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50 questions with the answers, free to print and free to photocopy for your own students. Drawn across every topic in the grade rather than one — life science, earth science, physical science and engineering design.

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Science — Grade 1

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  1. 1. When does the sun come up?
    1. A. In the morning ← Answer
    2. B. At midnight
    3. C. In the evening
  2. 2. What is daylight?
    1. A. A kind of lamp
    2. B. The time when the sun is up and it is light outside ← Answer
    3. C. The time when it is dark outside and the stars are out
  3. 3. What do a plant's roots do?
    1. A. Catch bugs
    2. B. Make flowers smell nice so the bees will come to visit
    3. C. Take in water and hold the plant in the ground ← Answer
  4. 4. What is a parent?
    1. A. A baby animal
    2. B. A grown-up that has young ← Answer
    3. C. A kind of food for babies
  5. 5. A baby cat is called a kitten. What will a kitten grow up to be?
    1. A. A dog
    2. B. A cat ← Answer
    3. C. A rabbit
  6. 6. What makes sound?
    1. A. Things that are cold
    2. B. Things that vibrate ← Answer
    3. C. Things that are red
  7. 7. What word means you can see clearly through something?
    1. A. Completely opaque
    2. B. Transparent ← Answer
    3. C. Shadow
  8. 8. What does function mean?
    1. A. The job an object does ← Answer
    2. B. How heavy an object is
    3. C. The color an object is painted on the outside
  9. 9. When does the sun go down?
    1. A. In the evening ← Answer
    2. B. At noon
    3. C. At breakfast time
  10. 10. Which season has the most daylight?
    1. A. Fall
    2. B. Summer ← Answer
    3. C. Winter
  11. 11. What does a turtle's hard shell help it do?
    1. A. Fly
    2. B. Swim faster
    3. C. Stay safe ← Answer
  12. 12. What are offspring?
    1. A. A kind of nest made of sticks and grass
    2. B. The babies or young of a living thing ← Answer
    3. C. The parents
  13. 13. A baby cow is a calf. What will it grow into?
    1. A. A cow ← Answer
    2. B. A horse
    3. C. A goat
  14. 14. When something vibrates, how does it move?
    1. A. It does not move at all ever
    2. B. Very slowly in a circle
    3. C. Back and forth very fast ← Answer
  15. 15. What word means no light goes through?
    1. A. Opaque ← Answer
    2. B. Transparent
    3. C. Translucent
  16. 16. What does shape mean?
    1. A. How much something costs at the store down the street
    2. B. The form of an object ← Answer
    3. C. The name of an object
  17. 17. When can we see stars best?
    1. A. In the morning
    2. B. At night ← Answer
    3. C. At noon
  18. 18. Which season has the least daylight?
    1. A. Summer
    2. B. Winter ← Answer
    3. C. Spring
  19. 19. What do leaves help a plant do?
    1. A. Catch sunlight to make food ← Answer
    2. B. Walk around
    3. C. Hear sounds coming from far away
  20. 20. What does a mother bird bring to her chicks in the nest?
    1. A. Toys
    2. B. Food ← Answer
    3. C. Rocks
  21. 21. What is a trait?
    1. A. A kind of food that animals like to eat
    2. B. A place to live
    3. C. A feature like color, shape or size ← Answer
  22. 22. You hit a drum. What does the top of the drum do?
    1. A. It stays perfectly still
    2. B. It melts
    3. C. It vibrates ← Answer
  23. 23. What word means some light goes through, but things look blurry?
    1. A. Translucent ← Answer
    2. B. Reflect light
    3. C. Opaque
  24. 24. What is a sketch?
    1. A. A tall building
    2. B. A finished painting that hangs on the wall of a room
    3. C. A kind of glue
    4. D. A quick drawing of a plan ← Answer
  25. 25. What is a pattern?
    1. A. Something that happens again and again ← Answer
    2. B. A kind of star way up in the night sky
    3. C. Something that happens only once
  26. 26. What is a season?
    1. A. A kind of weather tool that scientists use
    2. B. A part of the year, like spring or winter ← Answer
    3. C. A part of the day
  27. 27. What does a fish use its fins for?
    1. A. Swimming ← Answer
    2. B. Eating
    3. C. Sleeping
  28. 28. What does a baby bird do when it is hungry?
    1. A. Sleeps quietly in the warm nest
    2. B. Opens its mouth wide and chirps ← Answer
    3. C. Flies away
  29. 29. What does similar mean?
    1. A. Very loud
    2. B. Totally different
    3. C. Almost the same ← Answer
  30. 30. What do we use to hear sound?
    1. A. Our nose
    2. B. Our ears ← Answer
    3. C. Our two eyes
  31. 31. A wooden block is in front of a flashlight. Does light go through it?
    1. A. Yes, all of it
    2. B. No, none of it ← Answer
    3. C. Yes, some of it
  32. 32. What is a label on a drawing?
    1. A. A number
    2. B. A shape that you cut out with scissors
    3. C. A word that names a part ← Answer
    4. D. A color
  33. 33. What is sunrise?
    1. A. When the moon comes up late at night
    2. B. When the sun comes up in the morning ← Answer
    3. C. When it rains
  34. 34. How many seasons are in a year?
    1. A. Six
    2. B. Four ← Answer
    3. C. Two
  35. 35. What do birds use their wings for?
    1. A. Digging
    2. B. Flying ← Answer
    3. C. Chewing
  36. 36. What does a human baby do to tell a parent it needs help?
    1. A. Cooks dinner
    2. B. Reads a book
    3. C. Cries ← Answer
  37. 37. Are a puppy and its parent dog exactly the same?
    1. A. No, they are alike but not exactly the same ← Answer
    2. B. Yes, exactly the same
    3. C. No, they are totally different animals inside
  38. 38. A bell is ringing. You hold it tight so it cannot shake. What happens to the sound?
    1. A. It stops ← Answer
    2. B. It gets louder
    3. C. It changes to a song
  39. 39. Is a clear glass window transparent or opaque?
    1. A. Opaque
    2. B. Transparent ← Answer
    3. C. Neither one
  40. 40. Which spoon shape can hold soup?
    1. A. Pointed
    2. B. Curved ← Answer
    3. C. Flat like a ruler that you use to measure lines
  41. 41. What is sunset?
    1. A. When the sun is highest
    2. B. When the bright stars come up at noon
    3. C. When the sun goes down in the evening ← Answer
  42. 42. Which is a season?
    1. A. Noon
    2. B. Fall ← Answer
    3. C. Monday
  43. 43. What does the word survive mean?
    1. A. Run away
    2. B. Stay alive ← Answer
    3. C. Go to sleep for a while
  44. 44. What is one way parents help their young?
    1. A. They feed them ← Answer
    2. B. They leave them alone in danger
    3. C. They hide their food
  45. 45. Seeds from an apple tree grow into what?
    1. A. Apple trees ← Answer
    2. B. Rose bushes
    3. C. Orange trees
  46. 46. Put your hand on your throat and sing. What do you feel?
    1. A. Cold air on your hand
    2. B. Nothing at all
    3. C. A buzzy shaking ← Answer
  47. 47. What does a mirror do to light?
    1. A. Bounces it back ← Answer
    2. B. Eats it
    3. C. Turns it into sound
  48. 48. Why are wheels round?
    1. A. So they are heavy
    2. B. Round things are easier to paint than square things are
    3. C. So they roll ← Answer
  49. 49. Will the sun rise tomorrow?
    1. A. Only on the weekend days
    2. B. No, never again
    3. C. Yes, it rises every day ← Answer
  50. 50. In which season does it get dark early, even before dinner?
    1. A. Neither
    2. B. Winter ← Answer
    3. C. Summer
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Sky Patterns

