Test 4 Study Guide

Question 1

to sprout

Answer 1

germinate

Question 2

a living thing

Answer 2

organism

Question 3

produces seeds in cones instead of flowers

Answer 3

conifer

Question 4

gas given off during photosynthesis

Answer 4

oxygen

Question 5

found inside the cotyledon

Answer 5

stored food

Question 6

to move pollen from a stamen to the pistil of the flower

Answer 6

pollinate

Question 7

the food-making process in green plants

Answer 7

photosynthesis

Question 8

type of tree that loses its leaves and is bare for a part of the year

Answer 8

deciduous

Question 9

soft organic material in soil

Answer 9

humus

Question 10

the green matter plants use to make food

Answer 10

chlorophyll

Question 11

List the two parts of a composite flower

Answer 11

1) ray flower
2) disk flower

Question 12

This part of a tree anchors it in the ground and absorbs water and minerals.

Answer 12

roots

Question 13

A ________________ can produce its own food using sunlight energy.

Answer 13

producer

Question 14

The ___________ root is the first root of new plant.

Answer 14

primary

Question 15

A pine tree is a ______ tree.

Answer 15

conifer

Question 16

Alive, but growing.

Answer 16

dormant

Question 17

The part of the flower that makes pollen.

Answer 17

stamen

Question 18

Oak, maple, and elm are examples of what kind of tree?

Answer 18

broadleaf

Question 19

Are most bacteria helpful, or harmful?

Answer 19

helpful

Question 20

Each _______ ______ represents one year of a tree’s life.

Answer 20

annual ring

Question 21

All green plants have __________, and can make food through photosynthesis.

Answer 21

chlorophyll

Question 22

Humus helps the soil by adding _____________ and soaking up water.

Answer 22

nutrients

Question 23

A fir tree is a type of ______________ tree.

Answer 23

needleleaf

Question 24

The part of the flower that makes undeveloped seeds.

Answer 24

pisitl

Question 25

Ferns and mosses are green plants which grow from ________.

Answer 25

spores

Question 26

the fruit of an oak tree

Answer 26

acorn

Question 27

An organism that breaks down dead and decaying things to help the soil.

Answer 27

decomposer

Question 28

The living part of the seed that grows into a new plant.

Answer 28

embryo

Question 29

A mushroom is a type of _____________.

Answer 29

fungi

Question 30

A __________ tree does not have branches, annual rings, or bark.

Answer 30

palm

Question 31

Non-flowering plants that grow in water habitats.

Answer 31

algae

Question 32

A maple seed was designed to travel from the tree by ________.

Answer 32

wind

Question 33

List the 4 parts of a flower.

Answer 33

1) sepal
2) petal
3) stamen
4) pistil

Question 34

List the 3 parts of a seed.

Answer 34

1) embryo
2) stored food
3) seed coat