Pollination and Seed Dispersal

Grade 2 Science Worksheet - Challenge Me

Circle the answer.

1. 1.

   A burr sticks to a dog's fur and drops far away. Which process is this?

   • pollination by a bee in the garden
   • seed dispersal by an animal
   • pollination by a bird
2. 2.

   Zoe drops a flat paper seed and a crumpled paper ball. A fan blows. What will happen?

   • The flat seed will travel farther.
   • Neither will move.
   • Both will land in the same spot.
3. 3.

   Many bees die one spring. What will most likely happen to the apple trees?

   • Fewer flowers get pollen, so there are fewer apples.
   • The trees stop needing any sunlight at all.
   • The trees make many more apples than they did before.
4. 4.

   A seed has tiny hooks. How will it most likely travel?

   • stuck to an animal's fur
   • dropped by a bee on a flower
   • carried by the rain

5. Read this first

   Apple orchard

   Bees visited the apple tree flowers in spring. By fall, the tree had apples with seeds. A tree that no bees visited had very few apples.

6. 5.

   Which claim does the story support?

   • Bees spread apple seeds all across the field and farm.
   • Bee visits help apple trees make apples with seeds.
   • Bees make apples without any flowers at all.