Quiz 1: Plant Systems
factories
Today, most fertilizer is made in ______________ from chemicals.
True
True or False: A plant leaf is as complex as a modern chemical factory.
False
True or False: All plants need to make plant food is the correct chemicals.
True
True or False: Proteins are complex molecules.
False
True or False: Scientists can produce plant food exactly like a leaf can.
starch, protein, fats, & oils
What are the four basic foods that plants make?
glucose & oxygen
What are the two by-products of photosynthesis?
protein
What do plants manufacture from glucose?
light
What energy source is used in the leaf factory?
manure
What is an example of a fertilizer that recycles natural resources?
fertilizer
When plants and animals die and decay, they become _________ for the soil.
Plants
______________ form the first part of the food chain.
carbon dioxide
by-product of breathing
oxygen
by-product of photosynthesis
fats & oils
high energy food stored in plants
starch
made of many glucose units stacked together
chlorophyll
A green pigment found in leaves
legume
A particular group of plants which can "manufacture" their own fertilizer is known as the ___________.
No
Can animal cells produce their own food like plants can?
Yes
Do plants release oxygen into the atmosphere?
Genesis 1:29-30
In what Scripture does God tell us that plants are for the needs of people and animals?
organic
Natural fertilizers are called ______________ fertilizers.
leaves & stems
Photosynthesis is possible in the ________________ & _____________ of a plant.
sugars
Starch breaks up into simple units called ___________.
to help break down starch into simple glucose
The function of enzymes in plants is:
magnesium
The mineral needed for chlorophyll to work is:
fungi
plant-like organisms unable to carry on photosynthesis
photosynthesis
process by which plants use light energy to convert water and carbon dioxide into oxygen, sugars, and starches
chloroplasts
tiny oval bodies containing chlorophyll
