WorksheetsPlant! Plant! Plant!
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 15mins
What three things does a seed need to grow into a plant?
Water, soil, and sunlight
Sunlight, air, and pollinators
Soil, roots, and leaves
Water, seeds, and flowers
What is the name of the process where leaves use sunlight and air to make food for the plant?
Pollination
Dispersal
Photosynthesis
Germination
The source describes vegetables as often being which parts of a plant?
The buds and petals
The roots, stems, or leaves
The seeds and pips
The flowers and pollen
Which animal collects pollen in special pockets on its back legs called 'pollen baskets'?
Bees
Hummingbirds
Butterflies
Lemurs
What is the main job of a plant’s roots?
To grow into a flower with seeds
To take in sunlight and make food
To hold the plant in the ground and take in water and food from the soil
To move water from the soil to the leaves through tiny tubes
What was the first vegetable grown in space?
Lettuce
Carrot
Potato
Onion
Why is pollination important?
It helps leaves make food from sunlight.
It helps plants stand up and grow tall.
It helps plants make seeds and fruits to grow new plants.
It helps plants get water and nutrients from the soil.
What do we call the first stage of a plant’s life, when a seed starts to grow in the soil?
Germination
Photosynthesis
Seedling
Flowering
Which fruit grows on vines in groups called bunches?
Apples
Bananas
Strawberries
Grapes
What is the long, curly tube that a butterfly uses to drink nectar from a flower?
A stem
A proboscis
A pollen basket
A floret
What is the main job of a plant’s leaves?
To move water from the roots through tiny tubes
To grow into a fruit or vegetable
To hold the plant in the soil
To take in sunlight and air to make food for the plant
How do we know the difference between fruits and vegetables?
Fruits grow from flowers and have seeds. Vegetables are roots, stems, or leaves.
Fruits grow on trees, and vegetables grow in the ground.
Fruits taste sweet, and vegetables taste salty.
Fruits have many colors, and vegetables are only green.
What do we call a tiny new plant that has just come out of the soil and is held in place by its roots?
A bud
A floret
A sprout
A pip
Besides insects like bees and butterflies, what else can move pollen from one plant to another?
Roots growing underground to connect flowers
Wind blowing it from plant to plant
The sun making it float in the air
Rainwater washing it to other flowers
Why are raisins, currants, and sultanas related to grapes?
They are small fruits that grow on the same vine as grapes.
B.
They are seeds found inside grapes.
They are all dried grapes.
They help pollinate grape flowers.
