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How water travels up through a plant

3rd grade (Year 4 in England) · 11 questions · Common Core: NGSS.4-LS1-1 · England: KS2 Y3 Plants

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  1. Question 1

    A stick of celery is left in blue-coloured water overnight. What do you see the next day?

    • A. Blue lines up the stem and blue in the leaves.
    • B. The celery has grown roots.
    • C. The water is clear and the celery is unchanged.
    • D. The celery has turned to ice.

  2. Question 2

    True or false? Water enters a plant mainly through its flowers.

    • A. True
    • B. False

  3. Question 3

    A stick of celery is left in blue-coloured water overnight. What do you see the next day?

    • A. Blue lines up the stem and blue in the leaves.
    • B. The celery has turned to ice.
    • C. The celery has grown roots.
    • D. The water is clear and the celery is unchanged.

  4. Question 4

    True or false? Water travels down the stem from the leaves to the roots.

    • A. True
    • B. False

  5. Question 5

    Why is the coloured water a useful part of the celery experiment?

    • A. It lets us see where the water goes.
    • B. It makes the water heavier.
    • C. It makes the celery taste better.
    • D. It feeds the celery.

  6. Question 6

    True or false? Cut flowers in a vase do not need water.

    • A. True
    • B. False

  7. Question 7

    A stick of celery is left in blue-coloured water overnight. What do you see the next day?

    • A. The celery has turned to ice.
    • B. The water is clear and the celery is unchanged.
    • C. The celery has grown roots.
    • D. Blue lines up the stem and blue in the leaves.

  8. Question 8

    True or false? Roots take in water from the soil.

    • A. True
    • B. False

  9. Question 9

    Where does most of the water that travels up a plant end up?

    • A. It stays in the stem for ever.
    • B. It evaporates out through tiny holes in the leaves.
    • C. It turns into soil.
    • D. It goes back down to the roots.

  10. Question 10

    True or false? Water leaves a plant through its leaves as water vapour.

    • A. True
    • B. False

  11. Question 11

    A white carnation is put in red water. After a day its petals are pink at the edges. What does this show?

    • A. Petals soak up water from the air.
    • B. The flower is dying.
    • C. Water reaches all the way to the flower.
    • D. Flowers make red paint.

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  1. Blue lines up the stem and blue in the leaves.
  2. False
  3. Blue lines up the stem and blue in the leaves.
  4. False
  5. It lets us see where the water goes.
  6. False
  7. Blue lines up the stem and blue in the leaves.
  8. True
  9. It evaporates out through tiny holes in the leaves.
  10. True
  11. Water reaches all the way to the flower.