Plants
Practice Test
1.
What is the young plant inside a seed called?
a.
embryo
b.
spore
c.
egg
d.
sperm
Hint
2.
What is the process by which plants use light energy to produce food?
a.
adaptation
b.
fertilization
c.
photosynthesis
d.
reproduction
Hint
3.
What are the tubelike cells called that carry water and dissolved minerals through the plant's roots and stems to the leaves?
a.
ribosomes
b.
hyphae
c.
phloem
d.
xylem
Hint
4.
What do scientists call the joining of a sperm and egg?
a.
osmosis
b.
fertilization
c.
budding
d.
diffusion
Hint
5.
Mosses and ________ make up the two main groups of nonvascular plants.
a.
kelp
b.
slime molds
c.
seaweed
d.
liverworts
Hint
6.
Which of the following is a trait of nonvascular plants ?
a.
They do not have tubelike cells.
b.
They do not have chloroplasts.
c.
Their cells have no cell walls.
d.
They are consumers.
Hint
7.
A ______is a small nonvascular plant that has stems and leaves but no roots.
a.
paramecium
b.
lichen
c.
moss
d.
kelp
Hint
8.
_______ is a nonvascular plant that is cut, dried, and used as a fuel in some parts of the world.
a.
Reindeer moss
b.
An oak
c.
Sphagnum moss
d.
A liverwort
Hint
9.
What is the female reproductive cell called?
a.
egg
b.
sperm
c.
seed
d.
spore
Hint
10.
The food making process occurs in what plant cell structure?
a.
cytoplasm
b.
vacuole
c.
nucleus
d.
chloroplast
Hint
