Plant Review - 6th grade

Plants are able to produce their own food through a process called photosynthesis. Therefore, plants are considered___

• Autotrophic
• Heterotrophic
• Living
• Respiration

During the fall, many trees lose their leaves to prepare for winter. The drop in temperature that causes the leaves to change color and fall off is the ___

• Stimulus
• Response
• Migration
• Dormancy

Many flowers contain both male and female parts for reproduction. Flowers are considered a part of ___ reproduction.

• Sexual
• Asexual
• Binomial
• Fertilization

Which two levels of the classification system make up the binomial name of an organism?

• Kingdom and Phylum
• Genus and Species
• Phylum and Class
• Order and Family

A plant that has a well developed system of tubes for transporting food and water is a ____ plant.

• Vascular
• Nonvascular
• Xylem
• Phloem

It is important for seeds to be dispersed from the parent plant. How would the seeds pictured likely be dispersed?

• Wind
• Water
• Animals
• Hurricanes

Plants reproduce in many ways, including tubers, bulbs, and runners. Which type of reproduction does this represent?

• Sexual
• Asexual
• Primary
• Biotic

The process by which energy is released from cells is ___.

• Respiration
• Photosynthesis
• Transpiration
• Evaporation

Plants can control how much water is lost through the leaves. The pores, or openings, in the leaves are called ___.

• Stomata
• Guard Cells
• Transpiration
• Chlorophyll

A green pigment found in the cells of the leaf that absorbs light energy is ___

• Chlorophyll
• Chloroplast
• Chlorine
• Clorox