Angela Hutchinson Plant Unit Traditional Assessment EDUC 224 Introduction to Scientific Inquiry November 21, 2013 Section

n I: Multiple Choice: Circle the correct answer to each statement or question in this section. 1. The job of a cell well is (a) Making food (c) Storing food (b) Protection (d) Trapping light 2. What transports water and nutrient to the plant? (a) Flowers (c) Leaves (b) Seeds (d) Stems 3. Wind, animals, and insects help plants reproduce by bring together eggs and ________. (a) Organisms (c) Pollen (b) Water (d) Oxygen 4. Carbon dioxide enters a plant through the______________. (a) Stomata (c) Stems (b) Oxygen (d) Flowers 5. What material changes sunlight to chemical energy? (a) Spores (c) Chlorophyll (b) Pollen (d) Cytoplasm 6. The loss of water through the leaves is _______________. (a) Transpiration (c) Bulb (b) Respiration (d) Cell wall 7. The food produced by a plant is ______________. (a) Chloroplast (c) Photosynthesis (b) Sugar (d) Cell respiration 8. Which of the following is NOT true of stems? (a) They transport water (c) They transport air (b) They transport food and nutrients (d) They hold up the plant to get light 9. When a seed begins to sprout and leaves and a stem appear, it is called ____________. (a) Germination (c) Fertilization (b) Photosynthesis (d) Respiration 10. In the life cycle of a plant, the first step is the seed germinates. During the second step, the plant grows. What occurs in the third step of the life cycle of a plant? (a) The fruit releases seeds. (c) The plant flowers. (b) The plant dies. (d) None of the above.

Section II: True False Questions: Determine if the statement is true or false then insert (T) for true and (F) for false in the space provide. ____1. Plant life cycles can be divided into two parts. ____2. Mosses and liverworts dont have a true roots, stems, or leaves, but they do have similar structures to carry out some activities. ____ 3. Plants have no rule in the water cycle. ____4. Conifers are the oldest and largest trees on earth. ____5. During Photosynthesis, plants give off carbon dioxide as a waste product. ____6. The only way orchids attract insects to pollinate them is by their beautiful colors. ____7. Wind- pollinated plants have to make a large amount of pollen because they need to fill the air with pollen in order to hopefully have some of it land on the right kind of plant. ____8. There are 3 different types of leaves that conifers can have: needle-like, scale-like, and awl-like. ____9. Deciduous plants keep their leaves all year long. ____10. Some plants have roots that grow aboveground. Section III: Understanding What You Learned: In this section, write a short answer in a complete sentence for each statement or question. 1. Where does the process of photosynthesis occur? ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ 2. What are all the needs for plants? ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ 3. What does the substance chlorophyll do? ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ 4. What is the difference between monocots and dicots? ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ 5. Lichens are not really plants, but are made of what two different kinds of living things? ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________

Section IV: Extended Thinking: Write a paragraph to answer each essay question. 1. People commonly refer to fertilizer as plant food. In this unit, you learned that plants do not eat food, but rather they produce their own food. Explain why it is not correct to indicate that fertilizer is plant food.

2. Describe the process of photosynthesis. Include the substance used, the substance produced, and where the process occurs.

Bonus Question: This is a bonus question and will NOT cause a reduction in your grade. (Worth 5 pts.) 3. What was the most interesting thing you learned in the unit on plants? What did you like the least? Name one thing that you would like to learn about plants, if anything, that was not discussed in class?

Answer Key Section I: Multiple Choice: Circle the correct answer to each statement or question in this section. 1. The job of a cell well is (a) Making food (c) Storing food (b) Protection (d) Trapping light 2. What transports water and nutrient to the plant? (a) Flowers (c) Leaves (b) Seeds (d) Stems 3. Wind, animals, and insects help plants reproduce by bring together eggs and ________. (a) Organisms (c) Pollen (b) Water (d) Oxygen 4. Carbon dioxide enters a plant through the______________. (a) Stomata (c) Stems (b) Oxygen (d) Flowers 5. What material changes sunlight to chemical energy? (a) Spores (c) Chlorophyll (b) Pollen (d) Cytoplasm 6. The loss of water through the leaves is _______________. (a) Transpiration (c) Bulb (b) Respiration (d) Cell wall 7. The food produced by a plant is ______________. (a) Chloroplast (c) Photosynthesis (b) Sugar (d) Cell respiration 8. Which of the following is NOT true of stems? (a) They transport water (c) They transport air (b) They transport food and nutrients (d) They hold up the plant to get light 9. When a seed begins to sprout and leaves and a stem appear, it is called ____________. (a) Germination (c) Fertilization (b) Photosynthesis (d) Respiration 10. In the life cycle of a plant, the first step is the seed germinates. During the second step, the plant grows. What occurs in the third step of the life cycle of a plant? (a) The fruit releases seeds. (c) The plant flowers. (b) The plant dies. (d) None of the above.

Section II: True False Questions: Determine if the statement is true or false then insert (T) for true and (F) for false in the space provide. T 1. Plant life cycles can be divided into two parts. T 2. Mosses and liverworts dont have a true roots, stems, or leaves, but they do have similar structures to carry out some activities. F 3. Plants have no rule in the water cycle. T 4. Conifers are the oldest and largest trees on earth. F 5. During Photosynthesis, plants give off carbon dioxide as a waste product. F 6. The only way orchids attract insects to pollinate them is by their beautiful colors. T 7. Wind- pollinated plants have to make a large amount of pollen because they need to fill the air with pollen in order to hopefully have some of it land on the right kind of plant. T 8. There are 3 different types of leaves that conifers can have: needle-like, scale-like, and awllike. F 9. Deciduous plants keep their leaves all year long. T 10. Some plants have roots that grow aboveground. Section III: Understanding What You Learned: In this section, write a short answer in a complete sentence for each statement or question. 1. Where does the process of photosynthesis occur? It takes place in the leaves of the plant. 2. What are all the needs for plants? All the needs are water, carbon dioxide, food, sun. 3. What does the substance chlorophyll do? It absorbs light and helps leaves to make food for the plant and it gives a plant its green color. 4. What is the difference between monocots and dicots? Monocots have one cotyledon and dicots have two cotyledons. 5. Lichens are not really plants, but are made of what two different kinds of living things? Lichens are made up of fungus and algae. Section IV: Extended Thinking: Write a paragraph to answer each essay question. 1. People commonly refer to fertilizer as plant food. In this unit, you learned that plants do not eat food, but rather they produce their own food. Explain why it is not correct to indicate that fertilizer is plant food. Answers will vary. 2. Describe the process of photosynthesis. Include the substance used, the substance produced, and where the process occurs. Answers will vary.

Bonus Question: This is a bonus question and will NOT cause a reduction in your grade. (Worth 5 pts.) 3. What was the most interesting thing you learned in the unit on plants? What did you like the least? Name one thing that you would like to learn about plants, if anything, that was not discussed in class? Answers will vary.