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Sprout & Fin · Worksheet
Lesson 1 · Grades 3–8

What a plant actually needs

Name Date

Label the picture. Write the name next to each letter.

  • A · light
  • B · air
  • C · water
  • D · nutrients

Answer in your own words.

  1. Which of these is on a plant's shopping list?

  2. Where does a plant get its sugar?

  3. A plant gets light, air, water, and warmth. It gets no nutrients. What happens?

Draw or explain

Look at your own family's shopping list. Which things do you truly need, and which could you do without?