Year 2 Plants Worksheet - Intermediate

Year 2 Plants worksheet for Year 2 (Key Stage 1 / Year 1-2 (Ages 5-7)). Intermediate level science practice, aligned to the UK National Curriculum. Print-ready with answer key included.

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Seed to Plant: Year 2 Plant Scientists

Key Stage 1 · Year 2 · Ages 6–7 · Intermediate

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Instructions: Explore how seeds and bulbs grow, and what plants need to stay healthy. Read each activity carefully, use the clues on the page, and write your answers in the boxes.

What Does a Plant Need?

Choose the best answer for each question. Think about what helps a plant grow well. Circle one answer each time.

1. What do plants need from the soil to grow well?

2. What does a plant use light for?

3. Which temperature is best for most garden plants to grow?

4. What may happen to a plant that gets no water?

5. Which set lists three things plants need to grow well?

From Seed to Young Plant

Put the stages in order by writing 1, 2, 3 and 4 in the boxes. Start with the seed and finish with the young plant. Use each number once.

Seed coat splits and a root begins to grow.

A seed is planted in suitable soil.

A shoot grows upwards and leaves begin to open.

The seed takes in water and begins to germinate.

Seeds or Bulbs?

Read each clue and decide whether it describes a seed or a bulb. Write “seed” or “bulb” in each box. Remember, both can grow into new plants.

1. It is usually small and may be planted in soil.

2. It can have fleshy layers that store food for new growth.

3. A root and shoot begin to grow from it when conditions are suitable.

4. An onion can grow from this underground plant part.

5. A bean plant can begin its growth from this.

Help the Plant Stay Healthy

Read each situation and write a helpful action. Use the ideas water, light or a suitable warm place. You can use an idea more than once.

1. Mia’s plant has dry soil. What should she do?

2. A seedling is kept in a dark cupboard. What does it need?

3. A plant is left outside where it is freezing. What would be a better place for it?

4. Ben waters his plant, but keeps it in a dark room. What does he still need to provide?

A Fair Growing Test

A class plants the same kind of seed in three pots. They use the same soil and put the pots in the same warm place. Read the results, then answer the questions using the table.