KS1 Living Things | Difference Between Animals and Plants

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

This quiz addresses the requirements of the National Curriculum KS1 Science for children aged 5 and 6 in years 1 and 2. Specifically this quiz is aimed at the section dealing with living things and the differences and similarities between animals and plants.

In school you have found out all about living things. Some living things are animals. Some living things are plants. Are animals and plants the same? How are they different? Let’s find out how they are the same and how they are different.

Which one of these is an animal?

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

Which one of these is an animal?

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

Which one of these is a plant?

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

Which one of these is a plant?

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

Which one of these can run about?

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

Which one of these eats its food?

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

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

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

Which one of these needs the sun to grow?

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

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

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

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

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

Which one of these is a plant?

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

The cow might be called Daisy, but cows are animals

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?

Which one of these can run about?

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

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

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

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

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

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