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1 Name: Class: Date: Bacteria to Plants: Chapter 5: Seed Plants Study Guide Multiple Choice Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. Please use capital letter: A, B, C, or D. 1. What part of a woody stem forms rings that indicate the tree s age? a. xylem b. phloem c. cambium d. inner bark 2. A method in which farmers fine-tune the amount of water and fertilizer they use is called a. photoperiodism. b. genetic engineering. c. hydroponics. d. precision farming. 3. Which of the following is NOT a part of a seed? a. stored food b. the embryo c. the cotyledon d. the fruit 4. Paper and much of the lumber used to build homes are made from a. cycads. b. flowering plants. c. gymnosperms. d. angiosperms. 5. Gases pass in and out of a leaf through the a. phloem. b. xylem. c. cuticle. d. stomata. 6. The reproductive structures of most gymnosperms are called a. pollen. b. ovules. c. cones. d. sperm cells. 7. A flower s female reproductive parts are called a. sepals. b. anthers. c. pistils. d. filaments. 8. Which phrase describes pollination? a. the development of pollen grains b. the development of mature cones c. the transfer of pollen from male to female reproductive structures d. the joining of sperm and egg cells in an ovule 1

2 Name: 9. How are angiosperms different from gymnosperms? a. Angiosperms produce fruits. b. Angiosperms produce seeds. c. Gymnosperms do not produce pollen. d. Angiosperms do not produce pollen. 10. What characteristic do gymnosperms share? a. They live only in hot, dry climates. b. They produce seeds that are not enclosed by fruits. c. They are trees. d. They grow cones. 11. A grapevine coiling around a fence post is an example of a. positive gravitropism. b. positive thigmotropism. c. negative phototropism. d. all of the above. 12. Germination will not happen unless a seed a. is dispersed far from the plant that produced it. b. absorbs water. c. uses its stored food. d. grows stamens and a pistil. 13. What part of a woody stem produces new vascular tissue? a. bark b. heartwood c. cambium d. phloem 14. What is NOT a root function in plants? a. to absorb water b. to store food c. to anchor plants d. to produce food 15. What is a characteristic of a monocot? a. branching veins in its leaves b. flowers with four or five petals c. two cotyledons in each seed d. scattered bundles of vascular tissue in its stem 16. Dormancy is a period when an organism s growth or activity a. continues. b. stops. c. speeds up. d. starts. 17. What process produces plants that can grow in a wider range of climates? a. satellite imaging b. genetic engineering c. hydroponics d. precision farming 2

3 Name: 18. What part of a plant carries substances between the roots and the leaves? a. sepal b. stem c. rings d. pistil 19. All angiosperms a. produce cones. b. produce fruits. c. are seedless. d. are tropical. 20. In angiosperms, which of the following happens after a zygote is formed? a. Pollen falls on the sepals. b. Pollen falls on the stigma. c. A fruit forms. d. An insect picks up pollen from an anther. 21. Plants that produce seeds a. do not need cuticles on their leaves. b. transport the seeds in vascular tissue. c. can live in relatively dry environments. d. do not need vascular tissue. 22. What is NOT a product made from gymnosperms? a. rosin b. cotton c. cellophane d. turpentine 23. The most diverse group of gymnosperms is the a. cycads. b. ginkgoes. c. gnetophytes. d. conifers. 24. Root hairs help a plant a. transport food to the root. b. absorb water and nutrients. c. protect the root. d. store food. 25. Angiosperms that live for more than two years are called a. annuals. b. biennials. c. perennials. d. monocots. 26. Which of the following is NOT part of the management of a forest? a. cutting all the trees in a forest b. replacing cut trees with young trees c. cutting adult trees d. cutting different parts of the forest at different times 3

4 Name: 27. What happens in the phloem? a. Water moves up from roots. b. Food moves down from leaves. c. Food moves up from roots. d. Water moves down to roots. 28. What determines the time of flowering in many plants? a. the amount of water a plant receives b. the amount of light a plant receives c. the amount of darkness a plant receives d. the amount of fertilizer a plant receives 29. A benefit of hydroponics is that it a. saves money. b. reduces the use of fertilizer. c. enables crops to grow in areas with poor soil. d. creates insect-resistant crops. 30. Which is NOT a way that angiosperms are useful to people? a. as a source of food b. as a source of clothing c. as a source of medicine d. as a major source of fertilizer Completion Complete each sentence or statement. 31. The practice of growing plants in solutions of nutrients instead of soil is called. 32. _ is a plant s response to seasonal changes in the length of night and day. 33. A plant s growth response toward or away from a stimulus is called a(n). 34. The flowers of usually have either three petals or a multiple of three petals. 35. Angiosperms that have seeds with two seed leaves are called. 36. Cycads and gnetophytes belong to the group of seed plants known as. 37. As the seeds of an angiosperm develop, the ovary changes into a(n). 38. All gymnosperms have, and most also have needlelike or scalelike leaves and deep-growing root systems. 39. The male cones of a gymnosperm produce. 40. In _, scientists alter an organism s genetic material to produce an organism with qualities that people find useful. 41. Plants produce a variety of chemicals called, which affect how they grow and develop. 42. Dormancy helps plants survive freezing temperatures and lack of _. 43. Together, the anther and the filament make up the of a flower. 4

