3rd grade Science practice sheet
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) · from Gradelings · Name: ______________________
Question 1
Wet clothes on a clothesline dry in the sun. Where does the water go?
👕- it evaporates into the air as a gas
- it soaks into the clothespins
- it freezes into ice
it evaporates into the air as a gas
Hint: The sun's heat turns the liquid water into water vapor, a gas we can't see. That's evaporation.
Question 2
To reduce damage from flooding along a river, people can…
🌊- pour more water on the banks
- remove all dams
- build barriers and keep homes away from the riverbank
- cut down trees on the bank
build barriers and keep homes away from the riverbank
Hint: Flood forces from fast water are hard to stop; planning where to build helps keep people safe.
Question 3
Which unit could measure how far something travels?
- kilograms
- meters
- seconds
meters
Hint: Distance is measured in meters or kilometers.
Question 4
During photosynthesis, what does a plant do?
🌳- takes in oxygen and releases carbon dioxide
- takes in carbon dioxide and releases oxygen
- takes in nectar and releases pollen
- takes in soil and releases water
takes in carbon dioxide and releases oxygen
Hint: Plants use sunlight, water and carbon dioxide to make food, and release oxygen.
Question 5
Animals get their food by…
- making it from sunlight
- eating plants or other animals
- drinking only air
eating plants or other animals
Hint: Animals cannot make their own food.
Question 6
A plant that needs lots of water lives in a dry place. It will…
- become a cactus
- make more seeds
- survive poorly or not at all
- grow best
survive poorly or not at all
Hint: Needs must match habitat.
Question 7
A producer, like grass, is eaten by a grasshopper. The grasshopper is a…
🦗- consumer
- tree
- producer
- decomposer
consumer
Hint: Consumers eat other living things.
Question 8
Is it a body part or something an animal does?
Sort into: 🦶 body part · 🏃 something it does
- 🐻thick fur
- 🦆webbed feet
- 💤sleeps all winter
- 🦫builds a dam
- 🐇long ears
- 🌰stores nuts
🦶 body part: thick fur, webbed feet, long ears · 🏃 something it does: sleeps all winter, builds a dam, stores nuts
Hint: Body parts are things an animal has, like fur. Other things are what it does, like sleeping.
Question 9
An animal that has died out completely is…
- hibernating
- endangered
- migrating
- extinct
extinct
Hint: No longer alive anywhere.
Question 10
Which is the largest planet?
- Earth
- Mars
- Mercury
- Jupiter
Jupiter
Hint: A giant gas planet.
Answer key
- 1. it evaporates into the air as a gas (Matter & Particles)
- 2. build barriers and keep homes away from the riverbank (Pushes, Pulls & Forces)
- 3. meters (Speed & Motion)
- 4. takes in carbon dioxide and releases oxygen (How Plants Grow & Change)
- 5. eating plants or other animals (Basic Needs & Life Cycles)
- 6. survive poorly or not at all (Surviving in a Habitat)
- 7. consumer (Food Chains & Webs)
- 8. 🦶 body part: thick fur, webbed feet, long ears · 🏃 something it does: sleeps all winter, builds a dam, stores nuts (Animal Survival)
- 9. extinct (Texas Fossils)
- 10. Jupiter (Sun, Earth, Moon & Planets)
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