Pollination and Seed Dispersal

Grade 2 Science Worksheet

Circle the answer.

1. 1.

   Wind lifts fluffy dandelion seeds and blows them across the yard. What is this helping the plant do?

   • start growing from a tiny little seed
   • get much more water from the rain
   • spread its seeds to a new place
2. 2.

   Why do dandelion seeds have fluffy tops?

   • so they sink down in the water
   • so wind can carry them far
   • so that animals can eat all of them
3. 3.

   Which seed will an animal most likely eat and spread?

   • a seed in a dry, flat paper pod
   • a seed with fluffy parts
   • a seed inside a sweet berry
4. 4.

   A new oak tree grows far from the old oak. A squirrel lived nearby. What best explains this?

   • The squirrel buried an acorn there.
   • A bee brought pollen to that spot.
   • The old oak walked there by itself.

5. Read this first

   Squirrel and robin

   A squirrel buried acorns in the yard. In spring, a small oak tree grew far from the big oak. A robin ate red berries and dropped the seeds near a fence.

6. 5.

   How did the small oak tree most likely get far from the big oak?

   • A squirrel buried an acorn there.
   • A bee brought pollen over there.
   • The wind blew the whole oak tree.