Indiana Science Grade 6

Chapter 13: Plants

Plants

1.
What does the suffix -wort mean?
A)seed
B)root
C)leaf
D)herb
2.
Plants need chlorophyll to carry out __________.
A)reproduction
B)respiration
C)photosynthesis
D)transpiration
3.
Ferns reproduce by the use of __________.
A)cones
B)seeds
C)spores
D)roots
4.
A plant that matures after more than two years is called __________.
A)a biennial
B)a moss
C)a fossil
D)a perennial
5.
Seeds develop on the __________ of conifers.
A)phloem tissue
B)male cone
C)female cone
D)cambium tissue
6.
Of all the known plant species, more than half are Anthophyta, which are __________.
A)ferns
B)gymnosperms
C)angiosperms
D)mosses
7.
Which category do most of the world's identified plant species belong to?
A)seedless vascular plants
B)seedless nonvascular plants
C)seed plants
D)mosses
8.
Which one of these is a club moss?
A)a cactus
B)an African daisy
C)a ground pine
D)a hornwort
9.
The __________ covers and protects plant leaves.
A)epidermis
B)resin
C)cellulose
D)rhizoid
10.
Maple trees have __________ stems.
A)carotenoid
B)woody
C)herbaceous
D)waxy
11.
__________ tissue help water and dissolved substances pass throughout a plant from its roots.
A)Phloem
B)Cuticle
C)Carotenoid
D)Xylem
12.
Which of these is NOT a gymnosperm?
A)a ginkgo
B)a conifer
C)a hornwort
D)a cycad
13.
A plant that completes its life cycle within 12 months is called _________.
A)an annual
B)a spore
C)an angiosperm
D)a biennial
14.
After a fire destroys all plant life in a forest, trees begin to grow again. Those trees are considered __________.
A)green algae
B)primary succession
C)pioneer species
D)binomial nomenclature
15.
The organ of a plant that traps light and carries out photosynthesis is __________.
A)the cuticle
B)the leaves
C)the nucleus
D)the rhizoids
16.
After decaying for millions of years, seedless plant material compacted and compressed turn into __________.
A)iron
B)gold
C)coal
D)calcium
17.
To slow down the loss of water, a plant's body is covered with __________.
A)carotenoids
B)cuticle
C)skin
D)mucus
18.
Which of these is a seedless vascular plant?
A)a liverwort
B)a moss
C)a pine
D)a horsetail
19.
__________ are nonvascular plants that can be found growing on tree trunks.
A)Conifers
B)Angiosperms
C)Gymnosperms
D)Mosses
20.
Which one of these makes a plant cell different from an animal cell?
A)cell membranes
B)mitochondria
C)a nucleus
D)cell walls
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