Plants We Eat 1 Worksheet

Food from plants is one of the most important parts of our diet - bet you knew that!

We need the energy, vitamins and minerals we get from plants to stay alive and healthy. There are many different kinds of plants that we can eat, and different parts of plants that we can eat too.

Vegetables

You can use this worksheet to test your knowledge of the plants we eat.

Which part of a carrot plant do we eat?

Carrot

the stem

the fruit

the leaf

the root

Which part of the celery plant do we eat?

Celery

the stem

the flowers

the roots

the fruit

What type of plant is a peanut?

Monkey nuts containg peanuts

a nut

a bean

a grass

a vegetable

Do we ever eat parts of trees?

yes

no

A lot of the foods we eat are grains like wheat or oats.

Which part of the plant are grains?

Heads of wheat

seeds

flowers

thorns

leaves

What is a cauliflower?

Cauliflower

a root

a fruit

a shoot

a flower

ANSWERS

Question 1

Which part of a carrot plant do we eat?

Carrot

CORRECT ANSWER

the root

EDDIE SAYS

The part of the carrot plant we eat is a root and grows beneath the ground.

ANSWERS

Question 2

Which part of the celery plant do we eat?

Celery

CORRECT ANSWER

the stem

EDDIE SAYS

The part of the celery we eat is the stem.

ANSWERS

Question 3

What type of plant is a peanut?

Monkey nuts containg peanuts

CORRECT ANSWER

a bean

EDDIE SAYS

In spite of the name peanuts aren't nuts at all - they are a type of bean!

ANSWERS

Question 4

Do we ever eat parts of trees?

CORRECT ANSWER

yes

EDDIE SAYS

If you answered no then you forgot about all the different fruits we eat that come from trees, such as apples, pears, plums and cherries! You might not chew bark or twigs very often but there are masses of fruits we eat. Then there's weird stuff like liquorice - that comes from a root!

ANSWERS

Question 5

A lot of the foods we eat are grains like wheat or oats.

Which part of the plant are grains?

Heads of wheat

CORRECT ANSWER

seeds

EDDIE SAYS

Plants such as wheat and oats are types of grass and the grains are the seeds of the plant. They contain the food for the baby plant to start growing - but we've nicked it to make bread! Lucky there's loads to go round.