Download Study Guide – Unit 6: Plants

Study Guide – Unit 6: Plants
I.
II.
Plant Form & Function
Plant Reproduction
Vocabulary:
auxin, carpel, gravitropism, ovary, phloem, root hair, stamen,
stomata, thigmotropism, transpiration, tropism, xylem,
apomixes, gametophyte, germination, spore
1.
Circle the letter of each characteristic that plants share.
a. heterotroph
c. prokaryote
b. autotroph
d. eukaryote
2. Plants make their own food in the process of photosynthesis.
True
False
3. Plant cells are enclosed by a ____________.
4. Only some plants are multicellular.
True
False
5. Plants living on land get water and nutrients from the
_____________.
6. Circle the letter of one adaptation that land plants have to keep
from drying out.
a. chlorophyll
c. cell wall
b. cuticle
d. zygote
7. Some plants move water, minerals and food with a system of
tubelike structures called ____________________.
8. Some land plants are supported by vascular tissue.
True
False
9. Circle the letter of the name of a fertilized egg.
a. sporophyte
c. gametophyte
b. gamete
d. zygote
10. Nonvascular plants can grow very tall.
True
False
11. Plants produce spores during the ________________ stage
and produce sex cells during the _________________ stage.
12. The sporophyte of a plant looks the same as the
gametophyte.
True
False
13. What are two kinds of sex cells that a gametophyte
produces?
16. Circle the letter before each sentence that is true about
vascular tissue.
a. plants can grow tall without vascular tissue.
b. nonvascular plants are better suited to life on land
c. vascular tissue transports water and food throughout a plant’s
body
d. vascular tissue gives a plant strength and stability
17. Fern leaves are called ____________.
18. Circle the letter of each sentence that is true about seed
plants.
a. seedless plants outnumber seed plants
b. seed plants do not have vascular tissue
c. seed plants use seeds to reproduce
d. all seed plants have roots, leaves and stems
19. The vascular tissue through which food moves is called the
______________.
20. The vascular tissue through which water moves is called the
______________.
21. Food made in the plant’s ____________ travels to the roots
and stems.
22. Water and nutrients absorbed by the plant’s
________________ travel to the stems and leaves.
23. What do seeds need to develop into a new plant?
24. Seeds can begin to grow in any place they land.
True
False
14. List two characteristics of nonvascular plants.
25. Circle the letter before each sentence that is true about
germination.
a. all seeds germinate immediately after they are dispersed.
b. the embryo uses its stored food to begin to grow
c. first, the embryo’s leaves and stem grow upward
d. seeds that are dispersed far away from the parent have a better
chance of survival.
15. Thin, rootlike structures that anchor moss and absorb water
and nutrients from the soil are called ________________.
26. The cell layer that produces new xylem and phloem is called
the _______________.
27. Herbaceous stems are hard and rigid and have an outer layer
called bark.
True
False
28. Circle the letter before the tissue that makes up a tree’s
annual rings.
a. xylem
c. phloem
b. cambium
d. bark
44. Label the following seed structure:
45. Label the following leaf structure:
29. Stomata close to keep the plant from losing water.
True
False
30. Gymnosperms have seeds that are not enclosed by a fruit.
True
False
31. Gymnosperms are the oldest type of seed plant.
True
False
32. Most gymnosperms have reproductive structures called
________________.
33. Male cones contain ovules at the base of each scale.
True
False
46. What are the differences between monocots and dicots?
34. A structure that contains an egg cell is a(n)
_________________.
35. In gymnosperms, wind often carries the pollen from the male
cones to the female cones.
True
False
47. Label the following flower structure:
36. A plant that produces seeds that are enclosed in a fruit is
called a(n) ___________________.
37. List two characteristics of angiosperms.
38. When a flower is pollinated, a grain of pollen falls on a(n)
__________________.
48. Label the following root structure:
39. In what part of the flower do the sperm cell and the egg cell
join together?
40. If a plant grows toward the stimulus, it shows a negative
tropism.
True
False
41. Auxin is a plant hormone that ______________ the rate at
which a plant’s cells grow.
42. Circle the letter of the flowering plants that complete a life
cycle within one growing season.
a. perennials
c. biennials
b. annuals
d. centennials
43. Describe three ways plants respond to their environment.
Suggestions:
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Begin studying well in advance! Study in small amounts each night. Do
this study guide early!
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Try to explain concepts to someone else. Write out everything you know on
paper.
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Complete the review questions in the Techbook. Read the unit again!
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Review labs & ask for help if needed!
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Watch the relevant videos for the unit on my YouTube Channel – Biology
playlist.
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Study vocab cards! Be able to apply the information.