5 Name: 44. The process by which water evaporates from a plant s leaves is known as. 45. Precision farming increases by helping farmers maintain ideal conditions in their fields. 46. In an angiosperm, eggs develop in a protective structure called the. 47. A flower is pollinated when a pollen grain falls on the at the tip of a pistil. 48. In some plants, food is stored inside seed leaves called. 49. Water and minerals enter a plant s roots and move through the into the stems and leaves. 50. Angiosperms that complete their life cycle in two years are called _. 5

6 Bacteria to Plants: Chapter 5: Seed Plants Answer Section Study Guide MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. ANS: A DIF: L2 REF: p. A-143 OBJ: A ANS: D DIF: L2 REF: p. A-166 OBJ: A STO: C.a 3. ANS: D DIF: L3 REF: p. A-138 OBJ: A ANS: C DIF: L1 REF: p. A-150 OBJ: A STO: D.a 5. ANS: D DIF: L3 REF: p. A-144 OBJ: A ANS: C DIF: L1 REF: p. A-148 OBJ: A ANS: C DIF: L2 REF: p. A-152, p. A-153 OBJ: A STO: A.d 8. ANS: C DIF: L1 REF: p. A-148 OBJ: A ANS: A DIF: L3 REF: p. A-151 OBJ: A ANS: B DIF: L1 REF: p. A-146 OBJ: A ANS: B DIF: L1 REF: p. A-161 OBJ: A STO: D.a 12. ANS: B DIF: L2 REF: p. A-140 OBJ: A ANS: C DIF: L3 REF: p. A-142, p. A-143 OBJ: A ANS: D DIF: L2 REF: p. A-140 OBJ: A ANS: D DIF: L2 REF: p. A-156 OBJ: A ANS: B DIF: L1 REF: p. A-163 OBJ: A ANS: B DIF: L1 REF: p. A-167 OBJ: A STO: C.a 18. ANS: B DIF: L1 REF: p. A-142 OBJ: A ANS: B DIF: L2 REF: p. A-151 OBJ: A ANS: C DIF: L2 REF: p. A-154 OBJ: A ANS: C DIF: L2 REF: p. A-137 OBJ: A ANS: B DIF: L3 REF: p. A-150, p. A-157 OBJ: A.5.2.3, A STO: D.a 23. ANS: D DIF: L1 REF: p. A-147 OBJ: A ANS: B DIF: L3 REF: p. A-141 OBJ: A ANS: C DIF: L2 REF: p. A-164 OBJ: A

7 26. ANS: A DIF: L2 REF: p. A-150 OBJ: A STO: D.a 27. ANS: B DIF: L2 REF: p. A-137 OBJ: A ANS: C DIF: L1 REF: p. A-162 OBJ: A ANS: C DIF: L1 REF: p. A-166 OBJ: A STO: C.a 30. ANS: D DIF: L3 REF: p. A-157 OBJ: A COMPLETION 31. ANS: hydroponics DIF: L1 REF: p. A-166 OBJ: A STO: C.a 32. ANS: Photoperiodism DIF: L2 REF: p. A-162 OBJ: A ANS: tropism DIF: L1 REF: p. A-160 OBJ: A STO: D.a 34. ANS: monocots DIF: L1 REF: p. A-156 OBJ: A ANS: dicots DIF: L1 REF: p. A-156 OBJ: A ANS: gymnosperms DIF: L2 REF: p. A-147 OBJ: A ANS: fruit DIF: L1 REF: p. A-154, p. A-155 OBJ: A ANS: naked seeds DIF: L2 REF: p. A-146 OBJ: A ANS: pollen DIF: L1 REF: p. A-148 OBJ: A ANS: genetic engineering DIF: L1 REF: p. A-167 OBJ: A STO: C.a 41. ANS: hormones DIF: L1 REF: p. A-161 OBJ: A STO: D.a 42. ANS: liquid water DIF: L1 REF: p. A-163 OBJ: A

8 43. ANS: stamen DIF: L2 REF: p. A-152, p. A-153 OBJ: A STO: A.d 44. ANS: transpiration DIF: L1 REF: p. A-145 OBJ: A ANS: crop yields DIF: L1 REF: p. A-166 OBJ: A STO: C.a 46. ANS: ovary DIF: L2 REF: p. A-153, p. A-154 OBJ: A STO: A.d 47. ANS: stigma DIF: L1 REF: p. A-154 OBJ: A ANS: cotyledons DIF: L2 REF: p. A-138 OBJ: A ANS: xylem DIF: L2 REF: p. A-137 OBJ: A ANS: biennials DIF: L1 REF: p. A-164 OBJ: A

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