Plants and Nature

Jennifer wanted to study the effect of sunlight on plant growth. So she decided to expose 10 identical plants to various amounts of sunlight each day (2 hours, 3 hours, 4 hours, 5 hours, and 6 hours). After one month, she measured the weight of the plants. What was the control?

• Hours of sunlight

• Plant weight

• Type of plant

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What do plants need to survive? Check all that apply.

• Water

• Nutrients

• Light

• Soil

• Pebbles

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This resource comes from plants that died millions of years ago. Thick layers of rock and soil covered the dead plants. The pressure of the rocks and soil turned the plants into a solid

• Oil
• Copper
• Iron
• Coal

Cindy wanted to find out how the amount of sunlight affects the growth of plants. She placed two tomato plants in 10 inch pots with potting soil and watered them ¼ cup each day. One plant was placed under a cardboard box and one was placed in the sunlight. She measured the growth of the plant each week for three weeks.

Based on this procedure, what is Cindy investigating?

• Using the same type of plant

• Each plant was placed in a 10 inch pot

• The growth of the plant

• One plant is in the sunlight and the other is under a box

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Having lots of different plants and animals is called ____________________

• ecosystem

• biodiversity

• life cycle

• environment

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Rocks and minerals

• Renewable resources
• Nonrenewable resources

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Natural resources are distributed ____across the Earth.

• safely
• easily
• unequally
• underground

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For a(n) __________________ to be successful and healthy, it has to have lots of different kinds of plants and animals

• ecosystem

• biodiversity

• food chain

• environment

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As the human population increases, so does the consumption of natural resources. What are some ways this impacts natural ecosystems and environments?

• negative impact

• positive impact

• habitat loss

• environmental pollution

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In which plant organ does most of the photosynthesis take place?

• Roots

• Leaf

• Stem

• Petal

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