Plants - Seeds And Bulbs
Plants grow from seeds or from bulbs like these.

Plants - Seeds And Bulbs

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 plants and how seeds and bulbs store food for germination.

At school and at home you have watched plants grow. They get bigger. Many plants flower. Seeds or bulbs store food for plants. You may have planted them and watched them germinate. You may have grown beans or sunflowers. They grow from the seed using the stored food. What do seeds and bulbs need to germinate and start growing?

1.
When do most seeds start growing?
Autumn
Winter
Spring
Summer
Plants love to start growing in the spring
2.
What do seeds need to start growing?
Light and Air
Water and Warmth
Cold and Dry
Frost and Snow
When seeds start to grow it is called germination
3.
This plant also grows from a bulb. What is it called?
Buttercup
Daisy
Daffodil
Wallflower
Daffodils flower in March and April
4.
Where are strawberry seeds?
Inside the strawberry
On the outside of the strawberry
In the middle of the strawberry
In the centre of the strawberry
Strawberry seeds are those tiny pips on the outside of the strawberry
5.
What do plants make in their flowers?
Seeds
Stones
Wood
Bark
Some seeds are very tiny. Other seeds are as big as beans!
6.
This is another plant that can grow from a bulb. What is this plant called?
Wallflower
Pansy
Sunflower
Tulip
Tulips flower in April and May
7.
Beans are seeds. We eat beans. What is inside beans?
Air
Soil
Food
Water
Beans are full of food. All seeds are full of food. The food helps the new plant to grow
8.
These are hyacinths. They can grow from bulbs. What is stored in the bulb?
Food
Air
Rubber
Paper
Some plants grow from bulbs. The food in the bulb helps them to grow
9.
Harry is sowing seeds. Where is he sowing the seeds?
In sand
In soil
In water
In jelly
Have you ever sown seeds?
10.
This plant grows from a bulb. What is it called?
Wallflower
Rose
Pansy
Snowdrop
Snowdrops flower in January and February
You can find more about this topic by visiting BBC Bitesize - The lifecycle of a plant

Author:  David Bland

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