3rd grade Science practice sheet
New York State Learning Standards · from Gradelings · Name: ______________________
Question 1
Put the life cycle of a bean plant in order. Tap the first stage first.
- 🌿seedling with leaves
- 🌰seed
- 🌼plant with flowers
- 🌱seed sprouts
- 🫘pods with new seeds
seed → seed sprouts → seedling with leaves → plant with flowers → pods with new seeds
Hint: A seed sprouts into a seedling, grows leaves, flowers, and makes new seeds.
Question 2
What force pulls everything toward the Earth?
🍎- gravity
- pollen
- electricity
- friction
gravity
Hint: Gravity is why things fall down when you drop them.
Question 3
A caterpillar is the _____ stage of a butterfly.
- adult
- larva
- egg
larva
Hint: The caterpillar is the larva.
Question 4
In a fair test of speed, you should keep the track…
- wet for one car only
- the same for each car
- different each time
the same for each car
Hint: Only one thing should change.
Question 5
Which is an inherited trait?
- A haircut
- Knowing how to read
- Eye color
- A scar from a fall
Eye color
Hint: You are born with it.
Question 6
Which trait helps a bird crack hard seeds?
- A thick, strong beak
- Bright feathers
- A thin, long beak
- Webbed feet
A thick, strong beak
Hint: Strong beaks crush.
Question 7
A wetland is drained to build homes. Frogs lose their habitat. A good solution is…
- drain more wetlands
- build more homes
- remove the frogs' food
- make a new wetland nearby
make a new wetland nearby
Hint: Replace what was lost.
Question 8
In engineering, criteria are…
- a type of magnet
- the test results
- what a design must do
- the limits on a design
what a design must do
Hint: Goals for success.
Question 9
Fossil shells are found in rocks near the Finger Lakes. The land there was once…
- covered by the sea
- always a dry desert
- on the moon
- on top of a volcano
covered by the sea
Hint: Shells come from sea animals.
Question 10
Why are places near the equator warm all year?
- They have no wind
- They get strong sunlight all year
- They are high up
- They are close to the moon
They get strong sunlight all year
Hint: Direct sunlight.
Answer key
- 1. seed → seed sprouts → seedling with leaves → plant with flowers → pods with new seeds (How Plants Grow & Change)
- 2. gravity (Pushes, Pulls & Forces)
- 3. larva (Basic Needs & Life Cycles)
- 4. the same for each car (Speed & Motion)
- 5. Eye color (Traits & Variation)
- 6. A thick, strong beak (Surviving in a Habitat)
- 7. make a new wetland nearby (Weather Hazards & Solutions)
- 8. what a design must do (Magnet Inventions)
- 9. covered by the sea (Fossil Clues)
- 10. They get strong sunlight all year (Weather & Climate)
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