Practice identifying plant parts and explaining the jobs they do to help plants grow, make food, and make new plants.
Read each problem carefully. Write your answer in complete sentences when you can. Use the word bank ideas from class: roots, stem, leaves, flower, fruit, seeds.
Learning how roots, stems, leaves, flowers, fruits, and seeds help plants live
Science - Grade 2-3
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Name the plant part that usually grows underground and takes in water from the soil. Explain its job.
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A plant's stem is like a straw. What does the stem move through the plant?
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Circle the plant part that makes food for the plant: roots, stem, leaves, flower.
- 4
Look at a flowering plant. What is the main job of the flower?
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A tomato grows on a plant and has seeds inside it. Which plant part is the tomato: a root, stem, leaf, flower, fruit, or seed? Explain.
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Seeds can grow into new plants. What does a seed need to begin growing? Name two things.
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Match each plant part to its job: roots, stem, leaves. Jobs: holds the plant up and carries water, takes in water from soil, makes food for the plant.
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A plant is wilting because it has not been watered. Which plant part takes in the water first?
- 9
Label the parts of a simple plant drawing: root, stem, leaf, flower. Then write one job for one part.
- 10
Why do many plants have fruits around their seeds?
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A cactus has spines instead of wide leaves. Spines help protect the cactus and save water. What job do most leaves do on other plants?
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Put these steps in order: A seed sprouts, a seed is planted in soil, the plant grows leaves, the adult plant makes flowers and seeds.
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Choose one plant part and describe how it helps the whole plant survive.