This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Plant Biology > Plant Biology – Quiz 13 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Plant Biology Quiz 13 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Xylem is responsible for transporting ..... A) Water. B) Dissolved Minerals. C) Neither of those. D) Both of those. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both of those. 2. Leaf-like structures that surround the embryo and provide additional nutrition to the embryo are called? * A) Sepals. B) Petals. C) Cotyledon. D) Petiole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cotyledon. 3. The layer that covers the apical meristem of a root is called the A) Pericycle. B) Taproot. C) Root cap. D) Root hair. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Root cap. 4. Plant growth is A) Dry weather. B) Size increase by cell division and enlargement. C) Size increase by vegetative state. D) Seed germination. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Size increase by cell division and enlargement. 5. Geotropism is A) The plant response to light. B) The plant response to water. C) The plant response to soil. D) The plant response to gravity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The plant response to gravity. 6. 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. 7. 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. 8. Plants are both ..... & ..... A) Multicellular & eukaryotic. B) Unicellular & eukaryotic. C) Multicellular & prokaryotic. D) Unicellular & prokaryotic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Multicellular & eukaryotic. 9. The flower part that MAKES the pollen A) Stamen. B) Spore. C) Pistil. D) Germinate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stamen. 10. 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. 11. Besides the sunlight, where else do plants get their nutrients? A) Soil. B) Leaves. C) Air. D) Flower. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Soil. 12. PHOTOSYNTHESIS IS A ..... CHANGE A) PHYSICAL. B) CHEMICAL. C) NONE OF THE ABOVE. D) CANT BE DETERMINED. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) CHEMICAL. 13. 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. 14. Which of the following is not involved in causing a plant shoot to bend towards unidirectional light? A) Cell division. B) The shoot tip. C) Cell elongation. D) Auxin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cell division. 15. 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) Dermal Tissue. B) Sorus. C) Meristematic tissue. D) Phloem. E) Xylem. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Meristematic tissue. 16. 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) Dermal Tissue. B) Vascular Cambien. C) Cork. D) Cuticle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vascular Cambien. 17. 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. 18. Which group do flowering plants belong to? A) Ferns. B) Mosses. C) Seed plants. D) Coniferous plants. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Seed plants. 19. 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. 20. Moss:reproduces with A) Seeds. B) Seeds. C) Spores. D) Seeds. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spores. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesPlant Biology Quiz 1Plant Biology Quiz 2Plant Biology Quiz 3Plant Biology Quiz 4Plant Biology Quiz 5Plant Biology Quiz 6Plant Biology Quiz 7Plant Biology Quiz 8Plant Biology Quiz 9Plant Biology Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books