3rd Grade Science Review

Science Review

JA 3rd Grade

Piedmont Region

• Rolling Hills

• Red Clay

• Chipmunks

• Deer

• Squirrels

Atlantic Ocean Habitat

• Loggerhead Sea Turtles

• Right whales

• Dolphins

• In the Coastal Plain Region

Mountain Region

• Bears hibernate

• Northern GA

• 
  

Coastal Plains Region

• Flat

• Good for farming

• peanuts, corn, soybeans

• Has many habitats - swamp/marsh, ocean, coast, farmland

• Herons are found here - they have long legs and a sharp beak that helps them hunt for food.

Multiple Choice

The piedmont region is known for _______.

• mountains

• sea turtles

• rolling hills

• farming

Multiple Choice

Bears in the mountain region hibernate.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

What adaptation do herons use to hunt for food.

• short legs

• long legs and a sharp beak

• short beak

• short legs and a short beak

Multiple Choice

Farm land is found in which region?

• Mountain Region

• Piedmont Region

• Coastal Plain Region

• Swamp/Marsh

Minerals

• a natural substance formed in the earth

• the same all the way through.

• properties used to identify: color, luster, hardness, streak and cleavage

Rocks

• formed from one of more minerals

• smooth edges = weathered by flowing water

Multiple Choice

Which is formed from 1 or more mineral?

• rocks

• minerals

Multiple Select

Click ALL the BEST properties that are used to identify a mineral.

• luster

• shape

• color

• hardness

• cleavage

Multiple Choice

If water flows over a rock then it will become smooth.

• true

• false

Multiple Choice

Minerals are a natural substance form in the _______.

• air

• earth

• space

Fossils

• Found mostly in Sedimentary rocks

• examples: dinosaur bones and teeth

• scientist can tell the size of an animal by studying it's fossil

• teeth of fish are more likely to form a fossil compared to scales

Soil

• Soil: created from particles of rocks, sediment and dead organisms

• Types of soil: clay, silt, sand and loam

• 
  

Multiple Choice

Fossils are found mostly in ___________.

• Sedimentary Rocks

• Soil

• the air

• Metamorphic Rocks

Multiple Choice

Which is more likely to form a fossil?

• scales of a fish

• eyeballs

• teeth

Multiple Choice

Scientist can tell the ___________ of an animal by studying its fossils.

• type of skin

• size

• eye color

Multiple Choice

Soil is created from particles of rocks, sediment and dead organisms.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

What is NOT a type of soil?

• loam

• sand

• clay

• rocks

Heat

• When a liquid heats up - the particles within that liquid begin to move faster - water boils

• Friction - when two items are rubbed together

• Temperature - how hot or cold something is.

• Heat ALWAYS moves from HOT to COLD!

Multiple Choice

Heat moves from

• cold to hot.

• hot to cold.

Multiple Choice

When water boils the particles move _________.

• slower

• faster

Multiple Choice

Friction produces heat as two items are rubbed together.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Temperature is _________.

• hot

• what you measure temperature with.

• the measure of how hot or cold something is.

Pollution

• Air pollution - caused by cars and factories.

• Reduce Pollution - ride your bike; walk; carpool

• 3 Types of Pollution: air, water, land

Multiple Choice

Cars and factories cause _________ pollution.

• land

• water

• air

Multiple Choice

What is a way to NOT reduce pollution?

• carpool

• hand-me down clothes

• walk to the park

• ride your bike to school

Multiple Select

What are the 3 types of pollution?

• land

• water

• air

• recycle