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 22 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 burdock burr with tiny hooks
A coconut with a light husk
A berry with a hard pip inside
A pea pod that dries and splits
A.Flicks its seeds away from the plant
B.Catches on fur and is carried away
C.Is eaten by a bird and the pip is dropped elsewhere
D.Floats on water to another shore
2.Draw a line from each one to its match.
A sycamore seed with a wing
A bee moving between two flowers
A squirrel burying acorns
A dandelion seed with a parachute
A.Floats on the wind to new ground
B.Leaves some buried acorns to grow into trees
C.Spins away from the tree on the wind
D.Carries pollen from one flower to the next
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Answer key — How a Seed Gets a Lift
Set 22. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. A burdock burr with tiny hooks — B (Catches on fur and is carried away) 2. A coconut with a light husk — D (Floats on water to another shore) 3. A berry with a hard pip inside — C (Is eaten by a bird and the pip is dropped elsewhere) 4. A pea pod that dries and splits — A (Flicks its seeds away from the plant)
2.1. A sycamore seed with a wing — C (Spins away from the tree on the wind) 2. A bee moving between two flowers — D (Carries pollen from one flower to the next) 3. A squirrel burying acorns — B (Leaves some buried acorns to grow into trees) 4. A dandelion seed with a parachute — A (Floats on the wind to new ground)
More practice for 2-LS2-2
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