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Beaks, Feet and Leaves is a free printable Grade 4 science worksheet on arguing from a structure's shape to the job it does for survival, aligned to NGSS performance expectation 4-LS1-1. It prints 8 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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Beaks, Feet and Leaves

4-LS1-1

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1.A duck's beak is flat and wide with fringed edges. What does that let it do?
  • A.Crack nuts
  • B.Drill into wood
  • C.Sieve small bits of food out of the water
2.A frog has long, strong back legs. What do they help it do?
  • A.Climb smooth glass
  • B.Dig deep burrows
  • C.Leap away from danger and swim
3.A camel has wide, flat feet. How do they help in the desert?
  • A.They help it swim
  • B.They stop it sinking into soft sand
  • C.They keep it cool
4.A woodpecker has a strong, chisel-like beak. What is it built for?
  • A.Sipping nectar
  • B.Drilling into bark to reach insects
  • C.Catching fish
5.An eagle has a sharp hooked beak. How does it help the eagle survive?
  • A.It tears meat from the animals the eagle catches
  • B.It sieves water
  • C.It cracks seeds
6.A bird has a long, thin, curved beak. Which food is it built to reach?
  • A.Hard nuts on the ground
  • B.Nectar deep inside a flower
  • C.Fish in a lake
7.A bird has a short, thick, cone-shaped beak. What is it best at?
  • A.Tearing meat
  • B.Cracking open hard seeds
  • C.Sipping nectar
8.A pine tree has thin needle-shaped leaves. How do they help it through a snowy winter?
  • A.They melt the snow
  • B.They fall off every night
  • C.Snow slides off them and they lose little water

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Answer key — Beaks, Feet and Leaves

Set 12. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.Sieve small bits of food out of the water
  2. 2.Leap away from danger and swim
  3. 3.They stop it sinking into soft sand
  4. 4.Drilling into bark to reach insects
  5. 5.It tears meat from the animals the eagle catches
  6. 6.Nectar deep inside a flower
  7. 7.Cracking open hard seeds
  8. 8.Snow slides off them and they lose little water

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to 4-LS1-1 of the Next Generation Science Standards.