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Plants make food from air and water

5th grade (Year 6 in England) · 16 questions · Common Core: NGSS.5-LS1-1, NGSS.5-PS3-1 · England: KS3 Biology: Material cycles and energy

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Question 1
How plants grow: which statement is NOT true?
- A. Plants release oxygen into the air.
- B. Most of a plant's mass comes from carbon dioxide in the air and from water.
- C. Plants make their own food using light energy.
- D. The energy in plant food comes from the soil.
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Question 2
How plants grow: which statement is true?
- A. Plants get most of their mass by eating soil.
- B. Plants make their own food using light energy.
- C. Plants take in oxygen and give out only carbon dioxide all day.
- D. Plants do not need light to make food.
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Question 3
What do plants take in through their roots?
- A. sugar
- B. water and minerals
- C. carbon dioxide
- D. sunlight
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Question 4
How plants grow: which statement is NOT true?
- A. Plants release oxygen into the air.
- B. Plants do not need light to make food.
- C. Most of a plant's mass comes from carbon dioxide in the air and from water.
- D. Plants make their own food using light energy.
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Question 5
How plants grow: which statement is true?
- A. Plants take in oxygen and give out only carbon dioxide all day.
- B. Plants do not need light to make food.
- C. Plants make their own food using light energy.
- D. The energy in plant food comes from the soil.
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Question 6
Which gas do plants take from the air to build their bodies?
- A. helium
- B. nitrogen
- C. carbon dioxide
- D. oxygen
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Question 7
How plants grow: which statement is NOT true?
- A. Most of a plant's mass comes from carbon dioxide in the air and from water.
- B. The energy in plant food comes from the soil.
- C. Roots take in water and minerals.
- D. Plants make their own food using light energy.
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Question 8
How plants grow: which statement is true?
- A. The energy in plant food comes from the soil.
- B. Plants take in oxygen and give out only carbon dioxide all day.
- C. Plants release oxygen into the air.
- D. Plants do not need light to make food.
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Question 9
Which gas do plants take from the air to build their bodies?
- A. carbon dioxide
- B. oxygen
- C. nitrogen
- D. helium
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Question 10
How plants grow: which statement is NOT true?
- A. Most of a plant's mass comes from carbon dioxide in the air and from water.
- B. Plants release oxygen into the air.
- C. Roots take in water and minerals.
- D. Plants do not need light to make food.
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Question 11
How plants grow: which statement is true?
- A. The energy in plant food comes from the soil.
- B. Plants take in oxygen and give out only carbon dioxide all day.
- C. Plants do not need light to make food.
- D. Plants take in carbon dioxide through tiny holes in their leaves.
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Question 12
Where does the energy stored in the food we eat originally come from?
- A. the oceans
- B. the soil
- C. the Sun
- D. the Moon
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Question 13
How plants grow: which statement is NOT true?
- A. Roots take in water and minerals.
- B. Plants do not need light to make food.
- C. Plants release oxygen into the air.
- D. Most of a plant's mass comes from carbon dioxide in the air and from water.
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Question 14
How plants grow: which statement is true?
- A. The energy in plant food comes from the soil.
- B. Plants release oxygen into the air.
- C. Plants do not need light to make food.
- D. Plants get most of their mass by eating soil.
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Question 15
In a famous experiment, a willow tree grew by 74 kg in 5 years, but the soil lost only about 0.06 kg. What does this show?
- A. Trees do not grow.
- B. Trees eat soil.
- C. The tree's mass did not mainly come from the soil.
- D. The soil got heavier.
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Question 16
How plants grow: which statement is NOT true?
- A. Plants make their own food using light energy.
- B. Plants release oxygen into the air.
- C. Most of a plant's mass comes from carbon dioxide in the air and from water.
- D. Plants get most of their mass by eating soil.

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