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Grade 4 Plant & Animal Body Parts for Survival Worksheet with Answers
Grade 4 (US) · Year 5 (UK) · Class 4 (India) · Science
Unit 3: Structure & FunctionBody Parts & SensesNGSS 4-LS1-1
How body parts help plants and animals survive — and how people copy them in inventions. This free upper elementary worksheet has 12 questions and a full answer key. Print it or save it as a PDF — every answer is checked by code, not guessed.
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Grade 4 · Science
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Learning goal: Body Parts & Senses · NGSS 4-LS1-1
Directions: This worksheet has 2 parts. Read the instructions at the start of each part.
RememberStructures that help living things survive
Match each clue to the right word. Write the letter in the box.
- 1Which human invention copies a bird's wings?
- 2What do birds use to fly?
- 3How does a porcupine protect itself?
- 4What helps a cactus keep animals away?
- 5What does a turtle use to protect itself?
- 6What part of a plant takes in water from the soil?
- ASpines
- BAirplane
- CWith sharp quills
- DWings
- ERoots
- FIts shell
Answer each question. Use full sentences where you can.
- 7
Why do eagles have sharp claws?
- 8
Why does a giraffe have a long neck?
- 9
Why do plants grow toward a window?
- 10
Why does a duck have webbed feet?
- 11
Which human invention copies a duck's webbed feet?
- 12
What do fish use to breathe underwater?
★ Challenge corner for fast finishers
I am water you can't pour because I am frozen. What am I?
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Answer key — Plant & Animal Body Parts for Survival (Grade 4)
- 1.B — an airplane
- 2.D — wings
- 3.C — with sharp quills
- 4.A — spines
- 5.F — its shell
- 6.E — roots
- 7.to catch and hold food
- 8.to reach leaves high in trees
- 9.they grow toward light
- 10.to help it swim
- 11.swim fins (flippers)
- 12.gills
- ★ice
Answer key (click to show)
- 1.B — an airplane
- 2.D — wings
- 3.C — with sharp quills
- 4.A — spines
- 5.F — its shell
- 6.E — roots
- 7.to catch and hold food
- 8.to reach leaves high in trees
- 9.they grow toward light
- 10.to help it swim
- 11.swim fins (flippers)
- 12.gills
- ★ice (challenge corner)
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