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A Leaf Check at the Mountain Trail

Use a mountain trail center's plant test and graph to compare growth with and without sunlight and water.

Grade 2ScienceInteractive · Printable

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13 questions
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Format: Interactive · Printable
Grade: Grade 2
Subject: Science
Question types: Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

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What students practice

Students identify fair comparisons for testing whether plants need sunlight and water.
Students compare new-leaf data for plants given different amounts of sunlight and water.
Students use observations and graph evidence to recommend care for growing plants.

How to use

Read the test description together and review the plant labels. Have students use the graph to answer, then discuss which comparisons test each plant need.

Curriculum

NGSS standard covered

2-LS2-1

Investigate whether plants need sunlight and water to grow.

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A Leaf Check at the Mountain Trail

Use a plant test and a graph to study sunlight and water.

Study the Plant Test

Read about the test together. Choose one answer for each question.

Four Plants at the Trail Center

A hiking club grew bean plants at a mountain trail welcome center. Before filling its porch pots, the club tested how sunlight and water affected new leaves. Members chose four young bean plants of the same kind and starting size. Each had two leaves. They used matching pots with the same amount of the same soil. The soil started equally damp.

Plant A got sunlight and water. Plant B got sunlight but no more water. Plant C got water but no sunlight. Plant D got neither sunlight nor more water. A and B stood by a sunny window. C and D stayed in dark boxes with air holes. All four stayed at the same room temperature. A and C got the same measured amount of water every other day.

After 14 days, members counted each plant's new leaves. They did not count the two starting leaves. A's new leaves were green. C's new leaves were pale. B and D had wilted leaves.

Which question can this test help answer?