Plant Biology Quiz 56 (20 MCQs)

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1. What chemical is located in the chloroplast of plants that gives them the green pigment?

Correct Answer: B) Chlorophyll.

2. Angiosperms that complete their entire life cycle in a single growing season; germination, reproduction, and die, are called

Correct Answer: A) Annuals.

3. What is conducting tissue in plants that transports nutrients through the plant?

Correct Answer: A) Phloem.

4. The ..... absorb sunlight to help make food for the plant.

Correct Answer: D) Leaves.

5. NP-4, kalyan sona and s-227 wheat varieties have developed through

Correct Answer: C) Selection.

6. The growth of ivy tendrils that wrap around objects is an example of

Correct Answer: C) Thigmotropism.

7. How do plants get their energy?

Correct Answer: B) By a process called photosynthesis.

8. A commercial flower grower could induce winter flowering of a long-day plant by

Correct Answer: D) Exposing the plant to a brief period of light in the middle of the night.

9. Which of these is the source of the chemical energy that plant cells use for growth and other life functions?

Correct Answer: D) Glucose made during photosynthesis.

10. What three things does a plant need to take in to be able to go through photosynthesis?

Correct Answer: A) Sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide.

11. The reason that moss plants don't grow very tall is because it

Correct Answer: C) Lacks vascular tissue.

12. What is the meristematic layer of cork cells that replace the epidermis that protect and support the stem called? *

Correct Answer: D) Cork Cambien.

13. Where does cellular respiration occur?

Correct Answer: A) Mitochondria.

14. The part of a flower that COLLECTS pollen

Correct Answer: C) Pistil.

15. In fruits, the fertilized egg becomes the .....

Correct Answer: A) Seed.

16. Promotes cell elongation

Correct Answer: B) Auxin.

17. Are plants autotroph, heterotroph, or both? ? ? ? ?

Correct Answer: A) Autotroph:make food by doing photosynthesis.

18. The calvin cycle takes place in the

Correct Answer: D) Stroma.

19. Flowers become fruits, which bear seeds. The seeds germinate to give new plants. Name this type of reproduction.

Correct Answer: B) Sexual reproduction.

20. What is an adaptation?

Correct Answer: B) A feature that helps a living thing survive.