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Processes of Plants
Processes of Plants - NWMS
Question | Answer |
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What is the process of reproduction that involves only one parent plant or parent plant part? | Asexual Reproduction |
What kind of asexual reproduction are strawberries since they send out above ground growths? | Runners |
What is the process that plants go through to make their own food? | Photosynthesis |
Where is the stomata found on a plant? | On the top of the leaves |
What process occurs only in the presence of light? | Photosynthesis |
What is the pigment called that makes plants green? | Chlorophyll |
What process is the opposite of respiration? | Photosynthesis |
What is the process called when plants lose water through their leaves? | Transpiration |
Respiration is the process by which plants break down ___ and use the energy to perform life functions. | Sugar |
Where is most of the water in plants lost though? | Stomata |
What process is this equation for? Sugar + Oxygen --> Carbon Dioxide + Water | Respiration |
What is the process called when the plant is absorbing carbon dioxide and water and it is producing sugar and oxygen? | Photosynthesis |
What process is this equation for? Carbon Dioxide + Water --> Sugar + Oxygen | Photosynthesis |
90% of the oxygen in our atmosphere is the result of what plant process? | Photosynthesis |
In the fall, an oak tree will drop its leaves and stores most of the sugar it has produced in its roots. The oak tree does this to prepare for _____. | Dormancy |
What is it called when plants change their growth in response to the environment (or to a stimulus)? | Tropism |
What is the response in the plant called when a Venus Flytrap closes when I fly lands on one of its sensors? | Thigmotropism |
What plant response is occurring when roots are growing into a creek (a small river)? | Hydrotropism |
When a corn seed is planted, it will grow roots down and stem up. What plant response is this? | Gravitropism |
Sunflowers follow the sun during the day. What plant response is happening here? | Phototropism |
Which type of plant response is occurring when the stems begin to wrap around objects? | Thigmotropism |
Corn smut is a type of ____ which damages crops of plants. | Fungi |
Fungi are a kingdom of organisms that ______. | Cannot make their own food. |
What is dormancy in plants? | It is a period of time when plants OR seeds stop growing. |