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Life Cycle of a Plant

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Plants need water, air, and what three other things
a)
pretty pots, sun, and love
b)
open space, sun, and soil
c)
open space, pretty pots, and songs
d)
open space, birds, sun
2.
What is the most common way seeds move?
a)
cars and boats
b)
humans and trains
c)
wind and animals
d)
bikes and scooters
3.
Plants grow better in what type of environment?
a)
Dark warm places
b)
dark cold places
c)
light warm places
d)
light cold places 
4.
 Roots push down into the ground to get?
a)
chips and dip 
b)
  water and minerals
c)
carbon and oxygen
d)
sun and sunshine
5.
A plant’s food-making process is known as what?
a)
photosynthesis
b)
germination
c)
seeds
d)
vascular tissue
6.
What can all living things do? (even plants)
a)
Crawl
b)
Walk
c)
Move
d)
Use sunlight as food
7.
What is the plant on the right called?
a)
seedling
b)
sprout
c)
new plant
d)
seed coat
8.
What is the plant on the left called?
a)
sprout
b)
seedling
c)
stalk
d)
sproutling
9.
A full grown vegetable seed is called a...
a)
flower
b)
bean
c)
plant
d)
stalk
10.
Which gas do plants give off that helps us breathe?
a)
Nitrogen
b)
Oxygen
c)
Carbon Dioxide
d)
Air
11.

The life cycle of a plant begins with a ________?

a)

Seed

b)

Water

c)

Plant

12.

What stage is germination?

a)

Stage 1

b)

Stage 2

c)

Stage 56

d)

Stage 8

13.

What does germination mean?

a)

Making a copy of something

b)

Something being planted

c)

When something grows or develops

14.

What does a seed need in order to grow?

a)

Food from McDonald's

b)

To be planted in soil

c)

Light from the sun and water

d)

Bananas

15.

What is NOT a plant?

a)

Fruit plant

b)

Flower plants

c)

Rock plant

d)

Tree plants

16.

What part of the plant is this?

a)

Stem

b)

Germination

c)

Roots

d)

Leaf

17.

Which image shows germination?

a)
b)
c)
d)
18.

Do you like plants?

4 lines
19.

The stages through which a living thing passes during its life are called ___________.

a)

pollinate

b)

germinate

c)

life cycle

20.

__________plants grow flowers that make seeds.

a)

Flowering

b)

Conifer

c)

Nonflowering

21.

Define the word pollinate.

a)

to consume pollen

b)

to make pollen

c)

to carry pollen

22.

Pollination happens when _______ or _________ move pollen to the part of the flower that makes seeds.

a)

animals or wind

b)

plants or animals

c)

animals or water

23.

Define the word germinate.

a)

to grow

b)

to make seeds

c)

to make flowers

24.

Seeds need ________, __________, and the right temperature to germinate.

a)

shelter, water

b)

sun, space

c)

air, water

25.

Ho many stages does a flowering plant have?

a)

2

b)

4

c)

6

26.

Conifer plants grow _________instead of flowers

a)

trees

b)

seeds

c)

cones

27.

In what stage does pollination happen?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

28.

Plants have different life cycles.

a)

True

b)

False

29.

What are the functions of a seed?

a)

To help an embryo survive

b)

To hold stored food that the embryo uses to grow.

c)

To provide a tough covering that protects the embryo

d)

All of the above

30.

To germinate means:

a)

to spread germs from one plant to another

b)

begin to grow

c)

to learn the German language

d)

all of the above

31.

What is needed for a seed to germinate?

a)

Water, nutrients, and the right temperature

b)

Water, grass, fruit

c)

Pollen, water, photosynthesis

d)

Jesus, prayer, faith

32.

What causes a seed to swell up and the embryo to break through its covering?

a)

Soil

b)

Fertilizer

c)

Water

d)

None of the above

33.

What is the correct order for the life cycle of a plant

a)

Seed, seedling, growing tree, mature tree with fruit containing seeds

b)

Seedling, seed with leaves, mature tree with fruit that contain seeds, growing tree

c)

Seed, pits from fruit fall to the ground, seedling, mature tree

34.

When __________and an _____________ come together, a seed can form.

a)

flower, seed

b)

pollen, flower

c)

pollen, egg

d)

cone, pollen

35.

How do seeds travel?

a)

Water, animals, wind, planting

b)

Water, animals, pollen

c)

Planting, animals,

d)

Wind, water, pollen

36.
What are the two groups scientist classify plants into?
a)
flowering and flowering 
b)
flowering and nonflowering
c)
nonflowering and nonflowering
d)
flowers and trees
37.
If a plant is a flowering plant, what must it produce?
a)
a seed within a flower
b)
a cone
c)
spores
38.
What is an example of a flowering plant?
a)
Bean plant
b)
pine tree
c)
moss
d)
cedar tree
39.
Plants______capable of making their own food. Pick which choice to answer the question.
a)
are
b)
are not
40.
Mature plants are similar to seedlings. (They both have roots, leaves, and stems.)
a)
True 
b)
False
41.
What do seeds need to germinate?
a)
water and warmth 
b)
air and warmth
c)
water and air
d)
water only 
42.
What does germinate mean?
a)
begin to grow
b)
under developed
c)
survive
d)
live
43.
Which way does a seedling grow?
a)
towards the light
b)
away from the light
c)
in the ground
d)
to the left or right
44.
What begins to grow in the seedling stage?
a)
leaves
b)
stem
c)
roots
d)
flower
45.
What does a mature plant produce?
a)
seeds to reproduce
b)
leaves, stem, roots
c)
roots only
d)
more leaves