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Mr. Vallee's
2015 Scavenger Hunt
for
“Introduction to Plants”
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Using the website, http://wayback.archiveit.org/3635/20130716154559/http://library.thinkquest.org/04oct/00134
/indexx.html, answer the following questions.
1. How many different types of wildflower are there?
2. Plants produce flowers known as _________________. All plants
have certain features in common. They all produce _________ and
contain certain tissues which transport ____________ around the
plant.
3. Flowers have _________ and ___________ parts. The male
reproductive parts are called __________________. These are
reproductive organs. Each of these are made up of a pod-like anther
that contains _____________ __________ , which split open to
release grains of ___________________.
4. The female reproductive part of the plant is the ______________
and is made up of the ________________ , the _______________.
and the _________________.
5. The stigma is a sticky _________ ____________, which traps
pollen grains that touch it. The _______________is part of the carpel,
which joins the stigma to the ____________________.
6. The ovary is the female reproductive body and contains
_____________ . The __________________ are the female cells of
a plant and develop into seeds after _______________________.
7. Most plants have leaves that are specially adapted to allow
_____________ _____________________ to take place.
8. All leaves have a long strip of vascular tissue called ___________.
These __________________ supply the leaf with _______________
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and water, then move the food to other parts of the ______________.
9. Do all plants have leaves that are flat?
10 True or false – Are a cactus’s needles considered leaves? AND,
what is the purpose of those spines?
11. Some leaves, like grasses have long veins, but MOST have one
central vein called a ___________________________ , which is the
big long line with smaller _____________ coming out of it.
12. What are the 2 types of leaves?
13. Describe each.
14. What type of fluid needs to reach all parts of the plant’s cell to stay
healthy?
15. The plant’s fluids are carried by its ______________ _____________ and
are made of xylem and ________________.
16. Xylem carries _______________ ___________ from the leaves to all other
________________. This movement is called _________________________.
17. The world can be divided into groups called ____________________.
Each group is a ________________ with a unique _________________ and
types of soil. A biome supports ________________________which are groups
of _______________ and _____________________which interact with each
other and their surroundings.
18. Many ecosystems are _________________ by the way we use the land.
19. Where can plants live?
20. Can a water lily live in a desert?
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21. Can a cactus live in the ocean?
22. Plants need to be _______________________ to where they live to
survive.
23. Why does a Venus flytrap need to adapt? Please explain.
24. Is that an example of a plant adaptation? Explain.
25. Name 10 places where you might find plants.
26. Do plants need roots to live?
27. Most roots grow ____________________. They grow there because
they need to take in water and ________________________ from the soil.
All roots have ____________ _____________ that are tube shaped cells.
28. What are the two types of roots? Describe and give an example of each
type.
29. Roots hold the plant in place and store food made by ______________.
30. Stems let _______________ and ________________ pass from leaves
to other parts of the plant. Stems are very important to any _____________
that lives on Earth.
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31. The __________________ has a small stem and the tree has a big stem
also known as a ____________________.
A stem is the main
___________ of a plant that develops ______________ and shoots and
usually grows above ________________. Stems are the one thing that
holds ______ the _______________.
32. Growth allows
_____________.
plants
to
grow
bigger
and
allows
them
Using this website http://www.biology4kids.com/files/plants_main.html
please complete the following:
33. ______________________ is the process that allows plants to
take energy from the Sun and create sugars. Not all plants go
through the process of ______________________.
34. Plants also have _______________. In the cells tutorials we
explained that all cells have a membrane. Only plants have an
additional cell wall made from ________________.
35. There are a wide variety of plants on Earth and even a whole
group that doesn't have _______________________. Mosses and
liverworts may still have photosynthesis, but they do not have that
'classic' plant structure. Then you will find species such as cacti that
don't have leaves. They conduct __________________________ in
their stems. Anyway, just remember that there are many other
possibilities in the plant kingdom.
36. Certain structures are designed to pull water and minerals from
whatever material the plant sits on. For water plants, the _________
may be in the water. For traditional trees, the ________ go deep into
the soil. There are even plants called epiphytes that live in trees and
their _____ system clings to branches. Humans often capitalize on
the ________ of plants for food. Carrots are just one big orange
_________.
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to
37. Roots are further broken down into the primary root and lateral
roots that each has apical meristem at their tips.
_____________________ are also a common structure on roots.
They make the roots look fuzzy and help in the
____________________________________________.
38. The majority of the plant you see is made up of ________ and
___________. Think about a tree. The stems are the trunks and
branches. Leaves are self-explanatory. Stems are all about
transporting ____________________ and acting as support
structures. Leaves are all about photosynthesis, creating
________________________ and absorbing
_____________________ for the plant. These parts are connected
by the vascular system of ________ and ______________ that
spreads through the entire plant.
39. _____________ and ____________ make up the big
transportation system of vascular plants. As you get bigger, it is more
difficult to transport nutrients, water, and ________ around your body.
You have a _____________ system if you want to keep growing. As
plants evolved to be larger, they also developed their own kind of
_____________ systems. The main parts you will hear a lot about
are called ____________ and ________________.
40. The ______________ of a plant is the system of tubes and
transport cells that circulates water and dissolved minerals.
41. The ___________ cells are laid out end-to-end throughout the
entire plant, transporting the sugars and other molecules created by
the plant. ___________ is always alive.
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