Science 4.1-4.4

Question 1

A living thing

Answer 1

Organism

Question 2

The green matter in plants which traps sunlight energy; gives plants the ability to produce its own food

Answer 2

Chlorophyll

Question 3

The food making process in green plants

Answer 3

Photosynthesis

Question 4

The simple sugar made by green plants

Answer 4

Glucose

Question 5

An organism that is able to produce its own food by using sunlight energy

Answer 5

Producer

Question 6

An organism that depends on producers for food energy

Answer 6

Consumer

Question 7

Layer of dead and decaying leaves on the forest floor

Answer 7

Leaf litter

Question 8

The soft organic material in soil made from the decayed remains of living things

Answer 8

Humus

Question 9

Output products of photosynthesis

Answer 9

Oxygen and glucose

Question 10

Inputs needed for photosynthesis to occur

Answer 10

Water, sunlight and carbon dioxide

Question 11

The leaves and branches of a tree

Answer 11

Crown

Question 12

The stem of a tree

Answer 12

Trunk

Question 13

The protective layer on the outside of the trunk of a tree

Answer 13

Bark

Question 14

The pArt that anchors the tree and draws water and minerals from the soil

Answer 14

Root

Question 15

Layers of wood in the trunk; each one represents one year of the tree’s life

Answer 15

Annual rings

Question 16

A tree with narrow leaves, or needles

Answer 16

Needleleaf tree

Question 17

A tree that keeps its leaves throughout the year

Answer 17

Evergreen tree

Question 18

A tree that produces seeds in cones

Answer 18

Conifer tree

Question 19

Why do a tree’s roots need to be as large as it’s crown?

Answer 19

To anchor the tree in the ground

Question 20

How can a river change the soil near a riverbank?

Answer 20

It can wash soil away or bring new soil

Question 21

Why are the trees annual rings wider during years with plenty of sunlight and water?

Answer 21

It shows how much they have grown

Question 22

A tree having flat, broad leaves and producing seeds

Answer 22

Broadleaf tree

Question 23

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

Answer 23

Deciduous tree

Question 24

A plant structure that holds and protects seeds

Answer 24

Fruit

Question 25

A tree that produces acorns

Answer 25

Oak

Question 26

The fruit of an oak tree

Answer 26

Acorns

Question 27

A tree with toothed leaves that produces small, flat seeds encased in paper-like wings

Answer 27

Elm

Question 28

A tree with hand-shaped leaves that produces winged fruits

Answer 28

Maple

Question 29

A branchless tree or shrub; does not have annual rings or bark

Answer 29

Palm

Question 30

T or F - most broadleaf trees are deciduous

Answer 30

True - deciduous means to fall off

Question 31

T or F: Deciduous trees are evergreen

Answer 31

False - deciduous trees lose their leaves and are bare part of the year

Question 32

T or F: the leaf’s job is to hold and protect seeds

Answer 32

False - leaves make food for the entire plant

Question 33

Leaf-like structure that surrounds the base of a flowers petals; protects the flower’s bud

Answer 33

Sepal

Question 34

The colorful part of many flowers that attracts pollinators

Answer 34

Petal

Question 35

The center part of the flower that makes pollen

Answer 35

Stamen

Question 36

Yellow dust on flowers made by the stamens

Answer 36

Pollen

Question 37

The vase shaped center part of the flower that makes undeveloped seeds

Answer 37

Pistil

Question 38

The moving of pollen from a stamen to the pistil of the flower

Answer 38

Pollination

Question 39

Cells in the pollen produced by the stamen

Answer 39

Sperm cells

Question 40

What is the flower’s job?

Answer 40

To produce seeds

Question 41

Flowers that radiate from the disk of a composite flower

Answer 41

Ray flower

Question 42

Flowers that form a disk at the center of a composite flower

Answer 42

Disk flower

Question 43

Flowers made of a combination of many smaller flowers

Answer 43

Composite flower

Question 44

A plant that grows where it is not wanted

Answer 44

Weed