Wonderful Plants: Wild, Garden and Tree Detectives
Year 1 Science | Ages 5–6 | Intermediate
Instructions: Explore common plants and their parts. Read each instruction, look carefully at the words and choices, and write your answers in the boxes. Use what you know about plants to complete each activity.
Wild Plant or Garden Plant?
Read each plant name. Decide whether it is usually a wild plant or a garden plant. Write your choice in the box. Some plants can grow in more than one place, so choose the group that best fits each example.
1. daisy
2. tulip
3. buttercup
4. rose
5. bluebell
Name the Plant
Read each clue and choose the plant name that fits best. Circle one answer for each question. Think about where the plant grows and what it looks like.
1. I am a garden flower with soft petals and often thorns on my stem. What am I?
2. I am a small wild flower with a yellow centre and white petals. What am I?
3. I am a spring flower often found in woods, with blue, bell-shaped flowers. What am I?
4. I am a tall garden flower with a large yellow flower head. What am I?
5. I am a spring garden flower that can be red, yellow or purple. What am I?
Parts of a Flowering Plant
Use the word bank to complete each sentence. Read all the choices first, then write the missing plant part in each box. Each word is used once.
Word bank: roots, stem, leaves, flower
1. The __________ take in water from the soil.
2. The __________ holds the plant up.
3. The __________ can use light to help the plant make food.
4. The __________ can make seeds.
Match the Plant Part to Its Job
Draw a line from each plant part to the job it does. The jobs are in a different order, so read each one carefully before you match.
Draw a line to match each one
Wild Plants, Garden Plants and Trees
Choose the best answer for each question. Circle one choice. Remember that a tree has a trunk, while many smaller plants have a stem.
1. Which is a tree?
2. Which is usually a wild plant?
3. Which is usually grown in a garden for its bright flower?
4. What is the main upright part of a tree called?
5. Which part of a flowering plant is often colourful?
Activity 1: 1. wild plant ; 2. garden plant ; 3. wild plant ; 4. garden plant ; 5. wild plant
Activity 2: 1. rose ; 2. daisy ; 3. bluebell ; 4. sunflower ; 5. tulip
Activity 3: 1. roots ; 2. stem ; 3. leaves ; 4. flower
Activity 4: Roots — takes in water from the soil ; Stem — holds the plant up ; Leaves — uses light to help the plant make food ; Flower — makes seeds
Activity 5: 1. oak ; 2. buttercup ; 3. tulip ; 4. trunk ; 5. flower
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