Grade 1 Science · Living and Nonliving Things
Build science skills with five 10-question practice tests covering characteristics of life, basic needs, growth, observations, and living or nonliving classification.
These Grade 1 science practice tests help students identify what makes something living. Students sort examples, recognize basic needs, observe growth and change, and use evidence to explain whether something is living or nonliving.
Complete one 10-question test at a time. Ask the student to explain which characteristic supports each answer. Use a plant, pet, or picture outside the home to practice noticing growth, needs, and changes.
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5. Test
A 10-question Grade 1 science practice test on characteristics of life, basic needs, growth, observations, and living or nonliving classification.
Read each science question carefully. Choose one answer, then open the solution to review the living-things idea.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: A
The correct answer is They grow and need resources.
Living things grow and need resources such as water and air.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: B
The correct answer is A ball.
A ball can move because a person pushes it, but it does not move by itself or grow.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: C
The correct answer is A plant.
Plants use sunlight to help make food.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: D
The correct answer is A dog and a ball.
A dog is living and a ball is nonliving.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: A
The correct answer is To describe their characteristics.
Classification helps people organize and describe what they observe.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: B
The correct answer is A new leaf grows.
Growing a new leaf is a life process.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: C
The correct answer is A book.
A book is an object and does not grow or need food.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: D
The correct answer is Watch quietly from a safe distance.
Watching quietly from a safe distance protects the animal and the observer.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: A
The correct answer is A flowering plant.
Flowering plants can produce seeds that grow into new plants.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: B
The correct answer is The chair stays in the room..
A chair is nonliving and does not eat, grow, or breathe.
Living things grow, need resources such as water and air, and carry out life processes. Plants and animals are living things.
A nonliving thing can move when a person or another force moves it, but it does not move, grow, or meet its needs by itself.
The page includes five mini tests with 10 questions each, for 50 Grade 1 living and nonliving things questions in total.
