1st grade · Science · Unit 5 of 7
Ideas from Nature
Plant and animal parts give us ideas.
What your child practices
Practices how plants and animals use their outside parts to survive, and how people copy those parts to design solutions, like burrs and hook-and-loop straps.
California Content Standards learning standard: 1-LS1-1 · designing solutions by copying how the shapes of plant and animal parts help them work
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
Why does a giraffe have a long neck?
- To hide
- To dig
- To swim
- To reach high leaves
To reach high leaves
Hint: Long necks reach treetops.
Question 2
Why does a duck have webbed feet?
- To swim well
- To see better
- To dig holes
- To climb trees
To swim well
Hint: Webbed feet push water.
Question 3
People made airplane wings by watching…
- fish
- snails
- worms
- birds
birds
Hint: Wings help things fly.
Question 4
People made flippers for swimming by copying…
- a duck's or frog's feet
- a bird's beak
- a cat's ears
- a cow's tail
a duck's or frog's feet
Hint: Wide feet push water.
Question 5
Why do leaves face the sun?
- To hide
- To get sunlight
- To get rain only
- To stay cold
To get sunlight
Hint: Leaves need light.
Question 6
People made swim fins and flippers. Which animal part did they copy?
- Whiskers
- Webbed feet
- Wings
- Antlers
Webbed feet
Hint: Webbed feet push water.