What Living Things Need is a free printable Kindergarten science worksheet on patterns in what plants and animals need to survive, aligned to Common Core standard 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 pupils 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: Every animal needs it or Every plant needs it or No living thing needs it?
Sort: Water to drink, Air around its leaves, A name badge
Every animal needs itEvery plant needs itNo living thing needs it
2.Sort each one: Every animal needs it or Every plant needs it or No living thing needs it?
Sort: Room for its roots, A picture on the wall, A safe place to rest
Every animal needs itEvery plant needs itNo living thing needs it
3.Sort each one: Every animal needs it or Every plant needs it or No living thing needs it?
Sort: Food to eat, Light from the sun, A red collar
Every animal needs itEvery plant needs itNo living thing needs it
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Answer key — What Living Things Need
Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. A name badge — No living thing needs it 2. Air around its leaves — Every plant needs it 3. Water to drink — Every animal needs it
2.1. A picture on the wall — No living thing needs it 2. A safe place to rest — Every animal needs it 3. Room for its roots — Every plant needs it
3.1. A red collar — No living thing needs it 2. Food to eat — Every animal needs it 3. Light from the sun — Every plant needs it
Questions about What Living Things Need
What does the What Living Things Need worksheet cover?
It practises patterns in what plants and animals need to survive — 3 questions for Kindergarten, all on Common Core K-LS1-1: Notice what plants and animals need in order to stay alive. The instruction to pupils is “Sort each one into the right group”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.
Which Common Core standard does What Living Things Need practise?
K-LS1-1 — K-LS1-1, in the Life Science domain for Kindergarten. The published standard reads: “Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.
What age or grade is this worksheet for?
What Living Things Need is written for Kindergarten, typically ages 5-6. It is one of the sheets on K-LS1-1, so it suits any pupil working at that standard — including older pupils revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.
Does What Living Things Need 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 What Living Things Need can I print?
25 — one per pupil, 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 What Living Things Need free to print and photocopy?
Yes. What Living Things Need, 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.
Is there a lesson plan to teach K-LS1-1?
Yes — “What Living Things Need” is a 45-minute Kindergarten plan for K-LS1-1, timed section by section, with the misconceptions to expect and an exit ticket. What Living Things Need is the practice that follows it.
More practice for K-LS1-1
Notice what plants and animals need in order to stay alive.
Teaching this next? What Living Things Need is the 45-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.