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Plants & Animals
Study Guide
Diffusion & Osmosis
diffusion
osmosis
active transport
exocytosis
passive transport
endocytosis
1. Particles move randomly from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration
without using energy during ______________________.
2. The diffusion of water through a membrane is called ______________________.
3. Food molecules that are too large to pass easily through the cell membrane can enter the
cell by ______________________.
4. An active transport that moves waste out of the cell is called __________________.
5. ____________ _______________ takes place without the use of energy.
6. ____________ ________________ takes place with the use of energy.
7. When wilted celery is soaked in water, it becomes crisp again due to
a. exocytosis.
b. active transport.
c. vesicle movement.
d. osmosis.
Photosynthesis
8. Plants produce their own food by the process of ______________________.
9. What are the reactants of photosynthesis? Write the word and chemical formula (if they have
one).
10.What are the products of photosynthesis? Write the word and chemical formula.
11.Why does a plant need to produce glucose?
a. in order to turn green
c. in order to move
b. in order to obtain energy
d. in order to get sunlight
12.Where does photosynthesis occur?
13.Explain why many green plants could survive in a world without mammals, but mammals
could not survive in a world without green plants.
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Cellular Respiration
14.Cellular respiration allows an organism to get energy from
a. sunlight.
c. water.
b. oxygen.
d. food.
15.Explain how oxygen is obtained by most complex organisms and then used during cellular
respiration.
16.This figure best represents what important cell process?
a. photosynthesis
b. osmosis
c. fermentation
d. cellular respiration
17.What are the reactants of cellular respiration? Write the word and chemical formula.
18.What are the products of cellular respiration? Write the word and chemical formula.
Plant Reproduction
19.What is the difference between a gymnosperm and an angiosperm?
20.What is pollination?
21.What is the difference between cross-pollination and self-pollination?
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22.Put the stages of pollination in order:
 _____ Pollen grains land on the stigma and begin to grow pollen tubes.
 _____ Pollen is transferred from the anther of one flower to the stigma of another.
 _____ The cycle begins again.
 _____ Seeds are dispersed or spread.
 _____ Sperm travels down the pollen tubes and fertilized the eggs.
 _____ Ovules become seeds in the fruit.
23.What are three ways seeds can be dispersed?
24.What do the plant tissues xylem transport and where?
25.What do the plant tissues phloem transport and where?
26.What are the functions or jobs of the roots, stems, and leaves of a plant?
 Roots:
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Stems:
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Leaves:
27.In which part of a plant cell does photosynthesis occur?
A. cell wall
B. cell membrane
C. vacuole
D. chloroplast
28.Below, write down the reproductive parts of a flower labeled above. Describe each part. On
the diagram, circle the fruit, color the seeds yellow, and draw a red arrow showing the path
of the pollen during pollination.
How Animals Obtain Oxygen
29.Name three ways Animals can obtain oxygen and give an example of an animal or type of
animal that obtains oxygen that way.