Pollination and Seed Dispersal

Grade 2 Science Worksheet - Building Confidence

Circle the answer.

1. 1.

   A bee moves yellow pollen from one flower to another. What is this helping the plant do?

   • spread its seeds to a new place
   • help the plant make seeds
   • start growing from a tiny little seed
2. 2.

   Which word means moving seeds to new places?

   • pollination
   • germination
   • seed dispersal
3. 3.

   Which animal helps flowers by carrying pollen?

   • a bee
   • an earthworm
   • a robin
4. 4.

   Which observation shows seeds moving to a new place?

   • A squirrel dug a hole and buried an acorn far from the tree.
   • A flower closed up tight when night came.
   • A tall tree dropped all of its leaves in the cold fall.

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.

   What did the bees help the apple tree do?

   • make its own water from the air
   • grow much taller roots in the soil
   • make apples with seeds