Plants — Starter Test
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About this resource
The warm-up plants assessment. Naming common garden and wild plants and trees, and the basic parts (root, stem, leaf, flower, petal, seed).
What you'll learn
- Identifying plants & trees DfE NC Science KS1 plants (Y1)
- Parts of a plant DfE NC Science KS1 plants (Y1)
Inside this resource
- 12 questions
For the student — how to do this
This test is about plants! You'll learn the names of the parts of a plant (like the leaf, the stem, the flower, the root) and spot some common plants and trees.
For parents and carers
The Year 1 plants warm-up. Covers naming the parts of a plant — root, stem, leaf, flower, petal, seed — and recognising common UK plants (daisy, dandelion, daffodil) and trees (oak, holly, conifer).
If your child can't recall a part, walking around a garden or park and pointing things out works better than any worksheet.
For teachers and tutors
Y1 plants warm-up. Coverage: parts of a plant (5 questions), naming common UK plants (3 questions), naming common UK trees (2 questions), deciduous vs evergreen (2 questions).
Common misconceptions: calling the flower the "petal"; not knowing roots are usually underground; thinking all trees lose their leaves in winter (evergreens don't).
How to check the work
Auto-marked. The single best follow-up: a real plant or even a pulled-up weed, examining the parts together. Hands-on science cements the vocabulary.