Glencoe Life Science

Chapter 11: Plant Processes

Section 1 Self-Check Quiz-Eng.

1
A geranium gets the water needed to survive through its __________.
A)leaves
B)roots
C)stomata
D)chlorophyll
2
Carbon dioxide enters a plant through its __________.
A)roots
B)leaves
C)trunk
D)flowers
3
The outer layer of a leaf is called the __________.
A)seed
B)trunk
C)muscle
D)epidermis
4
Small openings on the epidermis of plant leaves are called __________.
A)bark
B)stomata
C)waste
D)vapor
5
When a plant is losing too much water, it can __________ its stomata.
A)multiply
B)dissolve
C)open
D)close
6
The reason most plant leaves look green is because of __________ in their cells.
A)sugar
B)water
C)oxygen
D)chloroplasts
7
You are outside admiring the flowers on a rose bush. Looking at the green leaves, the green light is __________ from chlorophyll.
A)mutated
B)filtered
C)dissolved
D)reflected
8
The process where light energy is trapped in a plant's chlorophyll and produces sugars is called __________.
A)mitosis
B)acceleration
C)photosynthesis
D)respiration
9
Chlorophyll and other pigments are involved in __________.
A)light-dependent reactions
B)light-independent reactions
C)respiration
D)gravitropism
10
Carbon dioxide is involved in __________.
A)light-dependent reactions
B)thigmotropism
C)photoperiods
D)light-independent reactions
11
Plant photosynthesis helps humans because __________.
A)the process adds carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
B)the process adds nitrogen to the atmosphere
C)the process adds oxygen to the atmosphere
D)the process removes oxygen from the atmosphere
12
Aerobic respiration takes place in which organelle?
A)cell wall
B)endoplasmic reticulum
C)mitochondrion
D)nucleus
13
__________ is the process that breaks down food molecules and releases energy.
A)Meiosis
B)Photosynthesis
C)Photoperiodism
D)Respiration
14
Respiration is important to most organisms because __________.
A)food energy is converted into a form for cell use
B)carbon dioxide is removed from the atmosphere
C)oxygen is removed from the atmosphere
D)it is an external stimulant
15
Photosynthesis is a plant process used to __________.
A)release energy
B)store energy
C)produce offspring
D)copy chromosomes
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