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Fungi and plants – practice for Years 6–7

Sample questions on Fungi and plants with the right answer and a worked solution, from easy to hard. In the Pickles Academy app a child gets new questions of the same kind every time, so they can't just learn the answers by heart.

Subject
Biology
Year
Years 6–7
Curriculum area
Fungi

Question types: Fungi and plants YES/NO

Rule: Fungi and plants

Fungi are not plants: they have no chlorophyll, don’t photosynthesise and take food from their surroundings.

The mushroom we pick is only part of the fungus. The main part, a web of threads, is hidden in the soil or wood.

Example: A cep lives together with tree roots: it gives them water and minerals and takes sugars.

Watch out: Yeasts and moulds are fungi too, although they make no mushrooms.

Sample questions

  1. Question 1 Easy

    Decide whether each statement is true (YES) or not (NO).

    1. The death cap is deadly poisonous.
    2. Mosses have no true roots.
    3. Mushrooms grow from a network of threads called mycelium.
    Show the solution
    Answer:
    1. The death cap is deadly poisonous. – yes
    2. Mosses have no true roots. – yes
    3. Mushrooms grow from a network of threads called mycelium. – yes

    How it works: 1. YES 2. YES 3. YES

  2. Question 2 Normal

    Decide whether each statement is true (YES) or not (NO).

    1. In photosynthesis, plants take in oxygen and give off carbon dioxide.
    2. Conifers are gymnosperms.
    3. Ferns reproduce by seeds.
    4. Photosynthesis takes place in chloroplasts.
    Show the solution
    Answer:
    1. In photosynthesis, plants take in oxygen and give off carbon dioxide. – no
    2. Conifers are gymnosperms. – yes
    3. Ferns reproduce by seeds. – no
    4. Photosynthesis takes place in chloroplasts. – yes

    How it works: 1. NO – they take in carbon dioxide and give off oxygen 2. YES 3. NO – ferns reproduce by spores 4. YES

  3. Question 3 Hard

    Decide whether each statement is true (YES) or not (NO).

    1. Phloem is the main tissue that carries water up from the roots.
    2. A lichen is a fungus living together with an alga or a cyanobacterium.
    3. The cep (penny bun) lives in partnership with tree roots (mycorrhiza).
    4. Fungi have no chlorophyll and cannot photosynthesise.
    5. Yeasts are fungi.
    Show the solution
    Answer:
    1. Phloem is the main tissue that carries water up from the roots. – no
    2. A lichen is a fungus living together with an alga or a cyanobacterium. – yes
    3. The cep (penny bun) lives in partnership with tree roots (mycorrhiza). – yes
    4. Fungi have no chlorophyll and cannot photosynthesise. – yes
    5. Yeasts are fungi. – yes

    How it works: 1. NO – xylem carries water; phloem carries sugars 2. YES 3. YES 4. YES 5. YES

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