Name: ________________________ Class: ___________________ Date: __________

ID: A

6th Grade Structure, Process and Responses of Plants (6b)

Multiple Choice Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. ____ 1. During the process of germination, what grows first? a. roots c. stems b. flowers d. leaves 2. Fungi do not cause a. tentanus b. grain mold c. d.

____

wheat rust corn smut

____

3. In a flower, what most likely happens when pollen from the stamen gets into

the ovary?

a. b. ____

The plant dies. A seed develops.

c. d.

The flower closes. The sepals fall off.

4. Photosynthesis occurs in which of these organisms? a. Sunflower plant c. Sunfish b. Mushroom d. Luna moth 5. Although the mushroom looks like a plant, it is in a different kingdom. The main difference

____

between the fungi kingdom and the plant kingdom is that fungi

a. b.

use chlorophyll to make sugar absorb nutrients from other organisms

c. d.

have special tissues depend on the Sun for energy

Name: ________________________ ____ 6. Is an organism that makes its own food. a. autotroph c. b. heterotroph d. 7. What part of the flower produces pollen?

ID: A

decompose photosynthesis

____

a. b. ____

ovary sepal

c. d.

pistil stamen

8. What kind of reproduction involves only one parent plant? a. sexual b. pollination c. asexual d. fertilization 9. When a plant begins to grow from a seed the process is known as _____. a. Germination c. Nutrients b. Fertilization d. Growth

____

____ 10. The undeveloped plant inside a fertilized seed is called the _____. a. Dicot c. Monocot b. Embryo d. Endosperm ____ 11. The process of releasing water vapor through the leaves is called _____. a. Perspiration c. Transpiration b. Transportation d. Photosynthesis ____ 12. What is the first stage in the life of a flowering plant? a. fertization c. germination b. pollination d. seed dispersal

Name: ________________________ ____ 13. Most plants on Earth are _____. a. nonvascular plants b. seedless plants

ID: A

c. d.

vascular plants gametophyte plants

____ 14. Carbon dioxide enters a plant through its _____. a. roots c. stem b. stomata d. flowers ____ 15. The process where light energy us trapped in a plants chlorophyll and produces sugars is

called _____. a. mitosis b. accereration

c. d.

photosynthesis respiration

____ 16. Of the following, which is NOT a vascular plant? a. moss c. fern b. pine tree d. horsetail ____ 17. The part of the plant involed in sexual reproduction is _____. a. stem c. shoot b. root d. flower ____ 18. What is pollination? a. transfer of pollens from stigma to stamen b. transfer of pollens from stamen to pistil c. transfer of pollens from stigma to ovary d. None of the above ____ 19. What do we call a stem that grows along the ground or in the air, and forms a new plant at

its tip? a. runner b. bud plant by

c. d.

tuber bulb

____ 20. The picture shows a sprouting bean plant. The leaf produced will help the

a. b. c. d.

absorbing water from the air for nourishment using sunlight for energy in food production reproducing more bean plants for survival of the species adding support for the plant as it grows taller

Name: ________________________ ____ 21. Which of these apple trees is dormant?

ID: A

a.

b.

c.

d.

____ 22. Which of the following plants utilize thigmotropism to capture prey? a. Roses c. Dandelions b. Venus flytraps d. Lilacs ____ 23. Which one of the following sequences shows the correct hierarchy of classification, going

from the most inclusive to the least inclusive? a. Kingdom, Phylum, Order, Class, Family, Genus, Species b. Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species c. Species, Genus, Family, Class, Order, Phylum, Kingdom d. Genus, Species, Kingdom, Phylum, Order, Class, Family

Name: ________________________ ____ 24. The coiling of tendrils around a pole are an example of _____. a. phototropism c. thigmotropism b. gravitropism d. hydrotropism ____ 25. Two types of roots are _____ and _____ . a. xylem and phloem c. deep and strong b. long and short d. taproots and fibrous ____ 26.

