Plants Worksheet

Cross out the WRONG answer from either Column A or Column B

Column A / Column B
  1. Sheds Leaves
/ Conifer / Deciduous
  1. Branched Veins
/ Monocot / Dicot
  1. Male Flower Part
/ Pistil / Stamen
  1. Flowers
/ Gymnosperm / Angiosperm
  1. Takes Water Up
/ Phloem / Xylem
  1. Tall
/ Vascular / Non-vascular
  1. Protected Seeds
/ Gymnosperm / Angiosperm
  1. Water Transport System
/ Vascular / Non-vascular
  1. 3 Petals
/ Monocot / Dicot

Check the appropriate box—you may check BOTH boxes, if needed

Vascular Plants / Non-Vascular Plants
  1. Cells with cell walls
/ √ / √
  1. Cells containing chloroplasts
/ √ / √
  1. All species are seedless
/ √
  1. True roots and stems
/ √
  1. All species have rhizoids
/ √
  1. True leaves
/ √
  1. Carry out photosynthesis
/ √ / √
  1. Have chlorophyll in cells
/ √ / √
  1. All are land plants

  1. Multicellular
/ √ / √
  1. Have water transport tubes
/ √
  1. Monocots and dicots
/ √
  1. Water moves from cell to cell by diffusion
/ √ (but not the main transport mechanism) / √
  1. Angiosperms and gymnosperms
/ √
  1. Flowering plants
/ √

Choose the correct answer

  1. All plants can be described as having:

  1. many cells
  2. roots, stems, and leaves
  3. vascular tissue
  4. rhizomes

  1. plant makes its food by

  1. diffusion
  2. fertilization
  3. digestion
  4. photosynthesis

  1. Seeds of flowering plants are in a:

  1. Cone
  2. Stem
  3. Fruit
  4. root

  1. The group of plants with unprotectedseeds are called:

  1. Monocots
  2. Dicots
  3. Angiosperms
  4. gymnosperms

  1. The growth response of a plant towardlight is called:

  1. Germination
  2. Embryology
  3. Fertilization
  4. phototropism

  1. All angiosperms:

  1. produce spores
  2. produce flowers
  3. lack vascular tissue
  4. have needle-like leaves

  1. Trees that lose their leaves seasonallyare classified as:

  1. Angiosperms
  2. Deciduous
  3. Gymnosperms
  4. conifers

  1. Growth of a plant embryo from a seed iscalled:

  1. Germination
  2. Fertilization
  3. Pollination
  4. incubation

  1. The plant kingdom is divided into twogroups based on how they:

  1. make food
  2. transport water and nutrients
  3. respond to light
  4. reproduce asexually

  1. An angiosperm with two seed leavesinside its seed is classified as a:

  1. Monocot
  2. Dicot
  3. herbaceous plant
  4. gymnosperm

  1. Transporting water and minerals fromthe soil is the job of:

  1. xylem tissue
  2. the epidermis
  3. the cuticle
  4. phloem tissue

  1. Which of the following would NOT helpyou distinguish between a monocot and adicot?

  1. the number of seed leaves
  2. the pattern of the veins in a leaf
  3. the type of root system
  4. the number of flower petals

Color the diagram according to the directions:

  • Stigma = blue
  • Anthers = red
  • Filaments = orange
  • Style = green
  • Ovary = yellow
  • Ovule = purple
  • Petals = pink
  1. Which 2 parts make up the stamen?

Anther and FIlaments

  1. Which 3 parts make up the pistil?

Stigma, style, ovary (technically this is a

carpel – more than one carpel is a pistil)

39. Use the Word Banks and Diagram to fill in the Chart Below the Diagram

Word Bank for the “Parts”

  • Stomata
  • vascular tube
  • cuticle
  • epidermis
  • chloroplasts

Phrases for the “Functions”:

  • transport nutrients and water
  • waterproof
  • allows gases to enter and leave
  • collects sunlight
  • makes the leaf rigid

Letter / Part / Function
A / cuticle /
  • waterproof

B / epidermis /
  • makes the leaf rigid

C / chloroplasts /
  • collects sunlight

D / Vascular tube /
  • transport nutrients and water

E / stomata /
  • allows gases to enter and leave

40. What color are chloroplasts?

Match the Plant to its Biome

_____41.Cactus (A)

_____42.Coniferous Trees (C)

_____43.Deciduous Trees (D)

_____44.Grass (B)

_____45.Lichen (F)

_____46.Palm Tree (E)

  1. Desert
  2. Grasslands
  3. Taiga
  4. Temperate Forest
  5. TropicalRain Forest
  6. Tundra

Check the Appropriate Boxes—you may check both boxes, if appropriate

Item / The Plants Makes This / The Plant Needs and Uses This
47. Sunlight / √
48. Carbon Dioxide / √
49. Oxygen / √
50. Sugar / √
51. Water / √