Name: _______________________________________

Class: _________________ Date: _______________

Activity Sheet 1
Write a list of the external features of these plants.

Some external features of a water lily

• ___________________________

• ___________________________

• ___________________________

• ___________________________

• ___________________________

water lily • ___________________________

Some external features of a pine

• ___________________________

• ___________________________

• ___________________________

• ___________________________

• ___________________________

• ___________________________

• ___________________________

pine

1
Name: _______________________________________

Class: _________________ Date: _______________

Some external features of a coleus

• ___________________________

• ___________________________

• ___________________________

• ___________________________

• ___________________________
coleus • ___________________________

Some external features of a rose

• ___________________________

• ___________________________

• ___________________________

• ___________________________

• ___________________________

• ___________________________

• ___________________________

rose

2
 Name: _______________________________________

Class: _________________ Date: _______________

Look at the lists of external features of the plants you have written.
Record the external features in the table. Then, tick (√) on the correct boxes.

External features

Plant

Water lily

Pine tree

Coleus

Rose

External features

Plant

Water lily

Pine tree

Coleus

Rose

3
Name: _______________________________________

Class: _________________ Date: _______________

Activity Sheet 2
What are some of the external features of these plants?
Tick (√) on the correct answers.

woody stem round leaves

soft stem dull leaves

non-flowering plant

flowering plant

woody stem shiny leaves

soft stem dull leaves

flowering plant

oval leaves

soft stem dull leaves

woody stem shiny leaves

heart-shaped leaves

flowering plant

4
 Name: _______________________________________

Class: _________________ Date: _______________

Activity Sheet 3
Look at the lists of the external features of the plants.
Tick (√) on the correct boxes.

Morning glory Coleus

• flowering • flowering
• soft stem • soft stem
• leaves with a • leaves with a
smooth and dull and rough
dull surface surface

Papaya

• flowering
• soft stem
• leaves with a
rough and dull
surface

External features
Plant Stem Flowers Surface of leaves
Woody Soft Rough Smooth Shiny Dull
Morning
glory

Coleus

Papaya

5
 Name: _______________________________________

Class: _________________ Date: _______________

Look at the lists of the external features of the plants.
Tick (√) on the correct boxes.

Bougainvillea Bird’s nest fern

• green leaves • green leaves

• oval leaves • long leaves

Water hyacinth

• green leaves
• oval leaves

External features
Plant Colour of leaves Shape of leaves
Green Yellow Oval Heart Round Long
Bougainvillea

Bird’s nest fern

Water hyacinth

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 Name: _______________________________________

Class: _________________ Date: _______________

Activity Sheet 4
Record the external features of these plants in the table.
Tick (√) on the correct boxes.

Ixora Rose Canna

• flowering plant • flowering plant • flowering plant
• woody stem • woody stem with • soft stem
• green leaves thorns • long leaves
• oval leaves • oval leaves • green leaves
• leaves with a • green leaves • leaves with a
shiny surface • leaves with a smooth surface
• leaves with a rough surface • leaves with a
smooth surface • leaves with a dull shiny surface
surface

External features
Stem Surface of leaves Colour of Shape of
leaves leaves
Plant
Flowers

Smooth
Thorns
Woody

Rough

Green
Shiny
Soft

Long
Oval
Dull

Red

Ixora

Rose

Canna

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 Name: _______________________________________

Class: _________________ Date: _______________

Activity Sheet 5
List the external features of the bamboo tree.
Record its external features in the table. Tick (√) on the correct boxes.

Bamboo tree

• _________________________
i
• _________________________

• _________________________

• _________________________

• _________________________

• _________________________

External features
Colour of Shape of Surface of leaves
leaves leaves
Plant

Bamboo