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Nutrition in Plants

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the source of energy for plants to make food?

a)

Other plants

b)

The sun

c)

The moon

d)

Animals

2.

What do plants need to make food?

a)

Water and oxygen

b)

Water and carbon dioxide

c)

Oxygen and dirt

d)

Carbon dioxide and oxygen

3.

How do plants get the water they need to make food?

a)

Roots bring water in from the soil

b)

The leaves bring water in from the air

c)

The flowers collect water

d)

Seeds spread out to find water

4.

What is the food that plants make called?

a)

Glucose

b)

Oxygen

c)

Leaves

d)

Carbon dioxide

5.

Glucose is a kind of _____

a)

Meat

b)

Air

c)

Sugar

d)

Leaf

6.

Which shows the reactants for photosynthesis?

a)

Oxygen and carbon dioxide

b)

Dirt and oxygen

c)

Water and carbon dioxide

d)

Carbon dioxide and leaves

7.

Which gas do plants release during photosynthesis?

a)

Oxygen

b)

Carbon

c)

Helium

d)

Carbon dioxide

8.

What are the products of photosynthesis?

a)

Oxygen and glucose

b)

Carbon dioxide and oxygen

c)

Glucose and carbon dioxide

d)

Glucose only

9.

What is the correct equation for photosynthesis?

a)

Carbon dioxide + oxygen + sunlight = glucose + water

b)

Water + oxygen = sunlight + carbon dioxide + soil

c)

Glucose + oxygen = sunlight + carbon dioxide + water

d)

Water + carbon dioxide + sunlight = glucose + oxygen

10.

Iodine reacts with starch to turn _________

a)

Blue- black

b)

Purple

c)

Blue

d)

Black

11.

How are plants beneficial to animals?

a)

They eat harmful animals

b)

The provide oxygen and food for animals

c)

The provide carbon dioxide for animals

d)

The produce glucose for animals to eat

12.

A popular 'pet' in Japan is a plant called Marimo, or moss balls. They sink during the night and they float during the day. Based on what you know about plants, why does this happen?

a)

They become lighter during the day and gain weight at night

b)

They get larger at night, which causes them to sink

c)

They turn green at night, and green makes them weigh more

d)

They perform photosynthesis during the day, which releases bubbles of Oxygen, which allows them to float.

13.

What is the chemical in plants' leaves that perform photosynthesis and causes plants to be a green colour?

a)

Stomata

b)

Cholorophyll

c)

Carbon dioxide

d)

Glucose

14.

What molecule absorbs sunlight for photosynthesis?

a)

Choloroplast

b)

Thylakoid

c)

Grana

d)

Chlorophyll

15.

Which of the following is not needed for photosynthesis to occur?

a)

Sunlight

b)

Carbon dioxide

c)

Water

d)

Oxygen

16.

Plants need ______ for photosynthesis.

a)

Oxygen

b)

Soil

c)

Carbon dioxide

d)

Sugar

17.

Which plant part transports water and nutrients to different parts of the plant?

a)

Xylem

b)

Phloem

18.

Photosynthesis takes place in plant's ______.

a)

Flowers

b)

Stem

c)

Roots

d)

Leaves

19.

Where is chlorophyll found in plant cell?

a)

Nucleus

b)

Cytoplasm

c)

Choloroplast

d)

Cell wall

20.

Plants are called producers because they ______

a)

Produce energy

b)

Make their own food

c)

Are edible

d)

Grow from seeds

21.

Why do humans need plant to survive?

a)

They produce water we drink

b)

We eat them for energy

c)

We breathe the oxygen they release

d)

They absorb the carbon dioxide we release

22.

Which part of plant takes carbon dioxide from air for photosynthesis?

a)

Root hair

b)

Flowers

c)

Stomata

d)

Leaf veins

23.

_______ is the mode of taking food by an organism and its utilisation by the body.

a)

Nutrients

b)

Nutrition

c)

Photosynthesis

d)

Autotroph

24.

The process of photosynthesis takes place in organelles (part of cell) called ______

a)

Phloem

b)

Xylem

c)

Stomata

d)

Chloroplast

25.

A part of chloroplast that contain chlorophyll pigments

a)

Stroma

b)

Grana

c)

Thylakoid

d)

DNA