VA Science Plants

What is the main function of the roots

• To store water and food

• To provide support and keep it stable

• To absorb water and minerals in the soil

• To stop soil erosion

What is the main function of the stem

• A plant structure that provides support and connects the leaves with the roots

• To transport nutrients to the rest of the plants

• To keep the plant upright and stop blowing in the wind

• Where the plant makes its food

What does the leaf do?

• It is where the plant makes its food

• It captures sunlight energy

• It absorbs rain water

• It provides protection for the plant

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

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What is photosynthesis?

• Photosynthesis is how the plant stores its own food

• The process where the plant stores its food

• The process in which plants use energy from the Sun to make food.

• Photosynthesis allows the plant to breathe underwater

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which gas do plants give off that helps us breathe?

• Nitrogen

• Oxygen

• Carbon Dioxide

• Air

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

What do plants need to make their own food?

• oxygen, carbon dioxide, sugar

• sugar, water, carbon dioxide

• sunlight, carbon dioxide, water

• carbon dioxide, water, sugar

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Seeds can be dispersed by animals, the wind, water, and humans.

• True

• False

What is the scientific name for the seed scar?

• radicle

• plumule

• cotyledons

• hilium

The ____________ has pollen on the end

• stamen

• leaf

• stem

• soil

What is the scientific name for the first shoot?

• hilium

• plumule

• stem

• soil