Explore 16 worksheets related to Fruit and Vegetable Life Cycle Worksheets currently available in our library. Fruit and vegetable life cycle worksheets help young learners explore how familiar food plants grow and change from seeds, sprouts, tubers, or other starting structures into mature plants that produce new fruits, vegetables, or seeds. This printable collection includes life cycle activities for apples, pumpkins, beans, tomatoes, carrots, peas, strawberries, watermelons, potatoes, onions, peppers, cucumbers, squash, zucchini, radishes, and other familiar garden plants. Students can sequence growth stages, match pictures and vocabulary, label plant life cycles, identify seeds and young plants, and compare how different fruits and vegetables grow.
Apple Life Cycle Worksheet
Pre-K and Kindergarten apple life-cycle worksheet showing APPLE SEED, SPROUT, SEEDLING, APPLE TREE WITH BLOSSOMS, DEVELOPING APPLE, and RIPE APPLE WITH SEEDS. Use six picture-supported stages and arrows.
Pumpkin Life Cycle Worksheet
Pre-K and Kindergarten pumpkin life-cycle worksheet showing SEED, SPROUT, VINE/SEEDLING, FLOWER, SMALL GREEN PUMPKIN, and MATURE PUMPKIN WITH SEEDS. Include six stage cards to sequence.
Bean Life Cycle Worksheet
Pre-K and Kindergarten bean life-cycle worksheet showing BEAN SEED, GERMINATING SEED WITH ROOT, SPROUT, SEEDLING, MATURE BEAN PLANT WITH FLOWERS, and BEAN POD WITH SEEDS. Include six picture-supported stages and arrows.
Bean Plant Life Cycle Worksheet
Kindergarten and 1st Grade bean-plant life-cycle worksheet with emphasis on germination: DRY SEED, ROOT EMERGES, SHOOT EMERGES, SEEDLING, MATURE FLOWERING PLANT, BEAN POD, NEW SEEDS. Include seven clear pictures in a sequence strip.
Tomato Life Cycle Worksheet
Kindergarten tomato life-cycle worksheet showing SEED, SPROUT, SEEDLING, FLOWERING TOMATO PLANT, SMALL DEVELOPING TOMATO, and MATURE TOMATO WITH SEEDS. Include six stage pictures and sequencing numbers.
Carrot Life Cycle Worksheet
Kindergarten and 1st Grade carrot life-cycle worksheet showing SEED, SPROUT, YOUNG CARROT PLANT, DEVELOPING STORAGE ROOT, MATURE CARROT PLANT, FLOWERING/SEED-PRODUCING PLANT, and NEW SEEDS. Keep the longer biennial cycle simplified but scientifically responsible; do not imply a harvested carrot immediately makes seeds.
Pea Plant Life Cycle Worksheet
Kindergarten pea-plant life-cycle worksheet showing PEA SEED, GERMINATION, SPROUT, SEEDLING, FLOWERS, PEA POD, and NEW PEAS/SEEDS. Include seven sequence images and picture-supported labels.
Strawberry Life Cycle Worksheet
Kindergarten and 1st Grade strawberry-plant life-cycle worksheet showing SEED OR STARTING PLANT, YOUNG PLANT, FLOWER, SMALL GREEN FRUIT, RIPE STRAWBERRY, and SEEDS/NEW GROWTH. Keep the page focused on a simplified seed-based teaching model and do not imply seeds are the only way strawberries reproduce.
Watermelon Life Cycle Worksheet
Kindergarten watermelon life-cycle worksheet showing SEED, SPROUT, SEEDLING/VINE, FLOWER, SMALL WATERMELON, and MATURE WATERMELON WITH SEEDS. Include six sequencing cards.
Potato Life Cycle Worksheet
Kindergarten and 1st Grade potato-plant life-cycle worksheet showing SEED POTATO/TUBER PIECE, SPROUTING TUBER, GROWING PLANT, FLOWERING PLANT, UNDERGROUND TUBERS DEVELOPING, and MATURE POTATOES. Make clear this is a common vegetative-growing model rather than a full seed-based reproductive cycle.
Onion Life Cycle Worksheet
Kindergarten and 1st Grade simplified onion life-cycle worksheet showing SEED, SPROUT, YOUNG ONION PLANT, BULB DEVELOPMENT, MATURE ONION PLANT, FLOWERING/SEED HEAD, and NEW SEEDS. Keep the longer cycle visually simple.
Pepper Plant Life Cycle Worksheet
Kindergarten pepper-plant life-cycle worksheet showing SEED, SPROUT, SEEDLING, FLOWERING PLANT, SMALL PEPPER FRUIT, and MATURE PEPPER WITH SEEDS. Include six picture-supported stages.
Cucumber Life Cycle Worksheet
Kindergarten cucumber life-cycle worksheet showing SEED, SPROUT, SEEDLING/VINE, FLOWER, SMALL CUCUMBER, and MATURE CUCUMBER WITH SEEDS. Include six stages and a number-the-order activity.
Squash Life Cycle Worksheet
Kindergarten squash life-cycle worksheet showing SEED, SPROUT, VINE/SEEDLING, FLOWER, DEVELOPING SQUASH, and MATURE SQUASH WITH SEEDS. Keep the squash generic rather than combining many varieties.
Zucchini Life Cycle Worksheet
Kindergarten zucchini life-cycle worksheet showing SEED, SPROUT, YOUNG PLANT, FLOWER, SMALL ZUCCHINI, and MATURE FRUIT WITH SEEDS. Include six picture stages and arrows.
Radish Life Cycle Worksheet
Kindergarten and 1st Grade radish life-cycle worksheet showing SEED, SPROUT, SEEDLING, DEVELOPING STORAGE ROOT, MATURE RADISH PLANT, FLOWERING PLANT, and NEW SEEDS. Do not imply the harvested root itself directly produces seeds without continued plant growth.
FAQs About Fruit and Vegetable Life Cycle Worksheets
A plant life cycle describes how a plant begins, grows, becomes mature, reproduces, and starts a new generation. Many food plants begin with seeds, but some familiar crops can also grow from bulbs, tubers, or other plant structures.
A simple seed-based model can include seed, germination, sprout, seedling, mature plant, flower, and new fruit or seeds. The exact stages depend on the plant.
In flowering plants, fruits develop from parts of flowers after successful pollination and fertilization. The fruit can contain or protect seeds.
Many vegetable crops can be grown from seeds, but some familiar plants are also commonly grown from other structures. Potatoes can grow from tubers, and onions can grow from bulbs or sets, for example.
No. A potato tuber is a modified underground stem used by the plant to store food and produce new growth.
No. An onion bulb is a plant storage structure. Onion plants can also produce flowers and seeds as part of their reproductive life cycle.