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 6 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 turtle's shell
A hedgehog's spines
A plant's leaves
A.Pick up food and suck up water
B.A hard home it can pull its head into
C.Keep hungry animals from biting it
D.Catch the sunlight the plant needs
2.Draw a line from each one to its match.
A plant's stem
A plant's roots
A fish's fins
A rabbit's long ears
A.Hold it in the ground and take in water
B.Holds the leaves up toward the light
C.Hear danger coming from far away
D.Help it steer and stay upright in the water
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Answer key — What Each Part Is For
Set 6. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. An elephant's trunk — A (Pick up food and suck up water) 2. A turtle's shell — B (A hard home it can pull its head into) 3. A hedgehog's spines — C (Keep hungry animals from biting it) 4. A plant's leaves — D (Catch the sunlight the plant needs)
2.1. A plant's stem — B (Holds the leaves up toward the light) 2. A plant's roots — A (Hold it in the ground and take in water) 3. A fish's fins — D (Help it steer and stay upright in the water) 4. A rabbit's long ears — C (Hear danger coming from far away)
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to 1-LS1-1 of the Next Generation Science Standards.