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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

1-LS3-1

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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 does this record not tell you?
  2. 2. What claim does this record support?
  3. 3. What is the same about the duckling and its mother?
  4. 4. What would you expect a lamb to look like?
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.Yes, in most ways, though not exactly
  • C.No, it has no parents
3.A seedling's leaves are the same shape as its parent's but smaller. What is the same, and what is different?
  • A.The shape is the same and the size is different
  • B.Everything is the same
  • C.Nothing is the same
4.Seedlings grown from an oak's acorns all have wavy-edged leaves like the oak. What does that show?
  • A.The seedlings are oak trees already
  • B.Young plants are like the plant they came from
  • C.All leaves are wavy
5.A young holly bush has prickly leaves. Where did it get them from?
  • A.From the wind
  • B.From the holly plant its seed came from
  • C.From the soil
6.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
7.How could you show that young plants are like their parents?
  • A.Look at one leaf only
  • B.Ask which plant is the prettiest
  • C.Grow seeds from one plant and compare the seedlings with it

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Answer key — Young Ones and Their Parents

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  1. 1.1. It does not tell you what the fathers looked like. 2. Young animals are like their parents but not exactly like them. 3. The same beak shape. 4. Like its mother in shape, with some features of its own.
  2. 2.Yes, in most ways, though not exactly
  3. 3.The shape is the same and the size is different
  4. 4.Young plants are like the plant they came from
  5. 5.From the holly plant its seed came from
  6. 6.Young living things get their features from their parents
  7. 7.Grow seeds from one plant and compare the seedlings with it

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