plants life cycle and traits review

What are the basic structures that most plants share?

• Flowers, stems, and soil

• Roots, stems, and leaves

• Seeds, fruits, and flowers

• Cones, soil, and leaves

What does it mean to germinate?

• To make more plants

• To grow from a seed to a young plant

• To produce fruit

• To spread pollen

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What helps carry pollen from one flower to another?

• Rain, bees, and soil

• Wind, animals, and insects

• Sunlight, water, and seeds

• Flowers, cones, and trees

What do plants need to grow?

• Rocks, air, and sunlight

• Water, sunlight, nutrients, soil, and air

• Air, seeds, and pollen

• Sand, wind, and cones

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The part of the plant that carries water and nutrients from the roots to other parts of the plant.

• Flower

• Stem

• Leaves

• Roots

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Which part of the plant uses energy from the Sun to make food for the plant?

• Roots

• Stem

• Flower

• Leaves

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What is heredity?

• The study of plants

• The passing on of traits from parents to offspring

• The ability to grow

• The process of making food

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Which of the following is an example of an inherited trait?

• The color of a flower

• The ability to swim

• The way a tree grows

• The taste of fruit

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If one parent plant is red and the other is yellow, what could the offspring be?

• Only red

• Only yellow

• Red, yellow, or a different color

• None of the above

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What do we call traits that do not show up in parents but appear in their offspring?

• Inherited traits

• Acquired traits

• Variations

• Dominant traits

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