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Clues from Two Desert Station Places

Use desert research station observations to compare what a cactus, lizard, and person need to live.

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Format
Interactive · Printable
Grade
Kindergarten
Subject
Science
Question types
Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students use observations to describe what plants need to live.
  • Students use observations to describe what animals and people need to live.
  • Students compare the needs of a cactus, lizard, and person.

How to use

Read the station notes aloud, then ask children to point to the evidence before they answer. Invite them to explain their ideas with words or drawings.

Curriculum

NGSS standard covered

K-LS1-1

Use observations to describe what plants and animals, including people, need to live.

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Clues from Two Desert Station Places

Use observations to learn what living things need.

Look at the station notes

Listen as your teacher reads the notes. Use the observations to answer.

Notes from Red Mesa Research Station

At Red Mesa research station, Nia watched two places. In the sunny yard, a small cactus had moist soil, green pads, and a new bud after it was watered. In a shaded room, the cactus soil was moist, but its pads were pale. A lizard rested near a warm rock, drank from a water dish, and ate insects. Nia breathed the station air, drank water, and ate lunch.

1.
What did the cactus in the sunny yard have after it was watered?
  • A. Dry soil and pale pads
  • B. Green pads and a new bud
  • C. Insects and a water dish
  • D. A warm rock and dry soil
2.
The shaded cactus had moist soil but pale pads. What does this observation suggest the cactus may need?
  • A. More insects
  • B. A water dish
  • C. A warm rock
  • D. More sunlight
3.
Circle TWO needs that the cactus observations suggest.

WaterSunlightInsectsA nest

4.
What need did the lizard meet when it ate insects?
  • A. Water
  • B. Sunlight
  • C. Food
  • D. Air
5.

Nia drank  .

Compare living things

Think about what each living thing did. Then choose or sort the best answer.

6.
Sort each action by the need it meets.
Nia ate lunch.The lizard ate insects.The lizard drank from the dish.Nia breathed station air.
FoodWaterAir
7.
What need did both the cactus and the lizard show in the notes?
  • A. Food
  • B. Water
  • C. Insects
  • D. A warm rock
8.
Where would be a better place for another cactus?
  • A. A dark room with no water
  • B. A shaded room with moist soil
  • C. A dish filled with insects
  • D. A sunny place with moist soil
9.
Which statement is supported by the station notes?
  • A. The cactus and the lizard both got water.
  • B. The lizard grew a new cactus bud.
  • C. Nia ate the insects near the rock.
  • D. The shaded cactus had the greenest pads.
10.
Do the cactus and the lizard both need water? Tell one observation about each that supports your answer.

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