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 25 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.
A plant's roots
A fish's fins
An elephant's trunk
An owl's big eyes
A.Pick up food and suck up water
B.Let it see when it hunts at night
C.Help it steer and stay upright in the water
D.Hold it in the ground and take in water
2.Draw a line from each one to its match.
A giraffe's long neck
A plant's leaves
A turtle's shell
An eagle's sharp claws
A.Reach leaves high up in the trees
B.A hard home it can pull its head into
C.Grip and carry the food it catches
D.Catch the sunlight the plant needs
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Answer key — What Each Part Is For
Set 25. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. A plant's roots — D (Hold it in the ground and take in water) 2. A fish's fins — C (Help it steer and stay upright in the water) 3. An elephant's trunk — A (Pick up food and suck up water) 4. An owl's big eyes — B (Let it see when it hunts at night)
2.1. A giraffe's long neck — A (Reach leaves high up in the trees) 2. A plant's leaves — D (Catch the sunlight the plant needs) 3. A turtle's shell — B (A hard home it can pull its head into) 4. An eagle's sharp claws — C (Grip and carry the food it catches)
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to 1-LS1-1 of the Next Generation Science Standards.