What Each Part Is For is a free printable Grade 1 science worksheet on how plants and animals use their outside parts to survive and grow, aligned to NGSS performance expectation 1-LS1-1. It prints 2 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two students in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.
Set 11 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. All 25 sets ask different questions.
What Each Part Is For
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Draw a line from each part to what it does.
1.Draw a line from each one to its match.
An elephant's trunk
A hedgehog's spines
A turtle's shell
A giraffe's long neck
A.Reach leaves high up in the trees
B.Keep hungry animals from biting it
C.A hard home it can pull its head into
D.Pick up food and suck up water
2.Draw a line from each one to its match.
A plant's flowers
A fish's fins
A plant's leaves
A plant's stem
A.Holds the leaves up toward the light
B.Make the seeds that grow into new plants
C.Catch the sunlight the plant needs
D.Help it steer and stay upright in the water
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Answer key — What Each Part Is For
Set 11. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. An elephant's trunk — D (Pick up food and suck up water) 2. A hedgehog's spines — B (Keep hungry animals from biting it) 3. A turtle's shell — C (A hard home it can pull its head into) 4. A giraffe's long neck — A (Reach leaves high up in the trees)
2.1. A plant's flowers — B (Make the seeds that grow into new plants) 2. A fish's fins — D (Help it steer and stay upright in the water) 3. A plant's leaves — C (Catch the sunlight the plant needs) 4. A plant's stem — A (Holds the leaves up toward the light)
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to 1-LS1-1 of the Next Generation Science Standards.