Plant Needs Worksheet by Teach Simple - Free Printable

Explanation:
Let’s go through each question one by one, using the hints to figure out what the plant needs.

Question 1: *Name something you need to provide your plant so that it can drink.*
Hint: *It has its own cycle.*
Plants drink water. Water cycles through evaporation, condensation, and precipitation — that’s the water cycle. So the answer is water.

Question 2: *Name an important need that your plant must have to grow strong!*
Hint: *It helps keep us humans warm.*
What helps keep humans warm? Sunlight (we feel warmth from the sun). Plants need sunlight for photosynthesis to grow strong. So the answer is sunlight (or light).

Question 3: *This plant need can be found anywhere, all around us.*
Hint: *We need this, too.*
Both plants and humans need air — specifically, carbon dioxide for plants (to make food) and oxygen for us. But the most universal thing we *both* need and is everywhere is air. However, since plants use carbon dioxide from air and release oxygen, and the hint says “we need this, too,” it’s likely referring to air or more precisely carbon dioxide — but for a young student, the expected simple answer is usually air. Still, let’s hold on — maybe it's oxygen? No — plants *produce* oxygen; they *consume* CO₂. But the hint says “we need this, too” — humans need oxygen, plants need CO₂. Hmm. Wait — actually, both need air as a mixture. But many worksheets like this expect air here. Let’s see the final riddle to confirm.

Question 4: *Weeds sometimes get in the way of this need.*
Hint: *No one likes to be crowded.*
Weeds crowd plants and compete for space, nutrients, water, and light. The need being blocked is space — or possibly nutrients, but “no one likes to be crowded” strongly points to space.

True or False: *A plant needs soil to grow.*
Hint: *Ever hear of hydroponics?*
Hydroponics is growing plants without soil — just water and nutrients. So the statement is False.

Now the final part:
*Congratulations! Here is your prize. This plant needs all of the above, AND, you can feed it hamburgers! What is it?*

Let’s list what we have so far:
- Needs water ✔
- Needs sunlight ✔
- Needs air (CO₂/O₂) ✔
- Needs space ✔
- Doesn’t need soil (soil is optional) ✔
- And… you can feed it hamburgers?!

Hamburgers contain meat — which is protein and nitrogen-rich. Most plants don’t eat meat. But one famous plant *does* trap and digest insects (and sometimes small animals) to get extra nutrients — especially nitrogen — in poor soil. That’s the venus flytrap! It’s a carnivorous plant. While it doesn’t really eat *hamburgers*, the joke is that it eats meat (like bugs), so “you can feed it hamburgers” is a fun exaggeration.

Also, look at the image clue at the bottom: there’s a drawing of a venus flytrap (with red-lined traps and green leaves). That confirms it.

So the answer is: Venus flytrap

Final Answer:
Venus flytrap