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Worksheets3rd Grade Science Quiz
Total questions: 51
Worksheet time: 1hrs 17mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Attracts bees to help pollinate and reproduce.
a)
Seeds
b)
Leaves
c)
Roots
d)
Flowers
2.
Keeps the plant in the soil
a)
Stem
b)
Flowers
c)
Roots
d)
Seeds
3.
Come from mature plants and starts the plant lifer cycle again.
a)
Seeds
b)
Stem
c)
Leaves
d)
apples
4.
Plants need _______ to survive.
a)
Water, Oxygen
b)
Dirt, Water and Air
c)
Water, Air and Sunlight
d)
just water
5.
An animal that east only plants.
a)
Lettuce
b)
Herbivore
c)
Omnivore
d)
Carnivore
6.
A ______ is a natural disaster where there is a lack of precipitation for long periods of time.
a)
Drought
b)
Tornado
c)
Landslide
d)
Flood
7.
A ______ is a natural disaster where great flowing or overflowing of water onto land that is not normally covered by water.
a)
Tornado
b)
Earthquake
c)
Landslide
d)
Flood
8.
A ________ is a natural disaster where there is a sudden and violent shaking of the ground.
a)
drought
b)
Earthquake
c)
landslide
d)
flood
9.
An animal that hunts another animal is
a)
prey
b)
predator
10.
An endangered animal is in danger of becoming extinct - TRUE or FALSE
a)
True
b)
False
11.
The change from a gas into a liquid
a)
volume
b)
mass
c)
states of matter
d)
condensation
12.
The amount of matter an object has
a)
melt
b)
volume
c)
mass
d)
hardness
13.
The change from liquid water to water vapor
a)
evaporation
b)
property
c)
texture
d)
boil
14.
To change from a solid to a liquid
a)
boil
b)
melt
c)
hardness
d)
evaporation
15.
What state of matter has a definite shape and a definite volume?
a)
solid
b)
liquid
c)
gas
16.
Rain is which state of matter?
a)
solid
b)
liquid
c)
solution
d)
gas
17.
What causes matter to have weight on earth?
a)
gravity
b)
motion
c)
heat
d)
light
18.
Solid Liquid or Gas?
a)
Solid
b)
Liquid
c)
Gas
19.
put in order from smallest to biggest
a)
Moon,Earth,Sun,Solar System and Universe
b)
Sun,Earth.SolarSystem,Moon and universe
c)
Moon,Sun,Solar System,Universe and Earth
d)
space universe moon earth
20.
True or False
The Sun is the biggest star in the sky.
The Sun is the biggest star in the sky.
a)
True
b)
False
21.
Why do other stars appear so much smaller than the sun?
a)
They are much smaller
b)
They are so far away
c)
They are not as bright
d)
They are dwarf stars
22.
What type of energy is in this picture?
a)
Kinetic
b)
Potential
c)
Electromagnetic
23.
What form of energy?
a)
Mechanical (kinetic) energy
b)
Chemical (kinetic) energy
c)
Sound (potential) energy
d)
Sound (kinetic) energy
24.
What kind of energy?
a)
Radiant
b)
Electrical
c)
Thermal
d)
Chemical
25.
At what position does the rock have the greatest kinetic energy?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
D
d)
E
26.
Which explains why the fork looks different under water?
a)
light can't pass through the glass
b)
the wavelength of light lengthens
c)
the amount of light increases when going through water
d)
light is refracted at an angle
27.
Another name for light bending is ....
a)
Reflaction
b)
Absorbing
c)
Refraction
d)
mirror
28.
What feature of a rose stops large animals from eating it?
a)
the flower's sweet smell
b)
the flower's bright colors
c)
the plant's sharp thorns
d)
the plant's waxy leaves
29.
Friction produces heat when two objects are
a)
mixed together.
b)
rubbed together.
c)
burned
d)
attracted to magnets.
30.
How does erosion change soil?
a)
Erosion breaks soil into smaller pieces.
b)
Erosion carries soil from one place to another.
c)
Erosion causes cracks that break rocks into small pieces.
d)
Erosion helps clean soil.
31.
Which of these will a magnet attract?
a)
glass bottle
b)
iron nail
c)
pencil
d)
basketball
32.
Which is an example of camouflage?
a)
Whales go to Alaska.
b)
A bear sleeps through winter.
c)
A bug that lives on leaves is green.
d)
A snake has bright colors.
33.
What is the correct food chain sequence for the following?
falcon
grasshopper
Sun
plants
falcon
grasshopper
Sun
plants
a)
Sun, plants, grasshopper, falcon
b)
Sun, plants, falcon, grasshopper
c)
grasshopper, falcon, Sun, plants
d)
plants, Sun, grasshopper, falcon
34.
Which is a producer?
a)
Corn
b)
Mouse
c)
Sheep
d)
Sun
35.
What is the main source of energy for most food chains?
a)
Sun
b)
Plants
c)
Mammals
d)
Insects
36.
What do producers do?
a)
Make their own food
b)
Hunt for food
c)
Break down dead plants
d)
Build nests
37.
The change from a gas into a liquid
a)
volume
b)
mass
c)
states of matter
d)
condensation
38.
The amount of matter an object has
a)
melt
b)
volume
c)
mass
d)
hardness
39.
A habitat provides a place in which a plant or animal has all they need to ____________.
a)
eat
b)
survive
c)
balance
40.
Why are plant fossils not found as much as animal fossils?
a)
Some animals ate the plant fossils so now there are not many left.
b)
Plant fossils do not exist.
c)
Plants are soft which make it difficult to become a fossil.
41.
What do you call something that was once living on Earth but now no longer found?
a)
dinosaurs
b)
exhibit
c)
extinct
42.
When you make a new product by breaking down an old product you are ___________.
a)
recycling
b)
reducing
c)
reusing
43.
how long does it take the earth to move around the sun?
a)
365 1/4 days
b)
24 hours
c)
365 days
44.
Which planet is NOT visible from Earth?
a)
Mercury
b)
Venus
c)
Mars
d)
Neptune
45.
how long does it take the earth to rotate?
a)
24 hours
b)
365 days
46.
Earth moves in 2 ways.
a)
True
b)
False
47.
Spinning of Earth on its axis.
a)
Rotation
b)
Revolution
48.
what does the earths rotation cause?
a)
day and night
b)
seasons
49.
The number of planets in our solar system:
a)
6
b)
7
c)
8
d)
9
50.
Mars is the first planet.
a)
true
b)
false
51.
the Earth is the 3rd planet from the sun.
a)
true
b)
false
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