Name: ____________________________________Date: ___________________

Assessment: Plant
Grade: 6-7

1. Soil can contain different mixtures of particles such as:

a. Sand
b. Silt
c. Clay
d. All the above

2. What does the composition of soil affect?

a. The ability to hold flowers and plants.
b. The ability to grow flowers and plants.
c. The ability to hold water and nutrients.
d. None of the above

3. Every plant prefers the same soil to grow.

a. True
b. False

4. Name 3 types of soil that help plants grow.

a. potting soil
b. local soil
c. sand
d. All the above

5. Name 2 things that are in the soil.

a. Water
b. Nutrients
c. A and B
d. None of the above

6. What process removes nutrients from the soil?

a.
 7. what is being circulated through the plant's vascular system?
a. Water
b. Nutrients
c. None of the above
d. A and B

8. What could we use to show how water is transported throughout a plant?

a.

9. Plants are considered living things.

a. True
b. False

10. Every plant requires the same treatment to grow.

a. True
b. False

Fill in the blank with a word from the box below.

Roots Stem Leaves Seed Flower

11.The __________________ make the food for the plant.

12.The part of the plant that acts like a straw to carry water from the roots to the
leaves is the ____________________.
13.The ________________ makes the seeds and fruit.
14.All plants start as a _________________.
15.The ______________ absorb water from the soil and help hold the plant in
the soil.

Please describe in fully why the world requires plants and what it would do for your
surroundings. There must be three paragraphs.
a.