Plants: Structure, Nutrition, and Uses
Test your knowledge about plants including their types, anatomy, edible parts, photosynthesis, plant products, and how different parts of plants are used for food and other purposes.
Questions
Which of the following is a creeper?
- Jasmine
- Watermelon
- Grape
- Pumpkin
- Money plant
Hina wants to watch the tiny opening present on the leaves, which helps in exchange of gases. Which of the following instrument she must use for examining?
- Magnifying glass
- Camera
- Telescope
- Microscope
- None of the above
Which of the following is not made from the juice obtained from the plants?
- Eraser
- Tyre
- Foot ball
- Magnet
- Gum boots
Adil planted a plant in a pot of soil with water and fertilizer. He then covered that plant with a big black trash bag. The plant will eventually die due to lack of_____.
- fertlilizer
- water
- sunlight
- soil
- cannot be determined
While walking in the evening in a garden Somu's shoes touched the leaves of a plant. Immediately the leaves of the plant folded. This is because______.
- all plants close their leaves in the evening
- plant was dying
- there was less sunlight so the leaves of the plant folded
- the leaves of the plant were responding to touch
- plants are afraid of humans and close their leaves after a touch
Which of the following is not a fruit?
- Tomato
- Coconut
- Apple
- Onion
- All of these
Suresh removed part X of a plant. After removing that part of the plant the plant died because it cannot get water. What is the part X of the plant?
- Leaf
- Flower
- Bud
- Root
- Stem
Select the odd one out on the basis of the part of plant that we eat:
- Lettuce
- Spinach
- Fenugreek
- Cabbage
- Cauliflower
Which of the following plant provides both food and fibre?
- Cotton
- Mango
- Teak
- Coconut
- Flax
Which of the following is a seed containing stored food?
- Mango
- Carrot
- Potato
- Corn
- Apple
Which of the following pairs of the plants are not correctly matched on the basis of their edible parts?
| A. Carrot | Sweet potato |
| B. Apple | Mango |
| C. Fenugreek | Spinach |
| D. Ginger | Turnip |
- A
- B
- C
- D
- All are correctly matched
We eat the different parts of the plant. In which of the following we eat the stem?
- Sugarcane
- Potato
- Onion
- Radish
- All of the above
Which of the following is a plant product and is used to make water proof products?
- Cotton
- Jute
- Nylon
- Rubber
- Polyester
Which of the following structures of the plant helps in exchange of gases?
- Buds
- Stem
- Leaves
- Flowers
- Fruit
Listed below are some different types of leaves. Mint leaf, papaya leaf, banana leaf, mango leaf, spinach leaf, coriander leaf. Which of these leaves are usually eaten by humans?
- Only coriander and banana leaf
- Only spinach leaf
- Only mint, spinach and coriander leaves
- Only mint, coriander, and mango leaves
- All of the above leaves