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Olympiad (Class 5) Plants and animals — practice questions

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A green plant and a cow both live in a field. Which statement is true?Read the answer and worked solution →A gardener waters the soil around a bean plant. Which part takes in this water first?Read the answer and worked solution →Which part of a plant is mainly the food factory, using sunlight?Read the answer and worked solution →Which plant part is used for making seeds by sexual reproduction?Read the answer and worked solution →A tall tree stands straight and carries water up to its top. Which part does both jobs?Read the answer and worked solution →The green colour of leaves comes from a pigment that catches light. Its name isRead the answer and worked solution →Which material makes up most of a plant cell wall?Read the answer and worked solution →A plant kept in a dark cupboard slowly weakens. What is it missing?Read the answer and worked solution →Where did the very first animals live?Read the answer and worked solution →A rabbit eats grass directly. In a food chain, what is the rabbit called?Read the answer and worked solution →Strawberry plants send out long stems along the ground that grow new plants. These stems are calledRead the answer and worked solution →A potato in a cupboard grows sprouts. This reproduction isRead the answer and worked solution →A farmer cuts a piece of a rose stem and plants it to get a new rose. This method isRead the answer and worked solution →A bee visits flower after flower for nectar. What does it carry between the flowers by accident?Read the answer and worked solution →Some seeds have tiny hooks. How does this help the plant?Read the answer and worked solution →Bean plants have bacteria in root nodules that help the plant by fixingRead the answer and worked solution →A farmer grows beans, then wheat, on one field. Why does this help wheat?Read the answer and worked solution →Mistletoe takes some nutrients from its host tree but still has green leaves. It is calledRead the answer and worked solution →A Venus flytrap catches insects. What does it get from them?Read the answer and worked solution →An orchid grows high on a tree branch but does not harm the tree. Such a plant is anRead the answer and worked solution →Earth's air today is about what share oxygen, thanks to photosynthesis over long ages?Read the answer and worked solution →Which feature is found in every mammal mother for feeding babies?Read the answer and worked solution →Which mammal is possibly the largest animal ever to have lived?Read the answer and worked solution →Which mammal is among the smallest, only 30 to 40 millimetres long?Read the answer and worked solution →A bear and a sparrow both stay warm in cold air by making their own body heat. They areRead the answer and worked solution →A mouse and a lizard weigh the same. Which is likely true?Read the answer and worked solution →Which group has the most species among mammals?Read the answer and worked solution →Which ability do animals have that most plants do not?Read the answer and worked solution →What holds plant cells firmly in place so a plant keeps its shape?Read the answer and worked solution →A tiny animal called Hydra grows a small bud that becomes a new Hydra. This isRead the answer and worked solution →

Worked practice questions

A green plant and a cow both live in a field. Which statement is true?

  1. Neither one can make food
  2. The cow makes food; the plant cannot
  3. Both make food from sunlight
  4. The plant makes food; the cow cannot
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Correct answer: D. The plant makes food; the cow cannot

Plants build sugars from light, while an animal has to eat other living things for food.

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A gardener waters the soil around a bean plant. Which part takes in this water first?

  1. Flowers
  2. Leaves
  3. Roots
  4. Fruits
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Correct answer: C. Roots

Roots are the organs that absorb water and minerals from the soil.

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Which part of a plant is mainly the food factory, using sunlight?

  1. Root
  2. Seed coat
  3. Stem
  4. Leaf
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Correct answer: D. Leaf

Leaves carry out photosynthesis, which turns light energy into sugar.

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