3rd grade plants
3rd grade (Year 4 in England) · 12 questions · Common Core: NGSS.3-LS1-1, NGSS.2-LS2-2, NGSS.4-LS1-1 · England: KS2 Y3 Plants
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Question 1
How are the seeds of this plant mainly spread: gorse?
- A. wind
- B. animals
- C. water
- D. exploding pods
Question 2
In the life cycle of a flowering plant, what comes straight after "pollination"?
- A. adult plant
- B. flowering
- C. seed
- D. seed dispersal
Question 3
After pollination, which part of the flower becomes the fruit?
- A. the roots
- B. the stem
- C. the petals
- D. the ovary
Question 4
A white carnation is put in red water. After a day its petals are pink at the edges. What does this show?
- A. Water reaches all the way to the flower.
- B. Petals soak up water from the air.
- C. The flower is dying.
- D. Flowers make red paint.
Question 5
True or false? Water enters a plant mainly through its flowers.
- A. True
- B. False
Question 6
Which plant's seeds are mainly spread by exploding pods?
- A. willowherb
- B. gorse
- C. burdock burrs
- D. blackberries
Question 7
What is pollination?
- A. planting seeds in soil
- B. leaves falling in autumn (fall)
- C. watering a plant
- D. moving pollen from the male part of a flower to the female part
Question 8
How are the seeds of this plant mainly spread: willowherb?
- A. wind
- B. animals
- C. water
- D. exploding pods
Question 9
In the life cycle of a sunflower, what comes straight after "flowering plant"?
- A. seedling
- B. seed
- C. young plant
- D. new seeds
Question 10
What is the young plant that grows from a seed called?
- A. a bulb
- B. a fruit
- C. a seedling
- D. a petal
Question 11
Why is the coloured water a useful part of the celery experiment?
- A. It makes the water heavier.
- B. It lets us see where the water goes.
- C. It makes the celery taste better.
- D. It feeds the celery.
Question 12
True or false? Water travels up the stem in tiny tubes.
- A. True
- B. False
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