Grade 4 Science: Plants

The colorful parts of flowers that protect the flower parts where seeds are made are called _____.
1. sepals
2. stamens
3. pistils
4. petals
Tiny grains that make seeds when combined with a flower's eggs are called _____.
1. sepals
2. pollen
3. petals
4. pistils
What happens when a bean seed grows?
1. The bean grows completely underground.
2. The stem of the new bean plant pushes the seed upward.
3. Nothing, bean seeds need to be soaked in water first.
4. The new bean plant does not push the seed upward.
The result of combining an egg with material in pollen is a(n) _____.
1. ovary
2. seed
3. embryo
4. sepal
A peanut in a shell and peas in a pod are examples of _____.
1. fruit
2. a pistil
3. a stamen
4. an embryo
The bottom part of the pistil where the seeds are formed is called the _____.
1. pistil
2. ovary
3. sepal
4. embryo
A seed that has two seed leaves that contain stored food is a _____.
1. dicot seed
2. monocot seed
3. pistil
4. ovule
The tiny part of all seeds that can grow into a new plant is the _____.
1. ovary
2. embryo
3. ovule
4. pistil
One tree that has flowers without petals is _____.
1. an orange tree
2. a peach tree
3. a willow tree
4. an apple tree
What are the four main parts of a flower?
1. sepal, pistil, stamen and petals
2. roots, pistil, stamen and petals
3. stamen, pistil, sepal and roots
4. sepal, leaves, petals, and thorns
The movement of pollen from a stamen to a pistil is _____.
1. migration
2. germination
3. pollination
4. dormant
When a seed is in a resting state, it is _____.
1. sprouting
2. a spore
3. growing
4. dormant
What is one kind of plant that does not make seeds?
1. conifer
2. apple tree
3. fern
4. rose
Flowering plants and conifers ______.
1. seeds
2. make spores
3. do not make seeds
4. live in cold places
How can flowering plants that do not have all four parts make seeds?
1. They can't.
2. They have two kinds of flowers. One has a stamen and one has a pistil.
3. They have two stamens and two pistils on one flower.
4. The birds help them.
The largest group of plants that make seeds are _____.
1. mosses
2. flowering plants
3. conifers
4. ferns
Seeds are scattered by _____.
1. animals, wind, and water
2. fires and ice storms
3. pollen and burrs
4. spore cases

Grade 4 Science: Plants

Multiple-Choice ExerciseContent © 2002 Linda Marshall; Author of Activity: Tami Maloney; All rights reserved. No commercial, for-profit use of this material is allowed. E-mail comments and questions to Tami Maloney.

The colorful parts of flowers that protect the flower parts where seeds are made are called _____.

Tiny grains that make seeds when combined with a flower's eggs are called _____.

What happens when a bean seed grows?

The result of combining an egg with material in pollen is a(n) _____.

A peanut in a shell and peas in a pod are examples of _____.

The bottom part of the pistil where the seeds are formed is called the _____.

A seed that has two seed leaves that contain stored food is a _____.

The tiny part of all seeds that can grow into a new plant is the _____.

One tree that has flowers without petals is _____.

What are the four main parts of a flower?

The movement of pollen from a stamen to a pistil is _____.

When a seed is in a resting state, it is _____.

What is one kind of plant that does not make seeds?

Flowering plants and conifers ______.

How can flowering plants that do not have all four parts make seeds?

The largest group of plants that make seeds are _____.

Seeds are scattered by _____.

Multiple-Choice Exercise
Content © 2002 Linda Marshall; Author of Activity: Tami Maloney; All rights reserved. No commercial, for-profit use of this material is allowed. E-mail comments and questions to Tami Maloney.