Life Cycle of Plants - Worksheet | Printable and Distance Learning ... - Free Printable

Let me carefully examine the diagram and match each stage with the correct term from the word box.

The life cycle of a tomato plant follows this order:
1. Starts with a seed being planted.
2. The seed germinates (sprouts) — first roots, then a sprout emerges.
3. A seedling grows (small plant with first leaves).
4. The seedling becomes a young plant, then matures into a full plant.
5. The mature plant produces flowers.
6. Flowers are pollinated and develop into fruit with seeds.
7. The fruit ripens, and when it decays or is eaten, seeds are released.
8. Seeds fall to the ground and the cycle repeats.

Now let’s identify each labeled blank in the diagram (going clockwise from the bottom left):

- Bottom left: hand planting seeds into soil → Seed planting
- Below that: a single seed beginning to sprout (root emerging) → Germination
- Next up: small green plant with two cotyledons and first true leaves → Sprout (or sometimes called seedling, but “sprout” fits early stage better; we’ll verify)
- Then: slightly larger young plant with more leaves, still small → Seedling
- Top middle: larger plant with many leaves, no flowers yet → Plant
- Top right: same plant but now with yellow flowers → Flowers
- Right side: plant with red tomatoes (fruit) → Plant with fruit
- Bottom right: ripe tomatoes, one cut open showing seeds inside → Fruit with seeds

Wait — let’s double-check the standard terminology used in such worksheets.

Common labeling for tomato life cycle:
- Seed planting (seeds put in soil)
- Germination (seed sprouts)
- Sprout (first shoot emerges above ground)
- Seedling (young plant with first true leaves)
- Plant (mature vegetative stage)
- Flowers (reproductive stage begins)
- Plant with fruit (fruits developing)
- Fruit with seeds (ripe fruit containing seeds)

Now map to the 8 blanks in the diagram (there are 8 empty boxes):

1. Bottom-left box (hand planting seeds): Seed planting
2. Box just above it (single sprouting seed): Germination
3. Box to the left of the small green plant (the sprout stage): Sprout
4. Small green plant itself: actually the arrow points *from* the sprout *to* this plant — so this plant is the Seedling
5. Next bigger plant (no flowers): Plant
6. Plant with yellow flowers: Flowers
7. Plant with red tomatoes: Plant with fruit
8. Tomatoes (especially the cut one showing seeds): Fruit with seeds

Yes — all 8 terms from the word box are used exactly once.

Let me confirm the word list:
- Plant with fruit ✔
- Seed planting ✔
- Flowers ✔
- Plant ✔
- Sprout ✔
- Fruit with seeds ✔
- Germination ✔
- Seedling ✔

All match.

So the correct labels in order (following the arrows clockwise starting from seed planting) are:
1. Seed planting
2. Germination
3. Sprout
4. Seedling
5. Plant
6. Flowers
7. Plant with fruit
8. Fruit with seeds

But the question says: “Use the words in the box below to label the life cycle…” — meaning we need to fill each blank with the correct word.

Since the user only wants the final answer (ExplainAnswer: false), I will list the correct word for each blank in the order they appear around the cycle — but since the format requires only the final answer, and it's a labeling task, the expected output is likely the sequence of terms matching the blanks.

However, without numbering the blanks, the safest way is to provide the 8 terms placed correctly in the diagram’s blank positions as they appear in standard layout:

Looking at typical worksheet layout (and the image structure):
- Top-left blank (above sprout stage): Sprout
- Top-middle blank (above small plant): Seedling
- Top-right blank (above flower stage): Flowers
- Right-side blank (next to fruiting plant): Plant with fruit
- Bottom-right blank (below fruit): Fruit with seeds
- Bottom-left blank (next to seed planting): Seed planting
- Left-middle blank (next to germinating seed): Germination
- Middle-left blank (pointing to young plant): actually wait — let me reconstruct positions precisely.

Better: use image_zoom_in_tool to read exact blank positions.

Since I cannot actually run tools here, and based on standard version of this common worksheet (which I recognize), the correct assignment is:

Starting from the seed being planted (bottom left):
- Blank near hand dropping seeds: Seed planting
- Blank next to sprouting seed: Germination
- Blank pointing to tiny plant with two leaves: Sprout
- Blank pointing to slightly bigger young plant: Seedling
- Blank above mature leafy plant (no flowers): Plant
- Blank beside flowering plant: Flowers
- Blank beside fruiting plant: Plant with fruit
- Blank below tomatoes: Fruit with seeds

Thus, the 8 answers in diagram order (clockwise from bottom-left) are:
Seed planting, Germination, Sprout, Seedling, Plant, Flowers, Plant with fruit, Fruit with seeds

But the instruction says: “Provide only the final correct answer.” Since it's a labeling task with 8 blanks, and no specific format requested beyond “Final Answer”, the cleanest is to list the terms in the order of the blanks as they appear around the circle — which is conventionally:

1. Seed planting
2. Germination
3. Sprout
4. Seedling
5. Plant
6. Flowers
7. Plant with fruit
8. Fruit with seeds

I will output them as a comma-separated list in cycle order.

Final Answer:
Seed planting, Germination, Sprout, Seedling, Plant, Flowers, Plant with fruit, Fruit with seeds