Plants Worksheet

Cross out the WRONG answer from either Column A or Column B

Column A Column B
1. Sheds Leaves Conifer Deciduous
2. Branched Veins Monocot Dicot
3. Male Flower Part Pistil Stamen
4. Flowers Gymnosperm Angiosperm
5. Takes Water Up Phloem Xylem
6. Tall Vascular Non-vascular
7. Protected Seeds Gymnosperm Angiosperm
8. Water Transport System Vascular Non-vascular
9. 3 Petals Monocot Dicot

Check the appropriate box—you may check BOTH boxes, if needed

Vascular Plants Non-Vascular Plants
10. Cells with cell walls
11. Cells containing chloroplasts
12. All species are seedless
13. True roots and stems
14. All species have rhizoids
15. True leaves
16. Carry out photosynthesis
17. Have chlorophyll in cells
18. All are land plants
19. Multicellular
20. Have water transport tubes
21. Monocots and dicots
22. Water moves from cell to cell by diffusion
23. Angiosperms and gymnosperms
24. Flowering plants

Choose the correct answer

25. All plants can be described as having:
a. many cells c. vascular tissue
b. roots, stems, and leaves d. rhizomes

26. plant makes its food by

a. diffusion c. digestion
b. fertilization d. photosynthesis

27. Seeds of flowering plants are in a:

a. Cone c. Fruit
b. Stem d. root

28. The group of plants with unprotected seeds are called:

a. Monocots b. Dicots
 c. Angiosperms d. gymnosperms

29. The growth response of a plant toward light is called:

a. Germination c. Fertilization
b. Embryology d. phototropism

30. All angiosperms:

a. produce spores c. lack vascular tissue
b. produce flowers d. have needle-like leaves

31. Trees that lose their leaves seasonally are classified as:
a. Angiosperms c. Gymnosperms
b. Deciduous d. conifers

32. Growth of a plant embryo from a seed is called:

a. Germination c. Pollination
b. Fertilization d. incubation

33. The plant kingdom is divided into two groups based on how they:
a. make food c. respond to light
b. transport water and nutrients d. reproduce asexually

34. An angiosperm with two seed leaves inside its seed is classified as a:
a. Monocot c. herbaceous plant
b. Dicot d. gymnosperm

35. Transporting water and minerals from the soil is the job of:
a. xylem tissue c. the cuticle
b. the epidermis d. phloem tissue

36. Which of the following would NOT help you distinguish between a monocot and a dicot?
a. the number of seed leaves c. the type of root system
b. the pattern of the veins in a leaf d. the number of flower petals

Color the diagram according to the directions:

 Stigma = blue
 Anthers = red
 Filaments = orange
 Style = green
 Ovary = yellow
 Ovule = purple
 Petals = pink

37. Which 2 parts make up the stamen?

38. Which 3 parts make up the pistil?

39. Use the Word Banks and Diagram to fill in the Chart Below the Diagram
Word Bank for the “Parts”
 Stomata  vascular tube  cuticle  epidermis
  chloroplasts

Phrases for the “Functions”:

 transport nutrients and water  collects sunlight
 waterproof  makes the leaf rigid
 allows gases to enter and leave

Letter Part Function

A

40. What color are chloroplasts?

Match the Plant to its Biome

_____41. Cactus
A. Desert
_____42. Coniferous Trees
B. Grasslands
_____43. Deciduous Trees
C. Taiga
_____44. Grass
D. Temperate Forest
_____45. Lichen
E. Tropical Rain Forest
_____46. Palm Tree
F. Tundra

Check the Appropriate Boxes—you may check both boxes, if appropriate

The Plant Needs and Uses

Item The Plants Makes This
This
 47. Sunlight

48. Carbon Dioxide

49. Oxygen

50. Sugar

51. Water