Plants
Practice Test
1.
To slow down the loss of water, a plant's body is covered with __________.
a.
skin
b.
carotenoids
c.
cuticle
d.
mucus
Hint
2.
What does the suffix -wort mean?
a.
seed
b.
root
c.
herb
d.
leaf
Hint
3.
The paper you use to write a letter most likely came from which type of plant?
a.
conifers
b.
ferns
c.
horsetails
d.
peat
Hint
4.
Which one of these makes a plant cell different from an animal cell?
a.
cell membranes
b.
cell walls
c.
a nucleus
d.
mitochondria
Hint
5.
Tulips have __________ stems.
a.
herbaceous
b.
cambium
c.
woody
d.
stomata
Hint
6.
Which of these is a seedless vascular plant?
a.
a liverwort
b.
a horsetail
c.
a moss
d.
a pine
Hint
7.
The __________ covers and protects plant leaves.
a.
resin
b.
cellulose
c.
rhizoid
d.
epidermis
Hint
8.
The organ of a plant that traps light and carries out photosynthesis is __________.
a.
the cuticle
b.
the nucleus
c.
the leaves
d.
the rhizoids
Hint
9.
A plant that matures after more than two years is called __________.
a.
a fossil
b.
a moss
c.
a biennial
d.
a perennial
Hint
10.
__________ are nonvascular plants that can be found growing on tree trunks.
a.
Mosses
b.
Gymnosperms
c.
Conifers
d.
Angiosperms
Hint
11.
After decaying for millions of years, seedless plant material compacted and compressed to turn into __________.
a.
iron
b.
gold
c.
calcium
d.
coal
Hint
12.
Of all the known plant species, more than half are Anthophyta, which are __________.
a.
ferns
b.
mosses
c.
angiosperms
d.
gymnosperms
Hint
13.
After a fire destroys all plant life in a forest, trees begin to grow again. Those trees are considered __________.
a.
binomial nomenclature
b.
pioneer species
c.
primary succession
d.
green algae
Hint
14.
A plant that completes its life cycle within 12 months is called _________.
a.
an angiosperm
b.
a biennial
c.
an annual
d.
a spore
Hint
15.
__________ anchor nonvascular plants to the ground.
a.
Mosses
b.
Stomata
c.
Stems
d.
Rhizoids
Hint
16.
What kinds of plants have structures that move water and other substances through them?
a.
bacterial
b.
protist
c.
nonvascular
d.
vascular
Hint
17.
Plants need chlorophyll to carry out __________.
a.
reproduction
b.
photosynthesis
c.
respiration
d.
transpiration
Hint
18.
Which one of these is a club moss?
a.
an African daisy
b.
a ground pine
c.
a cactus
d.
a hornwort
Hint
19.
__________ tissue help water and dissolved substances pass throughout a plant from its roots.
a.
Xylem
b.
Cuticle
c.
Phloem
d.
Carotenoid
Hint
20.
Which of these is NOT a gymnosperm?
a.
a ginkgo
b.
a conifer
c.
a hornwort
d.
a cycad
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