All About Plants Worksheets

About Plants Worksheets
1 Plants in Our World

Vocabulary
Look up the vocabulary words in your dictionary and match them to the definitions below.
billion feed million rainforest
breathe grow produce type
1 to grow or make something

2 to give food to
3 to get bigger
4 a hot, rainy place with many trees
5 a very large number; 1,000,000,000
6 a large number; 1,000,000
7 to take in and let out air through your nose and mouth
8 a thing that is part of a category; kind
Pre-Reading Questions
Discuss the following questions in small groups.
1 Which came first, plants or animals?
2 What do plants produce?

Reading Comprehension
Read pages 4-5 and answer the following questions.
1 What is the passage mainly about?

a Telling how oxygen is produced
b Explaining what plants are
c Saying how many plants are in the rainforest
2 How are plants similar to animals?

a They move around
b They feed and breathe
c They keep growing
3 Scientists…
a have discovered every plant on Earth.
b know the exact number of plants there are.
c think the different kinds of plants is greater than 300,000.
4 Where did the first plants grow?

a In water
b On land
c Two billion years ago
5 How did plants make life possible for animals?

a Plants became a new kind of food.
b Plants need oxygen to live.
c Plants produced oxygen.
Time: _______ Score: ____ / 10
At home study: Reread the passage. Highlight vocabulary words and underline passages
that are difficult to understand. Look up the meaning and take memos in your book.
1 Plants in Our World
Part 1 Vocabulary in Sentences
Fill in the vocabulary to complete the sentences below. Change the words to fit the sentence.
billion feed million rainforest
breathe grow produce type
1. Plants make life possible for us because they produce oxygen that lets us ___________
2. Many scientists research how plants _____________ different kinds of fruits and
vegetables.
3. With the global population reaching several ________________, if we want to be able to
_____________ everyone, we need to _____________ more grains and eat less meat.
4. The _______________ has the most abundant amount to plant life in the world.
2 Different Plants
Vocabulary
kilogram conifer flower seed
centimeter fern moss spore
1 what a plant grows from

2 a small, green plant that has no flowers
3 a plant that does not produce seeds of flowers.
4 massed cells able to reproduce new plants
5 the blossom of a plant
6 a unit of measuring weight
7 a plant that produced seeds in cones
8 a unit of measuring length
1 What do plants grow from?
2 What are some different kinds of plants?

Reading Comprehension
Read pages 6-7 and answer the following questions.

a How plants grow
b How plants make new plants
c What spores are
2 Which of the following is true?

a All seed plant produce flowers.
b Scientists group plants into two groups
c The most common plant you see are flowering plants.
3 A conifer is…
a a flowering plant.
b A 4 kilogram cone.
c a cone producing plant.
4 Ferns make new plants.

a with spores
b with mosses
c with seeds
5 What are some of the tallest trees in the world?

a Flowering trees
b Conifers
c Non-Seed plants
Time: _______ Score: ____ / 10
2 Different Plants
kilogram conifer flower seed
centimeter fern moss spore
1. Some the heaviest pine cones can weigh more than four _________________.
2. There are two main groups of seed plants, flowering plants and _______________.
3. On the back of a _____________ leaf, you can find many tiny ____________.
3 Plant Parts
fruit main soil support
leaf root stem vegetable
1 to hold up
2 (plural leaves) the flat, green part of a plant
3 the biggest or most important
4 part of a plant that people can eat
5 the part of a plant that holds it in the soil
6 the part of a plant that supports it above ground
7 food made from the flower of a plant
8 the ground that plants grow in
1 What are different parts of plants?
2 Which parts can you eat?

