3-4 Plant Life Book Quiz - Low

PLANT LIFE
Book Quiz
Name Date
Directions: Read each question and choose the best answer.
1. What are the basic parts of almost all plants?

A leaves and vegetables
B roots, stems, and leaves
C water, air, and light
D stems, leaves, seeds, cones,
roots, flowers, and bark
2. What are the main jobs of a plant’s roots?

A to soak up sunlight
and to make food
B to move water through
the whole plant and
to help the plant reach
sunlight
C to hold the plant in
place and to soak up
water and minerals
D all of the above
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3. Photosynthesis is the process plants use to .

A make food
B make more of themselves
C spread their seeds
D get what they need from the soil
4. What would most likely happen if you didn’t let
one of the leaves on a plant get air or light?
A There would be no changes to the leaf or the plant.
B The plant could not grow any fruit.
C The plant would die.
D The leaf would die.
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5. How do most plants reproduce?

A They take in carbon dioxide and give off oxygen.
B They lay eggs that grow into new plants.
C They produce seeds that grow into new plants.
D Their flowers fall off and begin growing into
a new plant.
6. When the pollen from a stamen on one flower sticks

to the pistil on another flower, may begin
to grow.
A another flower
B a seed
C roots
D a leaf
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7. How might a seed travel to a new place where it can grow?

A It might fall into an ocean and grow on an island.
B A breeze might carry it down a mountain.
C It might stick to a dog and wind up in someone’s
backyard.
D Any of the above could happen.
8. When we say that plants reproduce, it means that

they .
A grow bigger and bigger
B make a new kind of plant
C make more of the same kind of plant
D make their own food
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9. How do plants help animals survive?

A Plants grow quickly and give off
the carbon dioxide animals need.
B Plants provide food and give
off the oxygen animals need.
C Plants help animals use
photosynthesis to make
their own food.
D Plants do not help animals survive.
10. Which items are made by using only plant materials?
A metal bicycles, cardboard boxes, and glass mugs
B rubber tires, chewing gum, and sand on a playground
C cotton shirts, paper books, and wooden buildings
D chicken sandwiches, firewood, and ice cubes
Directions: Use the diagram to answer question 11.
11. According to this diagram, how

do the chickens get energy?
A from the Sun
B by eating seeds
C by eating soil
D by giving energy
to people
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Directions: Use the diagram below to answer questions 12 and 13.
12. Which process is shown pistil
in this diagram? pollen
A transpiration stamen
petal
B fertilization
C pollination
D photosynthesis
13. According to the diagram, where does
pollen go when it leaves a stamen?
A to a pistil on the same flower
or another flower
B to a stamen on the same flower
or another flower
C only to a pistil on the same flower
D only to a pistil on another flower
14. Extended Response: You have learned
that the world is full of many kinds of
plants and that plants are important
to people and other animals. How can
you help make sure that the world will
always have many kinds of healthy plants?
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PLANT LIFE
Book Quiz Answer Sheet

Nonfiction Book
Question Type ELA Comprehension Skill
Page Reference
1. B literal pp. 6–8 Main Idea & Details
2. C literal pp. 6, 10 Main Idea & Details
3. A vocabulary pp. 9, 10 Vocabulary
4. D inferential pp. 6–8 Make Inferences & Draw Conclusions
5. C literal p. 11 Cause & Effect
6. B inferential p. 12 Cause & Effect
7. D inferential p. 13 Make Inferences & Draw Conclusions
8. C vocabulary p. 11 Vocabulary
9. B literal pp. 16, 22 Main Idea & Details
10. C inferential pp. 20, 21 Classify Information
11. B data analysis p. 16 Interpret Visual Devices
12. C data analysis p. 12 Vocabulary
13. A data analysis p. 12 Interpret Visual Devices
14. Extended Response: Responses will vary. Students should suggest activities they could
take part in that demonstrate an awareness of what plants need, including access to
water, air, and light. Activities may include:
• helping to tend a garden, to water trees, or to otherwise care for existing living plants
• planting new trees and other plants at school, in and around their home, or in their
neighborhood
• avoid breaking off branches, carving into bark, covering leaves, or otherwise
damaging plants
• helping to clean up or preserve an area so plants can grow there
• volunteering to help remove invasive species so native species can survive
• writing letters to officials encouraging them to protect endangered plant species,
to prevent habitat destruction, or to restore damaged areas
• working to reduce threats to plants, such as pollution, wastewater runoff, and clear-
cutting of rainforests or old-growth forests

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PLANT LIFE

1. What are the basic parts of almost all plants?

2. What are the main jobs of a plant’s roots?

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3. Photosynthesis is the process plants use to .

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5. How do most plants reproduce?

6. When the pollen from a stamen on one flower sticks

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7. How might a seed travel to a new place where it can grow?

8. When we say that plants reproduce, it means that

9. How do plants help animals survive?

11. According to this diagram, how

12. Which process is shown pistil

in this diagram? pollen

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Book Quiz Answer Sheet

2. C literal pp. 6, 10 Main Idea & Details

3. A vocabulary pp. 9, 10 Vocabulary

4. D inferential pp. 6–8 Make Inferences & Draw Conclusions

5. C literal p. 11 Cause & Effect

6. B inferential p. 12 Cause & Effect

7. D inferential p. 13 Make Inferences & Draw Conclusions

9. B literal pp. 16, 22 Main Idea & Details

10. C inferential pp. 20, 21 Classify Information

11. B data analysis p. 16 Interpret Visual Devices

12. C data analysis p. 12 Vocabulary

13. A data analysis p. 12 Interpret Visual Devices

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9. How do plants help animals survive?

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