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Grade 3 · Science · Unit 5 of 8

Plants, Animals & Caring for Nature

Plant parts, life cycles and everyday sustainable choices.

What your child practises

Practises plants and animals of the local natural world and responsible, sustainable actions such as reducing, reusing and recycling. It follows the Grade 3 science skill descriptor on applying scientific knowledge to sustainable practices in the New Brunswick curriculum.

New Brunswick Curriculum skill descriptor: Learning & Living Sustainably: Responsible and Sustainable Application · applying knowledge of plants and animals to sustainable practices in the local natural world

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    Which tree’s sap is used to make maple syrup?

    • the sugar maple
    • the pine
    • the apple tree
    • the spruce

  2. Question 2

    Which animal group has feathers and lays eggs?

    • birds
    • fish
    • reptiles
    • mammals

  3. Question 3

    What is the job of a flower?

    • to hold the plant in soil
    • to drink water
    • to make shade
    • to help the plant make seeds

  4. Question 4

    Which animals have gills and live in water?

    • mammals
    • fish
    • insects
    • birds

  5. Question 5

    Which tree is the provincial tree of New Brunswick?

    • the balsam fir
    • the baobab
    • the palm
    • the cactus

  6. Question 6

    How do people in New Brunswick use forests wisely?

    • they cut all trees and leave
    • they plant new trees after cutting some
    • they burn all trees
    • they never use wood

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