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What the Sun Does to the Ground is a free printable Kindergarten science worksheet on observing the effect of sunlight on a surface, aligned to Common Core standard K-PS3-1. It prints 2 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 8 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.

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What the Sun Does to the Ground

K-PS3-1

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Read the record, then answer the questions.

1.Read the record, then answer the questions.

Animals in the Playground

A tally the class kept for one week at playtime. ANIMALS WE SAW Worms in the flower bed ..... 6 Birds on the grass .......... 9 Ants near the bin ........... 12 Snails under the log ........ 4 We looked at the same time each day.

  1. 1. How many birds were seen?
  2. 2. How many snails were seen?
  3. 3. Why were the snails found under the log?
2.Read the record, then answer the questions.

What the Bean Seeds Needed

Four pots on the class windowsill, looked at after two weeks. OUR FOUR BEAN POTS Pot 1: water and light ..... a tall green shoot Pot 2: water, no light ..... a pale thin shoot Pot 3: light, no water ..... no shoot Pot 4: no water, no light .. no shoot Same seeds, same soil, same pots.

  1. 1. What do the seeds need to grow a green shoot?
  2. 2. Which pot grew a tall green shoot?
  3. 3. What happened in pot 3?

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Answer key — What the Sun Does to the Ground

Set 8. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. 9 birds on the grass. 2. 4 snails under the log. 3. Under the log is damp and dark, which is what snails need.
  2. 2.1. Water, and light to make the shoot green. 2. Pot 1, the pot with water and light. 3. No shoot grew in pot 3.

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to K-PS3-1 of the Next Generation Science Standards.