1st grade Science practice sheet
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) · from Gradelings · Name: ______________________
Question 1
Which is heavier?
🪨- a leaf
- a rock
- a feather
a rock
Hint: A rock feels heavier than a feather or a leaf.
Question 2
What is the job of a fence?
- to cook food
- to keep things in or out
- to fly
to keep things in or out
Hint: A fence marks a space.
Question 3
What do plants need to grow?
🌱- ☀️sunlight and water
- 🎵music
- 🍬candy
☀️ sunlight and water
Hint: Plants need sunlight, water, air and soil to grow.
Question 4
What do a plant's roots do?
- Take in water
- Make flowers
- Catch bugs
- Make noise
Take in water
Hint: Roots are under the ground.
Question 5
Put the day in order. Start with morning.
- 🌃night: the sky is dark
- ☀️midday: the sun is high
- 🌅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 6
A merry-go-round goes…
🎠- in a circle
- in a straight line
- up and down only
in a circle
Hint: A circle path goes around and around.
Question 7
A baby penguin stays warm on its parent's…
- head
- feet
- beak
- wing tip
feet
Hint: Penguin parents keep chicks on their feet.
Question 8
Why do we heat soup?
- To make it cold
- To make it freeze
- To make ice
- To make it warm to eat
To make it warm to eat
Hint: Hot soup on a cold day.
Question 9
Most lakes have…
- no water
- sand only
- fresh water
- salt water
fresh water
Hint: Not salty like the ocean.
Question 10
A frog eats…
- rocks
- seeds only
- insects
- grass
insects
Hint: It catches flies with its tongue.
Answer key
- 1. a rock (Length, Area & Weight)
- 2. to keep things in or out (Objects & Structures)
- 3. ☀️ sunlight and water (Living Things)
- 4. Take in water (Ideas from Nature)
- 5. morning: the sun comes up → midday: the sun is high → evening: the sun goes down → night: the sky is dark (Sky & Seasons)
- 6. in a circle (How Things Move)
- 7. feet (Parents & Babies)
- 8. To make it warm to eat (Hot & Cold Changes)
- 9. fresh water (Soil & Water)
- 10. insects (Who Eats What?)
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