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Plants: Life & Growth — Practice Worksheet
Name: ____________________
Roll No.: __________
Date: ____________
General Instructions
- All questions are compulsory.
- Choose the correct option (A, B, C or D) for each question.
- The answer key is at the end — try the paper first!
Section A — Multiple Choice (1 mark each)
15 × 1 = 15 marks
1.
Which creatures often carry pollen between flowers?
- A.Fish
- B.Bees and butterflies
- C.Snakes
- D.Worms
2.
A bee gets ___ from a flower while it helps pollinate it.
- A.Wood
- B.Soil
- C.Stones
- D.Nectar
3.
The green colour in leaves that traps sunlight is called…
- A.Chalk
- B.Chlorophyll
- C.Calcium
- D.Carbon
4.
The brightly coloured parts of a flower that attract insects are the…
- A.Roots
- B.Petals
- C.Stems
- D.Seeds
5.
Why is it useful for seeds to travel far from the parent plant?
- A.It is faster
- B.They like travelling
- C.They get space, light and water to grow
- D.It looks nice
6.
When animals eat fruits, the seeds may be spread through their…
- A.Songs
- B.Droppings
- C.Sleep
- D.Shadow
7.
A seed can grow into a new…
- A.Animal
- B.Plant
- C.Rock
- D.Cloud
8.
The male part of a flower that makes pollen is the…
- A.Fruit
- B.Sepal
- C.Root
- D.Stamen
9.
Plants mainly make their food in their…
- A.Flowers
- B.Roots
- C.Leaves
- D.Seeds
10.
To make food, a plant needs sunlight, water and the gas…
- A.Steam
- B.Oxygen
- C.Nitrogen only
- D.Carbon dioxide
11.
When a seed begins to grow into a plant, this is called…
- A.Evaporation
- B.Pollination
- C.Germination
- D.Digestion
12.
The small green leaf-like parts that protect a flower bud are the…
- A.Roots
- B.Petals
- C.Sepals
- D.Fruits
13.
Besides insects, pollen can also be carried by the…
- A.Rocks
- B.Soil
- C.Wind
- D.Roots
14.
After pollination, the ovary of a flower grows into a…
- A.Stem
- B.Root
- C.Leaf
- D.Fruit
15.
Light, feathery seeds like dandelion are carried by the…
- A.Rocks
- B.River bed
- C.Wind
- D.Roots
Section B — Challenge / Olympiad (2 marks each)
5 × 2 = 10 marks
16.
A green plant both makes food by day and, like us, also takes in oxygen to…
- A.Sleep
- B.Breathe (respire)
- C.Fly
- D.Freeze
17.
A seed with a tasty fruit around it is most likely spread by…
- A.Animals that eat the fruit
- B.Magnets
- C.Electric wires
- D.Sound waves
18.
If all the bees disappeared, many plants would make far fewer fruits because pollination would be…
- A.Unchanged
- B.Faster
- C.Reduced
- D.Easier
19.
A pea pod is a fruit, and the peas inside it are the…
- A.Leaves
- B.Petals
- C.Roots
- D.Seeds
20.
A flower that has both stamens and a pistil is called a ___ flower.
- A.Half
- B.Complete (bisexual)
- C.Dead
- D.Fruit
Answer Key
Section A — Multiple Choice (1 mark each)
- (B) Bees and butterflies
- (D) Nectar
- (B) Chlorophyll
- (B) Petals
- (C) They get space, light and water to grow
- (B) Droppings
- (B) Plant
- (D) Stamen
- (C) Leaves
- (D) Carbon dioxide
- (C) Germination
- (C) Sepals
- (C) Wind
- (D) Fruit
- (C) Wind
Section B — Challenge / Olympiad (2 marks each)
- (B) Breathe (respire)
- (A) Animals that eat the fruit
- (C) Reduced
- (D) Seeds
- (B) Complete (bisexual)
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