1st grade Science practice sheet
Alaska content standards · from Gradelings · Name: ______________________
Question 1
What helps a duck swim?
🦆- 🦶webbed feet
- 👂long ears
- 🐾sharp claws
🦶 webbed feet
Hint: A duck's webbed feet push the water like paddles.
Question 2
Does it make its own light? Tap an item, then tap its basket.
Sort into: ✨ makes light · ⬛ does not make light
- ⭐star
- 💡light bulb
- 🥄spoon
- 🌙moon
- 🔥campfire
- 🪨rock
✨ makes light: star, light bulb, campfire · ⬛ does not make light: spoon, moon, rock
Hint: Light sources glow on their own. The moon and mirrors only bounce light back.
Question 3
Put the seasons in order. Start with spring.
- 🍂fall
- ☀️summer
- ❄️winter
- 🌷spring
spring → summer → fall → winter
Hint: Spring, summer, fall, winter… and then spring comes again!
Question 4
Which baby looks most like a cow?
- A kitten
- A tadpole
- A chick
- A calf
A calf
Hint: A calf grows into a cow.
Question 5
People made airplane wings by watching…
- fish
- worms
- birds
- snails
birds
Hint: Wings help things fly.
Question 6
Which tool sends a light signal?
- A bell
- A drum
- A flashlight
- A whistle
A flashlight
Hint: It makes light.
Question 7
Roots drink up…
- air only
- water
- sunlight
- sand
water
Hint: Water is in the soil.
Question 8
Which one is a behavior (something an animal does)?
- 🦆a duck has webbed feet
- 🐻a bear has thick fur
- 💤a bear sleeps all winter
💤 a bear sleeps all winter
Hint: A behavior is an action. Fur and feet are body parts, but sleeping is something you do.
Question 9
How can you make a drum sound louder?
🥁- 💪hit it harder
- 🤏hit it softly
- 🚫don't touch it
💪 hit it harder
Hint: A bigger hit makes a bigger, louder sound.
Question 10
When can we see lots of stars?
- 🌅on a sunny morning
- 🌃on a clear, dark night
- 🥪at lunchtime
🌃 on a clear, dark night
Hint: Stars are always there, but the sun is so bright that we only see them at night.
Answer key
- 1. 🦶 webbed feet (Animal Survival)
- 2. ✨ makes light: star, light bulb, campfire · ⬛ does not make light: spoon, moon, rock (Light & Sound)
- 3. spring → summer → fall → winter (Sky & Seasons)
- 4. A calf (Parents & Babies)
- 5. birds (Ideas from Nature)
- 6. A flashlight (Signals Far Away)
- 7. water (Plant Parts at Work)
- 8. 💤 a bear sleeps all winter (Animal Survival)
- 9. 💪 hit it harder (Light & Sound)
- 10. 🌃 on a clear, dark night (Sky & Seasons)
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