KS1 Earth | Where Plants Grow

Geography Quiz - Earth - Plants (Questions)

This quiz addresses part of the requirements of the National Curriculum KS1 for children aged 5 and 6 in years 1 and 2 in Geography. Specifically it looks at parts of Earth where plants grow. It is one of 50 quizzes to help you understand the world around you.

Not all of the land is green. There are deserts where very little grows. There are frozen wastes and ice and snow. But we need the green parts of the planet so we can live. Without plants we would have no food. At school you will have found out about how important plants are. In this geography quiz we will look at the parts of our planet that are green.

Sam lives in a house. Around the house is a garden. What grows in the garden?

[ ]	Mushrooms
[ ]	Flowers
[ ]	Rice
[ ]	Seaweed

In Sam’s back garden there is a large patch of grass. What is it called?

[ ]	Greenhouse
[ ]	Border
[ ]	Lawn
[ ]	Pond

Not far from Sam’s house is a ____. At the ____ there is a lot of grass, tennis courts, a playground, and a crazy golf course.

[ ]	Shop
[ ]	Garage
[ ]	Park
[ ]	Field

Farms are divided up into ______.

[ ]	Houses
[ ]	Fields
[ ]	Schools
[ ]	Streets

Sam and his family go for a walk in the countryside. They walk through a ____. There are lots of trees. In the spring the ____ is full of bluebells.

[ ]	Field
[ ]	Farm
[ ]	Wood
[ ]	Marsh

A very big wood with lots and lots of trees is called a ______.

[ ]	Forest
[ ]	Copse
[ ]	Field
[ ]	Lawn

Grace lives in Cameroon. Cameroon is in Africa, near the equator. Parts of Cameroon are covered in very thick forest. It is very hot and damp in this forest. It is a __________.

[ ]	Rainforest
[ ]	Desert
[ ]	Wood
[ ]	Copse

A very dense rainforest is called a ______.

[ ]	Wood
[ ]	Copse
[ ]	Field
[ ]	Jungle

Cerys lives on a farm in Wales. The fields are surrounded by stone walls.

Adam lives on a farm in Hampshire. The fields are surrounded by fences.

Alice lives on a farm in Devon. The fields are surrounded by ______.

[ ]	Hedges
[ ]	Ropes
[ ]	String
[ ]	Ribbons

10.

Some parts of the world have vast grasslands without any fields. What does ‘vast’ mean?

[ ]	Very high
[ ]	Very big
[ ]	Very wet
[ ]	Very dry

Geography Quiz - Earth - Plants (Answers)

Sam lives in a house. Around the house is a garden. What grows in the garden?

[ ]	Mushrooms
[x]	Flowers
[ ]	Rice
[ ]	Seaweed

Do you have a garden? What sort of flowers do you grow?

In Sam’s back garden there is a large patch of grass. What is it called?

[ ]	Greenhouse
[ ]	Border
[x]	Lawn
[ ]	Pond

Do you have a lawn? Who mows the grass?

Not far from Sam’s house is a ____. At the ____ there is a lot of grass, tennis courts, a playground, and a crazy golf course.

[ ]	Shop
[ ]	Garage
[x]	Park
[ ]	Field

Is there a park near where you live? What is there at the park?

Farms are divided up into ______.

[ ]	Houses
[x]	Fields
[ ]	Schools
[ ]	Streets

Some fields just grow grass. Other fields are used to grow crops, like wheat or potatoes

Sam and his family go for a walk in the countryside. They walk through a ____. There are lots of trees. In the spring the ____ is full of bluebells.

[ ]	Field
[ ]	Farm
[x]	Wood
[ ]	Marsh

A small wood is called a copse

A very big wood with lots and lots of trees is called a ______.

[x]	Forest
[ ]	Copse
[ ]	Field
[ ]	Lawn

The trees in forests are often grown for timber

Grace lives in Cameroon. Cameroon is in Africa, near the equator. Parts of Cameroon are covered in very thick forest. It is very hot and damp in this forest. It is a __________.

[x]	Rainforest
[ ]	Desert
[ ]	Wood
[ ]	Copse

Rainforests grow in tropical countries

A very dense rainforest is called a ______.

[ ]	Wood
[ ]	Copse
[ ]	Field
[x]	Jungle

What sort of animals live in the jungle?

[x]	Hedges
[ ]	Ropes
[ ]	String
[ ]	Ribbons

Birds like to nest in hedgerows

10.

Some parts of the world have vast grasslands without any fields. What does ‘vast’ mean?

[ ]	Very high
[x]	Very big
[ ]	Very wet
[ ]	Very dry

These grasslands are called savannah