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Science Quiz - Living Things - Animal Or Plant? (Questions)

Learn how to spot if something is an animal or a plant by looking at how it grows, moves, and gets its food.

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Fascinating Fact:

Cacti are plants that store water inside, like spiky drinks bottles, while desert animals like camels carry fat in humps to survive with little water.

In KS1 Science, you find out what makes something living and how to tell animals and plants apart. You explore how they grow, feed, move, and survive in different places.

Key Terms

Living Thing: Something that grows, needs food and water, and can reproduce, like an animal or a plant.
Animal: A living thing that usually moves, eats food, and reacts quickly to its surroundings.
Plant: A living thing that stays in one place, makes its own food using light, and has roots, stems, and leaves.

Frequently Asked Questions (Click to see answers)

How can children tell the difference between an animal and a plant?

Children can look for clues. Plants stay in one place and make their own food. Animals move around to find food and often have eyes, mouths, or legs.

What does living thing mean in KS1 science?

In KS1 science, a living thing is something that is alive. It grows, needs food and water, breathes or exchanges gases, and can have young.

Are all green things plants?

Many green things are plants, but not always. Children should check for plant parts like leaves, stems, and roots, and remember that toys or plastic objects are not living.

Try These Related Quizzes

1.

Which one of these is an animal?

[ ]	Oak tree
[ ]	Potato
[ ]	Dandelion
[ ]	Lion

2.

Which one of these is an animal?

[ ]	Gold ring
[ ]	Goldfish
[ ]	Grass
[ ]	Glass

3.

Which one of these is a plant?

[ ]	Pig
[ ]	Horse
[ ]	Cow
[ ]	Daisy

4.

Which one of these is a plant?

[ ]	Crocodile
[ ]	Snake
[ ]	Spider
[ ]	Tomato

5.

Which one of these can run about?

[ ]	Tree
[ ]	Daffodil
[ ]	Dandelion
[ ]	Rabbit

6.

Which one of these eats its food?

[ ]	Potato
[ ]	Tomato
[ ]	Carrot
[ ]	Cow

7.

Caterpillars are animals. They live on plants. What can both the plant and the caterpillar do?

[ ]	Eat
[ ]	Grow
[ ]	Talk
[ ]	Run

8.

Which one of these needs the sun to grow?

[ ]	Plant
[ ]	Animal
[ ]	Boy
[ ]	Girl

9.

Some things don’t look much like animals. Which one of these is an animal?

[ ]	Lettuce
[ ]	Snail
[ ]	Apple
[ ]	Pear

10.

Some things don’t look much like plants. Which one of these is a plant?

[ ]	Beetle
[ ]	Worm
[ ]	Moss
[ ]	Slug

You can find more about this topic by visiting BBC Bitesize - Plants and Animals

Science Quiz - Living Things - Animal Or Plant? (Answers)

1.

Which one of these is an animal?

[ ]	Oak tree
[ ]	Potato
[ ]	Dandelion
[x]	Lion

The dandelion sounds like an animal. Of course, it isn’t. A dandelion is a plant with green leaves and yellow flowers

2.

Which one of these is an animal?

[ ]	Gold ring
[x]	Goldfish
[ ]	Grass
[ ]	Glass

A gold ring is made of gold. It is a metal. The goldfish is an animal. Don’t forget that fish are animals. They can grow and swim

3.

Which one of these is a plant?

[ ]	Pig
[ ]	Horse
[ ]	Cow
[x]	Daisy

The cow might be called Daisy, but cows are animals

4.

Which one of these is a plant?

[ ]	Crocodile
[ ]	Snake
[ ]	Spider
[x]	Tomato

Tomatoes grow on plants. When they are ripe they turn red. The tomatoes are picked and sent to the shops. Do you like eating tomatoes?

5.

Which one of these can run about?

[ ]	Tree
[ ]	Daffodil
[ ]	Dandelion
[x]	Rabbit

Plants can bend, but they can’t run about like rabbits can!

6.

Which one of these eats its food?

[ ]	Potato
[ ]	Tomato
[ ]	Carrot
[x]	Cow

You eat potatoes, tomatoes and carrots. They are all plants. You eat plants. So does the cow. The cow eats grass. Animals eat to get their food

7.

Caterpillars are animals. They live on plants. What can both the plant and the caterpillar do?

[ ]	Eat
[x]	Grow
[ ]	Talk
[ ]	Run

Plants do not eat. The caterpillar eats the plant. But both caterpillars and plants can grow. You grow and plants grow. You are both living things

8.

Which one of these needs the sun to grow?

[x]	Plant
[ ]	Animal
[ ]	Boy
[ ]	Girl

It is nice when it is sunny. But you grow even on a dark day in winter. You love the sun. But plants love the sun even more - they need it to grow

9.

Some things don’t look much like animals. Which one of these is an animal?

[ ]	Lettuce
[x]	Snail
[ ]	Apple
[ ]	Pear

Snails live in a shell. The shell is their house. But snails grow and move about - very slowly! Snails are animals

10.

Some things don’t look much like plants. Which one of these is a plant?

[ ]	Beetle
[ ]	Worm
[x]	Moss
[ ]	Slug

It’s the moss! It’s green and it doesn’t move about. The other three are all creepy crawlies