Science Review

Question 1

What are the three tissue systems in plants?

Answer 1

Dermal, vascular, and ground tissue

Question 2

What system in a plant transports the nutrients around?

Answer 2

Vascular system

Question 3

What does the root system do in a plant?

Answer 3

anchors the plant, absorbs water and minerals from the soil, and stores food

Question 4

What is needed for photosynthesis to produce glucose and oxygen?

Answer 4

• light energy
• water
• carbon dioxide

Question 5

Gases enter and exit the plant through the…

Answer 5

stomata

Question 6

Which tissue is responsible for transporting water throughout the plant from the roots?

Answer 6

Xylem

Question 7

Where does the plant receive water from?

Answer 7

the root system

Question 8

The bark of the tree is composed of… and cork

Answer 8

phloem

Question 9

In a plant, storage of food is a primary function of…

Answer 9

roots

Question 10

A layer of tall, closely packed cells containing chloroplasts, just below the upper surface of a leaf, is called the…

Answer 10

palisade layer

Question 11

A region of loosely packed cells containing chloroplasts, in the middle of the leaf, is called the…

Answer 11

spongy mesophyll

Question 12

Which system in an animal could be compared to the vascular system in a plant?

Answer 12

Circulatory

Question 13

In a tomato plant, a tomato represents…

Answer 13

the fruit

Question 14

What are the seeds found?

Answer 14

dead flowers, pine cones, and fruit

Question 15

What does the root cap provide for the root tip as it grows?

Answer 15

Protection

Question 16

Water enters the roots through…

Answer 16

Osmosis

Question 17

Which tissue system in a plant is similar in function to the skin of a human?

Answer 17

Dermal tissue

Question 18

If there is too much damage to a cell, what happens to it?

Answer 18

It gets destroyed

Question 19

What is metastasis?

Answer 19

When cancer breaks away from its original tumour and move to a different part of the body

Question 20

What stage of the cell cycle is when a new nuclear membrane forms around each group of daughter chromosomes?

Answer 20

Telophase

Question 21

What is one of the purposes of the cell wall in a plant cell?

Answer 21

It provides protection for the cell

Question 22

What does a prokaryotic cell lack?

Answer 22

A nucleus

Question 23

When the DNA copy is complete, each chromosome has two paired structures called…

Answer 23

Chromatids

Question 24

All multicellular organisms begin life as _______ cells.

Answer 24

single

Question 25

Cells that produce mucus contain many _____ ________.

Answer 25

Golgi bodies

Question 26

The __________________ ________________ is responsible for transporting substances within a cell.

Answer 26

endoplasmic reticulum

Question 27

______________ is the longest phase of the cell cycle.

Answer 27

Interphase

Question 28

Random changes in the DNA that may lead to cancer cells are called __________.

Answer 28

mutations

Question 29

Without a climate system, Earth would be much ___________ than it is.

Answer 29

warmer

Question 30

Oceans are considered
1. heat sinks
2. carbon sinks
3. all of the above

Answer 30

3.

Question 31

T or F: canadian forests are carbon sinks and sources of carbon

Answer 31

T

Question 32

Actions that are taken to reduce unwanted change are referred to as …

Answer 32

mitigation

Question 33

Sunblock prevents sunburn by blocking what type of light?

Answer 33

ultraviolet

Question 34

Unlike thermal energy, light energy…

Answer 34

does not need to pass through a medium