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Young Ones and Their Parents is a free printable Grade 1 science worksheet on using observations of families to show young plants and animals are like their parents, aligned to NGSS performance expectation 1-LS3-1. It prints 7 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.

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Young Ones and Their Parents

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Young Ones and Their Parents

What the class noticed from photographs of four animal families. WHAT WE NOTICED Puppy: same shape as its mother, much smaller, one white paw she has not Duckling: yellow fluff, mother has brown feathers, same beak shape Foal: long legs like its mother, a white blaze she has not Kitten: same ears as its mother, striped where she is plain All four photographs were taken at a farm park.

  1. 1. What was true of all four young animals?
  2. 2. What did the puppy have that its mother did not?
  3. 3. What would you expect a lamb to look like?
  4. 4. What claim does this record support?
2.A seed from a red tomato grows. What fruit will the new plant most likely have?
  • A.Strawberries
  • B.Tomatoes, like the parent plant
  • C.Apples
3.A young holly bush has prickly leaves. Where did it get them from?
  • A.From the holly plant its seed came from
  • B.From the soil
  • C.From the wind
4.Ten pea plants grow from one packet. What is true of all ten?
  • A.They are all exactly the same
  • B.They all grow pea pods, though some grow taller
  • C.Each grows a different fruit
5.How could you show that young plants are like their parents?
  • A.Ask which plant is the prettiest
  • B.Grow seeds from one plant and compare the seedlings with it
  • C.Look at one leaf only
6.A seedling's leaves are the same shape as its parent's but smaller. What is the same, and what is different?
  • A.Everything is the same
  • B.Nothing is the same
  • C.The shape is the same and the size is different
7.One seedling from a packet of white flowers has a pale pink flower. Is it still like its parents?
  • A.No, it has no parents
  • B.No, it is a new kind of plant
  • C.Yes, in most ways, though not exactly

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Answer key — Young Ones and Their Parents

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  1. 1.1. Each was like its parent in some ways and different in others. 2. One white paw. 3. Like its mother in shape, with some features of its own. 4. Young animals are like their parents but not exactly like them.
  2. 2.Tomatoes, like the parent plant
  3. 3.From the holly plant its seed came from
  4. 4.They all grow pea pods, though some grow taller
  5. 5.Grow seeds from one plant and compare the seedlings with it
  6. 6.The shape is the same and the size is different
  7. 7.Yes, in most ways, though not exactly

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to 1-LS3-1 of the Next Generation Science Standards.