USE YOUR BACK PORTION OF THE NOTEBOOK AND WRITE YOUR ANSWERS, STRICTLY NO ERESURES
I. MULTIPLE CHOICE: write in CAPITAL LETTER of choice answers
1. What is the primary function of xylem in plants? 12. What is the main function of stomata in plants?
A. Transporting sugars A. Absorbing sunlight for photosynthesis
B. Transporting water and nutrients B. Exchanging gases with the environment
C. Providing structural support C. Transporting water from roots to leaves
D. Facilitating gas exchange D. Providing structural support to leaves
2. Which of the following is responsible for 13. What is the movement of water from roots to
transporting sugars in plants? leaves called?
A. Xylem A. Transpiration
B. Phloem B. Translocation
C. Stomata C. Root pressure
D. Guard cells D. Capillary action
3. What is transpiration? 14. Which of the following statements about xylem is
A. The process of photosynthesis true?
B. The process of water absorption by roots A. Xylem transports sugars from leaves to roots.
C. The process of water loss through leaves B. Xylem vessels are made of dead cells.
D. The process of nutrient absorption by roots C. Xylem is responsible for opening and closing
4. What is root pressure responsible for? stomata.
A. Pulling water from the soil into the roots D. Xylem transports amino acids in plants.
B. Pushing water from the roots to the leaves 15. What is the function of phloem in plants?
C. Regulating gas exchange in the roots A. Transporting water and minerals
D. Breaking down nutrients in the roots B. Providing structural support
C. Transporting sugars and other organic nutrients
5. What is capillary action?
D. Regulating gas exchange
A. The movement of water through narrow tubes 16. How do guard cells regulate the opening and
B. The movement of nutrients from roots to leaves closing of stomata?
C. The movement of sugars from leaves to roots A. By absorbing water and swelling
D. The movement of gases through stomata B. By changing shape due to changes in turgor
6. Which of the following is NOT a function of pressure
phloem? C. By secreting hormones that stimulate opening
A. Transporting sugars D. By responding to changes in light intensity
B. Transporting amino acids 17. What is the role of root hairs in the plant transport
C. Providing structural support system?
D. Transporting hormones A. Absorbing water and nutrients from the soil
7. What is a sieve tube in plants? B. Transporting sugars from leaves to roots
A. A type of leaf structure C. Providing structural support to the roots
B. A type of root structure D. Regulating gas exchange in the roots
C. A type of xylem vessel 18. What is the function of a vascular bundle in a
D. A type of phloem vessel plant?
8. What is the primary role of vascular bundles in A. To transport water and nutrients
plants? B. To absorb sunlight for photosynthesis
A. To provide structural support C. To store excess sugars
B. To transport water and nutrients D. To protect the plant from pathogens
C. To produce sugars through photosynthesis 19. Which of the following is NOT a factor that affects
D. To regulate gas exchange the rate of transpiration?
9. What is translocation in plants? A. Light intensity
A. The process of water absorption by roots B. Humidity
B. The process of nutrient absorption by roots C. Soil pH
C. The transport of sugars and other nutrients D. Temperature
throughout the plant 20. What is the term for the upward movement of
D. The movement of gases through stomata water in plants against gravity?
10. What is the role of guard cells in plants? A. Transpiration pull
A. Absorbing water from the soil B. Capillary action
B. Regulating the opening and closing of stomata C. Root pressure
C. Transporting sugars in the plant D. Translocation
D. Providing structural support to leaves 21. What is a pedigree?
11. Which of the following is NOT a part of the A. A type of dog breed
plant transport system? B. A diagram showing genetic relationships within a
A. Xylem family
B. Phloem C. A scientific instrument used in genetic research
C. Stomata D. A type of genetic mutation
D. Chloroplasts
22. Who is considered the Father of Genetics?
A. Charles Darwin
B. Gregor Mendel 27.
C. Thomas Hunt Morgan How are genes defined?
D. James Watson A) Segments of RNA that code for proteins
23. What is a genotype? B) Segments of DNA that code for proteins
A. The observable traits of an organism C) Regions of the cell membrane that transport
B. The genetic makeup of an organism molecules
C. The environment in which an organism lives D) Units of heredity found only in bacteria
D. The combination of dominant and recessive alleles 28. What is the role of genes in heredity?
24. What is a phenotype? A) They determine the environment in which an
A. The genetic makeup of an organism organism lives
B. The observable traits of an organism B) They influence the observable traits of an
C. The dominant alleles of an organism organism
D. The recessive alleles of an organism C) They control the growth and development of an
25. What is a dominant trait? organism
A. A trait that is only expressed in the presence of a D) They have no role in heredity
recessive allele 29. What does a pedigree analysis show?
B. A trait that is always expressed, overriding the A) The genetic makeup of an individual
expression of its recessive allele B) The observable traits of an individual
C. A trait that is expressed when both alleles are C) The transmission of traits within a family
recessive D) The environmental factors affecting an individual
D) A trait that is rarely expressed in offspring 30. How are genes inherited according to Mendelian
26. What is a recessive trait? genetics?
A. A trait that is always expressed, overriding the A) Through blending of parental traits
expression of its dominant allele B) Through the passing of genes from parent to
B) A trait that is expressed only in the presence of a offspring unchanged
dominant allele C) Through the mixing of genes from both parents to
C) A trait that is expressed when both alleles are form a new genetic code
dominant D) Through the independent assortment and segregation
D) A trait that is expressed only in the absence of the of alleles
dominant allele
II. IDENTIFICATION: Identify the parts of the plant
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Answer Key:
1. B
2. B
3. C
4. B
5. A
6. C
7. D
8. B
9. C
10. B
11. D
12. B
13. A
14. B
15. C
16. B
17. A
18. A
19. C
20. A
21. B
22. B
23. B
24. A
25. B
26. D
27. B
28. B
29. C
30. D
1. Flower
2. Leaf or Leaves
3. Fruit
4. Stem
5. Roots
