Grade 1 Living Things worksheet
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How to explain it
- Living things grow, and need air, food and water.
- Plants stay in one place and make food from sunlight.
- Animals move around and eat food.
Example: Is a clover a plant or an animal? A clover grows in the ground. It makes food from sunlight. Answer: a plant
Question 1
Which one is a plant?
- 🌻sunflower
- 🐝bee
- ⚽ball
🌻 sunflower
Hint: A sunflower grows from a seed in the soil. That makes it a plant!
Question 2
Is a seed living?
🌰- 🌱Yes, it can grow into a plant
- 🪨No, it is like a rock
🌱 Yes, it can grow into a plant
Hint: A seed is alive! Give it water and soil and it will grow into a plant.
Question 3
Tap the living thing.
- 🐈cat
- 🧸teddy bear
- 🚗toy car
🐈 cat
Hint: A cat eats, drinks and grows. Toys never do!
Question 4
Which one is NOT living?
- ⚽ball
- 🌷flower
- 🐦bird
⚽ ball
Hint: A ball can't eat, drink or grow, so it is not living.
Question 5
A robot can move. Is it living?
- 🏃Yes, because it moves
- 🤖No, it can't grow or eat
🤖 No, it can't grow or eat
Hint: Moving isn't enough. Living things grow, eat and make more of their kind.
Question 6
Is it living or not living? Tap an item, then tap its basket.
Sort into: 🌱 living · 🧱 not living
- 🌷flower
- 🚗toy car
- 🧸teddy bear
- 🌳tree
- 🤖robot
- 🐕dog
🌱 living: flower, tree, dog · 🧱 not living: toy car, teddy bear, robot
Hint: Living things grow, need food and water, and make more of their kind.
Question 7
A kitten grows. A teddy bear does not. Which is living?
- 🐱kitten
- 🧸teddy bear
🐱 kitten
Hint: Living things grow and change. A kitten grows into a cat!
Question 8
Which one is living?
- 🌳tree
- 🪑chair
- 🪨rock
🌳 tree
Hint: A tree is alive. It drinks water and grows taller every year!
Question 9
What do plants need to grow?
🌱- 🍬candy
- ☀️sunlight and water
- 🎵music
☀️ sunlight and water
Hint: Plants need sunlight, water, air and soil to grow.
Question 10
What do all living things need?
- 👟shoes
- 🧸toys
- 💧water
💧 water
Hint: Plants, animals and people all need water to stay alive.
Answer key
- 1. 🌻 sunflower
- 2. 🌱 Yes, it can grow into a plant
- 3. 🐈 cat
- 4. ⚽ ball
- 5. 🤖 No, it can't grow or eat
- 6. 🌱 living: flower, tree, dog · 🧱 not living: toy car, teddy bear, robot
- 7. 🐱 kitten
- 8. 🌳 tree
- 9. ☀️ sunlight and water
- 10. 💧 water
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