Plant Structure
This plant part is known to collect essential water and minerals from the soil?
What are roots?
Photosynthesis is a process by which____ and ____ are produced.
What is oxygen and glucose?
The transfer of pollen grains to the female part of the plant is called_____.
What is pollination?
This is the gradual change in a species over time.
What is evolution?
Which of the following biologists was responsible for the explanation of "survival of the fittest"?
Who is Charles Darwin?
Which of the following is a reasonable explanation of the purpose of the stems serve in plants?
What is a conduit for water, minerals and sugars
Some seeds, like those in tomatoes and apples, are found inside____ and pass through and animals digestive system when they are eaten.
Which purpose do the leaves of a plant provide for its growth?
What is to gather carbon dioxide and light?
Evolution is driven by the force known as natural selection. Which of the following is not a sub-process of natural selection? a. speciation b. successful reproduction c. struggle to survive d. genetic variation
What is speciation?
Which fossils are considered rare finds? a. bones b. track fossils c. complete skeletons d. teeth
What is b. complete skeletons
Plants with tubes that carry liquid inside
What are vascular plants?
The branch of science concerned with classification and the process of naming living things.
What is taxonomy?
Based on our knowledge of fossils we know that once found, the fossil record is complete and appears just as the animal or plant lived before being fossilized. a. true b. false
What is b. false?
Darwin proposed the mechanism of _____ to explain how populations of organisms evolve.
What is natural selection?
Flowers are essential to a plant in they serve as the____.
What is a reproductive organ of a plant?
The Latin name for the Kingdom in which all plants are placed.
What is Plantae?
The substance at the bottom of a flower that attracts animals to it. While they are trying to eat this sweet substance, they get pollen on their bodies.
What is nectar?
Which of the following is true of evolution? a. individuals evolve more slowly than populations b. individuals can evolve by changing the gene pool c. individuals evolve; populations don't d. populations evolve; individuals don't
What is d. individuals evolve ; populations don't
The ______ record shows how species change over time. a. genetic drift b. DNA sequencing c. selection pressure d. fossil
What is d. fossil
The process by which a seed starts to grow into a new plant
What is germination?
Similar structure that related species have inherited from a common ancestor is called ...
What is a homologous structure?
How do fossils form?
Most fossils are formed when organisms that died become buried in sediments.