alleryStart learning →Which plant part mainly takes in water and minerals from the soil?
- Leaf
- Flower
- Root
- Stem
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Correct answer: C. Root
Roots are the organs that absorb water and minerals for the plant.
Olympiad (Class 5) Plants — practice questions
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Which plant part mainly takes in water and minerals from the soil?Read the answer and worked solution →Which plant part gives support and carries water and food around?Read the answer and worked solution →A caterpillar eats every leaf of a young plant. Which job suffers most?Read the answer and worked solution →Which plant organ is mainly used for sexual reproduction?Read the answer and worked solution →Chlorophyll absorbs red and blue light and reflects which colour?Read the answer and worked solution →The green pigments in leaf cells are held inside which tiny parts?Read the answer and worked solution →Which part of a plant cell is made mostly of cellulose?Read the answer and worked solution →Which part is found in plant cells but not in animal cells?Read the answer and worked solution →A plant cell soaks up water and swells but does not burst. What helps?Read the answer and worked solution →Plants use light energy plus which two raw materials to make sugars?Read the answer and worked solution →Which gas do green plants give out during photosynthesis?Read the answer and worked solution →A potted plant has water and air but sits in total darkness. What does it lack to make sugar?Read the answer and worked solution →In a food chain, why is grass called a producer?Read the answer and worked solution →About what share of today's air is oxygen?Read the answer and worked solution →Which process is roughly the opposite of photosynthesis?Read the answer and worked solution →A farmer cuts a potato into pieces and plants them. A potato is a food-storage structure called a?Read the answer and worked solution →A rose stem cutting grows into a new plant. What kind of reproduction is this?Read the answer and worked solution →A strawberry plant sends out runners that root and form new plants. How do the new plants compare with the parent?Read the answer and worked solution →A clump of moss is torn into pieces. What may happen to each piece?Read the answer and worked solution →A seed covered with tiny hooks is most likely spread by what?Read the answer and worked solution →Why do many fruits have a sweet, fleshy outer layer?Read the answer and worked solution →In mycorrhiza, the plant gives the root fungus what?Read the answer and worked solution →Bean roots have nodules holding bacteria. What do these bacteria do?Read the answer and worked solution →Why might a farmer grow beans before a wheat crop?Read the answer and worked solution →Broomrape has no chlorophyll. How does it get its food?Read the answer and worked solution →A plant grows on a tree branch without harming the tree. What is it called?Read the answer and worked solution →Which of these plants often grows as an epiphyte on trees?Read the answer and worked solution →Why does a Venus flytrap catch and digest small animals?Read the answer and worked solution →Some plants house ants that guard them. What does the plant gain?Read the answer and worked solution →What do bees get from flowers in return for carrying pollen?Read the answer and worked solution →
Worked practice questions
Which plant part gives support and carries water and food around?
- Flower
- Stem
- Fruit
- Leaf
Show answer and solution
Correct answer: B. Stem
The stem holds the plant up and transports water and the food molecules it makes.
A caterpillar eats every leaf of a young plant. Which job suffers most?
- Making food
- Taking in water
- Holding the soil
- Making seeds
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Correct answer: A. Making food
Leaves are the organs for photosynthesis, so losing them stops most food making.
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