Kindergarten Science practice sheet
Maine Learning Results · from Gradelings · Name: ______________________
Question 1
Animals need shelter. What is shelter?
- 🧸a toy
- 🍎a kind of food
- 🏠a safe place to rest
🏠 a safe place to rest
Hint: Shelter keeps animals safe, dry and warm, like a den or a nest.
Question 2
Which one will roll?
- 📕book
- 📦box
- ⚽ball
⚽ ball
Hint: Round things roll. Things with flat sides slide or stop.
Question 3
Put the seasons in order. Start with spring.
- ❄️winter
- ☀️summer
- 🍂fall
- 🌷spring
spring → summer → fall → winter
Hint: Flowers grow in spring. Next comes hot summer, then leafy fall, then cold winter.
Question 4
Which one can go in a recycling bin?
- 🥫a clean can
- 🍌a banana peel
- 🤧a dirty tissue
🥫 a clean can
Hint: Clean metal cans can be recycled.
Question 5
Your pet's water bowl is hot. Where should it go?
- In the sun
- In the shade
- On hot pavement
- On a sunny step
In the shade
Hint: Shade keeps water cooler.
Question 6
What can a weather alert tell your family?
- What's for dinner
- A friend's birthday
- Your shoe size
- A storm is coming
A storm is coming
Hint: Alerts warn us.
Question 7
Why does a squirrel live near trees?
- For salt water
- For sand
- For snow
- For nuts and a home
For nuts and a home
Hint: Trees give food and shelter.
Question 8
Your block tower falls over. What can you do?
- Make it wobbly
- Use fewer blocks on the bottom
- Give up
- Try a wider bottom
Try a wider bottom
Hint: Wide bottoms help towers stand.
Question 9
Which one needs food, water and air?
- 🪨a rock
- 🐇a rabbit
- 🚲a bike
🐇 a rabbit
Hint: A rabbit is living, so it needs food, water and air.
Question 10
Push or pull? Tap a picture, then its basket.
Sort into: 👐 push · 🪢 pull
- 🎣reel in a fish
- 🚗push a toy car
- ⚽kick a ball
- 🎳roll a bowling ball
- 🧦pull on socks
- 🥕pull out a carrot
👐 push: push a toy car, kick a ball, roll a bowling ball · 🪢 pull: reel in a fish, pull on socks, pull out a carrot
Hint: A push moves something away from you. A pull moves it toward you.
Answer key
- 1. 🏠 a safe place to rest (What Living Things Need)
- 2. ⚽ ball (Push & Pull)
- 3. spring → summer → fall → winter (Weather & Seasons)
- 4. 🥫 a clean can (Care for Our Earth)
- 5. In the shade (Sun & Shade)
- 6. A storm is coming (Stormy Weather)
- 7. For nuts and a home (Where Animals Live)
- 8. Try a wider bottom (Make It Work)
- 9. 🐇 a rabbit (What Living Things Need)
- 10. 👐 push: push a toy car, kick a ball, roll a bowling ball · 🪢 pull: reel in a fish, pull on socks, pull out a carrot (Push & Pull)
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