Free Printable Living and Nonliving Things Worksheets

Free living and nonliving things worksheets. Kids sort what's alive, what plants and animals need, and older kids learn animal groups.

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About living and nonliving things worksheets

Is a rock alive? What does a plant need to grow? These sheets help kids sort living and nonliving things and think about what living things need to survive. The pictures are familiar, everyday things, which makes the questions easy to understand and fun to talk about.

Kindergarten pages ask which picture is alive and what plants and animals need. First and second grade add 'which one is not alive' questions. Older kids learn animal groups, choosing which animal is a mammal, bird, fish, reptile or insect.

What each level covers

  • Kindergarten

    Which picture is alive, and what plants and animals need, with three choices.

  • 1st Grade & 2nd Grade

    Alive and not alive questions with four choices.

  • 3rd Grade & 4th Grade & 5th Grade

    Animal groups: mammals, birds, fish, reptiles and insects.