Plants

Question 1

What do producers do

Answer 1

Make their own food

Question 2

Name 2 producers

Answer 2

Plants
Algae

Question 3

Where do Algae live

Answer 3

In the water

Question 4

What do Algae not have

Answer 4

Leaves
Root
Stem

Question 5

What are consumers

Answer 5

Animals that have to eat other organisms to survive

Question 6

What do we call the process where producers make food

Answer 6

Photosynthesis

Question 7

Give the word equation for photosynthesis

Answer 7

Carbon dioxide + Water->Glucose + Oxygen

Question 8

Where does the energy for photosynthesis come from

Answer 8

Light

Question 9

Which part of a leaf cell carries out photosynthesis

Answer 9

Chloroplasts

Question 10

What makes chloroplasts green

Answer 10

Chlorophyll

Question 11

Where does water enter the plant

Answer 11

Throught the root hair cells

Question 12

What transports water through a plant

Answer 12

Xylem tubes

Question 13

How does Carbon Dioxide enter a leaf

Answer 13

Through tiny holes in the leaf

Question 14

How does a leaf being thin help Photosynthesis

Answer 14

It allows gases to diffuse in and out easily

Question 15

What do phloem tubes do

Answer 15

Transport glucose

Question 16

What is the function of the waxy
layer on a leaf

Answer 16

This reduces water loss by evaporation

Question 17

What do we call the tiny holes in leaves

Answer 17

Stomata

Question 18

What do guard cells do

Answer 18

Open and close the stomata

Question 19

What is the palisade layer

Answer 19

The part of a leaf which contains the most chloroplasts and carries out the most photosynthesis

Question 20

Where in a leaf is the palisade layer

Answer 20

Near the top

Question 21

What is the spongy layer

Answer 21

The part in the leaf with air spaces

Question 22

What do plants need nitrates for

Answer 22

Healthy growth
Making amino acids

Question 23

What do plants need phosphates for

Answer 23

Healthy roots

Question 24

What do plants need Potassium for

Answer 24

Healthy leaves and flowers

Question 25

What do plants need magnesium for

Answer 25

Making chlorophyll

Question 26

Which part of a plant absorbs minerals

Answer 26

The root hair cells

Question 27

Which part of the plant carries the minerals

Answer 27

Xylem tubes

Question 28

What are the signs of a plant having a
nitrate deficiency

Answer 28

Poor growth and yellow older leaves

Question 29

What process uses oxygen to get the
energy out of glucose

Answer 29

Aerobic respiration

Question 30

Give the word equation for aerobic respiration

Answer 30

Glucose + Oxygen->Carbon dioxide and water

Question 31

What part of the cell carries out the
aerobic respiration

Answer 31

Mitochondria

Question 32

What are the signs of a plant having a magnesium deficiency

Answer 32

Leaves turn yellow

Question 33

What are the signs of a plant having a phosphorous deficiency

Answer 33

Poor root growth
Purple younger leaves

Question 34

What are the signs of a plant having a potassium deficiency

Answer 34

Yellow leaves with dead patches

Question 35

What is a mineral deficiency

Answer 35

Not having enough of a particular mineral (in plants)

Question 36

What do farmers use to replace missing minerals in food

Answer 36

Fertilisers

Question 37

What do NPK fertilisers contain

Answer 37

Nitrogen
Phosphorus
Potassium

Question 38

What is chemosynthesis

Answer 38

Making glucose using chemicals as a source of energy

Question 39

Where do sulfur bacteria live

Answer 39

At the bottom of the sea near volcano vents

Question 40

What do sulfur bacteria do

Answer 40

Turn hydrogen sulfide into sulfer by chemosynthesis

Question 41

Where do Nitrogen bacteria live

Answer 41

In the soil and in the roots of plants

Question 42

What do nitrogen bacteria do

Answer 42

They use Nitrogen compounds for Chemosynthesis

Question 43

Sulphur bacteria sometimes live in
tubeworms, benefiting both. What is
this type of relationship called

Answer 43

A mutualistic relationship