Name: ______________________________________
Date: _________
Photosynthesis Study Guide/Take Home Test/Project Packet:
**Notice: This packet contains a total of 4 (FOUR) test grades: **
 The Photosynthesis Class Project is due December 11th. (Classwork)
 The Take Home Test is due December 14th. (Homework)
 The Mississippi Plant Folder Project is due December 16th (Homework)
 [The template can be found on my Homework Blog on my webpage]
 The complete Study Guide is due December 16th (Classwork)
-In order to secure a 100 for each assignment, make sure that each page is
completed neatly in print. Also, be sure to read all instructions thoroughly.
PARENTS, please remind your child about the importance of staying organized
during these next three weeks. Thank you for your support—Miss Hammond **
Parent Signature: _________________________________ (Due December 2)
Vocabulary words: pages
60-79
Photosynthesis, Stomata, Transpiration, Respiration, Food Chain,
Pollen, Pollination, Ovary, Sexual Reproduction, Germination and
Pesticide.
1. After years of watering a tree he planted, Jan van Helmont concluded
that the tree gained weight from water, he was wrong. What actually
caused the tree to gain weight was _______________________.
2. When a tree grows, it turns Carbon Dioxide and water into
____________________________________________________________.
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3. Photosynthesis is how plants______________ using _________________,
Carbon Dioxide, and ___________________.
4. Photosynthesis begins when ______________________ shines on a leaf. The
leaf absorbs the light’s _____________________. The energy is used for
combining ________________________________________. This produces plant
_____________________. Oxygen is a _____________________________.
5. Which gas is produces by the plant? __________________________.
6. Carbon dioxide enters through tiny holes on the outsides of leaves,
these tiny holes are called: __________________________. A stoma opens and
closes depending on ______________________________________________.
7. Leaves have a think covering called the ___________________________.
8. If a plant has enough water, its stomata ________________________. Water
changes to ________________________________ and escapes from the leaves.
This process is called ____________________________________.
9. Like all living things, plants need food. They get it from the
___________________ they make during photosynthesis.
10. Veins carry sugars from the leaves to __________________________. The
plant breaks down the sugars, this process releases energy and is called
_______________________________.
11. During respiration, _______________________ is used to
________________________________________.
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12.
Because plants produce food, plants are called ________________.
13. Animals are called _____________________ because they are organisms
that eat other organisms.
14. A _____________________________ shows how energy moves through
living things in an environment.
15.
There are about _________________ species of plants that make seeds.
16. Plants that make seeds are called __________________. They usually have
_______________________________________________.
17. Many seed plants have flowers, they are called ________________ and
these plants have fruits. Fruits have seeds inside of them.
18. Other plants have no flowers, they are called _____________________.
Pinecones come from nonflowering plants are called _________________.
19. A ___________________ is a seed plant that has no flowers or proof. Pine
trees and other conifers have _________________.
20. Most conifer have _______________ and _____________________ cones. Male
cones are ________________ than the female cones.
21. The male cones produce _______________ which is a yellow powder. If
the pollen lands on a female cone, ______________________________________.
22. The ____________________ is where pollen is made. It is the male part of
the flower.
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23. The _____________________ is where the eggs are made. It is the female
part of the flower.
24. To make seeds, pollen must first move from the _________________ to
the _________________________. This is also called ________________________.
25. After the pollen sticks to the pistil, the tube grows down to the
_____________________, which is a structure that contains eggs.
26. An egg develops into a ____________. An ovary develops into a
______________.
27. As the bird visits another flower, pollen ____________________ the flower
and onto the bird’s body.
28. When the bird visits another flower, some of this pollen tubs off on
the _______________. The bird is a _______________________________ - an
animal that pollinates flowers.
29. Some flowers release an odor, or ___________________, that attracts
pollinators.
30. The black oak produces flowers in clusters called _________________.
After they release pollen, the catkins fall off of the tree.
31. The underdeveloped plant is called an ________________________, the
________________________ protects the embryo.
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32.
List the steps of germination:
1. __________________________________________________________________________
2. __________________________________________________________________________
3. __________________________________________________________________________
33.
A _________________________ is the young plant that grows from a seed it
needs water, light and nutrients to grow.
34.
What is sexual reproduction according to the book?
________________________________________________________________________________
35.
_______________________________ occurs when a sperm cell combines with
a female sex cell—the egg.
36.
A ________________________ is a substance used to kill pests or unwanted
animals.
Math Link:
A tree produces 3,000 seeds. Squirrels bury half of the seeds. In winter, the
squirrels find and eat half of the seeds they buried. How many seeds are left
underground? Show your work.
___________________________________________________________________
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Scientist:
Experiment:
What we
learned:
Helmont:
Priestly:
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Name: ____________________________
Date: ____________
Group Photosynthesis Project: (In Class Assignment)
Due: December 11th
**Instructions: In your group, make a poster showing photosynthesis
and respiration. Make sure to label the roots, leaves, sunlight, oxygen
and carbon dioxide (Hint: include arrows showing which direction
Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide flow). Be prepared to present to the class.
Group Name: ___________________________
Which plant did your group choose? : ____________________________
Group Members: ____________________________________________________.
Grading Rubric (How the group will be graded):
-The teacher will grade the group based on completion the following topics.
 Are all the team members listed on the back of the project? ____/10points
 Did everyone bring their study guide on December 11th? ______/10 points
 Did the project have each part labeled? : Roots, leaves, sunlight, oxygen,
carbon dioxide and arrows? _________/15
 Was the group prepared to present to the group? ________/5
 Did the group create a project that caught the audience’s attention? ___/10
Total Points: _____/50
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Name: _______________________
Date: _____________
Mississippi Plant Book Project: (Homework Assignment)
Due: December 16th
**Instructions: Create a picture book about 10 (or more) different plants that can
be found in Mississippi. **
Rubric (How the student will be graded):

Was the assignment in a folder with brads or small binder?
_____/5 points

Did the assignment have a cover page with the student’s name, the date and Mississippi
Plant Book Project in the center of the first page?
____/5 points
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Did the student find and list 10 (or more) different types of plants grown in Mississippi?
______/30 points
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Did the student provide a picture or drawing of each of the plants that were chosen?
______/15 points
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Did the student provide the Latin name of each plant chosen?
___/10 points

Did the student write neatly or type at least 3 facts about each plant that were chosen?
_____/25 points

Is the project typed or written neatly?
________/15 points
Total Points: _________/ 105 points
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Name: ____________________________
Date: __________________
Mississippi Plate Book Project Template:
Names of plant:
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