This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Agriculture > Plant Biology > Studies > Plant Biology – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Plant Biology Quiz 9 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The layer that covers the apical meristem of a root is called the A) Root cap. B) Taproot. C) Pericycle. D) Root hair. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Root cap. 2. Why have broadleaf plants evolved to be deciduous? A) Abscission allows a plant to withdraw essential minerals. B) Deciduous plants have a longer period for photosynthesis. C) Leaf tissues would likely die of extreme desiccation in winter. D) Secondary pigments are exposed to higher light intensity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Leaf tissues would likely die of extreme desiccation in winter. 3. A plant having tissue made up of tubes that transport food and water through the plant A) Vascular plant. B) Nonvascular plant. C) Moss. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vascular plant. 4. Plants are both ..... & ..... A) Multicellular & eukaryotic. B) Multicellular & prokaryotic. C) Unicellular & prokaryotic. D) Unicellular & eukaryotic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Multicellular & eukaryotic. 5. The flower part that MAKES the pollen A) Pistil. B) Spore. C) Stamen. D) Germinate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stamen. 6. Which feature would be most helpful to a plant in a desert? A) Small leaves. B) Large seeds. C) Small roots. D) Smelly flowers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Small leaves. 7. Besides the sunlight, where else do plants get their nutrients? A) Air. B) Flower. C) Leaves. D) Soil. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Soil. 8. PHOTOSYNTHESIS IS A ..... CHANGE A) PHYSICAL. B) CHEMICAL. C) NONE OF THE ABOVE. D) CANT BE DETERMINED. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) CHEMICAL. 9. Why do CAM plants open their stomata at night A) It just happens. B) To reduce evaporation. C) To collect Carbon Dioxide. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To collect Carbon Dioxide. 10. Which of the following is not involved in causing a plant shoot to bend towards unidirectional light? A) The shoot tip. B) Cell elongation. C) Cell division. D) Auxin. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cell division. 11. These are undifferentiated cells that can become any type of tissue, often found in fast growing areas of the plants such as new leaves, shoots, flower buds and root tips * A) Phloem. B) Xylem. C) Meristematic tissue. D) Sorus. E) Dermal Tissue. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Meristematic tissue. 12. What is the thin layer of meristematic tissue that produces a plants xylem and phloem called? (and is the most active layer of living cells in a woody system) * A) Vascular Cambien. B) Cork. C) Dermal Tissue. D) Cuticle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vascular Cambien. 13. During photosynthesis, plants do NOT produce ..... A) Oxygen. B) Carbon dioxide. C) Food for itself. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Carbon dioxide. 14. Which group do flowering plants belong to? A) Seed plants. B) Ferns. C) Coniferous plants. D) Mosses. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Seed plants. 15. Which is NOT a way seeds scatter A) Water. B) Wind. C) Animals eat fruit and seeds are deposited. D) Lightning. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lightning. 16. Moss:reproduces with A) Seeds. B) Seeds. C) Spores. D) Seeds. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spores. 17. Why are root hairs important to the roots, stems, and leaves of plants? A) They increase the surface area of the roots allowing them to absorb more water. B) They transport water to other areas of the plant for photosynthesis. C) They produce hormones needed throughout the rest of the plant. D) They create seeds or spores so the plant can reproduce. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They increase the surface area of the roots allowing them to absorb more water. 18. Photosynthesis Requires Chlorophyll And A Few Other Raw Materials As A) H2O. B) Solar energy. C) CO2. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All the above. 19. Most of the photosynthesis in plants takes place in the A) Mesophyll. B) Xylem. C) Stomata. D) Guard cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mesophyll. 20. Plants contain both a nucleus and membrane bound organelles, which means they are A) Eukaryotic. B) Prokaryotic. C) Both. D) Neither. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Eukaryotic. 21. Below-ground part of a plant that includes the organs such as roots, tubers, and rhizomes A) Root system. B) Guard cell. C) Xylem. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Root system. 22. The process by which a plant prepares its food "Photosynthesis" takes place in the presence of ( ) A) Moon Light. B) Sunlight. C) Candle light. D) Bulb. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sunlight. 23. What makes seeds and fruit? A) Stems. B) Leaves. C) Flowers. D) Bees. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Flowers. 24. What is the name of each individual part of calyx A) Petals. B) Sepals. C) Stigma. D) Stamen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sepals. 25. Cells that regulate the movement of carbon dioxide into the plant and the movement of water and oxygen out of the plant through stomata are: A) Tracheids. B) Guard cells. C) Tracheids. D) Stem cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Guard cells. 26. Green colour of the plant is due to the presence of ( ) A) Chlorophyll. B) Oxygen. C) Carbon dioxide. D) Nitrogen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chlorophyll. 27. In angiosperms, reproduction takes place in A) Pollen. B) Cones. C) Flowers. D) Leaves. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Flowers. 28. Which of these would be considered a C4 Pathway plant? A) Cactus. B) Sugar cane. C) Oak tree. D) Algae. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sugar cane. 29. All plants require energy from sunlight. Plants use the enery of the sunlight to A) Carry out cellular respiration. B) Carry out photosythesis. C) Take in water from the soil. D) Exchange gases with the atmosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Carry out photosythesis. 30. The kingdom Protista includes: A) Strawberries. B) Paramecium. C) Grasshoppers. D) Fungi. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Paramecium. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesPlant Biology QuizzesAgriculture QuizzesPlant Biology Quiz 1Plant Biology Quiz 2Plant Biology Quiz 3Plant Biology Quiz 4Plant Biology Quiz 5Plant Biology Quiz 6Plant Biology Quiz 7Plant Biology Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books