Grade 1 · Science · Unit 3 of 11
What Living Things Need
Air, water, food, heat, shelter, space
What your child practises
The six basic needs of living things (air, water, food, heat, shelter and space) and how plants, animals and people help each other.
Ontario Curriculum expectation: B2.2, B2.6 · the basic needs of living things and how living things help meet each other's 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 is NOT a basic need of a living thing?
- a video game
- food
- water
Show answer
a video game
Hint: Needs are things living things must have to stay alive.
Question 2
A bee visits flowers. What do flowers give the bee?
🐝- food (nectar)
- a house
- a bed
Show answer
food (nectar)
Hint: Living things help meet each other's needs.
Question 3
Where does a fish find the air it needs?
🐟- From a tree
- In the water around it
- From the sun
Show answer
In the water around it
Hint: Fish take in the air that is mixed in water.
Question 4
Why do living things need food?
- It makes them invisible
- It makes them sleepy forever
- It gives them energy to grow
Show answer
It gives them energy to grow
Hint: Food gives living things energy.
Question 5
A deer eats leaves. Which need does this meet?
🦌- food
- shelter
- space
Show answer
food
Hint: Eating gives animals energy.
Question 6
A houseplant sits in a dark closet. What will happen?
🪴- It will not grow well
- It will grow faster
- It will make music
Show answer
It will not grow well
Hint: Plants need light to make their own food.