Category 1
What plant part helps make food for the plant?
Leaves.
What is usually found inside a fruit?
Seeds.
Carrots and beets are examples of what plant part?
Roots.
Which type of plant forms cones?
Conifers.
What is the name of the substance in leaves that gives them their green color?
Chlorophyll.
Other than the sun, what do seeds need to germinate?
Water.
What type of trees lose their leaves during autumn?
Deciduous.
What does mosses reproduce with?
Spores.
How do flowering plants reproduce?
By producing seeds.
When there is not enough water, a plant loses its big leaves and replaces them with smaller ones. Why?
Smaller leaves lose less water.
What kind of response do plants show when they grow DOWN into the soil?
Gravitropism.
The transfer of pollen from the male part to the female structure of a plant is called ___________________.
Pollination.
The reaction of an organism to a change in its surroundings is describing a ________________.
Response.
Which part of the plant produces seeds?
Female (pistil)
Which part of the plant produces pollen?
Male (stamen).
What is the function of the roots?
To absorb water and minerals (nutrients).
Why do evergreen conifer trees keep their leaves during the cold winters?
They have thin, needle-shaped leaves with a waxy coating that prevent water loss.
Why do offspring look like their parents?
They inherit their traits from their parents.
What stimulus (tropism) do grapeVINES respond to?
Touch.
What is the function of stems?
To carry water and nutrients from the roots into the veins in the leaves throughout the plant.
List the stages of a flowering plant's life cycle (in order).
Flower - pollination - seed - new plant.
What are the 4 major things that contribute to the process of photosynthesis?
Sunlight, carbon dioxide, water, and oxygen.
How does a grapevine responding to the stimulus of touch help it survive?
It helps the plant grow further from the ground to get more sunlight to make food.
If you placed a potted plant in the dark, what would happen?
Due to the lack of sunlight, the plant is unable to make food and will wilt and die.
What is THE most important thing plants need to survive?
Sunlight.