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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 would you expect a lamb to look like?
  2. 2. What did the puppy have that its mother did not?
  3. 3. What was true of all four young animals?
  4. 4. Why does the foal have long legs like its mother?
2.One seedling from a packet of white flowers has a pale pink flower. Is it still like its parents?
  • A.No, it is a new kind of plant
  • B.No, it has no parents
  • C.Yes, in most ways, though not exactly
3.Two seedlings from the same sunflower are different heights. What does that show?
  • A.One is not a sunflower
  • B.Young plants are like their parent but not exactly the same
  • C.They are different kinds of plant
4.Why do baby plants and baby animals both look like their parents?
  • A.They choose how to look
  • B.They copy their parents on purpose
  • C.Young living things get their features from their parents
5.Ten pea plants grow from one packet. What is true of all ten?
  • A.They are all exactly the same
  • B.Each grows a different fruit
  • C.They all grow pea pods, though some grow taller
6.How could you show that young plants are like their parents?
  • A.Ask which plant is the prettiest
  • B.Look at one leaf only
  • C.Grow seeds from one plant and compare the seedlings with it
7.Seedlings grown from an oak's acorns all have wavy-edged leaves like the oak. What does that show?
  • A.All leaves are wavy
  • B.Young plants are like the plant they came from
  • C.The seedlings are oak trees already

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Answer key — Young Ones and Their Parents

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

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