KS1 Plants | Seeds, Bulbs and Germination

Science Quiz - Plants - Seeds And Bulbs (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 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?

What do plants make in their flowers?

[ ]	Seeds
[ ]	Stones
[ ]	Wood
[ ]	Bark

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

Beans are seeds. We eat beans. What is inside beans?

[ ]	Air
[ ]	Soil
[ ]	Food
[ ]	Water

Harry is sowing seeds. Where is he sowing the seeds?

[ ]	In sand
[ ]	In soil
[ ]	In water
[ ]	In jelly

What do seeds need to start growing?

[ ]	Light and Air
[ ]	Water and Warmth
[ ]	Cold and Dry
[ ]	Frost and Snow

When do most seeds start growing?

[ ]	Autumn
[ ]	Winter
[ ]	Spring
[ ]	Summer

These are hyacinths. They can grow from bulbs. What is stored in the bulb?

[ ]	Food
[ ]	Air
[ ]	Rubber
[ ]	Paper

This plant grows from a bulb. What is it called?

[ ]	Wallflower
[ ]	Rose
[ ]	Pansy
[ ]	Snowdrop

This plant also grows from a bulb. What is it called?

[ ]	Buttercup
[ ]	Daisy
[ ]	Daffodil
[ ]	Wallflower

10.

This is another plant that can grow from a bulb. What is this plant called?

[ ]	Wallflower
[ ]	Pansy
[ ]	Sunflower
[ ]	Tulip

Science Quiz - Plants - Seeds And Bulbs (Answers)

What do plants make in their flowers?

[x]	Seeds
[ ]	Stones
[ ]	Wood
[ ]	Bark

Some seeds are very tiny. Other seeds are as big as beans!

Where are strawberry seeds?

[ ]	Inside the strawberry
[x]	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

Beans are seeds. We eat beans. What is inside beans?

[ ]	Air
[ ]	Soil
[x]	Food
[ ]	Water

Beans are full of food. All seeds are full of food. The food helps the new plant to grow

Harry is sowing seeds. Where is he sowing the seeds?

[ ]	In sand
[x]	In soil
[ ]	In water
[ ]	In jelly

Have you ever sown seeds?

What do seeds need to start growing?

[ ]	Light and Air
[x]	Water and Warmth
[ ]	Cold and Dry
[ ]	Frost and Snow

When seeds start to grow it is called germination

When do most seeds start growing?

[ ]	Autumn
[ ]	Winter
[x]	Spring
[ ]	Summer

Plants love to start growing in the spring

These are hyacinths. They can grow from bulbs. What is stored in the bulb?

[x]	Food
[ ]	Air
[ ]	Rubber
[ ]	Paper

Some plants grow from bulbs. The food in the bulb helps them to grow

This plant grows from a bulb. What is it called?

[ ]	Wallflower
[ ]	Rose
[ ]	Pansy
[x]	Snowdrop

Snowdrops flower in January and February

This plant also grows from a bulb. What is it called?

[ ]	Buttercup
[ ]	Daisy
[x]	Daffodil
[ ]	Wallflower

Daffodils flower in March and April

10.

This is another plant that can grow from a bulb. What is this plant called?

[ ]	Wallflower
[ ]	Pansy
[ ]	Sunflower
[x]	Tulip

Tulips flower in April and May