40 Plant Trivia Questions for Kids

1. What carries water through the branching lines in a leaf?

2. What is the stalk that joins a leaf blade to a stem called?

3. A leaf is divided into several separate leaflets. What kind of leaf is it?

4. What coats many leaves to help keep them from losing too much water?

5. What is the broad, flat part of a leaf called?

6. Leaves grow in pairs across from each other on a stem. What is this arrangement called?

7. Which way do the main veins usually run in a blade of grass?

8. A leaf edge has little points like the teeth of a saw. How is that edge described?

9. Which small, often green flower parts wrap around a developing bud?

10. Which flower part makes pollen at the top of a stamen?

11. Where should pollen land on a flower’s pistil?

12. A sunflower’s big head is made of what?

13. Which vegetable has buds called eyes that can sprout into a new plant?

14. What is the name for moving pollen from an anther to a stigma?

15. What does a flower’s ovule develop into after fertilization?

16. Which thin flower part holds an anther up?

17. What word means that a seed has started to grow?

18. Which covering protects the plant tucked inside a seed?

19. What is the tiny young plant inside a seed called?

20. Before its leaves can make food, what fuels a sprouting seed’s growth?

21. Many apple seeds need which conditions before they will sprout?

22. How do burdock burrs hitch a ride on a passing animal?

23. Which part of a pine tree holds its seeds between scales?

24. What is a young plant that has grown from a seed called?

25. What is a fern leaf called?

26. Ferns use which tiny structures to reproduce instead of seeds?

27. Where does a desert cactus mainly store its water?

28. Cactus spines are changed versions of which plant part?

29. Which garden spot do many mosses prefer?

30. Where do a waterlily’s round leaf blades usually rest?

31. A woody plant has several main stems near the ground. What is it usually called?

32. What is a plant with long trailing or climbing stems called?

33. What do gardeners call a plant that lives for more than two years?

34. A gardener grows a new plant from a piece of stem. What is that piece called?

35. What is the art of growing and training miniature trees in containers called?

36. What is growing plants in a nutrient solution without soil called?

37. Which plant has thick leaves containing a clear gel?

38. The asparagus spears on a plate are young examples of what?

39. What is trimming selected branches to shape a plant called?

40. What is a tree’s main woody stem called?