KIDS CLUB INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

GRADE 4 - SCIENCE WORKSHEET-1 UNIT:1 LIFE CYCLES OF FLOWERING PLANT

NAME: ____________ TOPIC : 1.1 FLOWERING AND NON-FLOWERING PLANTS DATE: _______
1.Look at the pictures of plants. Which plants are flowering plants and which plants are non- flowering plants?
Write 'flowering' or 'non-flowering' in the space below each picture.

A. _________________ B.______________________C. _________________D. _________________

E. _________________ F. _________________

2. The diagram shows the life cycle of a flowering plant. Use the words in the box to help you label the
diagram.
flower new plant
seeds fruit

.3. Identify and colour in the different parts of the flower. Use these colours:

• green – sepals • blue - petals

• orange – anther • black - filament
• yellow – stigma • brown - ovary.

4. These sentences describe the different parts of a flower and their functions. Use the words in the box to
fill in the space below:
a) The ____________________ often have bright colours.
b) The male part of the flower are the _________________
c) They make_________________ in their tips, which are called __________________
d) The female part of the flower is the ___________________. It is made up of the _________________ which
collects pollen, and the_____________________ which contains the eggs.
5. Look at the drawing of a flower. Write labels on the drawing
for parts A, B, C and D.

Stigma ovary petals anthers stamens pollen carpel

6. a) Which part of the flower is missing?____________________

b) Add the missing part to the drawing.

7. What colour would you expect the following parts to be? Explain your answers.

a) Part A ______________________________________________________
b) Part B
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1.2 POLLINATION, FRUITS AND SEEDS

1.Use the words in the box to complete the sentences about pollination and fruit and seed formation. You
will use some words more than once.

Wind insects seeds eggs pollen stigma anthers nectar fertilisation

The _________________________ of flowers make a yellow powder. This is called _________________.

Pollination happens when pollen moves from the __________________ to the ____________________ of a
flower of the same type. Some plants use __________________________ to blow the pollen far away.
______________________________ visit flowers to feed on _________________________. They get
__________________ on their bodies at the same time. The pollen and the _________________________ join
together. This happens inside the _____________________ during _______________________. This is how
_______________________ form. The ____________________ becomes the fruit.

2. Aliyah’s class investigated a scientific question. These are their results.

Colour of Number of insects that a) Suggest the question that Aliyah’s class investigated.
flower visited flower
Red 3 ______________________________________________
Yellow 12
White 10 b) Identify the type of scientific enquiry they used in their
Blue 06 investigation. Choose from the following types: fair testing,
research, observing over time, identifying and classifying,
looking for patterns._________________________________________________________________________

3. Draw a bar chart of the results.

14 __________________________________________________
12 __________________________________________________
10 __________________________________________________
Number of
8 __________________________________________________
insects
6 ___________________________________________________
4 ___________________________________________________
2 ___________________________________________________
0 ___________________________________________________

Flower colour

4. a) Which colour flower did the most insects visit?________________________________________________

b) Which colour flower did the fewest insects visit? Suggest a reason for your answer.
__________________________________________________________________________________________
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5. a) What conclusion can you make from these results?
__________________________________________________________________________________________

b) What can you do to be sure your conclusion is correct?

__________________________________________________________________________________________

6. Some kinds of flowers have male parts or female parts only. The flowers shown in the drawings only have
male or female part
A B

Which is the male flower and which is the female flower? Say how you know.

__________________________________________________________________________________________

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7. Describe the process of pollination in flowers like these.

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8. Draw arrows on the drawings to show how pollination happens.
1.3 HOW SEEDS ARE SPREAD
1.What do we call the spreading of seeds away from the parent plant?_________________________________

2. How are these seeds spread? Sort them into groups and write the names of the seeds in the table:

acacia mangrove coconut Impatiens sycamore lantana

Plum dandelion jarcaranda blackjack

Eaten Stick on Fly away Float Explode

3. Match the way seeds are spread in the first column with the description of how the seed or fruit is
adapted to the way it is spread in the second column. Draw a line from the way the seed is spread to the
description of the seed or fruit.
 Way seed is spread How seed or fruit is adapted to the way it is spread
By water Seed has spines and hooks
By wind Seed pods dry out and burst open
By animals Seed has spongy covering that helps it float
By explosion Seed is very light with thin papery wings
4. Describe another way in which plants are adapted to seed dispersal by animals. Give an example.

__________________________________________________________________________________________

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5. Why must seeds be spread?
__________________________________________________________________________________________
6. Ahmed and Yaseen investigated seed dispersal. They collected three different seeds. They dropped each seed
three times and measured how long it stayed in the air each time. These are their results.
Seed Time in the air Time in the air Time in the air Time in the air
reading 1 reading 2 reading 3 reading 4
(seconds) (seconds) (seconds) (seconds)
Seed 1

9 10 11 10

single sycamore
Seed 2

20 22 24 22

dandelion
Seed 3
15 14 7 12

helicopter
How were the seeds in the investigation dispersed? Give a reason for your answer.

__________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
7. Draw a graph of the average time each seed stayed in the air.
8.a) Which seed stayed in the air longest? __________________________________________
b) Suggest a reason for this.
___________________________________________
9. a) Why did Ahmed and Yaseen repeat their
measurements?
_________________________________________
___________________________________________
b) One result for one of the seeds is quite different to
the others. Identify the result and suggest a reason for
it.
___________________________________________

1.4 SEED GERMINATION

1, Match each word about how seeds grow with its description. Draw a line from the word to its meaning.
Word Description
Germination The first part that grows
Water Grows upwards
 First root When a seed starts to grow
First shoot Makes the seed swell
2. The pictures of the stages of seed germination are in the wrong order. Number the drawings from 1 to 5 in the
correct order. Then write the number of each drawing in the box next to the description.

The first root grows. Leaves get bigger and seeds shrivel. The first leaves grow
The seed coat splits. The first shoot grows.

3. Class 5 investigated germination. They put seeds on damp cotton wool and placed them into plastic bags.
Then they put the plastic bags in different places. They checked the seeds after three days. This is a bar chart of
their results.

10__________________________________________________
9 __________________________________________________
8__________________________________________________
7__________________________________________________
Number 6 __________________________________________________
of seeds
5 __________________________________________________
germinated
4 __________________________________________________
3 __________________________________________________
2 __________________________________________________
1 ___________________________________________________
0 ___________________________________________________
freezer fridge drawer top of desk
Place where seeds were put
3.In which place did the most seeds germinate?
__________________________________________________________________________________________
4. How many seeds germinated in the freezer?
__________________________________________________________________________________________
5. Suggest a reason why the same number of seeds germinated in the desk drawer and on the top of the desk.
__________________________________________________________________________________________
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6. What do the results tell you about the conditions that seeds need to germinate?
__________________________________________________________________________________________
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7. Arun germinated some seeds. He measured the height of one of the seedlings every two days. He wrote down
his measurements: Day 2 : 10 mm, Day 4 : 15 mm, Day 6 : 25 mm, Day 8 : 35 mm, Day 10 : 40 mm.
Present Arun’s result in a table. Remember to give each column a heading.
8. Draw a line graph of Arun’s results.

9. a) Where does the seed get the energy it needs for

germination?_________________________________
b) Which part of the germinating seed grows first?
_____________________________________________
c) In which direction does it grow?

_____________________________________________
d) Suggest a reason for this.

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Time (days)
10. Name two seeds that we eat._________________________________________________________

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