Science Chapters 1 - 2

Question 1

What are structures that break down food and turn it into energy for the cell to use called?

Accepted Answer

mitochondria

Question 2

Food from plant leaves is moved to its other parts by

Accepted Answer

phloem

Question 3

What is the structure that controls all of the activity of the cell?

Accepted Answer

nucleus

Question 4

Where is sugar transported from?

Accepted Answer

The leaves.

Question 5

What is the smallest unit of a living thing that can carry out the basic processes of life?

Accepted Answer

cell

Question 6

An undeveloped plant and stored food are contained in a(n)

Accepted Answer

seed

Question 7

Water and minerals are moved up from plant roots by

Accepted Answer

xylem

Question 8

How does having a transport systems benefit vascular plants?

Accepted Answer

All of the above.

Question 9

What are vascular plants?

Accepted Answer

Plants that have vessels to transport water, food and waste.

Question 10

What is a system that puts organisms into groups based upon their similarities?

Accepted Answer

classification system

Question 11

What is an animal without a backbone?

Accepted Answer

invertebrate

Question 12

Any plant that has flowers is a vascular plant.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 13

Tree rings form each year as the

Accepted Answer

cambium produces new xylem and phloem.

Question 14

What is a group of similar cells that work together at the same job called?

Accepted Answer

tissue

Question 15

Which two organelles make a plant cell different from an animal cell?

Accepted Answer

cell wall and chloroplast

Question 16

What gas do animals exhale?

Accepted Answer

carbon dioxide

Question 17

Plants break down food stored during photosynthesis during a process called

Accepted Answer

cellular respiration

Question 18

All of the following traits appear only in vascular plants except

Accepted Answer

chloroplasts

Question 19

New xylem and phloem are produced in the

Accepted Answer

cambium

Question 20

Any plant with xylem, phloem, flowers, and seeds is a

Accepted Answer

vascular flowering plant.

Question 21

What is the layer around the outside of the cell called?

Accepted Answer

cell membrane

Question 22

Photosynthesis produces food that stores energy and respiration releases stored energy.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 23

Which source of energy do plants use during photosynthesis?

Accepted Answer

sunlight

Question 24

Which of the following belong in the plant kingdom?

Accepted Answer

beans

Question 25

Select the statement that is true.

Accepted Answer

Phloem carry sugar from leaves to other parts of the plant.

Question 26

Select the three parts of the transport system in vascular plants.

Accepted Answer

roots, stems/trunks, leaves

Question 27

What is an instrument that magnifies objects, or makes them look bigger called?

Accepted Answer

microscope

Question 28

Select the statement that is true.

Accepted Answer

Xylem moves water and minerals from the roots to the leaves.

Question 29

What is an individual living thing called?

Accepted Answer

organism

Question 30

The food that plants produce during photosynthesis is a(n)

Accepted Answer

carbohydrate

Question 31

Seed plants that produce flowers are

Accepted Answer

angiosperms

Question 32

Plants use the Sun's energy, water, and carbon dioxide to make food in a process called

Accepted Answer

photosynthesis

Question 33

What gas do guard cells allow to enter the leaves through the stomata?

Accepted Answer

carbon dioxide

Question 34

Which of the following is true about all animals?

Accepted Answer

They get energy from eating other organisms.

Science Chapters 1 - 2

Questions 34

Science Chapters 1 - 2

Questions 34