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Plant Growth and Adaptations

Unit Test

Part I Vocabulary

Column A Column B

______ 1. Substances that all living things need to grow. A. transpiration

______ 2. Gas breathed out by animals. B. tuber

______ 3. Process by which plants make their own food. C. taproots

______ 4. Process by which leaves give off water. D. germinates

______ 5. State of lower activity during cold seasons. E. carbon dioxide

______ 6. Long, shallow roots F. spores

______ 7. Deep roots that have tiny hairs to absorb water G. nutrients
and nutrients
______ 8. Swollen underground stem H. fibrous roots

______ 9. Sprouts and begins to grow I. dormancy

______ 10. Tiny cells from which plants germinate J. photosynthesis

______ 11. Pollen is carried from a stamen to a pistil K. stamen

______ 12. Part of a flower that makes pollen L. pistil

______ 13. Part of a flower that collects pollen M. pollination

Part II Science Concepts and Understanding
For questions 14 – 16, write the letter of the best choice.

______ 14. What is the term for the process that joins a cut stem of one plant to a slice in the
stem of another plant?

A. photosynthesis C. grafting
B. transpiration D. dormancy

______ 15. Spores grow in ________.

A. capsules C. seeds
B. animals D. cones

______ 16. Grass is an example of a plant with which of the following?

A. fibrous roots C. taproots

B. tubers D. cones
Read each sentence. Number the sentences 1, 2, and 3 to order events in a life cycle of a
flowering plant.

______ 17. Animals such as birds and bees feed on its nectar, which helps the plant prepare more
seeds.

______ 18. For the seed of a flowering plant to begin to grow, it needs warmth, water, and air.

______ 19. The seed sprouts and becomes a seedling.

Use the letters of the terms in the Word Bank to complete the sentence.

20. Sunlight is trapped by a leaf’s ______. A. roots

B. oxygen
21. The leaves give off ______ as waste.
C. sugar
22. – 24. ______ and ______ in the leaves combine to make D. water
______. E. chlorophyll

25. The ______ take in water. F. carbon dioxide

Use the letters of the pictures below to answer questions 26 – 28.

A B C

26. Which of these plants have stems that can cling to other objects in order to reach toward the
sunlight? ______

27. Which of these plants have roots that grow near the surface to help them obtain water?
______

28. Which of these plants have roots that help them absorb nutrients from the mud? ______

Part III Critical Thinking

29. Since photo means “light” and synthesis means “putting together,” how does the word
photosynthesis describe the process by which a plant makes its own food?
30. Why do big trees have many small leaves instead of just a few very large leaves?

31. Why are plants with active traps found in areas that have poor soil?