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