ID: A

Seed plants have vascular tissue, and _____. a. use spores to reproduce b. use only pollen to reproduce c. use pollen and seeds to reproduce d. use only seeds to reproduce
____ 27. Which of the following is a way fungi can be helpful? a. they can be food b. they can be medicine c. they can produce oxygen so we can breathe d. both A and C

ID: A

6th Grade Structure, Process and Responses of Plants (6b) Answer Section
MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. ANS: A PTS: 1 STA: 6Sb: The student will demonstrate an understanding of structures, processes, and responses of plants that allow them to survive and reproduce. (Life Science) LOC: 6Sb.6: Differentiate between the processes of sexual and asexual reproduction of flowering plants. 2. ANS: A PTS: 1 STA: 6Sb: The student will demonstrate an understanding of structures, processes, and responses of plants that allow them to survive and reproduce. (Life Science) LOC: 6Sb.9: Explain how disease-causing fungi can affect plants. 3. ANS: B PTS: 1 STA: 6Sb: The student will demonstrate an understanding of structures, processes, and responses of plants that allow them to survive and reproduce. (Life Science) LOC: 6Sb.3: Compare the characteristic structures of various groups of plants (including vascular or nonvascular, seed or spore-producing, flowering or cone-bearing, and monocot or dicot). 4. ANS: A PTS: 1 STA: 6Sb: The student will demonstrate an understanding of structures, processes, and responses of plants that allow them to survive and reproduce. (Life Science) LOC: 6Sb.1: Summarize the characteristics that all organisms share (including the obtainment and use of resources for energy, the response to stimuli, the ability to reproduce, and process of physical growth and development). 5. ANS: B PTS: 1 STA: 6Sb: The student will demonstrate an understanding of structures, processes, and responses of plants that allow them to survive and reproduce. (Life Science) LOC: 6Sb.9: Explain how disease-causing fungi can affect plants. 6. ANS: A PTS: 1 STA: 6Sb: The student will demonstrate an understanding of structures, processes, and responses of plants that allow them to survive and reproduce. (Life Science) LOC: 6Sb.1: Summarize the characteristics that all organisms share (including the obtainment and use of resources for energy, the response to stimuli, the ability to reproduce, and process of physical growth and development). 7. ANS: D PTS: 1 STA: 6Sb: The student will demonstrate an understanding of structures, processes, and responses of plants that allow them to survive and reproduce. (Life Science) LOC: 6Sb.4: Summarize the basic functions of the structures of a flowering plant for defense, survival, and reproduction. 8. ANS: C PTS: 1 STA: 6Sb: The student will demonstrate an understanding of structures, processes, and responses of plants that allow them to survive and reproduce. (Life Science) LOC: 6Sb.5: Summarize each process in the life cycle of flowering plants (including germination, plant development, fertilization, and seed production).

ID: A 9. ANS: A PTS: 1 STA: 6Sb: The student will demonstrate an understanding of structures, processes, and responses of plants that allow them to survive and reproduce. (Life Science) LOC: 6Sb.2: Recognize the hierarchical structure of the classification (taxonomy) of organisms (including the seven major levels or categories of living things-namely, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, and species). 10. ANS: B PTS: 1 STA: 6Sb: The student will demonstrate an understanding of structures, processes, and responses of plants that allow them to survive and reproduce. (Life Science) LOC: 6Sb.4: Summarize the basic functions of the structures of a flowering plant for defense, survival, and reproduction. 11. ANS: C PTS: 1 STA: 6Sb: The student will demonstrate an understanding of structures, processes, and responses of plants that allow them to survive and reproduce. (Life Science) LOC: 6Sb.7: Summarize the processes required for plant survival (including photosynthesis, respiration, and transpiration). 12. ANS: C PTS: 1 STA: 6Sb: The student will demonstrate an understanding of structures, processes, and responses of plants that allow them to survive and reproduce. (Life Science) LOC: 6Sb.5: Summarize each process in the life cycle of flowering plants (including germination, plant development, fertilization, and seed production). 13. ANS: C PTS: 1 STA: 6Sb: The student will demonstrate an understanding of structures, processes, and responses of plants that allow them to survive and reproduce. (Life Science) LOC: 6Sb.3: Compare the characteristic structures of various groups of plants (including vascular or nonvascular, seed or spore-producing, flowering or cone-bearing, and monocot or dicot). 14. ANS: B PTS: 1 STA: 6Sb: The student will demonstrate an understanding of structures, processes, and responses of plants that allow them to survive and reproduce. (Life Science) LOC: 6Sb.7: Summarize the processes required for plant survival (including photosynthesis, respiration, and transpiration). 15. ANS: C PTS: 1 STA: 6Sb: The student will demonstrate an understanding of structures, processes, and responses of plants that allow them to survive and reproduce. (Life Science) LOC: 6Sb.7: Summarize the processes required for plant survival (including photosynthesis, respiration, and transpiration). 16. ANS: A PTS: 1 STA: 6Sb: The student will demonstrate an understanding of structures, processes, and responses of plants that allow them to survive and reproduce. (Life Science) LOC: 6Sb.3: Compare the characteristic structures of various groups of plants (including vascular or nonvascular, seed or spore-producing, flowering or cone-bearing, and monocot or dicot). 17. ANS: D PTS: 1 STA: 6Sb: The student will demonstrate an understanding of structures, processes, and responses of plants that allow them to survive and reproduce. (Life Science) LOC: 6Sb.6: Differentiate between the processes of sexual and asexual reproduction of flowering plants.

