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Vocabulary
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Definition
photosynthesis
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chlorophyll
p.49
sepal
p.55
pistil
p.55
stamen
p.55
ovary
p.56
fertilization
p.56
dormant
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Chapter 2 Lesson 1 – What are plants’ characteristics?
page 46-49
1. All living things, including plants are made of ________________.
2. How are a redwood tree and a dandelion different?
3. A redwood tree and a dandelion are both plants made of cells. How can a
redwood tree grow to be so much bigger than a dandelion?
4. List things that plants need to live, grow, and reproduce.
5. How are the veins of a plant similar to the veins in a human’s body?
6. Photosynthesis is a process where plants use
_____________ from the sun to convert
____________________ from the air and
________________ from the soil into
_____________ to feed the plant and __________ is given out in the air
7. What is the name of the material in plants that makes them green?
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Chapter 2 Lesson 2 – What are plants’ characteristics?
page 50-53
1. What are the three organs in a plant?
2. What is the job of the leaves?
3. Why are most leave flat on top?
4. What are the two functions of stems?
5. Why do large plants have woody instead of flexible stems?
6. Describe the roles that the roots have.
7. Why do roots grow away from the stem?
8. A _______________ root system has no main root.
9. List a few examples of plants that have fibrous roots:
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10. A ____________________ system has a large main root.
11. Name 3 plants that have a taproot.
12. What is the main difference between fibrous roots and taproots?
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Chapter 2 Lesson 3 – How do plants reproduce?
page 54-57
Scientists classify plants by ________________________________
One of the groups is plants that make seeds. List two examples of plants in this
group.
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Most flowers have four main parts. List the four main parts.
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What is the main purpose of the petal?
What is the job of the sepal?
Label the diagram:
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In order for a seed to form, pollen has to get from a ________________ to
a __________________.
What organisms help to move pollen?
What guides an animal to a flower?
If pollination does not happen from an animal, name another way it can
happen.
Name two organisms that depend on the wind for pollination.
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Chapter 2 Lesson 4 – What is the life cycle of a plant?
page 58-65
1.What does a seed need to germinate?
2.Complete the diagram to show the life cycle of a plant.
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3. Why is it important that seeds get scattered away from their parent plants?
4. List an example of a seed being scattered by the water.
5. List three example of seeds that use the wind as a helper to scatter.
6. Seeds can be scattered by animals three different ways. List the three ways.
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7. Even with all of the ways that seeds can be scattered, most of the seeds that
plants make (do not grow / grow) in to new plants.
8. What is a spore?
9. What causes a spore to remain dormant?
10. Circle the plant that grows from a spore, not a seed
11. Describe how spores are different from seeds.
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12. What are ways that plants reproduce without seeds?
13. What is a bulb?
14. Name examples of plants that grow from bulbs.
15. Describe how a strawberry plant can grow from a runner
16. How does grafting take place?
17. Circle the way that you could grow apples without starting from apple seeds
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Name: _____________________________
Test date:_________
Directions: Complete the study guide questions. You may use your science
book, reading guides, notebook, or any other resource to help you.
stamen
cells fern taproot
reproduction carrot spore photosynthesis
1. All plants, and living things, are made of ______________.
2. The root of a carrot is called a _________________.
3. The function of the ____________ is to make pollen for the plant.
4. Plants turn sunlight into energy for _____________________.
5. A single tiny cell is called a ______________.
6. Plants make their own food during a process called _______________________.
7. An example of a plant that grows from a spore is a ______________.
8. List three things plants need to live.
9. Describe a similarity between a pine needle and a tulip leaf.
10. List the two main jobs that stems do for plants.
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11. Why do flowers need to make nectar to become pollinated?
12. What structure is labeled A in the picture?
13. Describe the process of photosynthesis.
Plants take in ___________________, _____________________, and
_________________________, and turn those things into ____________________.
14. Compare and contrast taproots and fibrous roots in the Venn Diagram.
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