Let’s go through each food item one by one and figure out which part of the plant we eat.
We’re given these plant parts to choose from:
leaf, flower, seeds, fruit, stem, root, tuber
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1.
Cabbage (top left) – We eat the tight cluster of leaves. So this is a
leaf.
2.
Carrot (top right) – Carrots grow underground and are the main storage part of the plant. That’s a
root.
3.
Raspberries (second row left) – These are sweet, juicy, and contain seeds inside. They develop from the flower’s ovary — so they’re a
fruit.
4.
Broccoli (second row right) – The part we eat is the unopened flower buds and the stalk. But mostly it’s considered the
flower part.
5.
Celery (third row left) – We eat the long crunchy stalks that hold up the leaves. That’s the
stem.
6.
Tomato (third row right) – Tomatoes have seeds inside and grow from the flower. Even though we call them vegetables in cooking, botanically they’re
fruit.
7.
Potatoes (fourth row left) – Potatoes grow underground but aren’t roots — they’re swollen stems called tubers. So this is a
tuber.
8.
Corn (fourth row right) – Corn kernels are actually individual grains — each kernel is a seed (or more precisely, a type of fruit called a caryopsis). Since the whole ear is made of many seeds, we’ll say
seeds.
9.
Radish (bottom left) – Like carrots, radishes are eaten as their underground storage organ — that’s a
root.
10.
Peas (bottom right) – We eat the peas inside the pod — those are the
seeds. Sometimes people eat the whole pod too, but here the focus is on the peas themselves →
seeds.
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Final Answer:
leaf, root, fruit, flower, stem, fruit, tuber, seeds, root, seeds
Parent Tip: Review the logic above to help your child master the concept of plant worksheets.
