Plants Knowledge Organiser Quiz

Read each question and tick the correct answer. Use the Plants Knowledge Organiser for
help if you need to.

1 Which of these things do ALL plants 4 What is germination?

need to grow well?
A when a seed begins to grow
and a tiny new plant bursts
out of its shell

B when the fruit is ready

to be picked

A a plant pot C when the plant begins to die

B flowers
5 What do seeds need to help them
C the right temperature
to germinate?

2 Which of these things could plants

do without and still grow well?

A water

B someone to care for it

C sunlight A an insect

B water

3 What do plants need to make C a quiet place

their own food?

A the sun
6 Which way does a shoot grow
from the seed?

A sideways
B the wind
B downwards

C upwards
C rainbows

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7 Which of these plants grow 10 In the life cycle of a plant, which

from a bulb? part of the plant grows before
leaves appear?

A daffodils

B cress

C sunflower A the fruit

B the flower

C the roots
8 What happens to many plants after
its seeds have dispersed?

11 In the life cycle of a plant, what

A it flowers
happens after the plant flowers?

B it dies

C it germinates

A the fruit grows

9 Which part of the plant is used to
B the roots grow
take in light from the sun?
C the seed germinates
A leaves

B seeds 12 What happens when a

C petals plant sprouts?

A it dies

B it grows new shoots

C it germinates

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13 Which one of these is NOT a way 16 Where do these plants grow best?
that a seed can be moved from its
parent plant?

A by the wind

B by animals

C by getting up and walking A somewhere sunny and dry

B in water

C in the rainforest
14 What temperature do these plants
like best?

17 Which of these plants that we can

eat is a bulb?

A peas
A cold
B coconut
B warm

C hot C onion

15 What temperature do these plants 18 Which of these plants that we can

like best? eat is a seed?

A garlic

B peas

A cold C leek
B warm

C hot

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19 Which part of the plant do these 21 Which part of the plant do these
foods come from? foods come from?

A root A leaf
B leaf B stem
C stem C root

20 Which part of the plant do these 22 Which part of the plant do these
foods come from? foods come from?

A root A stem

B stem B leaf

C flower C flower

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Plants Knowledge Organiser Quiz Answers

1 C the right temperature 12 B it grows new shoots

2 B someone to care for it 13 C by getting up and walking

3 A the sun 14 C hot

4 A when a seed begins to grow 15 A cold

and tiny new plant bursts out
of its shell
16 A somewhere sunny and dry
5 B water

17 C onion
6 C upwards

18 B peas
7 A daffodils

19 A root
8 B it dies

20 B stem
9 A leaves

21 A leaf
10 C the roots

22 C flower
11 A the fruit grows

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