🥦 Printable Vegetable Activity Book
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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: _______________________________
Class: _____________
Date: ____________
🌿 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!
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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: _______________________________
Class: _____________
Date: ____________
Spinach • Kale • Carrot • Potato • Tomato • Pepper • Onion • Garlic • Celery • Asparagus • Broccoli • Cauliflower
🥬 Leafy
🥕 Root
🍅 Fruiting
🧅 Bulb
🥬 Stem
🥦 Flower
Hint: Think about which part of the plant we eat!
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ACTIVITY 3 OF 6
🔤 Vegetable Word Search
Find all 12 hidden vegetable names. Words go left-to-right or top-to-bottom.
Name: _______________________________
Class: _____________
Date: ____________
Find these words:
Broccoli
Kale
Beet
Corn
Carrot
Pepper
Tomato
Spinach
Onion
Potato
Garlic
Celery
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ACTIVITY 4 OF 6
✅ True or False?
Read each vegetable fact. Circle T for True or F for False.
Name: _______________________________
Class: _____________
Date: ____________
1.
Carrots were originally orange when they first grew in the wild.
T
F
FALSE
2.
A tomato is botanically classified as a fruit, not a vegetable.
T
F
TRUE
3.
Potatoes were the first vegetable ever grown in space.
T
F
TRUE
4.
Broccoli is made of tightly packed flower buds, not leaves.
T
F
TRUE
5.
Corn ears always have an odd number of kernel rows.
T
F
FALSE
6.
Garlic has been used as a medicine for over 5,000 years.
T
F
TRUE
7.
Cucumbers are about 70% water.
T
F
FALSE
8.
Before pumpkins, people in Ireland and Scotland carved turnips for Halloween lanterns.
T
F
TRUE
9.
The leek is the national vegetable of Scotland.
T
F
FALSE
10.
Avocado is a root vegetable because it grows underground.
T
F
FALSE
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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: _______________________________
Class: _____________
Date: ____________
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):
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ACTIVITY 6 OF 6
🎨 My Favourite Vegetable
Draw your favourite vegetable in the big box below, then complete the sentences.
Name: _______________________________
Class: _____________
Date: ____________
🥦
My vegetable is:
Its category is:
One fun fact:
I would try it because:
🌟 Challenge: Can you name all 6 vegetable categories? Leafy · Root · Fruiting · Bulb · Stem · Flower
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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
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