1st grade Science practice sheet
Maine Learning Results · from Gradelings · Name: ______________________
Question 1
What helps a duck swim?
🦆- 🐾sharp claws
- 👂long ears
- 🦶webbed feet
🦶 webbed feet
Hint: A duck's webbed feet push the water like paddles.
Question 2
Which one wakes you up with a sound?
- 🪞mirror
- 💡lamp
- ⏰alarm clock
⏰ alarm clock
Hint: An alarm clock rings loudly to wake you up.
Question 3
Put the day in order. Start with morning.
- ☀️midday: the sun is high
- 🌃night: the sky is dark
- 🌅morning: the sun comes up
- 🌇evening: the sun goes down
morning: the sun comes up → midday: the sun is high → evening: the sun goes down → night: the sky is dark
Hint: The sun comes up in the morning, is high at midday, goes down in the evening, and then it's night.
Question 4
A baby bird opens its mouth and chirps. Why?
- To sleep
- To get food
- To hide
- To swim
To get food
Hint: Parents bring food when babies call.
Question 5
Burrs stick to fur. People copied them to make…
- glue
- hook-and-loop straps
- buttons
- zippers of metal
hook-and-loop straps
Hint: Tiny hooks catch on loops.
Question 6
Why does a smoke alarm beep?
- To play a game
- To wake the sun
- To call a dog
- To warn of smoke
To warn of smoke
Hint: A loud warning.
Question 7
What do leaves catch for the plant?
- Snow
- Sunlight
- Bugs
- Rocks
Sunlight
Hint: Leaves use light to make food.
Question 8
Frogs can't keep warm in winter. What do many of them do?
🐸- 🐦fly south
- 💤rest in mud or leaves until spring
- 🐻grow thick fur
💤 rest in mud or leaves until spring
Hint: Many frogs hide in mud or under leaves and rest all winter. That is hibernating.
Question 9
Which one helps you see in the dark?
- 🪞mirror
- 📕book
- 🔦flashlight
🔦 flashlight
Hint: A flashlight makes its own light, so it lights up the dark.
Question 10
Which season comes after winter?
- 🌷spring
- ☀️summer
- 🍂fall
🌷 spring
Hint: Winter, then spring! Snow melts and plants start to grow.
Answer key
- 1. 🦶 webbed feet (Animal Survival)
- 2. ⏰ alarm clock (Light & Sound)
- 3. morning: the sun comes up → midday: the sun is high → evening: the sun goes down → night: the sky is dark (Sky & Seasons)
- 4. To get food (Parents & Babies)
- 5. hook-and-loop straps (Ideas from Nature)
- 6. To warn of smoke (Signals Far Away)
- 7. Sunlight (Plant Parts at Work)
- 8. 💤 rest in mud or leaves until spring (Animal Survival)
- 9. 🔦 flashlight (Light & Sound)
- 10. 🌷 spring (Sky & Seasons)
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