Requirements for Plant Growth Knowledge Check

Year 3 SciencePlants4 pages

About this worksheet

A Year 3 science knowledge check on what plants need, across four pages with an answer key. Pupils match roots, stem, leaves and flower to their jobs, then tick five needs from a list that also has fruit juice and a warm coat. Three gap-fills use air, nutrients and room. A bean plant investigation follows, with one plant in a dark cupboard and one on a sunny windowsill. The sheet ends by asking why a cactus and a water-lily need different amounts of water. It follows two England National Curriculum plant objectives.

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Curriculum objectives covered

Plants

โ€œExplore the requirements of plants for life and growth (air, light, water, nutrients from soil, and room to grow) and how they vary from plant to plantโ€

Question 5 lists all five needs. Question 11 is about room to grow, and question 12 shows how water needs vary between plants.

Plants

โ€œIdentify and describe the functions of different parts of flowering plants: roots, stem/trunk, leaves and flowersโ€

Questions 1 to 4 match roots, stem, leaves and flower to their functions.

What's inside this worksheet

Plant Parts and Their Jobs

Pupils match four plant parts to functions A to D, such as anchors the plant.

What Do Plants Need?

Pupils tick five needs from nine options, then fill three gaps with nutrients, room and air.

Plant Investigation

Plant A goes in a dark cupboard and Plant B on a sunny windowsill. Pupils predict, explain why plants need light, and say what Amir's twenty sunflower seeds in one cup lacked.

Different Plants, Different Needs

A cactus picture and one question on why a cactus and a pond water-lily need different amounts of water.

How teachers use it

Real investigation

Set up two bean plants like Class 3 did and use question 9 as the class prediction.

Odd ones out

Read the nine options in question 5 aloud. Pupils call out the four that plants do not need.

Crowded pot

Show a crowded seed tray next to question 11 so pupils can see thin, weak seedlings like Amir's.

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