Name: ________________________ Date: _______________ Grade and Section: _________________ Kingdom Plantae Worksheet I. Multiple Choice: Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. _____ 1.Which of the following is NOT a characteristic shared by all plants? a. cuticles c. seeds b. cell walls d. chlorophyll _____ 2.What is an underground stem from which new leaves and roots grow? a. rhizoid c. rhizome b. fiddlehead d. frond _____ 3.What is another name for a fern leaf? a. club moss c. rhizome b. frond d. gametophyte _____ 4.Gymnosperms and angiosperms both a. have flowers c. lack seeds b. have seeds d. have fruit _____ 5.What is the major difference between monocots and dicots? a. the colors of the flowers c. the size of the seeds b. the number of the cotyledons d. the scent of the flowers _____ 6.Photosynthesis uses sunlight to make food from water and a. carbon monoxide c. carbon dioxide b. oxygen d. sodium bicarbonate ____ 7.What could happen if a plant’s phloem does not work correctly? a. Photosynthesis will not take place. b. The plant might be short of water. c. The plant might be short of food. d. The plant will not be able to dissolve minerals. _____ 8.Which of the following takes water and minerals from the roots to the shoot? a. phloem c. flowers b. xylem d. leaves _____ 9.In seed plants, sperm form inside of a. seeds c. gametophytes b. sporophytes d. pollen _____ 10.Carnivorous plants need to feed on flesh because: a. they like the taste b. the soil lacks nutrients c. they can’t perform photosynthesis d. they attract insects _____ 11.The process in which a sperm cell fuses with an egg in the ovary is called a. germination c. pollination b. fertilization d. asexual reproduction _____ 12.After fertilization takes place in a flower, the ovule develops into a a. vegetable c. fruit b. seed d. leaf _____ 13.After fertilization takes place in a flower, the ovary develops into a a. vegetable c. fruit b. seed d. leaf _____ 14.If a plant gets light from only one direction, the shoots will likely a. grow straight upward b. grow away from the light source c. grow toward the light source d. stop growing altogether _____ 15.When the seasons change, some plants respond to changes in a. the amount of chlorophyll in the leaves b. rainfall c. the length of day and night d. temperature _____ 16.A plant that bends toward the light is showing a. a positive tropism b. a negative tropism c. that it knows where light is coming from d. seasonal change II. Completion - Complete each sentence or statement. 17. Because plants make their own food, they are called producers or ____________________. 18. Dicots usually have ____________________ systems, and monocots usually have ____________________ roots. III. Matching a. gymnosperms b. angiosperms _____ 19.An example of a nonvascular plant c. fern d. moss _____ 20.An example of a vascular plant _____ 21.Vascular seed plants that do not flower _____ 22.Flowering plants with seeds inside a fruit a. sepal b. pistil c. ovary d. petal _____ 23.Modified leaf that protects a flower bud _____ 24.The female reproductive structure of a flower _____ 25.The structure that contains one or more ovules _____ 26.Broad, flat, leaf-like part of a flower a. woody stem b. taproot c. cell wall d. conifer _____ 27.Root system with one main root _____ 28.Type of rigid stem found on trees IV. Fill-in the Table: For each of the following, place a checkmark(s) in the correct columns. Mosses The simplest type of land plant The most advanced type of land plant Usually found in moist environments Have xylem and phloem Reproduce by spores Are eukaryotic Tend to be very short to stay near the water Ferns Gymnosperms Angiosperms Can do photosynthesis Are nonvascular (no xylem nor phloem) Have a waxy cuticle to prevent water loss Have cell walls made of cellulose Have protected seeds Produce flowers Have “naked” (unprotected) seeds V. Essay 1. Explain the difference between xylem and phloem in your own words. ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ 2. How do ferns get their food? _______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ___________________ VI. Short Answer 1. List three functions of roots. _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ 2. List 3 functions of stems. ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________