year 5 - units 11-13: revision
31 october 2017 tHe stAr/step Up
the fun page HERE are some fun facts about plant life. Read the facts – then use your powers of deduction to guess the answers! 200
2, 000
91
7,000
50
1. Humans use about ______________ different plants to make food. 2. Did you know that the strawberry is the only fruit that bears its seeds on the outside? This fruit has about ______________ seeds! 3. The fastest-growing woody plant in the world is the bamboo. It can grow up to ______________ centimetres (35 inches) in a single day! 4. Oak trees don’t produce acorns until they are ______________ years old! 5. The first potatoes were grown in Peru. This happened about ______________ years ago!
Potato
Cabbage
Amazon
Pear
Brazil
6. ______________ is named after a tree! 7. The ______________ rainforest produces half the world’s oxygen supply! 8. The ______________ is a member of the rose family! 9. The ______________ and the onion have the same taste, to test this eat them with your nose closed! 10. ______________ has 91% water content!
3. 91 8. Pear
4. 50 9. Potato
5. 7,000 10. Cabbage
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2. 200 7. Amazon
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Answers: 1. 2,000 6. Brazil
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