3 Plant Parts Reading Comprehension
a Food that is the root of a plant
b Why soil is important
c Each part of the plant and its responsibilities.
2 What do the roots of a plant do?

a They take minerals from the soil.
b They make the food for the plant.
c They take water to the leaves.
3 Where are seeds made?

a In the stems
b In the flower
c In the roots
4 Which is true?
a Potatoes are part of the roots of the plant.
b Asparagus is a flower.
c All vegetables are from the same part of the plant.
5 Where do fruits grow from?

a From the stems
b From the soil
c From a flower
Time: _______ Score: ____ / 10
3 Plant Parts
fruit main soil support

leaf root stem vegetable
1. Young children love to eat ______________ because they are sweet, but few kids realize
that a cucumber is technically one too.
2. I saw a ladybug climbing up the long tall ____________ of my tomato plant.
3. Fresh green ______________ are very good for you because they contain healthy
vitamins.
4. The only way to get rid of weeds is to pull their _____________ out of the soil.
5. In the fall, the ______________ of the maple trees will turn a brilliant crimson color.
4The Life of a Plant
Vocabulary
die join life cycle pollen
insect life near space
Match the vocabulary to their definition
1 the yellow powder in flowers
2 to stop living
3 put together
4 area between two things
5 of being alive
6 close to
7 the stages of growth throughout life
8 a very small animal with six legs
1 What do plants need to grow?
2 How are new plants formed?

4The Life of a Plant Reading Comprehension
a How bees help plants
b The life cycle of a plant
c The length that seeds can last
2 What is a life cycle?

a When a plant dies
b The start of a new plant
c Life, from start to finish.
3 What does a seed not need to grow?

a Leaves
b Water
c Carbon Dioxide
4 Where is pollen made?

a The seed of a plant.
b The male part of a flower.
c The female part of the flower.
5 What is pollination?
a When a bee takes pollen back to a flower.
b When pollen goes from one flower to the next
c When a seed grows to close to another plant.
Time: _______ Score: ____ / 10

4The Life of a Plant Follow-Up
die join life cycle pollen

insect life near space
1. Tiny ___________ like bees collect ___________ from flowers.
2. Plants need ___________ to grow, so some seeds a designed to travel far away from
the plant.
3. The ___________ of a plant begins as a seed and ends when the plant ___________.
5 How Plants Feed
Vocabulary
carbon dioxide evergreen photosynthesis store

chlorophyll glucose special sunlight
1 a plant with leave throughout the year
2 the process plant use to create food
3 to keep something to use later
4 a gas in the air
5 a kind of natural sugar
6 something that is meaningful
7 the green coloring in leaves
8 light from the sun
1 How do plants make food for themselves?
2 What are some parts of that process?

2 Different Plants Reading Comprehension
a When trees lose their leaves
b How chlorophyll makes leaves green
c How leaves make food for plants
2 What is the energy used for photosynthesis?

a Carbon dioxide
b Sunlight
c Water
3 What is not produced in photosynthesis?

a Soil
b Oxygen
c Glucose
4 Why is chlorophyll important to photosynthesis?

a It makes the leaves green.
b It is in the leaves.
c It collects sunlight.
5 Why do leaves change colors? Because…

a there is less sunlight.
b there is less chlorophyll in the leaves
c they are storing food to use later.
Time: _______ Score: ____ / 10

5 How Plants Feed Follow-Up
carbon dioxide evergreen photosynthesis store

chlorophyll glucose special sunlight
1. Plants feed on ________________, which is a form of sugar. This is why there is a sweetness
to lots if vegetables.
2. The process of ______________ involves lots of things. Water from the soil and oxygen from
the air converted into food for the plants. All of this is powered by ______________.
3. Christmas trees are a kind of _______________ tree that remain full of color even in winter.
4. Trees will lose their leaves after the _____________ inside the leaves breaks down, which
changes the color of the leaves.
6 Plant Habitats
Vocabulary
cactus dry shade underwater
desert habitat shelter wet
1 below the surface of water
2 an area that is very dry all year long
3 not being dry
4 an area where the sunlight is blocked
5 a kind of plant in deserts with spikes
6 a place something can be protected
7 not wet
8 the environment something lives in
1 Where do you see lots of plant life?
2 Where would you see little plant life?
6 Plant Habitats Reading Comprehension

a Where plants grow
b Special kinds of flowers
c Plants in the desert
2 Where can most plants grow?

