Plant Test Vocabulary Cards

5 Written Questions

1. the big wide part of a leaf that does photosynthesis
2. Growth produced by apical meristems, which lengthen stems and roots.
3. holds plant sperm cells
4. to get CO2 in for photosynthesis
5. hormone that makes fruits ripen

5 Matching Questions

1. meristem
2. hormone
3. ovule
4. annual
5. gravitropism

1. a plant that germinates, grows, makes seeds, and dies (life cycle) in one year
2. b a change in the growth of a plant in response to gravity
3. c tissue that makes new cells, at the tip of a stem or root
4. d a structure that contains a plant egg cell
5. e a chemical that serves as a messenger. Each hormone travels to one or more target cells, where it changes the cell's activity

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. the two cells that MAKE the stoma - they wilt to close the stoma, and when they're full of water the stoma opens
   1. guard cells
   2. carpel
   3. Leaf Vein
   4. blade
2. A seed.
   1. ARE there benefits to closing stomata?
   2. What does the ovule turn into after it is fertilized?
   3. A seed absorbs water and then starts to grow.
   4. What is the reproductive organ in a plant?
3. plant that doesn't have a fixed life-cycle - it is only killed by disease, fire, etc - lives 'forever'
   1. biennial
   2. petal
   3. perennial
   4. annual
4. plant that lives its life-cycle in two years
   1. biennial
   2. annual
   3. perennial
   4. sepal
5. the bottom layer of inner cells in the leaf - lots of air spaces for CO2, O2, and H2O
   1. spongy mesophyll
   2. palisade mesophyll
   3. angiosperm
   4. apical meristem

5 True/False Questions

1. vascular bundle → The female reproductive organ of a flower, consisting of the stigma, style, and ovary.

   True        False

2. stamen → the hole made by guard cells that lets a plant breathe - lets water vapor out and CO2 in

   True        False

3. secondary growth → Growth produced by lateral meristems, thickening the roots and shoots of woody plants.

   True        False

4. osmosis → the hole made by guard cells that lets a plant breathe - lets water vapor out and CO2 in

   True        False

5. sepal → a leaflike structure that encloses the bud of a flower - often looks like the outer petal

   True        False