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Science: Elementary School: 1st and 2nd Grade Quiz - Living Things - Animal Or Plant? (Questions)

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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.

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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
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Science: Elementary School: 1st and 2nd Grade 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