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PLANTS PRETEST

 

 

1. Do green plants need food to live and grow?________________________________

Why or why not?___________________________________________________________

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2. Describe what food is for plants.

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3. Do green plants need light to live and grow?_____________________________________

Why or why not?___________________________________________________________

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4. A man wanted to have an early garden. He planted some tomato seeds in small boxes. He kept the boxes in a closet where it was warm and dark. He watered them whenever the soil started to get dry. There was plenty of air in the closet.

What do you think happened to the seeds?________________________________________

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Why would this happen?_____________________________________________________

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5. Draw arrows to show how water moves in a green plant.

Explain why the water needs to go there.

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6. Draw arrows to show how food moves in

a green plant.

Explain why the food needs to travel this way.

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Circle the answer that you choose:

7. Most plants get food (you may circle more than one if needed)

a. from soil

b. from air

c. from water

d. by making it themselves

e. I don't know

8. Seeds planted in the dark would

a. get food from the soil

b. get food by making it themselves

c. get food from the cotyledon

d. I don't know.

 

9. Which living things take in their food from their outside world?

a. only animals

b. only plants

c. both plants and animals

d. neither plants nor animals

e. I don't know.

10. Which living things make their own food?

a. animals

b. humans

c. plants

d. animals, humans, and plants

e. none of them

f. I don't know

11. For plants food means

a. water

b. water, soil, air, and light

c. water, air, and light

d. fertilizer and minerals in the soil

e. something plants make

f. I don't know

12. When do plants make their own food inside themselves?

a. never

b. in the light

c. in the dark

d. in the light and in the dark

e. I don't know

13. When do animals or people make their own food inside their bodies?

a. never

b. in the light

c. in the dark

d. in the light and in the dark

e. I don't know

14. Circle anything you think plants need in order to stay alive:

soil air plant food you buy at the store sunlight

warmth fertilizer something plants make in leaves proper care

water cotyledon or seed

 

 

15. Circle anything that you think is food for plants:

soil air plant food you buy at the store sunlight

warmth fertilizer something plants make in leaves proper care

water cotyledon or seed

 

16. Have you ever heard of the word photosynthesis?_____________

If yes, tell what it means as best you can.________________________________________

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