Year 3 Plants Worksheet - Intermediate

Year 3 Plants worksheet for Year 3 (Key Stage 2 / Year 3-6 (Ages 7-11)). Intermediate level science practice, aligned to the UK National Curriculum. Print-ready with answer key included.

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The Secret Life of Flowering Plants

Year 3 Science • Ages 7–8 • Intermediate

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Instructions: Explore how flowering plants grow and survive. Read each activity carefully, use the information given, and write your answers in the boxes. Explain your thinking where a question asks you to give a reason.

Plant Parts: What Do They Do?

Use the word bank to complete each sentence. Each plant part has an important job. Choose the word that best completes each sentence.

Word bank: roots, stem, leaves, flowers

1. The ______ take in water from the soil and help anchor a plant.

2. The ______ holds the plant upright and carries water to other parts.

3. The ______ use light to help the plant make its food.

4. The ______ help the plant reproduce and can develop into fruits and seeds.

What Helps a Plant Grow?

Choose the best answer for each question. Think about what a healthy plant needs and what happens when one need is missing.

1. Which three things does a flowering plant need to grow well?

2. A plant is kept in a dark cupboard but is watered. What is it missing?

3. Why does a plant need water?

4. Where can a plant get nutrients from?

Follow the Water

Read each situation and use what you know about roots, stems and leaves. Write a short answer in each box. Give a reason when asked.

1. Water enters a plant from the soil. Which plant part takes it in first?

2. Water travels from the roots towards the leaves. Which plant part carries it upwards?

3. A plant’s stem is badly damaged. How might this affect water reaching its leaves?

4. Why are roots useful even when a plant is growing above the soil?

The Flowering Plant Life Cycle

Use the word bank to complete the life-cycle statements. Then put the four stages in the correct order by writing their numbers in the final box.

Word bank: seed, germination, seedling, adult flowering plant

A. A ______ contains a young plant and can grow into a new plant.

B. When a seed begins to grow, this is called ______.

C. A young plant with its first leaves is a ______.

D. An ______ can make flowers that produce seeds.

Write the stages in the correct order, from first to last: seedling, adult flowering plant, seed, germination.

A Plant-Growing Investigation

Maya grew two similar seedlings for two weeks. Both had soil and were kept in the same warm room. Use the results table to answer the questions. For each conclusion, use evidence from the table.