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Plant Life Cycle Worksheet

Follow the stages from seed to seed-maker. Read the short field note, then use the diagrams and your science knowledge to solve each task.

A plant’s journey

A seed contains a tiny plant and stored food. When it has enough water, warmth and air, it may germinate. Usually, a root grows down first to take in water and help anchor the plant. A shoot grows upwards towards the light. Leaves use light, water and carbon dioxide to make food by photosynthesis. As the plant grows, it may produce flowers. Pollen must reach the right part of a flower for fertilisation to occur and seeds to form. Seeds can then be dispersed—carried away by wind, water, animals or bursting seed pods. In time, a suitable seed may germinate and begin the cycle again.

1.Put these life-cycle stages in order by writing 1–4 beside each: ___ flowering plant makes seeds; ___ seed germinates; ___ young plant grows leaves; ___ seed is dispersed.
2.Which condition is not usually needed for a seed to begin germinating?
  • Water
  • Warmth
  • Air
  • Bright sunlight
3.At the start of germination, which part usually grows down into the soil, and what does it help the plant do?
4.Choose the best explanation of photosynthesis.
  • Leaves use light, water and carbon dioxide to make food.
  • Roots turn soil into flowers.
  • Flowers absorb sunlight to make seeds directly.
  • Seeds make food by taking in oxygen from the air.
5.Complete the idea: Pollen reaching the right part of a flower can lead to and then to the formation of .
6.Match each seed-dispersal method with a likely example.
  • Wind
  • Water
  • Animal
  • Bursting pod
  • A floating seed travels along a stream
  • A dry pod springs open and scatters seeds
  • A fluffy seed blows away
  • A hooked seed clings to fur
7.True or false? Every seed that is dispersed will grow into a new plant. Explain your choice.
8.Charlotte finds a seed stuck to her sports sock after a netball tournament on a grassy field. Which dispersal method probably carried the seed, and what feature may have helped it travel?
9.A young plant has green leaves but no flowers yet. What can its leaves do that helps the plant grow?
10.Imagine a flowering plant produces seeds, but none are carried away from the parent plant. Give one reason dispersal can help a plant species.

2 printable pages

  • Plant Life Cycle Worksheet, page 1 of 2: A plant’s journey

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  • Plant Life Cycle Worksheet, page 2 of 2: 5. Complete the idea: Pollen reaching the right part of a flower can lead to

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