ID: A 18. ANS: B PTS: 1 STA: 6Sb: The student will demonstrate an understanding of structures, processes, and responses of plants that allow them to survive and reproduce. (Life Science) LOC: 6Sb.2: Recognize the hierarchical structure of the classification (taxonomy) of organisms (including the seven major levels or categories of living things-namely, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, and species). 19. ANS: A PTS: 1 STA: 6Sb: The student will demonstrate an understanding of structures, processes, and responses of plants that allow them to survive and reproduce. (Life Science) LOC: 6Sb.6: Differentiate between the processes of sexual and asexual reproduction of flowering plants. 20. ANS: B PTS: 1 STA: 6Sb: The student will demonstrate an understanding of structures, processes, and responses of plants that allow them to survive and reproduce. (Life Science) LOC: 6Sb.1: Summarize the characteristics that all organisms share (including the obtainment and use of resources for energy, the response to stimuli, the ability to reproduce, and process of physical growth and development). 21. ANS: C PTS: 1 STA: 6Sb: The student will demonstrate an understanding of structures, processes, and responses of plants that allow them to survive and reproduce. (Life Science) LOC: 6Sb.8: Explain how plants respond to external stimuli (including dormancy and the forms of tropism known as phototropism, gravitropism, hydrotropism, and thigmotropism). 22. ANS: B PTS: 1 STA: 6Sb: The student will demonstrate an understanding of structures, processes, and responses of plants that allow them to survive and reproduce. (Life Science) LOC: 6Sb.8: Explain how plants respond to external stimuli (including dormancy and the forms of tropism known as phototropism, gravitropism, hydrotropism, and thigmotropism). 23. ANS: B PTS: 1 STA: 6Sb: The student will demonstrate an understanding of structures, processes, and responses of plants that allow them to survive and reproduce. (Life Science) LOC: 6Sb.2: Recognize the hierarchical structure of the classification (taxonomy) of organisms (including the seven major levels or categories of living things-namely, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, and species). 24. ANS: C PTS: 1 STA: 6Sb: The student will demonstrate an understanding of structures, processes, and responses of plants that allow them to survive and reproduce. (Life Science) LOC: 6Sb.8: Explain how plants respond to external stimuli (including dormancy and the forms of tropism known as phototropism, gravitropism, hydrotropism, and thigmotropism). 25. ANS: D PTS: 1 STA: 6Sb: The student will demonstrate an understanding of structures, processes, and responses of plants that allow them to survive and reproduce. (Life Science) LOC: 6Sb.4: Summarize the basic functions of the structures of a flowering plant for defense, survival, and reproduction. 26. ANS: C PTS: 1 STA: 6Sb: The student will demonstrate an understanding of structures, processes, and responses of plants that allow them to survive and reproduce. (Life Science) LOC: 6Sb.5: Summarize each process in the life cycle of flowering plants (including germination, plant development, fertilization, and seed production).

ID: A 27. ANS: D PTS: 1 STA: 6Sb: The student will demonstrate an understanding of structures, processes, and responses of plants that allow them to survive and reproduce. (Life Science) LOC: 6Sb.9: Explain how disease-causing fungi can affect plants.