Living or Not Living? is a free printable Kindergarten science worksheet on telling living things from nonliving things by whether they have needs, aligned to NGSS performance expectation K-LS1-1. It prints 3 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 1 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
1.Sort each one: Living: it needs water and air or Not living: it needs nothing?
Sort: A plastic cup, A worm, A cloud, An oak tree
Living: it needs water and airNot living: it needs nothing
2.Sort each one: Living: it needs water and air or Not living: it needs nothing?
Sort: A ladybird, A rabbit, A pencil, A teddy bear
Living: it needs water and airNot living: it needs nothing
3.Sort each one: Living: it needs water and air or Not living: it needs nothing?
Sort: A ball, A mushroom, A daisy, A spoon
Living: it needs water and airNot living: it needs nothing
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Answer key — Living or Not Living?
Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. A cloud — Not living: it needs nothing 2. A plastic cup — Not living: it needs nothing 3. A worm — Living: it needs water and air 4. An oak tree — Living: it needs water and air
2.1. A ladybird — Living: it needs water and air 2. A pencil — Not living: it needs nothing 3. A rabbit — Living: it needs water and air 4. A teddy bear — Not living: it needs nothing
3.1. A ball — Not living: it needs nothing 2. A daisy — Living: it needs water and air 3. A mushroom — Living: it needs water and air 4. A spoon — Not living: it needs nothing
Questions about Living or Not Living?
What does the Living or Not Living? worksheet cover?
It practices telling living things from nonliving things by whether they have needs — 3 questions for Kindergarten, all on NGSS K-LS1-1: Notice what plants and animals need in order to stay alive. The instruction to students is “Sort each one into living or not living”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.
Which NGSS performance expectation does Living or Not Living? practice?
K-LS1-1, under Life Science for Kindergarten. The published performance expectation reads: “Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.” The worksheet assesses that performance expectation rather than a paraphrase of it.
What age or grade is this worksheet for?
Living or Not Living? is written for Kindergarten, typically ages 5-6. It is one of the sheets on K-LS1-1, so it suits any student working at that standard — including older students revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.
Does Living or Not Living? come with an answer key?
Yes. All 3 answers are generated from the same problems as the questions, so the key cannot drift out of step with the sheet. It starts on a fresh sheet of paper, after the questions, so it is not handed out with the class by accident.
How many different versions of Living or Not Living? can I print?
25 — one per student, and all 25 ask different questions. Set 1 downloads the whole class as a single PDF. Every version is fixed to its own address, so a sheet printed today holds the same problems when you reopen it next week.
Is Living or Not Living? free to print and photocopy?
Yes. Living or Not Living?, its answer key and its 25 versions are free to print and photocopy for your own class, with no account, no email capture and no subscription at the download step. Please do not resell them or republish them as your own.
More practice for K-LS1-1
Notice what plants and animals need in order to stay alive.