ACTIVITY 1 OF 6
🔍 Name That Vegetable
Read each clue and write the correct vegetable name on the line. Use the word bank to help you!
Name: _______________________________
🌿 Word Bank:
Artichoke • Broccoli • Carrot • Cucumber • Eggplant • Garlic • Kale • Onion • Potato • Tomato
1.
I am orange and grow underground. Dutch farmers selectively bred my colour in the 1600s — I used to be purple!
2.
I am a crown of tightly packed green flower buds. Leave me growing too long and I bloom into hundreds of yellow flowers!
3.
I am 96% water — even more hydrating than watermelon. I keep salads cool and crunchy.
4.
The US Supreme Court declared me a vegetable for tax purposes in 1893 — but botanically I am a fruit!
5.
Pyramid builders in ancient Egypt ate me every day for strength. I have many small cloves and a very strong smell.
6.
I was the first vegetable ever grown in space, aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia in 1995!
7.
I am named because some of my varieties look exactly like eggs hanging from the vine.
8.
I am very dark green and sometimes called the "king of greens" for my exceptional nutrition per calorie.
9.
I am the edible flower bud of a thistle plant. Ancient Greeks and Romans considered me a luxury vegetable.
10.
Cutting me releases a gas that reacts with the moisture in your eyes to form a mild acid — that's why you cry!
ACTIVITY 2 OF 6
🗂️ Sort the Vegetables
Write each vegetable from the box below into the correct category. Two vegetables belong in each box.
Name: _______________________________
Spinach • Kale • Carrot • Potato • Tomato • Pepper • Onion • Garlic • Celery • Asparagus • Broccoli • Cauliflower
Hint: Think about which part of the plant we eat!
ACTIVITY 3 OF 6
🔤 Vegetable Word Search
Find all 12 hidden vegetable names. Words go left-to-right or top-to-bottom.
Name: _______________________________
Find these words:
Broccoli
Kale
Beet
Corn
Carrot
Pepper
Tomato
Spinach
Onion
Potato
Garlic
Celery
ACTIVITY 4 OF 6
✅ True or False?
Read each vegetable fact. Circle T for True or F for False.
Name: _______________________________
1.
Carrots were originally orange when they first grew in the wild.
2.
A tomato is botanically classified as a fruit, not a vegetable.
3.
Potatoes were the first vegetable ever grown in space.
4.
Broccoli is made of tightly packed flower buds, not leaves.
5.
Corn ears always have an odd number of kernel rows.
6.
Garlic has been used as a medicine for over 5,000 years.
7.
Cucumbers are about 70% water.
8.
Before pumpkins, people in Ireland and Scotland carved turnips for Halloween lanterns.
9.
The leek is the national vegetable of Scotland.
10.
Avocado is a root vegetable because it grows underground.
ACTIVITY 5 OF 6
🔗 Match the Vegetable to Its Nutrient
Draw a line from each vegetable on the left to its most famous nutrient on the right.
Name: _______________________________
Nutrients: Fibre, Folate, Iron, Potassium, Vitamin A, Vitamin C
🥕 Carrot
🩺 Iron
🥬 Spinach
💊 Folate
🥦 Broccoli
🧡 Vitamin A
🥔 Potato
🫀 Potassium
🌿 Asparagus
🌿 Fibre
💜 Artichoke
🍊 Vitamin C
Answers (revealed when Show Answers is clicked):
Carrot → Vitamin A | Spinach → Iron | Broccoli → Vitamin C | Potato → Potassium | Asparagus → Folate | Artichoke → Fibre
ACTIVITY 6 OF 6
🎨 My Favourite Vegetable
Draw your favourite vegetable in the big box below, then complete the sentences.
Name: _______________________________
🥦
🌟 Challenge: Can you name all 6 vegetable categories? Leafy · Root · Fruiting · Bulb · Stem · Flower
ANSWER KEY
✅ Answers
Correct answers for Activities 1–5. Activity 6 is creative — any answer is great!
Activity 1 — Name That Vegetable
1 Carrot
2 Broccoli
3 Cucumber
4 Tomato
5 Garlic
6 Potato
7 Eggplant
8 Kale
9 Artichoke
10 Onion
Activity 2 — Sort the Vegetables
🥬 Leafy
Spinach, Kale
🥕 Root
Carrot, Potato
🍅 Fruiting
Tomato, Pepper
🧅 Bulb
Onion, Garlic
🥬 Stem
Celery, Asparagus
🥦 Flower
Broccoli, Cauliflower
Activity 3 — Word Search locations
BROCCOLI — Row 1 (left→right) |
KALE — Row 1, end (left→right) |
BEET — Column 1 (top→bottom) |
CORN — Row 2 (left→right) |
CARROT — Row 3 (left→right) |
PEPPER — Row 4 (left→right) |
TOMATO — Row 5 (left→right) |
ONION — Row 7 (left→right) |
POTATO — Row 9 (left→right) |
GARLIC — Row 11 (left→right) |
CELERY — Row 12 (left→right) |
SPINACH — Column 12 (top→bottom)
Activity 4 — True or False
1. FALSE
2. TRUE
3. TRUE
4. TRUE
5. FALSE
6. TRUE
7. FALSE
8. TRUE
9. FALSE
10. FALSE
Notes: 1) Carrots were originally purple/white | 5) Corn always has EVEN rows | 7) Cucumbers are 96% water | 9) Leek is national vegetable of Wales | 10) Avocado is a fruiting vegetable
Activity 5 — Match the Nutrient
🥕 Carrot→Vitamin A (Beta-Carotene)
🥬 Spinach→Iron
🥦 Broccoli→Vitamin C
🥔 Potato→Potassium
🌿 Asparagus→Folate
💜 Artichoke→Fibre