Vocabulary Test About PLANTS Choose The Right Answer MCQ Exercise 138

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Question 1

One of the effects of acid rain is that it causes plants to _____.

A	contract
B	shrink
C	thrive
D	wither

Question 1 Explanation:

To wither means to become dry, weak and smaller, then die, which is what happens to plants damaged by acid rain. Not shrink: it simply means 'become smaller' and is not the usual word for dying plants.

Question 2

Owing to the warm weather, there has been _____ of strawberries this year.

A	an affluence
B	a glut
C	an overflow
D	a redundancy

Question 2 Explanation:

A glut is more of something than is needed, especially fruit or vegetables at harvest time: a glut of strawberries. Affluence means wealth, and an overflow is liquid or people spilling over, so neither fits here.

Question 3

Our grandpa's sitting over there in the shade in the middle of that _____ of trees.

A	bundle
B	clump
C	scrub
D	stack

Question 3 Explanation:

A clump of trees is a small group of trees growing close together. A bundle is things tied together, and a stack is things piled on top of each other.

Question 4

We thought the plants had all died from lack of rain and were delighted to see new _____ appearing.

A	points
B	shapes
C	shoots
D	tops

Question 4 Explanation:

Shoots are the new young parts of a plant that grow out of the ground or from a stem. They show that the plants were still alive: new shoots appeared in spring.

Question 5

Oak and beech are _____.

A	bushes
B	coniferous trees
C	deciduous trees
D	shrubs

Question 5 Explanation:

Deciduous trees lose their leaves every autumn, and oak and beech do this. Coniferous trees, like pine, keep their needles all year and have cones.

Question 6

Those _____ could be delicious fried in butter for dinner.

A	ferns
B	lichens
C	mosses
D	mushrooms

Question 6 Explanation:

Mushrooms are the everyday word for edible fungi that we cook and eat, for example mushrooms fried in butter. Ferns, mosses and lichens are not eaten as food.

Question 7

A green carpet of _____ covered the decaying tree trunk.

A	herb
B	moss
C	shrub
D	turf

Question 7 Explanation:

Moss is a small, soft green plant that grows like a carpet on wet stones, trees and old wood. Turf is grass with its soil, used for lawns, not on tree trunks.

Question 8

When the wind blows, you can hear the leaves _____.

A	cracking
B	creaking
C	rattling
D	rustling

Question 8 Explanation:

Leaves rustle: they make a soft, dry sound when the wind moves them. Creaking is the sound of an old door or floor, and rattling is hard objects knocking together.

Question 9

The indiscriminate use of pesticides has _____ many rare species.

A	cancelled
B	devastated
C	extincted
D	wiped out

Question 9 Explanation:

To wipe out means to destroy something completely, so species that are wiped out disappear. Extincted is not a word; we say a species became extinct. Devastated is mostly used for places or people, not species.

Question 10

Waste paper can be _____ instead of being burnt.

A	decomposed
B	incinerated
C	recycled
D	revamped

Question 10 Explanation:

Recycled means treated so it can be used again, which is the alternative to burning. Incinerated means burnt, so it does not fit with 'instead of being burnt'.

Question 11

Don't eat those berries, in case they are _____.

A	contagious
B	infectious
C	poisonous
D	venomous

Question 11 Explanation:

Poisonous plants or berries can make you ill or kill you if you eat them. Venomous is used for animals like snakes that bite or sting, and contagious and infectious are used for diseases.

Question 12

Several of the trees in the park were _____.

A	diseased
B	ill
C	sick
D	unwell

Question 12 Explanation:

Diseased is the usual word for trees or plants affected by a disease: diseased trees. Ill, sick and unwell are normally used for people and animals, not for trees.

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