a In very dry places.
b In warm places.
c In places without much sunlight.
3 How can a cactus get water in the desert?

a By storing water in its stem
b When it rains.
c By having roots near the top of the ground.
4 Which is true about the artic buttercup?

a It’s a large plant
b It doesn’t grow in very cold places.
c Its flowers grow close to each other.
5 How are the flowers of sea grass pollinated?

a By fish
b By waves
c By blooming underwater
Time: _______ Score: ____ / 10
2 Different Plants Follow-Up
Part 1 Use the vocabulary words in the box to best finish the following sentences.
cactus dry shade underwater
desert habitat shelter wet
1. Some plants grow well in sunlight, but others thrive in the ____________ where it is cooler.
2. Plants not only provide food for animals, but also _____________. Birds live in holes in trees,
insects live under roots, and mice hide from predators in tall grass.
3. Tropical flowers cannot survive in colder places because it is outside of their natural
______________. So, many gardeners use greenhouses to raise them.
4. In the _____________, you will find many kinds of spiny ____________. They survive well
in this hot and ___________ climate.

7 Plants and Animals
Vocabulary
around center nectar pollinate
butterfly fly pattern smell
1 a sweet liquid produced by flowers
2 putting pollen to another flower
3 an insect that usually buzzes around fruit
4 the scent of odor of something
5 the middle of
6 natural markings or design
7 in a circle; surrounding something
8 a flying insect usually with colorful wings
1 How do animals rely on plants?
2 How do plants rely on animals?
7 Plants and Animals Reading Comprehension

a Animals living in plants
b How bees find the center of a flower
c How plants and animals cooperate
2 How do plants need animals

a For their homes
b For pollination
c For oxygen
3 How do animals spread seeds?

a By feeding on nectar
b By eating plants
c By eating fruit
4 Which animal likes red?

a Birds
b Bees
c Flies
5 Flies help to pollinate flowers that…

a smell like meat.
b smell sweet.
c have no smell.
Time: _______ Score: ____ / 10

8 Plants and people
Vocabulary
gasoline medicine oil rubber
healthy mud plastic wood
1 a material from trees
2 not ill; good for you
3 something that you take when you are sick, to make you better
4 a ridged material used in many modern items
5 a liquid that we use to make gasoline
6 a flexible material
7 (or petrol) a liquid that burns and powers an engine
8 wet soil
1 What are some materials that come from plants?
2 Do you have anything on you that comes from plants?

8 Reading Comprehension
a Thing we use made from plants
b How oil is made
c How plants make us happy.
2 Which material makes erasers?

a Medicine
b Rubber
c Wood
3 How was oil made?

a 300 to 400 million years ago.
b From plants and small animals.
c By mud and rock covering living things for a long time.
4 Which of the following came from plants from long ago?

a Ethanol
b Oil
c Biodiesel
5 Which of the following is false?

a Plant plastic is usually in cell phones.
b Plastics are only made from oil.
c Many people enjoy gardening.
Time: _______ Score: ____ / 10

9 Amazing Plants
Vocabulary
amazing more than smelliest terrible
millimeter smallest tallest trap
1 the one that is most in height
2 wonderful; highly skilled
3 a greater number or amount of
4 to keep something in a place where it can't escape
5 a very small unit of measuring length
6 the one that is the most smelly
7 scary; very bad
8 the one that is most small
1 What are some unique plants that you know? How are they special?
2 Different Plants Reading Comprehension
a Plants that eat bugs
b unique plants
c Rootless plants
2 Where can you find Wolffia Plants?

a On water
b On your dinner plate
c Less than a millimeter
3 How does a Venus Flytrap use insects?

