Review
Exploration 3: Plant Needs
Exploration 4: Making Food
Lesson Check
Growing Plants
100
What is matter?
a. anything that takes up space
b. the amount of matter an object has
c. the amount of space an object takes up
d. the measure of how warm something is
a. anything that takes up space
100
What can plants do that animals cannot do?
a. Plants can grow and change.
b. Plants can move to find food.
c. Plants can make their own food.
d. Plants can use air to help them survive.
c. Plants can make their own food (sugar).
100
All plants need the same amount of sun to make enough food to be healthy.
True
False
False
100
The image below shows a small bean sprout. What does this sprout need to grow into a healthy plant?
a. Fertilizer only
b. Water only
c. Light only
d. Light and water
d. Light and water
200
Which tool is used to measure volume?
a. balance
b. graduated cylinder
c. metric ruler
b. graduated cylinder
200
Energy from the sun is captured by structures on the plant. Using energy from the sun, plants change air and water into ___________________. Plants use the sugar as food.
a. light and energy
b. water and sugar
c. sugar and waste
c. sugar and waste
200
If plants breathe in carbon dioxide from the air, what do they breathe out?
a. Nitrogen
b. Oxygen
c. Carbon Monoxide
d. Hydrogen
b. Oxygen
200
Which of the following plants most likely grew in the dark? 
300
Which state of matter takes the shape of its container but has a fixed volume?
a. solid
b. liquid
c. gas
b. liquid
300
Suppose that the two plants in the photograph are of the same kind and are getting the same amount of sunlight, air, and nutrients. What could cause the plant on the left to look the way it does? Choose all that apply.
A. It is getting too much sun.
B. It is not getting enough air.
C. It is getting too much water.
D. It is not getting enough water.
C. It is getting too much water.
D. It is not getting enough water.
300
What plant structures release waste as a gas?
a. leaves
b. roots
c. stems
a. leaves
300
Which structure of the plant supports the plant and has tissues that move food and water around the plant?
a. Leaves
b. Stem
c. Roots
d. All of the above
b. Stem
400
A property of matter that measures how well one thing can dissolve in another.
a. magnetism
b. conductivity
c. density
d. solubility
d. solubility
400
Match the statement to the process part labeled (a) in the illustration.
a. These structures help the plants absorb nutrients and water.
b. Air, water, and waste pass through these structures.
c. It is the energy source used to change matter that isn’t food into matter that is food.
c. It is the energy source used to change matter that isn’t food into matter that is food.
400
What three things do plants need to make food?
a. nutrients - light - water
b. water - air - light
c. water - soil - light
b. water - air - light
400
Pots A and B both have plain soil, bean seeds, and the same amount of light. Pot B receives more water (see table). After 50 days the plants are measured. Based on the data, what is the correct conclusion?
a. The amount of water affects the height but not the mass.
b. The amount of water affects the mass but not the height.
c. The amount of water affects the mass and the height.
d. The amount of water does not affect the mass or the height.
c. The amount of water affects the mass and the height.
500
Which of the following is not a necessary part of a system for growing plants? Choose all that apply.
a. air
b. soil
c. water
d. sunlight
e. bacteria
f. nutrients
b. soil
e. bacteria
500
What plant structures use light energy, air, and water to produce food (sugar)?
a. leaves
b. roots
c. stems
a. leaves