Living and non-living things, seed, flower, pollination and leaf revision quiz

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Living and non-living things

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Living and non-living things

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Living and non-living things

1. Anything that has weight and occupies space is called _____ Matter

2. Matter is never created or destroyed it only _____ changes form.

3. Matter is anything around you that you can ____ see, touch, smell or feel

4. Matter can be ____ solids, liquids, gasses, or plasma.

5. Two main kinds of matter are ______ Living and non-living matter or things.

6. The characteristics of living matter include ________Movement, Nutrition, Reproduction, Excretion, Respiration, Growth and Irritability.

7.  Examples of dead or non-living matter are________ stone, water, air, sunlight, temperature, water, air, wind, rocks, and soil.

8. Examples of living matter are ___ Flowers, trees animals, human beings, birds, insects, fungi,

9. Examples of transformed matter are ____ Pen, Chair, Bedsheets, Paper, Bed, Book, Clothes, and Bag.

10. What can living things do and what can non-living things not do?

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Living and non-living things

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THE SEED

1. A young plant at its dormant stage ready to germinate when conditions become favourable is called ________ seed.

2. The part of the seed known as the actual seed where the plumule and the radical start growing is called the___________ embryo

3. The first shoot of a germinating plant is called the_______ plumule

4. The first root of a germinating plant is the ______________radicle

5. The conditions necessary for seed germination include ______________________ sufficient warmth, fertile soil, air and a good seed

6. Germination, where the seed leaves are carried above the soil, is called_______________epigeal germination

7. Germination, where the seed leaves are left in the soil, is called_______________hypogeal germination

8. Species or plants that germinate with more than one embryonic or seed leaf are called____________ dicotyledonous or dicots.  

9. Species or plants with one seed leaf or cotyledon are called ____________ monocotyledonous (“monocots“).

10. Examples of monocots are _____________ bamboo, bananas, corn, garlic, ginger, onions, rice, sugarcane, tulips, and wheat.

11. Monocots are mostly ______bulbing plants and grains

12. Examples of dicots are _____________ apples, beans, broccoli, carrots, cauliflower, cosmos, daisies, peaches, peppers, potatoes, roses, sweet peas, and tomatoes.

13. Dicots are mostly ________ garden flowers, legumes, the cabbage family, 

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SEED DISPERSAL

1. The spreading of seeds from the parent plant to other areas is called __________ seed dispersal

2. The agents of seed dispersal include_____________ the wind, water, man and animals, and by the explosion.

3. An example of a seed spread by the wind is ________ cotton seed.

4. Examples of seeds spread by man and animals are ____ pepper, pear 

5. A plant with one growing season is called __________ an annual plant.

6. A plant with more than two growing seasons is called ___  a perennial plant. 

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THE FLOWER

1. The brightly coloured parts of a flower are called _________the petals.

2. Many petals form the________ corolla.

3. The Ovules style and stigma form the female part of the flower called ___________ the pistil.

4. The anthers, pollen grains, and filaments form the male part of a flower called ____________ the stamen.

5. The union of the pollen grains and the ovules to form seeds is called _______________ fertilization.

6. A plant or animal with male and female parts on the same body is a __________ hermaphrodite (maize, earthworm).

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POLLINATION

1. The transfer of pollen grains from the anthers to the stigma of plants is called ____________ pollination.

2. The transfer of pollen grains from the anthers to the stigma of the same plant is called ____________ self-pollination.

3. The transfer of pollen grains from the anthers to the stigma of another plant of the same species is called _____________ cross-pollination.

4. Insect-pollinated flowers are brightly coloured and are pollinated by ______ insects.

5. Wind-pollinated flowers are _____ and are pollinated by the wind.  dull in colour

6. Insect-pollinated flowers contain sweet juice called _______ nectar.

7. Fruits that when dry split release their seeds are called ______ dehiscent fruits (eg beans)

8. Fruits which do not release their seeds when dry are called _________ indehiscent fruits.

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LEAVES

1. There are two main types of leaves namely _____ and _____  simple leaves and compound leaves.

2. A simple leaf is one that has only____ one leaflet.

3. A compound leaf is one that has _____on the same stalk. many leaflets

4. The functions of the leaves to the plant include____  ____  ____ food preparation ( i.e. photosynthesis), Respiration and transpiration.

5. Plants breathe through tiny holes on the leaves called______ stomata.

6. The stomata are formed on the ______ of the leaf. lower rough surface or back part

7. The sending out of excess water by plants through the stomata on the leaves is called  __________transpiration.

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