Kindergarten Science practice sheet
Minnesota K-12 Academic Standards · from Gradelings · Name: ______________________
Question 1
Which one is NOT living?
- 🌷a flower
- 🐈a cat
- ⚽a ball
⚽ a ball
Hint: A ball does not eat, drink or grow. It is not living.
Question 2
Which one is made of metal?
- 👕T-shirt
- 📕book
- 🔑key
🔑 key
Hint: Metal is hard and shiny. Keys are made of metal.
Question 3
How can you make a swing go higher?
- 💪push harder
- 🤏push softer
- ✋stop pushing
💪 push harder
Hint: A bigger push makes things move faster and farther.
Question 4
Put the seasons in order. Start with spring.
- 🍂fall
- ☀️summer
- 🌷spring
- ❄️winter
spring → summer → fall → winter
Hint: Flowers grow in spring. Next comes hot summer, then leafy fall, then cold winter.
Question 5
Helps nature or hurts nature? Tap a picture, then its basket.
Sort into: 💚 Helps · 💔 Hurts
- 🗑️drop litter
- 🫙reuse a jar
- 📄waste paper
- ♻️recycle a can
- 🚰leave the tap on
- 🧹pick up litter
💚 Helps: reuse a jar, recycle a can, pick up litter · 💔 Hurts: drop litter, waste paper, leave the tap on
Hint: Picking up litter and planting help nature. Littering and breaking plants hurt it.
Question 6
Which part of a playground gets hottest?
- A bench under a tree
- A metal slide in the sun
- Grass in the shade
- Sand under a roof
A metal slide in the sun
Hint: Sun plus no shade.
Question 7
You hear thunder. Where should you go?
- Inside a building
- Up a hill
- Into a pool
- Under a tall tree
Inside a building
Hint: When thunder roars, go indoors.
Question 8
What does a spider build to catch food?
- A dam
- A road
- A house
- A web
A web
Hint: Sticky silk.
Question 9
Why does a bucket have a handle?
- To make it wet
- To make it heavy
- To make it round
- To carry it
To carry it
Hint: Hands hold handles.
Question 10
Where does a fish live?
🐟- 🌳in a tree
- 🌊in water
- 🏜️in the desert
🌊 in water
Hint: Fish live in water. They need water to breathe.
Answer key
- 1. ⚽ a ball (What Living Things Need)
- 2. 🔑 key (Materials)
- 3. 💪 push harder (Push & Pull)
- 4. spring → summer → fall → winter (Weather & Seasons)
- 5. 💚 Helps: reuse a jar, recycle a can, pick up litter · 💔 Hurts: drop litter, waste paper, leave the tap on (Care for Our Earth)
- 6. A metal slide in the sun (Sun & Shade)
- 7. Inside a building (Stormy Weather)
- 8. A web (Where Animals Live)
- 9. To carry it (Make It Work)
- 10. 🌊 in water (What Living Things Need)
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