Science : 3rd Grade (with new question types)

Reorder the following in the right steps from 1 - 4

• The seed germinates or sprouts.

• A flower forms.

• The adult makes new seeds.

• The seed has a stem, roots and leaves.

Answer explanation

A seed first germinates or sprouts

Then it grows stems, roots and leaves

A flower forms

The adult plant makes new seeds!

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What does a plant need to survive? SELECT ALL CORRECT OPTIONS.

• Sunlight

• Carbon Dioxide

• Water

• Sand

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Reorder the following planets starting from what's closest to the Sun!

• Neptune

• Saturn

• Venus

• Jupiter

• Earth

Answer explanation

From the Sun, the order of planets is:

Mercury -> Venus -> Earth -> Mars -> Jupiter -> Saturn -> Neptune

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A ​ (a)   is the earliest type of timekeeping device

• sundial
• the pendulum
• a compass
• a pocket-watch

Answer explanation

In order:

Sundials were used as early as 1500 BC!

Pendulums were used for timekeeping from 1602 onwards (Galileo Galilei was the first to investigate it)

The pocket watch came about in the 17th century.

The compass is used to show directions - east, west, north, south

​ (a)   is a renewable energy source

• Water
• Coal
• Oil
• Fossil Fuels

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​ (a)   is when liquid turns into gas.

​ ​ (b)   is when gas turns into liquids (clouds). ​

​ (c)   is when rain falls from clouds.

• Evaporation
• Condensation
• Precipitation
• Distillation

Answer explanation

They're all a part of the water cycle!

Evapration: When water evaporates from a lake and becomes water vapour

Condensation: Water vapour rises up and cools to form liquid (clouds)

Precipitation: When rains fall from the clouds

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​ (a)   is a type of matter that can be found on earth as a solid, liquid, and gas

• water
• gold
• oxygen
• rock

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Which form of matter fills the space like it has in the balloon?

• liquid
• string
• solid
• gas

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Match the following scientists to what they specialize in studying

• Entomologists

• 
• Ornithologists

• 
• Zoologist

• 
• Meteorlogists

• 
• Botanists

• 

Answer explanation

Entomologists: Scientists that study insects and how they affect plants

Botanists: Scientists that study plants

Ornithologists: Scientists that study birds

Zoologists: Scientists that study animals

Meteorologist: Scientists who study weather, climate and other things about our atmosphere

Match the following!

• This used to be used to tell the time using the sun and the shadow it casts on the ground.

• Compass

• if you're lost this is can be used to figure out which direction is north, south, east or west

• Sundial

• This is often used to view the planets and stars.

• Telescopes