Plants & Animals - Grade 2 Science Worksheet 7 - Free Printable

Download this free printable Plants & Animals worksheet for Grade 2 Science. Perfect for practice, homework, and classroom use.

Grade 2 Science practice

This printable Plants & Animals worksheet is part of the free WizKidsHub Grade 2 Science collection. Print it at home or in the classroom for extra practice.

What this worksheet teaches

• Sort animals into groups such as birds, fish, insects and mammals using visible features.
• Describe simple life cycles, for example seed to plant or egg to chick.
• Compare how different animals move, eat and protect themselves.
• Identify what a habitat is and match animals to the habitat that suits them.

How to use this worksheet

If you can spare a jar and a bean, start a seed soaking the day before this worksheet. Life-cycle questions are much easier when a real sprout is sitting on the windowsill, because Grade 2 students find the order of stages easier to remember than the words for them.

Sample questions from this worksheet

1. Which animal has wings?
2. Which animal gives us honey?

Frequently asked questions

What comes after this topic?

Grade 3 usually moves from parts and groups to how living things depend on their surroundings - food chains, adaptation and habitats in more detail. Solid plant parts and animal groups now make that step much smoother.

My child put the bat with the birds. Is the worksheet too hard?

No - that mix-up is one of the most common in Grade 2, because flying looks like the deciding feature. Talk about fur and feeding milk to babies, then let your child re-sort. The mistake is a normal step, not a sign the sheet is too advanced.

How much writing does this worksheet need?

Answers are short - a word, a label or a single sentence. It is designed so that limited spelling confidence does not block a child who understands the science.