Grade 1 · Science · Unit 7 of 9
Alberta Plants & Animals
Who lives where, and what do they need?
What your child practises
Plants and animals live in many places in Alberta, such as mountains, prairies, forests, and lakes and rivers. Each needs food, water, air and shelter, and people can help meet those needs.
Alberta Curriculum learning outcome: 1LS 1.2, 1LS 1.3 · plants and animals in Alberta environments, what they need, and how people help meet those needs
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
Which of these is a living thing?
🌳- an aspen tree
- a rock
- a toy truck
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an aspen tree
Hint: Living things grow, need water and make more of their kind.
Question 2
Which animal lives in the Rocky Mountains?
- 🐢sea turtle
- 🐏bighorn sheep
- 🐪camel
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🐏 bighorn sheep
Hint: Bighorn sheep climb rocky slopes in the mountains.
Question 3
What do animals need to drink?
💧- paint
- pop
- water
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water
Hint: All living things need water.
Question 4
A moose lives in a forest. What does the forest give it?
🫎- a bus
- a swimming pool
- food and shelter
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food and shelter
Hint: Trees and plants give food and cover.
Question 5
How can we respect wild animals?
🔭- feed them snacks
- chase them
- watch from far away
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watch from far away
Hint: Wild animals need space and their own food.
Question 6
A beaver's home in the water is called a…
🦫- igloo
- lodge
- hive
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lodge
Hint: Beavers build lodges from sticks and mud.