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Where Does It Grow? Matching

Match foods to the plant part we eat (root, stem, leaf, leaf stalk, flower, fruit, seed) and to where they grow or come from. Answer key included.

Use it with: Where Foods Grow: Roots, Stems, Leaves, Flowers, Fruits and Seeds

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Where Does It Grow? Matching

Ages 6–10 · Name: ______________________

How to play

Draw a line from each food to the plant part we eat.

Then draw a line from each food to where it grows or comes from.

Some foods are surprises. Think like a plant scientist!

Food

  1. Carrot
  2. Potato
  3. Lettuce
  4. Celery
  5. Broccoli
  6. Tomato
  7. Peas

Plant part we eat

  1. Flower buds
  2. Leaf
  3. Seed
  4. Root
  5. Fruit (holds the seeds)
  6. Leaf stalk
  7. Stem (an underground stem called a tuber)

Food

  1. Apple
  2. Grapes
  3. Peanuts
  4. Rice
  5. Milk
  6. Eggs

Where it grows or comes from

  1. On tall grass plants in fields
  2. Laid by hens (chickens)
  3. On a tree
  4. From dairy animals such as cows and goats
  5. In pods that grow underground
  6. On a vine

Draw a plant and label its root, stem, leaf, flower, fruit and seed.

Which match surprised you most? Why?

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Answer key — Where Does It Grow? Matching

Food

  1. Carrot
  2. Potato
  3. Lettuce
  4. Celery
  5. Broccoli
  6. Tomato
  7. Peas

Plant part we eat

  1. Root
  2. Stem (an underground stem called a tuber)
  3. Leaf
  4. Leaf stalk
  5. Flower buds
  6. Fruit (holds the seeds)
  7. Seed

Food

  1. Apple
  2. Grapes
  3. Peanuts
  4. Rice
  5. Milk
  6. Eggs

Where it grows or comes from

  1. On a tree
  2. On a vine
  3. In pods that grow underground
  4. On tall grass plants in fields
  5. From dairy animals such as cows and goats
  6. Laid by hens (chickens)

Potato is a stem, not a root: its "eyes" are buds. Celery is the leaf stalk (petiole). Broccoli heads are clusters of unopened flower buds. Tomatoes are fruits to botanists, though cooks and food guides call them vegetables. Corn kernels are often called seeds or grains; botanists count each kernel as a tiny fruit with the seed inside.