Make sure you have understood everything in this section (Lessons B7, B8, and B9).
Use the Self-Check below, and the Self-Check & Lesson Review Tips to guide your learning.
This is also a good time to visit your Section 2 Checklist to make sure you have completed all the recommended learning activities.

Unit B Section 2 Self-Check

Instructions


Complete the following 6 steps. Don't skip steps – if you do them in order, you will confirm your understanding of this section and create a study bank for the future.

  1. DOWNLOAD the self-check quiz by clicking here.

  2. ANSWER all the questions on the downloaded quiz in the spaces provided. Think carefully before typing your answers. Review the lessons of this section if you need to. Save your quiz when you are done.

  3. COMPARE your answers with the suggested "Self-Check Quiz Answers" below. WAIT! You didn't skip step 2, did you? It's very important to carefully write out your own answers before checking the suggested answers.

  4. REVISE your quiz answers if you need to. If you answered all the questions correctly, you can skip this step. Revise means to change, fix, and add extra notes if you need to. This quiz is NOT FOR MARKS, so it is perfectly OK to correct any mistakes you made. This will make your self-check quiz an excellent study tool you can use later.

  5. SAVE your quiz to a folder on your computer, or to your Private Files. That way you will know where it is for later studying.

  6. CHECK with your teacher if you need to. If after completing all these steps you are still not sure about the questions or your answers, you should ask for more feedback from your teacher. To do this, post in the Course Questions Forum, or send your teacher an email. In either case, attach your completed quiz and ask; "Can you look at this quiz and give me some feedback please?" They will be happy to help you!

Self-Check Time!

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Self-Check Quiz Answers

Click each of the suggested answers below, and carefully compare your answers to the suggested answers.

If you have not done the quiz yet – STOP – and go back to step 1 above. Do not look at the answers without first trying the questions.

Sharp thorns on rose bushes prevent animals from touching or eating them. This adaptation helps rose plants to survive.
The deep taproot of a dandelion plant is difficult to remove from the ground. Dandelion leaves are eaten by deer, rabbits, and even humans. When the stems, leaves, and flowers of dandelion plants are removed, the dandelions can grow new plants from any taproots remaining in the ground. The taproot is an adaptation that helps the dandelion to survive.
People depend on plants in many ways. We eat plants directly, and the animals we eat for meat ate plants. We rely on plants to put oxygen into the air, which our bodies need for cellular respiration. Also, we use plants for clothing and shelter.
Sustainable forestry is managing forests well to balance cutting trees and replanting trees to have forests for the future.
Forest fires clear forests of old, dead branches and trees so that new plants and trees can grow with lots of sunlight and space. New forests provide shelter and new food sources for other insects and animals.