Question Paper
Class / Subject: Class 5 (ICSE) · Science (EVS)
Chapter: Chapter 2 — Chapter 2: Plant Life Processes
Time Allowed: 32 minutes
Max Marks: 16
1. What is photosynthesis? [1]
(A) The process plants use to make food using sunlight
(B) A process plants use to sleep
(C) A process only animals do
(D) A type of plant disease
2. What do plants need for photosynthesis? [1]
(A) Sunlight, water and carbon dioxide
(B) Only darkness
(C) Only soil
(D) Nothing
3. What does photosynthesis produce? [1]
(A) Food (glucose) and oxygen
(B) Only carbon dioxide
(C) Only water
(D) Nothing useful
4. What is respiration? [1]
(A) Breaking down food to release energy
(B) Making food using sunlight
(C) A type of reproduction
(D) A type of disease
5. Do all living things respire? [1]
(A) Yes
(B) Only animals respire
(C) Only plants respire
(D) No living things respire
6. How can plants reproduce? [1]
(A) Through seeds
(B) Only through leaves
(C) Only through roots
(D) They cannot reproduce
7. What is a cutting? [1]
(A) A method of plant reproduction
(B) A type of leaf
(C) A type of root
(D) A type of flower
8. Why are these life processes important? [1]
(A) They help plants grow, survive and reproduce
(B) They have no importance
(C) Only for decoration
(D) They harm plants
9. What is photosynthesis? [1]
(A) The process plants use to make food using sunlight
(B) A process plants use to sleep
(C) A process only animals do
(D) A type of plant disease
10. What do plants need for photosynthesis? [1]
(A) Sunlight, water and carbon dioxide
(B) Only darkness
(C) Only soil
(D) Nothing
11. What does photosynthesis produce? [1]
(A) Food (glucose) and oxygen
(B) Only carbon dioxide
(C) Only water
(D) Nothing useful
12. What is respiration? [1]
(A) Breaking down food to release energy
(B) Making food using sunlight
(C) A type of reproduction
(D) A type of disease
13. Do all living things respire? [1]
(A) Yes
(B) Only animals respire
(C) Only plants respire
(D) No living things respire
14. How can plants reproduce? [1]
(A) Through seeds
(B) Only through leaves
(C) Only through roots
(D) They cannot reproduce
15. What is a cutting? [1]
(A) A method of plant reproduction
(B) A type of leaf
(C) A type of root
(D) A type of flower
16. Why are these life processes important? [1]
(A) They help plants grow, survive and reproduce
(B) They have no importance
(C) Only for decoration
(D) They harm plants