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Grade 2 What Plants Need to Grow Worksheet with Answers
Grade 2 (US) · Year 3 (UK) · Class 2 (India) · Science
Unit 2: Plants, Animals & HabitatsWhat Plants NeedNGSS 2-LS2-1
Why plants need water, light, air and nutrients — and how to test it fairly. This free early elementary worksheet has 14 questions and a full answer key. Print it or save it as a PDF — every answer is checked by code, not guessed.
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Learning goal: What Plants Need · NGSS 2-LS2-1
Directions: This worksheet has 2 parts. Read the instructions at the start of each part.
Label the diagram. Use the words in the box.
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Write your answer on the line.
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A plant is kept in a dark closet. What happens?
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Why do plants in a forest grow tall?
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Why do farmers water their crops?
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What happens to a plant with no water?
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Where do most plants get water?
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What do plants need to grow?
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What gas do plants take in from the air?
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What do leaves need to make food?
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Two plants get the same water, but one gets sunlight. Which grows better?
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In an experiment about light, what should stay the same for both plants?
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Answer key — What Plants Need to Grow (Grade 2)
- 1.sunlight
- 2.water
- 3.air
- 4.soil
- 5.it turns pale and weak
- 6.to reach the sunlight
- 7.plants need water to grow
- 8.it wilts and can die
- 9.from the soil, through their roots
- 10.water, light, air and nutrients (soil)
- 11.carbon dioxide
- 12.sunlight
- 13.the one in sunlight
- 14.water, soil and pot (everything except light)
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Answer key (click to show)
- 1.sunlight
- 2.water
- 3.air
- 4.soil
- 5.it turns pale and weak
- 6.to reach the sunlight
- 7.plants need water to grow
- 8.it wilts and can die
- 9.from the soil, through their roots
- 10.water, light, air and nutrients (soil)
- 11.carbon dioxide
- 12.sunlight
- 13.the one in sunlight
- 14.water, soil and pot (everything except light)
- ★diamond (challenge corner)
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