a To help pollinate
b To walk over it
c To eat
4 How does the Titan Arum smell

a Very sweet
b Like bad fruit
c Very bad
5 How many seeds can a redwood make in one year?

a 6,000,000
b 110
c 2,000
Time: _______ Score: ____ / 10

2 Amazing Plants Follow-Up
amazing more than smelliest terrible
millimeter smallest tallest trap
1. This plant is the ______________ in the world. If you breathe in its odor, you will feel sick.
2. One ______________ plant can ______________ insects and eat them.
3. Some pants can grow very quickly. A tomato plant can grow _____________ 10 millimeters
in one hour.
10 Save our Planet
Vocabulary
build chemicals cut down pollution
charity crops important recycle
1 of great need or desire
2 a plant that a farmer grows
3 something that makes air, land, or water dirty
4 to use again; to make something new
5 to separate and bring down
6 a group of people who collect money to help people or animals
7 a solid or liquid that is made by chemistry
8 to create a structure
1 How can you protect plants?
10 Save Our Plants Reading Comprehension
a Dangers that plants face
b The use of palm oil
c Dangerous chemicals
2 Why are plants cut down in the rainforest?

a For airports
b For palm oil farms
c For roads
3 How is pollution dangerous?

a It kills hundreds of plants forever.
b Chemicals get into the ground.
c It cuts down trees.
4 How can people use paper more carefully?

a By not buying things with palm oil in it.
b By recycling it.
c By planting trees.
5 The Seed Bank is an example of…

a Being a good shopper
b Being a good gardener
c Taking part in a project
Time: _______ Score: ____ / 10

2 Different Plants Follow-Up
build chemicals cut down pollution
charity crops important recycle
1. ______________ can be very dangerous, and they cause ______________ if they get in the
ground.
2. You can _____________ many kinds of materials.
3. To ______________ new roads, many plants are _________________.
4. There are several ________________ that are trying to protect plants and out planet.

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1 Plants in Our World

billion feed million rainforest

breathe grow produce type

1 to grow or make something

2 What do plants produce?

1 What is the passage mainly about?

2 How are plants similar to animals?

4 Where did the first plants grow?

5 How did plants make life possible for animals?

Time: _______ Score: ____ / 10

billion feed million rainforest

breathe grow produce type

kilogram conifer flower seed

centimeter fern moss spore

1 what a plant grows from

2 What are some different kinds of plants?

1 What is the passage mainly about?

2 Which of the following is true?

4 Ferns make new plants.

5 What are some of the tallest trees in the world?

Time: _______ Score: ____ / 10

kilogram conifer flower seed

centimeter fern moss spore

fruit main soil support

leaf root stem vegetable

2 (plural leaves) the flat, green part of a plant

3 the biggest or most important

4 part of a plant that people can eat

5 the part of a plant that holds it in the soil

6 the part of a plant that supports it above ground

7 food made from the flower of a plant

8 the ground that plants grow in

2 Which parts can you eat?

2 What do the roots of a plant do?

3 Where are seeds made?

5 Where do fruits grow from?

Time: _______ Score: ____ / 10

fruit main soil support

Match the vocabulary to their definition

1 the yellow powder in flowers

4 area between two things

7 the stages of growth throughout life

8 a very small animal with six legs

2 How are new plants formed?

2 What is a life cycle?

3 What does a seed not need to grow?

4 Where is pollen made?

Time: _______ Score: ____ / 10

die join life cycle pollen

1. Tiny ___________ like bees collect ___________ from flowers.

carbon dioxide evergreen photosynthesis store

Match the vocabulary to their definition

1 a plant with leave throughout the year

2 the process plant use to create food

3 to keep something to use later

4 a gas in the air

5 a kind of natural sugar

6 something that is meaningful

7 the green coloring in leaves

8 light from the sun

2 What are some parts of that process?

2 What is the energy used for photosynthesis?

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2. One plant can insects and eat them.