1. © NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 9d – Plants for Food1 Plants for Food

2. © NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 9d – Plants for Food2 Q1. What is a large molecule made from a string of simple sugar molecules called?

3. © NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 9d – Plants for Food3 A1. Starch

4. © NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 9d – Plants for Food4 Q2. Name a carbohydrate that is easily soluble in water

5. © NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 9d – Plants for Food5 A2. Sugar

6. © NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 9d – Plants for Food6 Q3. Name a very easily digested simple sugar

7. © NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 9d – Plants for Food7 A3. Glucose

8. © NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 9d – Plants for Food8 Q4. What form of energy is used by green plants to produce chemical energy (food)?

9. © NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 9d – Plants for Food9 A4. Light

10. © NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 9d – Plants for Food10 Q5. Name the most common solvent, needed for life processes to take place

11. © NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 9d – Plants for Food11 A5. Water

12. © NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 9d – Plants for Food12 Q6. Name the process used by green plants to convert light energy into chemical energy

13. © NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 9d – Plants for Food13 A6. Photosynthesis

14. © NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 9d – Plants for Food14 Q7. Name a large molecule made from a string of amino acids. Used for body growth and repair

15. © NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 9d – Plants for Food15 A7. Protein

16. © NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 9d – Plants for Food16 Q8. What do we call a quantity of plant or animal material?

17. © NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 9d – Plants for Food17 A8. Biomass

18. © NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 9d – Plants for Food18 Q9. What is a chemical sprayed on crops to kill weeds called?

19. © NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 9d – Plants for Food19 A9. Herbicide

20. © NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 9d – Plants for Food20 Q10. What is a chemical sprayed on crops to kill unwanted insects called?

21. © NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 9d – Plants for Food21 A10. Pesticide

22. © NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 9d – Plants for Food22 Q11. What is an unwanted plant growing in between crops called?

23. © NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 9d – Plants for Food23 A11. A weed

24. © NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 9d – Plants for Food24 Q12. What is the process of choosing particular animals or plants to breed together to produce the next generation called?

25. © NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 9d – Plants for Food25 A12. Selection

26. © NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 9d – Plants for Food26 Q13. What are trees that lose their leaves in Winter called?

27. © NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 9d – Plants for Food27 A13. Deciduous

28. © NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 9d – Plants for Food28 Q14. What is the evaporation of water from plant surfaces, usually from stomata on leaves, called?

29. © NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 9d – Plants for Food29 A14. Transpiration

30. © NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 9d – Plants for Food30 Q15. Name a cereal crop used to make flour for bread and pasta

31. © NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 9d – Plants for Food31 A15. Wheat

32. © NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 9d – Plants for Food32 Q16. Name a food crop that produces thin white grains

33. © NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 9d – Plants for Food33 A16. Rice

34. © NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 9d – Plants for Food34 Q17. What do we call a chemical found in vegetables, fruit and cereals that help your body to work efficiently?

35. © NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 9d – Plants for Food35 A17. A Vitamin

36. © NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 9d – Plants for Food36 Q18. Name the process of breaking down foods for energy within an organism

37. © NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 9d – Plants for Food37 A18. Respiration

38. © NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 9d – Plants for Food38 Well Done! Now check your score