The child will describe and predict patterns of the sun, moon and stars: the sun rises and sets each day, stars are seen at night, and the moon's shape seems to change. · 40 min

Warm-up — say this

“The sky has patterns we can see every day. Let's discover them!”

Worked example

The sun rose this morning. What will it do tonight?

Answer: It will set. The sun rises and sets every day.

A mistake students make

The moon only comes out at night.

How the book fixes it

Look for the moon in the daytime sky on some days. It can be seen in daylight.

Note to the parent

Moon watching works best around a first-quarter moon when it is visible in the early evening.

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These questions check a skill your student has already met. They do not explain anything, and they are not meant to — that is what the workbook is for, and it is the whole difference between the two.

  1. It teaches.Each topic is a forty-minute lesson that tells you what to say, in order: a five-minute warm-up, twelve minutes of teaching, ten minutes guided, ten minutes on their own, three minutes to close. Written for a parent who has never taught.
  2. It explains.Two worked examples per topic, and the two mistakes students actually make on that exact skill — named, with how to correct each one. When a student is stuck, the book already knows why.
  3. It reviews.Every answer comes with a short explanation, not just a key. And every topic has its own question bank, so a student who needs another go gets different questions rather than the same page again.
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Other grades

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Further reading

Science at the Kitchen Table, With Things You OwnHomeschool science without a lab: the one idea that carries K–5, eight experiments using household items, and what to write down.

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Yes. All 50 questions and their answers are on this page, free to print and free to photocopy for your own students. There is no account, no email address and no card.

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Where are the answers?

Marked beside each question on this page, so it prints as its own answer key. If you want a clean copy for a student, print it and cover the answer column, or use the sample workbook instead.

What grade are these for?

Grade 1. Every other grade from kindergarten to grade 5 has its own page, linked at the foot of this one. If your student finds these hard, try the grade below — that is normal and it is not a problem.

What do the paid workbooks add?

These questions check a skill. The workbook teaches it: a forty-minute lesson that tells you what to say, two worked examples, the two mistakes students actually make on that skill and how to correct each one, and an explanation beside every answer rather than a bare key.