Plants Unit 13 Worksheet
1. Plant cells contain a nucleus and therefore are known as ______________________ cells.
2. The cell wall of a plant cell is composed of ________________________.
3. Plants can produce their own food therefore they are called _______________________.
4. The two main types of plants are __________________ and ______________________.
5. Vascular plants contain ___________________ to move the water up from the roots and ________________ to
carry the sugar down from the leaves.
6. ____________________ is the most common non-vascular plant.
7. Gymnosperms stored their seeds in _______________.
8. ____________________ flower and produce fruits.
9. Non-vascular plants use the processes of __________________ and ________________ to transports water and
material from cell to cell.
10. Vascular plants use xylem and phloem to transport materials throughout the plant. Xylem and phloem are similar
the humans ________________ and _________________.
11. Plants perform photosynthesis to make sugar then perform cellular ______________ to break down this sugar to
make ___________.
12. Cellular respiration takes place in what cellular organelle? _____________________
13. The small holes in leaves that plants use to take in the gas _____________________ are called
__________________.
14. When plants open their stomata during the day they sometimes lose water. The loss of water from plant leaves is
called ___________________________.
15. Plants regulate their growth and life functions by producing ______________________.
16. A tropism is a plant’s response to a stimulus.
a. a plant’s response to light is called ______________________
b. a plant’s response to gravity is called ______________________
c. a plant’s response to touch is called _______________________
17. Plants can reproduce both _____________________ and ________________________.
18. ________________________ reproduction in plants creates greater variation and therefore is better for the
evolution of plants.
19. Angiosperms produce _____________________ for reproduction.
20. Most flower contain both _____________ and _______________ parts.
21. The ___________________ is the male part of the flower and produces ____________ the male gamete.
22. Gametes are sex cells and are produced from this type of cell division? _______________.
23. The _________________ is the female part of the flower is the ______________. It contains the
_______________ which produces the eggs.
24. Once a flower becomes pollinated, the sperm fertilizes the egg and the fertilized egg develops into a
______________.
25. In angiosperms the seeds are protected and enclosed within a _______________.
26. What is the evolutionary significance of fruit? (Why are they important to plants?)
27. Seeds can be dispersed by ________________, ___________________ or _______________.
28. Germination is:
29. Plant leaves have a waxy cuticle to prevent _________________ loss.
30. Use the following word to complete the chart.
stomata, spongy mesophyll, cuticle, upper epidermis, chloroplasts, palisade mesophyll,
1. vascular bundle
2.
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5.
6. lower epidermis
7.
8. air space
9. guard cells
10.
11. xylem
12. phloem
13. cross section of a leaf
31. List 3 plant adaptations
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32. ______________ _____________ on roots help increase surface area for better water absorption.