Plant reproduction
5th grade (Year 6 in England) · 16 questions · Common Core: NGSS.3-LS1-1 · England: KS2 Y5 Living things and their habitats
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Question 1
How is this new plant produced: a daffodil bulb splitting into new bulbs?
- A. from seeds (sexual reproduction)
- B. from part of one parent (asexual reproduction)
Question 2
Gardeners take cuttings from a rose bush with perfect flowers. Why not just plant its seeds?
- A. Cuttings grow into plants identical to the parent; seeds may differ.
- B. Rose seeds never grow.
- C. Cuttings grow slower.
- D. Seeds are only for trees.
Question 3
True or false? Plants grown from cuttings are identical to the parent plant.
- A. True
- B. False
Question 4
How is this new plant produced: beans sown in spring?
- A. from seeds (sexual reproduction)
- B. from part of one parent (asexual reproduction)
Question 5
What is one advantage of plants making seeds rather than copies?
- A. Seeds create variety, so some young may survive changes such as new diseases.
- B. Copies spread further.
- C. Seeds are always identical.
- D. Seeds need no pollination.
Question 6
True or false? A plant grown from a seed is always identical to its parent.
- A. True
- B. False
Question 7
How is this new plant produced: a daffodil bulb splitting into new bulbs?
- A. from seeds (sexual reproduction)
- B. from part of one parent (asexual reproduction)
Question 8
What is one advantage of plants making seeds rather than copies?
- A. Seeds need no pollination.
- B. Seeds create variety, so some young may survive changes such as new diseases.
- C. Copies spread further.
- D. Seeds are always identical.
Question 9
True or false? A plant grown from a seed is always identical to its parent.
- A. True
- B. False
Question 10
How is this new plant produced: a potato tuber sprouting?
- A. from seeds (sexual reproduction)
- B. from part of one parent (asexual reproduction)
Question 11
What is one advantage of plants making seeds rather than copies?
- A. Seeds need no pollination.
- B. Seeds create variety, so some young may survive changes such as new diseases.
- C. Seeds are always identical.
- D. Copies spread further.
Question 12
True or false? Some plants can reproduce without seeds.
- A. True
- B. False
Question 13
How is this new plant produced: a potato tuber sprouting?
- A. from seeds (sexual reproduction)
- B. from part of one parent (asexual reproduction)
Question 14
Gardeners take cuttings from a rose bush with perfect flowers. Why not just plant its seeds?
- A. Cuttings grow slower.
- B. Rose seeds never grow.
- C. Cuttings grow into plants identical to the parent; seeds may differ.
- D. Seeds are only for trees.
Question 15
True or false? A plant grown from a seed is always identical to its parent.
- A. True
- B. False
Question 16
How is this new plant produced: an oak from an acorn?
- A. from seeds (sexual reproduction)
- B. from part of one parent (asexual reproduction)
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