A very young tree is called a ________________.
a. acorn
b. oak
c. sapling
d. seed
c. sapling
100
Another word for a living thing is _____________.
a. embryo
b. organism
c. pupa
d. spore
organism
100
Which is the living thing?
a. rock
b. book
c. tree
d. rocking horse
c. tree
100
How do we depend on plants?
We eat them for food, animals eat them for food, and they give us oxygen to breathe.
100
Why might a seedling die?
a. It is too young.
b. It will not find minerals in the ground.
c. It will not get enough sunlight.
d. All of the above
d. All of the above
200
Conifers are trees that _____________.
a. change colors in the fall
b. produce flower
c. produce seeds in cones
d. wilt in the summer
c. produce seeds in cones
200
The part of the plant that holds it in the ground is the ___________.
a. stem
b. roots
c. leaves
d. flower
b. roots
200
What part is found in a plant cell, but NOT in an animal cell?
a. nucleus
b. cell membrane
c. chloroplast
d. cytoplasm
c. chloroplast
200
What do plants need from their environment to grow?
(HINT: There are 4 things.)
Plants need sunlight, water, air, and minerals
200
Do offspring look like their parents?
Yes.
300
Plants make food in _________.
a. seeds
b. embryos
c. roots
d. chloroplasts
d. chloroplasts
300
A ________ is a young plant that is just beginning to grow.
a. root
b. cell
c. organism
d. embryo
d. embryo
300
All of the roses in Amanda's backyard are deep orange-red. What will probably be true of their offspring?
a. They will be light red.
b. They will be deep orange.
c. The could be any color.
d. They will be deep orange-red
d. They will be deep orange-red.
300
What happens to a plant when the environment changes?
If the environment changes, the plants will respond or die.
300
Plants can reproduce when they are a(n) ___________.
a. adult
b. sapling
c. seed
d. old
a. adult
400
The air, water, and everything else that surrounds a plant is the plant's ________________.
environment
400
A cat having a litter of kittens is called a(n)___________.
a. communication
b. hibernation
c. migration
d. reproduction
Reproduction
400
How does a plant make food?
a. It uses oxygen to trap minerals in the earth.
b. It uses chlorophyll to trap light.
c. It uses carbon dioxide to trap water.
d. It traps air in its stem.
b. It uses chlorophyll to trap light.
400
Why might a seed that falls to the ground in November wait until next April to germinate?
Seeds do not always germinate right away. Plants respond to their environment. The seed might be waiting for warmer weather or more rain to germinate.
400
What is a life cycle?
All the stages an organisms life.
500
Wind, insects, and animals help plants reproduce by bringing together pollen and __________.
eggs
500
New plants look like their parents because of ___________.
Heredity
500
When a flower bends towards the sun it is ___________.
a. responding to its environment
b. reproducing
c. blowing in the wind
d. none of the above
a. responding to its environment
500
You have a large ivy plant. You hypothesize that you can make another plant from it without using seeds. How can you test your hypothesis?
(HINT: Think about cuttings.)
I would cut off a stem and place the bottom part of the stem in a container of water. I would watch to see if the stem grew new roots.
500
At what stage in its life cycle will a plant reproduce?
a. embryo
b. seed
c. adult
d. seedling