Question Paper
Class / Subject: Class 8 (ICSE) · Science
Chapter: Chapter 18 — Chapter 18: Transportation in Plants
Time Allowed: 32 minutes
Max Marks: 16
1. What absorbs water and minerals? [1]
(A) Roots
(B) Leaves
(C) Flowers
(D) Stems only
2. What transports water upward in plants? [1]
(A) Xylem
(B) Phloem
(C) Roots only
(D) Flowers
3. What is transpiration? [1]
(A) Water evaporation from leaves
(B) Water absorption by roots
(C) Food production in leaves
(D) Nothing specific
4. What does transpiration help with? [1]
(A) Pulling water upward through xylem
(B) Pushing water downward
(C) Nothing useful
(D) Producing food
5. What transports food in plants? [1]
(A) Phloem
(B) Xylem
(C) Roots only
(D) Nothing transports food
6. Where does phloem transport food? [1]
(A) From leaves to roots and fruits
(B) From roots to leaves only
(C) Nowhere
(D) Only within leaves
7. What is transpiration compared to? [1]
(A) Drinking through a straw
(B) Eating food
(C) Breathing air
(D) Nothing specific
8. Why study plant transportation? [1]
(A) To understand plant growth and survival
(B) No reason
(C) It's not useful
(D) Only for tests
9. What absorbs water and minerals? [1]
(A) Roots
(B) Leaves
(C) Flowers
(D) Stems only
10. What transports water upward in plants? [1]
(A) Xylem
(B) Phloem
(C) Roots only
(D) Flowers
11. What is transpiration? [1]
(A) Water evaporation from leaves
(B) Water absorption by roots
(C) Food production in leaves
(D) Nothing specific
12. What does transpiration help with? [1]
(A) Pulling water upward through xylem
(B) Pushing water downward
(C) Nothing useful
(D) Producing food
13. What transports food in plants? [1]
(A) Phloem
(B) Xylem
(C) Roots only
(D) Nothing transports food
14. Where does phloem transport food? [1]
(A) From leaves to roots and fruits
(B) From roots to leaves only
(C) Nowhere
(D) Only within leaves
15. What is transpiration compared to? [1]
(A) Drinking through a straw
(B) Eating food
(C) Breathing air
(D) Nothing specific
16. Why study plant transportation? [1]
(A) To understand plant growth and survival
(B) No reason
(C) It's not useful
(D) Only for tests