1st grade Science practice sheet
Alabama Course of Study · from Gradelings · Name: ______________________
Question 1
What makes a shadow?
- 💧lots of water
- 📢a loud noise
- ✋something blocks the light
✋ something blocks the light
Hint: When something is in the way of light, it makes a dark shape called a shadow.
Question 2
Does it make light or sound? Tap an item, then tap its basket.
Sort into: 💡 light source · 🔊 sound source
- ✨a firefly
- 🎸a guitar string
- 🔊a speaker
- 💡a lamp that is on
- 🔥a campfire
- 🥁a drum being hit
💡 light source: a firefly, a lamp that is on, a campfire · 🔊 sound source: a guitar string, a speaker, a drum being hit
Hint: A light source gives off light. A sound source makes a sound by vibrating.
Question 3
A green traffic light tells drivers to…
- turn around
- sleep
- go
- stop
go
Hint: Green means go.
Question 4
Many bears sleep all winter. What is this called?
🐻- 💤hibernating
- 🐦migrating
- 🏊swimming
💤 hibernating
Hint: A long winter sleep is called hibernating. Bears wake up in spring!
Question 5
A rabbit's long ears help it…
🐇- 👂hear well
- ☁️fly
- 🌊swim
👂 hear well
Hint: Long ears catch sounds, so a rabbit can hear danger coming.
Question 6
What do flowers help a plant make?
- Seeds
- Rocks
- Soil
- Roots
Seeds
Hint: Flowers turn into fruit and seeds.
Question 7
What do a plant's roots do?
- Make noise
- Take in water
- Make flowers
- Catch bugs
Take in water
Hint: Roots are under the ground.
Question 8
Which part of your body helps you think?
- 🧠brain
- 🦵knee
- ❤️heart
🧠 brain
Hint: The brain controls our thinking and body.
Question 9
A puppy cries. What does its mother do?
- Comes to help it
- Runs away
- Goes to sleep
- Hides its food
Comes to help it
Hint: Parents answer their babies.
Question 10
Which animal hatches from an egg?
- A cow
- A robin
- A dog
- A horse
A robin
Hint: Birds lay eggs.
Answer key
- 1. ✋ something blocks the light (Light & Sound)
- 2. 💡 light source: a firefly, a lamp that is on, a campfire · 🔊 sound source: a guitar string, a speaker, a drum being hit (Light and Sound)
- 3. go (Signals Far Away)
- 4. 💤 hibernating (Animal Survival)
- 5. 👂 hear well (Animal Features)
- 6. Seeds (Plant Parts at Work)
- 7. Take in water (Ideas from Nature)
- 8. 🧠 brain (Our Bodies & Senses)
- 9. Comes to help it (Parents & Babies)
- 10. A robin (Bird, Mammal & Fish Life Cycles)
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