Chapter 3-PLANTS

Front

What is the bee doing to the flower?

Back

pollinating it

Front

What is the function of roots? Options: to move materials from the leaves to other parts of the plant, to make food for the plant, to take in gases from the air, to take in water and nutrients from the soil

Back

to take in water and nutrients from the soil

Front

How are flowering and coniferous plants alike?

Back

They begin the life cycle with a seed that germinates.

Front

Where in a plant can you find tubes that move minerals from the roots to the leaves? Options: leaf, flower, stem, bark

Back

stem

Front

How can you classify a fern? Options: as a plant that makes cones, as a plant that makes spores, as a plant that has a prickly stem, as a plant that has needles

Back

as a plant that makes spores

Front

What structures help keep a cactus from losing too much water? Options: leaves with stinging hairs, deep tap roots, seeds made in cones, thick, waxy stems

Back

thick, waxy stems

Front

What kind of tree grows cones to make seeds? Options: deciduous, flowering, coniferous, fibrous

Back

coniferous

Front

The young plant that begins to grow after a seed germinates is called?

Back

seedling

Front

Leaves use energy from the sun to make food for a plant. What else do leaves need to make food?

Back

carbon dioxide (air) and water

Front

How do leaves help plants?

Back

They help make food through photosynthesis.