Plants

Question 1

What are the five most important types of food for humans, that are stored in some kinds of plants?

Answer 1

1. Starch
2. Vitamins
3. Minerals
4. Oil
5. Protein

Question 2

Give 3 examples of a plant that gives us starch?

Answer 2

1. Potato
2. Wheat
3. Rice

Question 3

Give 3 examples of plants that gives us sugar?

Answer 3

1. Fruit
2. Sugar cane
3. Sugar beet

Question 4

Give 3 examples of plants that gives us oil

Answer 4

1. Sunflowers
2. Olives
3. Peanuts

Question 5

Give 3 examples of plants that gives us protein

Answer 5

1. Beans
2. Soya
3. Peas

Question 6

What is the name of the food that is inside the leaves of plants?

Answer 6

Glucose

Question 7

Besides the leaves, name 5 places in the plant where food is stored.

Answer 7

1. Stems
2. Roots
3. Seeds
4. Fruit
5. Flowers

Question 8

Why are green-leaf vegetables important for humans?

Answer 8

They contain the following:

1. Vitamins
2. Minerals
3. Water

Question 9

Is the potato a root?

Answer 9

No

Question 10

If potato is not a root, then what is it?

Answer 10

A special kind of stem called a TUBER

Question 11

If the potato is underground, how can it make food?

Answer 11

In the beginning of it’s life cycle, the potato forms its food in the leaves above ground

Question 12

How does a new potato form?

Answer 12

From the tiny buds that start to shoot from the skin of the potato

Question 13

Which other plant stores its food in its stem?

Answer 13

Sugar Cane

Question 14

How do the farmers know it is time to harvest the potatoes?

Answer 14

The plant starts to whither

Question 15

Name three plants that store food in their flowers.

Answer 15

1. Cauliflower
2. Artichoke
3. Broccoli

Question 16

Name 6 plants that store their food in their roots.

Answer 16

1. Carrot
2. Beetroot
3. Sweet Potato
4. Radish
5. Turnip
6. Parsnip

Question 17

Which food type are carrots rich in?

Answer 17

Sugar

Question 18

Why do carrots have tiny side root hairs?

Answer 18

They absorb water.

Question 19

Which food type do we get from seeds?

Answer 19

Starch

Question 20

What is a staple food?

Answer 20

A food that is most commonly eaten in a country.
It is cheap and plentiful
It contains starch

Question 21

Give the staple food of the following countries:

1. China / Japan
2. USA
3. Italy
4. South Africa

Answer 21

1. Rice
2. Maize & Wheat
3. Wheat
4. Maize

Question 22

In peas, where is the food stored?

Answer 22

In the seeds

Question 23

What interesting thing happens to peas?

Answer 23

When they are young, they are sweet because they have lots of sugar.
When they get ripe, the sugar turns into starch and protein.

Question 24

Any part of the plant that contains seeds is called…..?

Answer 24

The fruit

Question 25

Why are pumpkins not very nourishing?

Answer 25

Because the contain some sugar and ALOT of water.