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1
What are plants whose special leaves trap and digest insects?
Gross
Herbivores
Insectivores
Ommivores
2
What is the purpose of cellular respiration?
Manufacturing food
Providing oxygen for the plant
Providing carbon dioxide for the plant
Releasing energy from food
3
What type of cells control the flow of air and water into and out of a leaf?
dicot
guard cells
vacuole
chloroplast
4
What is the term used to refer to nonwoody plants?
Perennials
Annuals
Herbaceous
Trees
5
What is the function of a leaf?
Photosynthesis, gas exchange
Food storage and anchor the plant
Uptake nutrients and water
Hold plant upright, food storage, and gas exchange
6
What is the middle layer of a leaf where the majority of photosynthesis occurs?
chloroplasts
mesophyll
parenchyma
epidermis
7
What is chlorophyll?
The mitochondria of plants
The green pigments of plants
the answer to the worlds problems
A flavor of mints
8
What is the stalk that attaches the leaf to the stem?
Palisade mesophyll
Blade
Petiole
Spongy mesophyll
9
What is the creeping, above ground stem of a grass plant?
Blade
Petiole
Stolon
Sheath
10
What is the function of flowers?
to smell good
To reproduce
to react to stimuli
To breathe in oxygen
11
Which
best
explains why grasses are one of the most important groups of plants?
They can keep growing even if most of their stems are cut off
Man & animals depend directly or indirectly on them for most of their food
They can be used to cover lawns
Grass often grow in relatively small areas
12
Which is NOT a function of roots?
transport materials to the rest of the plant
photosynthesis
anchor plants in the ground
absorb water and nutrients
13
What part of a plant cell prevents a cell from bursting when it fills with water?
capsule
cell membrane
vacuole
cell wall
14
Which group of trees produce winged fruits called samaras?
Oaks
Magnolias
Birches
Maples
15
What type of tissue are cork and parenchyma?
Meristematic Tissue
Structural tissue
Vascular Tissue
Epidermal Tissue
16
A biologist is trying to determine what types of plants a species of frog eats; in what field of biology is he working?
Anatomy
Botany
Physiology
Zoology
17
Which of the following is an abscission layer involved in?
Development of stems
Production of flowers
Growth of roots
Loss of leaves
18
Is the pictured leaf most likely a monocot or from a dicot?
monocot
dicot
19
The part of plant cells that is responsible for absorbing water and allowing the cell to become firmer without bursting.
Cell wall
vacuole
Chloroplast
nucleus
20
Based on their lifecycles, all trees are classified as
Triennials
Annuals
Perennials
Biennials
21
What is the function of the stem?
To support a plant and transport water/nutrients from roots
To absorb sunlight and create food
To anchor plants and to absorb water and nutrients from soil
To attract insects and produce fruit which protect seeds
22
What carbohydrate strengthens plant cell walls?
Cambium
Cellulose
Chlorophyll
Mesophyll
23
What compound is produced in the light reactions of photosynthesis?
glucose
carbon dioxide
NADPH
starch
24
What type of leaf arrangement is shown below?
Rosette
Whorled
Alternate
Opposite
25
Two main kinds of root systems are
Taproots and Fibrous roots
monocot and dicot
Parallel and palmate
Sessile and Pinnate
26
Which special leaf holds a vine upright?
Tendril
Stolon
Spine
Bud scale
27
What is the bushy head of a tree called?
roots
shoots
crown
leaves
28
What is the pressure produced by water within cells?
Capillary pressure
Diffusion pressure
Barometric pressure
Turgor pressure
29
What is another name for a flowering seed plant?
seedless vascular
Angiosperm
vascular
Gymnosperm
30
What is the most likely cause of a plant wilting during the day but recovering at night?
Has adequate water, but hot temps cause rapid transpiration in the day
Long period of heavy rains cause the plant to receive excessive water
Plant has adequate water but hot temps cause poor transpiration in the day
Long period of drought causes plant to receive inadequate water
31
What type of vascular tissue carries sap upward?
mesenchyma
phloem
cambium
xylem
32
a leaf having more than one blade on the leafstalk
Sessile
Singular
simple
Compound
33
The place where an organism lives is called its
ecosystem
niche
habitat
zone of tolerance
34
protects and covers leaf
epidermis
alternate
cell wall
midrib
35
Large, central vein of a leaf
Epidermis
Stomata
Midrib
Petiole
36
Which of the following plant families is known for its poisonous members?
Cashew
Mustard
Mint
Lily
37
What term refers to trees that lose their leaves each fall?
Herbaceous
Insectivorous
Deciduous
Evergreen
38
Which BEST explains the role of pea-family plants in the nitrogen cycle?
They can use nitrates produced by lightning to make proteins
Their roots provide a place for nitrogen-fixing bacteria to grow
They grow in soils that lack essential nitrogen compounds
Their fruit contain large amounts of nitrogen-containing coumpounds
39
Which is
most
likely to affect the rate of photosynthesis of a plant?
Increasing amount of water in the soil
Increasing amount of atmospheric C02
Keeping plant at 75 degree temperature
Covering the plant with cardboard
40
Stacks of disks inside the chloroplast that contain chlorophyll
thylakoids
cytoplasm
chlorophyll
stroma
41
What type of flowers are in a composite flower?
Ray
Tulip
Disk
Ray and Disk
42
What type of plant lives through 2 seasons to complete its life cycle and produces flowers in the 2nd season?
Biennial
Triennial
Annual
Perennial
43
Which is one of the three most important cereal grasses?
Bamboo
Sugarcane
Rice
Onion
44
leaves, stems, and flowers are part of the ____ system
Stolon
Shoot
Leaf
Root
45
A storage compartment of the cell is:
Lysosome
Endoplasmic reticulum
Vacuole
Cell wall
46
What is the tiny opening in a leaf called?
transpiration
epidermis
petiole
stoma
47
What Type of Venation is shown below?
Sessile
Pinnate
Parallel
Palmate
48
Which of the following would most likely occur if a plant's meristematic tissue is damaged?
Plant cannot transport sap through its stems
Plant cannot conduct photosynthesis
Plant cannot grow or repair tissue damage
Plant cannot absorb water from the soil
49
What are the largest deciduous trees in America?
Sycamores
Ashes
Maples
Oaks
50
Which statement BEST explains why plants are considered autotrophs?
They convert CO2 to oxygen
They provide food for other organisms
They contain chlrophyll
They conduct photosynthesis
51
What is the process by which water vapor is lost from the leaves of plants?
Photosynthesis
Transpiration
Dark Reaction
Nitrogen Cycle
52
What is a leaf that lacks a leafstalk called?
sheath
disk
sessile
ray
53
What is the liquid found in the roots, stems, and leaves of plants?
sap
transpiration
water
shoot
54
What type of bacteria returns soil nitrogen to the air?
nitrogen-fixing bacteria
nitrogen-producing bacteria
denitrifying bacteria
nitrifying bacteria
