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2nd - 2nd Grade
Science
This Grade 2 science worksheet helps students explain what plants and animals need to survive and how they depend on one another. Through eight multiple-choice questions, students identify sunlight as the energy source plants use to make food, food as an animal energy source, and ways animals support plant life by moving seeds and carrying pollen. They also apply these ideas to observations from a backyard nature journal, including a plant growing in sun or shade, a bird visiting flowers, and a strawberry plant. The worksheet includes a drawing prompt in which students record the four stages of a plant life cycle and a comprehension-based observation section. These varied formats help students connect basic needs with plant life cycles, pollination, and seed movement. It is designed for Grade 2 science instruction, independent practice, review, or a quick formative assessment. This is a free printable worksheet with a complete answer key.
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WorksheetsAnswer KeyAnimals move seeds around.
sunlight
food
Plants need sunlight
Animals need food
pollen
It will form a chrysalis.
They will be moved.
This Grade 2 science worksheet uses eight multiple-choice questions, a plant life cycle drawing prompt, and a backyard-observation comprehension scenario to connect survival needs with interdependence. Students identify sunlight as the energy source plants use to make food, food as an animal energy source, and examples of animals moving seeds or carrying pollen. The questions also ask students to apply these ideas to observations involving a bird, flowers, a caterpillar, and a strawberry plant.
Introduce the lesson by comparing how plants get energy with how animals get energy, then discuss how animals can help plants through seed movement and pollen transfer. Have students explain the backyard observations before they answer the related multiple-choice items, asking them to cite the clue that supports each choice. Finish with the drawing prompt so students organize the four stages of a plant life cycle.
Students may choose water, air, or sunlight for an animal’s energy source instead of food, or confuse the sunlight a plant needs with the shelter or water options. In the backyard observations, they may identify seeds rather than pollen on a bird visiting flowers, or miss that a caterpillar’s next stage is forming a chrysalis. Watch also for confusion between animals moving seeds and seeds growing or dying.
This worksheet is available as a printable PDF and as a digital quiz on Wayground, so you can use the same plant-and-animal survival practice for paper or online work. It includes a complete answer key for the multiple-choice items and guidance for reviewing the drawing and comprehension responses. For printable submissions, you can scan student work with the Wayground for Teachers app to help grade it.
In the worksheet’s Advanced Settings, adjust font spacing or increase the font size to make the multiple-choice options, backyard observation text, and plant life cycle drawing prompt easier to read. You can also enable a dyslexia-friendly font or translate the worksheet into another language when those options support access to the science vocabulary and directions.
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