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 8 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 squirrel burying acorns
A bee moving between two flowers
A pea pod that dries and splits
A.Floats on water to another shore
B.Leaves some buried acorns to grow into trees
C.Flicks its seeds away from the plant
D.Carries pollen from one flower to the next
2.Draw a line from each one to its match.
A dandelion seed with a parachute
A burdock burr with tiny hooks
A berry with a hard pip inside
A sycamore seed with a wing
A.Catches on fur and is carried away
B.Spins away from the tree on the wind
C.Is eaten by a bird and the pip is dropped elsewhere
D.Floats on the wind to new ground
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Answer key — How a Seed Gets a Lift
Set 8. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. A coconut with a light husk — A (Floats on water to another shore) 2. A squirrel burying acorns — B (Leaves some buried acorns to grow into trees) 3. A bee moving between two flowers — D (Carries pollen from one flower to the next) 4. A pea pod that dries and splits — C (Flicks its seeds away from the plant)
2.1. A dandelion seed with a parachute — D (Floats on the wind to new ground) 2. A burdock burr with tiny hooks — A (Catches on fur and is carried away) 3. A berry with a hard pip inside — C (Is eaten by a bird and the pip is dropped elsewhere) 4. A sycamore seed with a wing — B (Spins away from the tree on the wind)
More practice for 2-LS2-2
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