Grade 8 Plants Progress Test SY 2017-2018

Q1. Which structures main function is to produce food (glucose) in a plant?

flower
root
leaf
seed

Q2. The diagram shows a flower cut in half.

Use the following key to identify the type of flower you are looking at.

The flower is type:

Q3. (a) The boxes show some parts of plants and the function of the parts.
Draw a line from each part to match its function.

[3]
(b) Complete the word equation for photosynthesis.

[2]
[Total: 5]
Q4. Flowers have different parts.

(a) Why do flowers have petals?

. [1]

(b) Circle the part of the flower which produces pollen.

anther carpel ovary

[1]
(c) Circle a female part of the flower.

nectary petal sepal stigma

[1]
[Total: 3]
Q5. The diagram shows a section through a leaf.

By which process does carbon dioxide pass from X to Y?

diffusion
osmosis
translocation
transpiration

Use this diagram, which shows a cross-section through a leaf, to answer questions 6 and 7.

Q6. Which cell type absorbs the most carbon dioxide during the day?

Q7. A leafy shoot is placed in a solution of red dye.

After 30 minutes, which part of a leaf from this shoot will contain the red dye?
Q8. This diagram shows a leaf palisade cell.

In which part of the cell does photosynthesis take place?

part 1
part 2
part 3
part 5

Q9. The diagram shows part of a plant with a woody stem, which does not have enough water. The
leaves have wilted, but the stem is still firm and upright.

Why have the leaves wilted?

Photosynthesis cannot take place without water.

The cells in the leaves have lost their internal pressure.
The humidity in the air is too high.
The lignin in the leaves has become soft.
Q10. This diagram shows a section through a leaf.

In which structures of the leaf do the three processes indicated in this table take place?

Q11. All flowering plants produce seeds.

(a) Why do plants need to produce seeds? Underline the correct word.
fertilisation germination growth reproduction [1]

(b) Which seed can be spread by attaching to an animals fur?

Tick () one box.

[1]
(c) What is the process called when seeds are spread away from a plant?

[1]
(d) Which statement best describes how these seeds are spread?

[1]
[Total: 4]
12. Seeds are dispersed from plants so they have a better chance to grow.
Here are some diagrams of fruits containing seeds.
Use these examples to answer the questions.

(a) Which two fruits from A, B, C or D dry to release the seeds?

and. [1]

(b) Which fruit A, B, C or D is dispersed by the wind?

[1]

This question is continued on the next page.

(c) The maps show the positions of different parent plants and the places where their seeds
germinated during the next year.

Which plant had its seeds dispersed by the wind?

Plant [1]

(d) Flowers show adaptations for wind or insect pollination.

Which of these adaptations are found in wind-pollinated flowers?

[1]
[Total:4]
13. An experiment was carried out to find out if carbon dioxide is needed for photosynthesis.

(a) (i) The stages involved in testing a leaf for starch are shown below.
The stages are in the correct sequence, but the reasons are in the wrong order.
Use straight lines to match the stages with the correct reasons. One has been done for you.
 [4]
(ii) Explain why chlorophyll is removed from the leaf before testing it for starch.

[1]

(b) State two factors, other than carbon dioxide, that both plants would need in order to
photosynthesise.

1. .

2. ..[2]

(c) Plant B was used as a control in the experiment.

Explain the importance of this control.

[1]

(d) Explain why the plants were destarched.

[1]
(e) Complete the table. Use ticks and crosses to show if the starch test for plants A and B Use would
be positive () or negative () at stage 2 and stage 4. In each case, explain your answer.

[3]
Q14. Three plants were grown to study the effects of nitrate and magnesium ion deficiency on their
development. They were kept in the same conditions, except for the types of minerals supplied.
Plant A was provided with all essential minerals.
Plant B was given all minerals except nitrate ions.
Plant C was given all minerals except magnesium ions.

Fig. 1.1 shows the plants a few weeks later.

(a) State three conditions, other than water and the concentration of mineral ions, that would need
to be kept the same for all the plants, in order to make the investigation a fair test.

1.

2. ...

3. . [3]
(b) Describe and explain the effect on plant growth of:

(i) a deficiency of nitrate ions on plant B:

Description:

Explanation:

[4]

(ii) a deficiency of magnesium ions on plant C.

Description:

Explanation:

[2]

END OF TEST
ANSWER KEY
Q1. C
Q2. A
Q3. (a)

4 correct = 3 marks
3 correct = 2 marks
2 correct = 1 mark
1 correct = 0 marks

(b)

water oxygen

1 mark each = max. 2 marks

Q4.
a) to protect developing reproductive organs OR to attract insects ( 1 mark)
b) anther (1 mark)
c) stigma (1 mark)

Q5. A (1 mark)

Q6. B (1 mark)

Q7. C (1 mark)

Q8. C (1 mark)

Q9. B (1 mark)
Q10. B (1 mark)

Q11. a) reproduction (1 mark);

b) (1 mark)

c) dispersal (1 mark)
d) (1 mark)

Q12.
a) B and C (must have both for 1 mark)
b) D (1 mark)
c) plant B (1 mark)
d) D (1 mark)
Q13. (a)(i) 1 mark EACH correct answer.

(a)(ii) so the positive result can be seen with the iodine test for starch (OWTTE) (1 mark)
(b) water/sunlight/chlorophyll (ANY TWO; 1 mark each)
(c) control has CO2, while potassium hydroxide absorbs CO2 (Plant A), so it enables the experimenter
to see the effect of removing CO2 (OWTTE) (1 mark)
(d) Both plants were destarched as they may have had different amounts of starch present at start;
OR, to make it a fair test (1 mark)
(e)
stage leaf from plant Starch test ( or ) explanaton
2 A and B Both plants destarched
A Plant A lacks CO2 so it cannot make
glucose & hence starch/photosynthesise
4
B Plant B has CO2 so it can make
starch/photosynthesise

14. a) Any THREE of:

temperature/amount of light/type of plant/size/age of plant/ (ONE mark EACH)
b) Description (MAX= 2)
ref. to reduced growth/stunted growth/plant shorter or smaller AW; upper leaves pale green +
bottom leaves yellow/dead or surface area smaller; stem thin(ner); feeble/weak unqual. roots
small(er) AW
Explanation (MAX=2)
to form + proteins/amino acids/other viable example of use of nitrate; ref. to lack of
chlorophyll/chlorophyll is a protein
c) (ii) (description) (lower) leaves pale green + yellow/(upper) leaves paler than normal;
 (explanation) magnesium needed to form + chlorophyll/chloroplasts/ photosynthesis (or
description) will be reduced AW; [max =2]