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Grade 3 Science practice sheet

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  1. Question 1

    Which feature do all birds have?

    🐦
    • 🪶feathers
    • 🐻fur
    • 🐟gills
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    🪶 feathers

    Hint: Every bird has feathers, even birds that can't fly, like penguins.

  2. Question 2

    Put the food chain in order. Start where the energy comes from.

    • 🦊fox
    • 🌿grass
    • 🐇rabbit
    • ☀️sun
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    sun → grass → rabbit → fox

    Hint: Energy starts with the sun. Plants use sunlight to make food. Then each animal eats the one before it.

  3. Question 3

    In a solid, the particles are…

    🧊
    • sliding past each other
    • far apart and zooming around
    • packed tightly, wiggling in place
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    packed tightly, wiggling in place

    Hint: That's why a solid keeps its shape. Its particles stay in place and just wiggle.

  4. Question 4

    How do mittens keep your hands warm in winter?

    🧤
    • they slow down heat leaving your hands
    • they make their own heat
    • they push the cold away forever
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    they slow down heat leaving your hands

    Hint: Your body makes the heat. Mittens are insulators that keep that heat in.

  5. Question 5

    Land with water all around it is called an…

    • 🗺️peninsula
    • 🏞️valley
    • 🏝️island
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    🏝️ island

    Hint: An island is surrounded by water on every side.

  6. Question 6

    Wind can pile sand into hills called…

    🏜️
    • glaciers
    • deltas
    • dunes
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    dunes

    Hint: Sand dunes are made by wind blowing sand into big piles.

  7. Question 7

    How do fish breathe underwater?

    🐟
    • with gills
    • with their fins
    • with their tails
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    with gills

    Hint: Gills take oxygen out of the water. Fins and tails help fish swim and steer.

  8. Question 8

    A bear eats berries and salmon. What kind of eater is it?

    🐻
    • herbivore
    • carnivore
    • omnivore
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    omnivore

    Hint: Berries are plants and salmon are animals. An animal that eats both is an omnivore.

  9. Question 9

    Is air matter?

    🎈
    • No, because we can't see it
    • No, air is just empty space
    • Yes, it is made of particles and takes up space
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    Yes, it is made of particles and takes up space

    Hint: Blow up a balloon. The air inside takes up space, so it is matter!

  10. Question 10

    Which is a good insulator that keeps you warm?

    • 🍽️a metal tray
    • 👕a wet T-shirt
    • 🧶a wool sweater
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    🧶 a wool sweater

    Hint: Wool traps air, which slows heat from leaving your body.

Answer key

  1. 1. 🪶 feathers (Grouping Living Things)
  2. 2. sun → grass → rabbit → fox (Ecosystems & Food Chains)
  3. 3. packed tightly, wiggling in place (Matter & Particles)
  4. 4. they slow down heat leaving your hands (Thermal Energy)
  5. 5. 🏝️ island (Landforms)
  6. 6. dunes (Wind, Water & Ice)
  7. 7. with gills (Grouping Living Things)
  8. 8. omnivore (Ecosystems & Food Chains)
  9. 9. Yes, it is made of particles and takes up space (Matter & Particles)
  10. 10. 🧶 a wool sweater (Thermal Energy)

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