Grade 1 · Science · Unit 1 of 5
Living Things
Living or not? Plant or animal?
What your child practises
Sorting living and non-living things, telling plants from animals, and what living things need to grow.
NWT Curriculum learning standard: Classification of living and non-living things; names of local plants and animals
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
What do all living things need?
- 🧸toys
- 👟shoes
- 💧water
💧 water
Hint: Plants, animals and people all need water to stay alive.
Question 2
Which one is a plant?
- 🐝bee
- ⚽ball
- 🌻sunflower
🌻 sunflower
Hint: A sunflower grows from a seed in the soil. That makes it a plant!
Question 3
Is it living or not living? Tap an item, then tap its basket.
Sort into: 🌱 living · 🧱 not living
- 🧸teddy bear
- 🐟fish
- 🌷flower
- 🤖robot
- 🐕dog
- 🪑chair
🌱 living: fish, flower, dog · 🧱 not living: teddy bear, robot, chair
Hint: Living things grow, need food and water, and make more of their kind.
Question 4
A cloud moves and changes. Is it living?
- 💚Yes, it is alive
- ☁️No, it is not alive
☁️ No, it is not alive
Hint: Clouds are made of tiny drops of water. They don't eat, grow up or have babies.
Question 5
What do plants need to grow?
🌱- 🍬candy
- 🎵music
- ☀️sunlight and water
☀️ sunlight and water
Hint: Plants need sunlight, water, air and soil to grow.
Question 6
Which part of a plant drinks water from the soil?
🌱- the roots
- the leaves
- the flowers
the roots
Hint: Roots grow down into the soil and soak up water, like a straw.