How a Seed Gets a Lift is a free printable Grade 2 science worksheet on modelling how animals and wind move seeds and pollen, aligned to Common Core standard 2-LS2-2. It prints 2 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two pupils in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.
Set 11 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. All 25 sets ask different questions.
How a Seed Gets a Lift
2-LS2-2
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Draw a line from each seed to how it travels.
1.Draw a line from each one to its match.
A dandelion seed with a parachute
A bee moving between two flowers
A pea pod that dries and splits
A berry with a hard pip inside
A.Carries pollen from one flower to the next
B.Is eaten by a bird and the pip is dropped elsewhere
C.Flicks its seeds away from the plant
D.Floats on the wind to new ground
2.Draw a line from each one to its match.
A burdock burr with tiny hooks
A squirrel burying acorns
A coconut with a light husk
A sycamore seed with a wing
A.Floats on water to another shore
B.Catches on fur and is carried away
C.Leaves some buried acorns to grow into trees
D.Spins away from the tree on the wind
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Answer key — How a Seed Gets a Lift
Set 11. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. A dandelion seed with a parachute — D (Floats on the wind to new ground) 2. A bee moving between two flowers — A (Carries pollen from one flower to the next) 3. A pea pod that dries and splits — C (Flicks its seeds away from the plant) 4. A berry with a hard pip inside — B (Is eaten by a bird and the pip is dropped elsewhere)
2.1. A burdock burr with tiny hooks — B (Catches on fur and is carried away) 2. A squirrel burying acorns — C (Leaves some buried acorns to grow into trees) 3. A coconut with a light husk — A (Floats on water to another shore) 4. A sycamore seed with a wing — D (Spins away from the tree on the wind)
More practice for 2-LS2-2
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