Modern apple varieties have a more diverse gene pool.     
 

 33. 
Bacon is a flower.     
 

Matching
 
 
a.
Pollen
f.
Anther
b.
Ovary
g.
Stigma
c.
Petal
h.
Filament
d.
Sepal
i.
Style
e.
Eggs
j.
nuclei
 

 34. 
protects the flower
 

 35. 
a modified leaf that is often brightly colored.  Part of the Corolla
 

 36. 
In a plant the upper sticky part of the female reproductive organ.
 

 37. 
thin tissue that supports the anther
 

 38. 
creates the pollen grains
 

 39. 
male plant sperm
 

 40. 
forms the fruit after fertilization
 

 41. 
found within the ovary
 
 
a.
pollinatation
g.
respiration
b.
fertilization
h.
chloroplast
c.
photosynthesis
i.
water
d.
glucose
j.
tropism
e.
carbon dioxide
k.
epidermis
f.
oxygen
l.
germination
 

 42. 
movement of a plant in response to a stimuli
 

 43. 
union of pollen and egg
 

 44. 
energy chemical produced by photosynthesis
 

 45. 
ingredient for photosynthesis taken up by plants through roots
 

 46. 
the process of growth emerging from a seed
 

 47. 
plants do this at night for metabolism
 

 48. 
when pollen meets stigma
 

 49. 
product of photosynthesis
 

 50. 
process done by plants which produces oxygen
 

 51. 
released during the process of cellular respiration
 



 
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