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Reading Study Guide Chapter 8 PLANTS  8-3 The Characteristics of Seed Plants (pp.262-271)

What is a Seed Plant?  (p.262-263)

True or False
1. _____  There are more seedless plants than seed plants.
2. _____  Seed plants have vascular tissue.
3. _____  Seed plants use seeds to reproduce.
4. _____  All seed plants have roots, stems, and leaves.

5. Seed plants use  __________  and  __________ to reproduce.

6. Circle the letter of the vascular tissue through which food moves.
     a. xylem
     b. phloem
     c. roots
     d. stems

7. Circle the letter of the vascular tissue through which water moves.
     a. xylem
     b. phloem
     c. roots
     d. stems

8. Food made in the plant's  _______________ travels to the roots and stems.

9. Seeds protect young plants from  ____________ out.

How Seeds Become New Plants (p.264-266)

Name the 3 seeds on the top of page 264.

10. ____________     11. ____________     12. ____________
 

How Seeds Become Plants 264-266 continued

Match the part of the seed with its function.

_____ 13.  embryo                    a. keeps the seed from drying out
_____ 14. cotyledon                  b. Young plant that develops from the fertilized egg.
_____ 15. seed coat                  c. A seed leaf that sometimes stores food.

16-19. List the 4 ways seeds are dispersed in this graphic organizer

True or False

20. _____  All seeds germinate immediately after being dispersed.
21. _____  The embryo uses its stored food to begin to grow.
22. _____  An embryo's leaves and stem first grow upwards.
23. _____  Seeds dispersed far away from the parent have a better chance of survival.

Roots (p.266-267)

List 3 functions of roots

24. ____________________________________________________
25. ____________________________________________________
26. ____________________________________________________

Look at the two types of root systems pictured below.
Label the roots as a taproot or fibrous root

                                
                      27. __________     28. ___________

Match the root structure with its function.
        Root Structure                                        Function
____  27. root cap       a.  Moves food to the roots and other parts of plants
____  28.  root hairs    b.  Protects the root from injury during growth
____  29.  phloem         c.  Moves water and minerals to the stems and leaves.
____  30.  xylem          d.  Increase the amount of water and minerals absorbed by the
                                        root

Stems (p.268-269)

List three ways stems help a plant.
31. __________________________________________________
32. __________________________________________________
33. __________________________________________________

34. Herbaceous plants have soft stems. Name one ____________________

35. Woody stems are hard and rigid.    Name one ____________________

36. One pair of _____________________________ represents one years growth.

37. In what years did severe drought occur in the southwestern USA? ______________
 

Leaves (p.270-271)

38. Leaves captures the __________ energy.

39. Leaves carry out the ______________________________ of photosynthesis.

40. - 50.  Match the leaf part to its name
 

    #                       Letter
____ Surface Cells ____             a. Allows for diffusion of water
____  Lower Leaf Cells ____       b. contains xylem and phloem tubes
____ Cuticle ____                      c. waxy, waterproof coating that controls water loss
____ Stomata ____                     d. tightly packed cells trap the energy in sunlight
____ Upper Leaf Cells ____        e. allow carbon dioxide to reach cells for photosynthesis
____ Air Spaces   ____               g. tiny pores
____ Vein ____                           f. contain the stomata that control gases that enter
                                                       and exit the leaf

51. The process by which water evaporates from a plant's leaves is called ____________