What Living Things Need
What Living Things Need is a free, printable Kindergarten Science worksheet — 5 questions with an answer key, aligned to NGSS K-LS1-1. Lessonpress generated it in about a minute, and you can make your own for any K–5 grade, standard, or skill.
Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive
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- 2.
Sort: plant or animal.
Answer: Plant: sunflower, tree, rose | Animal: dog, cat, fish
- 3.
Sort: needs water or needs sun.
Answer: Needs Water: fish, frog, dog | Needs Sun: sunflower, cactus, daisy
- 4.
Label the sunflower life cycle.
Answer: Seed, Sprout, Plant, Flower
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Kindergarten. It's calibrated to the Kindergarten reading load and content, and aligned to NGSS K-LS1-1.
What standard does this Science worksheet cover?
NGSS K-LS1-1, from the Next Generation Science Standards: Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive
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