review questions ch 11

6th Grade Science

Chapter 11 Plants

Chapter Review

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Word Bank A

• Chlorophyll

• Photosynthesis

• Stomata

• Carotenoids

• Fruit

• Seeds

• Oxygen

• Cellulose

• Xylem

• Phloem

• Vascular

• Nonvascular

• Spores

Chapter 11 Review QuestionsWord Banks

Word Bank B

• Cuticle

• Cambium

• Moss

• Liverwort

• Horsetail

• Pine

• Rhizoids

• Angiosperms

• Gymnosperms

• Stems

• Coal

• Chloroplasts

• Guard cells

Word Bank C

• Seedless

• Seeds

• Fronds

• Pioneer species

• Peat

• Monocots

• Dicots

• Biennials

• Annuals

• Perennials

• Leaves

• Branches

• Roots

1. How many varieties of plants have been discovered?

a. 2,600 c. 260,000

b. 26,000 d. 2,600,000

Answer:

260,000

Chapter 11Review Questions

2. What makes plants green?a. chlorophyll c. stomatab. photosynthesis d. carotenoids

Answer:

chlorophyll


3. Plants use chlorophyll to make sugar using a process called _________.a. chlorophyll c. stomatab. photosynthesis d. carotenoids

Answer:

photosynthesis


4. Photosynthesis is the process of plants using water, carbon dioxide, and sunlight to make ____________.a. fruit and seeds c. cellulose b. food and oxygen d. water and soil

Answer:

Food and oxygen


5. The _____ is a waxy protective layer on leaves.a. xylem c. cuticleb. phloem d. cambium

Answer:

cuticle


6. Which of the following is a seedless vascular plant?a. moss c. horsetailb. liverwort d. pine

Answer:

horsetail


7. Which of the following is a seedless nonvascular plant?

a. moss c. horsetail

b. fern d. pine

Answer:

moss


8. What are the small openings in the surface of a leaf surrounded by guard cells called?a. stomata c. rhizoidsb. cuticles d. angiosperms

Answer:

stomata


9. What are the plant structures that anchor the plants called?a. stems c. leavesb. roots d. branches

Answer:

roots


10. What are the plant structures where photosynthesis takes place called?a. stems c. leavesb. roots d. branches

Answer:

leaves


11. What are the plant structures that support the branches and leaves?a. stems c. leavesb. roots d. branches

Answer:

stems


12. What are the structures that hold the leaves called?a. roots c. stemsb. cuticles d. branches

Answer:

branches


13. What are the plant structures that anchor moss called?a. stems c. rhizoidsb. roots d. branches

Answer:

rhizoids


14. Mosses, liverworts, and hornworts are ______ plants. a. non-vascular, seedlessb. non-vascular, seedc. vascular, seedlessd. vascular, seed

Answer:

Non-vascular, seedless


15. Ferns, club mosses, and horsetails are ______ plants. a. non-vascular, seedlessb. non-vascular, seedc. vascular, seedlessd. vascular, seed

Answer:

vascular, seedless


16. Pines, potatoes, and pansies are ______ plants. a. non-vascular, seedlessb. non-vascular, seedc. vascular, seedlessd. vascular, seed

Answer:

Vascular, seed


17. How do plants use vascular tissue?a. transfer water - minerals c. food b. support the plant d. photosynthesis

Answer:

Transfer water - minerals


18. What are the first plants to grow in new or disturbed area?a. fronds c. pioneer speciesb. gymnosperms d. angiosperms

Answer:

Pioneer species


Answer:

Fronds

19. Fern leaves are called _____?a. fronds c. pioneer speciesb. gymnosperms d. angiosperms


20. Seedless plants produce ______ rather than seeds.

a. photosynthesis c. peat

b. spores d. nonvascular plant

Answer:

Spores


21. ____ deposits formed from ancient _____ plants

a. Coal, seedless c. oil, seedless

b. Coal, vascular d. oil, vascular

Answer:

Coal, seedless


22. ______ plants grow taller and can live farther from water than _______ plants.

a. Vascular, nonvascular c. Seedless, rhizoid

b. Nonvascular, vascular d. Rhizoid, seedless

Answer:

Vascular, nonvascular


23. Seed plants generally are classified into two major groups - ______ and______.

a. fruits, nuts

b. fruits, vegetables

c. plants, weeds

d. gymnosperms, angiosperms

Answer:

gymnosperms, angiosperms


24. A herbaceous stem is ______.

a. soft and green c. short and dry

b. brown and woody d. thorny and green

Answer:

Soft and green


25. Each stomata is surrounded by two_____ cells.

a. Chloroplast c. epidermis

b. guard d. spongy

Answer:

guard


26. ______ allow carbon dioxide, water, and oxygen to enter and exit a leaf.

a. cuticle c. rhizoids

b. chloroplast d. stomata

Answer:

Stomata


27. The ____ are often the largest part of a plant.

a. roots c. branches

b. stem d. leaves

Answer:

roots


28. ______ transports the water in the vascular system of a seed plant.a. cambium c. xylemb. phloem d. leaves

Answer:

xylem


29. ______ transports the sugar in the vascular system of a seed plant.a. cambium c. xylemb. phloem d. leaves

Answer:

phloem


30. ______ produces most of the new phloem and xylem in the vascular system of a seed plant.a. cambium c. xylemb. phloem d. leaves

Answer:

cambium


31. _____ are vascular plants that produce seeds that are not protected by fruit.

a. angiosperms c. nonvascularb. gymnosperms d. seedless

Answer:

gymnosperms


32. _____ are vascular plants that produce seeds that are protected by fruit.


Answer:Angiosperms


33. Conifers, cycads, and ginkgoes are classified as _______.

a. angiosperms c. nonvascular

b. gymnosperms d. seedless

Answer:

gymnosperms


34. Apple trees, maple trees, and oak trees are classified as _______.


Answer:

Angiosperms


35. Angiosperms are divided into two groups - _____ and _____

a. monocots, dicots c. fruits, nutsb. plants, weeds d. tall, short

Answer:

Monocots, dicots


36. Corn, rice, wheat, and barley come from _____a. monocots c. nonvascularb. dicots d. seedless

Answer:

monocots


37. Peanuts, peas, apples, and oranges come from _____

a. monocots c. nonvascular

b. dicots d. seedless

Answer:

dicots


38. Plants called biennials complete their life cycles in _____ years.

a. one c. more than two years

b. two d. less than one year

Answer:

two


39. Plants called annuals complete their life cycles in _____ year(s).

a. one c. more than two yearsb. two d. less than one year

Answer:

one


40. Plants called perennials complete their life cycles in _____ years.

a. one c. more than two years

b. two d. less than one year

Answer:More than two years


review questions ch 11

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branches chapter

stems chapter

photosynthesis chapter

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moss chapter

stomata chapter

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