Grade 1 · Science · Unit 11 of 11
Day, Night & Seasons
Cycles and how living things respond
What your child practises
Day and night and the four seasons as cycles, and how people dress, play and prepare while animals and plants change with the seasons.
Ontario Curriculum expectation: E1.1, E1.2, E2.2, E2.5, E2.6 · cycles, and how people and other living things respond to daily and seasonal changes
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
When do we see stars most clearly?
🌟- at breakfast
- at noon
- at night
Show answer
at night
Hint: Stars show up when the sky is dark.
Question 2
Which is a daily cycle?
- morning, afternoon, evening, night
- red, green, blue
- one, two, three
Show answer
morning, afternoon, evening, night
Hint: A day repeats the same parts again and again.
Question 3
People make skates and skis. What season are they for?
- summer
- fall
- winter
Show answer
winter
Hint: Skates and skis help us play on ice and snow.
Question 4
In which season do many trees grow new leaves?
🌳- spring
- winter
- fall
Show answer
spring
Hint: Buds and leaves appear in spring.
Question 5
In fall, what do many people do to leaves?
🍂- paint them blue
- plant them
- rake them
Show answer
rake them
Hint: Fall is when many leaves drop.
Question 6
Which is a cycle?
- a rock
- Monday only
- spring, summer, fall, winter
Show answer
spring, summer, fall, winter
Hint: The four seasons come back again and again.