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2nd grade · Science · Unit 5 of 9

Plants, Seeds & Pollinators

What plants need, and how animals help them.

What your child practices

Practices testing what plants need to grow, and how animals carry pollen and spread seeds.

California Content Standards learning standard: 2-LS2-1; 2-LS2-2 · plants need sunlight and water, and animals pollinate plants and spread seeds

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    Which animal is a pollinator?

    • Worm
    • Butterfly
    • Fish
    • Snail

  2. Question 2

    Two plants: one gets water, one doesn't. Which grows better?

    • Neither grows
    • The one with no water
    • The one with water
    • They grow the same

  3. Question 3

    How does wind help some plants?

    • It carries seeds and pollen
    • It waters them
    • It digs roots
    • It makes flowers

  4. Question 4

    A plant on a sunny windowsill bends toward…

    • the dark
    • the floor
    • the door
    • the light

  5. Question 5

    A plant is kept in a dark closet. What happens?

    • It turns into a tree
    • It grows weak and pale
    • It grows strong and green
    • It makes fruit faster

  6. Question 6

    Which seed travels by floating on water?

    • A sunflower seed
    • An acorn
    • A burr
    • A coconut

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