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3rd Grade Life Science

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 56mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A material a living thing needs to live and grow

a)

nutrient

b)

root

c)

stem

d)

leaf

2.

The plant part that takes in water and nutrients from the soil

a)

root

b)

leaf

c)

stem

d)

flower

3.

The plant part that moves water and nutrients from the roots to the leaves

a)

root

b)

stem

c)

leaf

d)

flower

4.

The part of the plant that makes food for the whole plant

a)

root

b)

stem

c)

leaf

d)

flower

5.

The part of the flower that makes seeds (where seeds form)

a)

stem

b)

leaf

c)

flower

d)

root

6.

This holds a tiny new plant and keeps it safe; stores food to help the new plant start growing

a)

flower

b)

seed

c)

fruit

d)

root

7.

Making more of living things of the same kind

a)

environment

b)

stimulus

c)

reproduce

d)

response

8.

Everything around a living thing

a)

environment

b)

response

c)

stimulus

d)

reproduce

9.

What a living thing does because of a change around it

a)

reproduce

b)

response

c)

environment

d)

stimulus

10.

Something that causes a response

a)

stimulus

b)

response

c)

reproduce

d)

environment

11.

Pine trees and some other plants make seeds in these instead of flowers

a)

cone

b)

flower

c)

embryo

d)

pollen

12.

type of plants that reproduce by making seeds inside flowers

a)

flowering plant

b)

nonflowering plants

c)

cones

d)

spores

13.

type of plants that reproduces by making seeds in cones, or making spores instead of seeds

a)

nonflowering plant

b)

flowering plant

c)

spore

d)

cone

14.

a tiny cell that can grow into a new plant

a)

flower

b)

seed

c)

spore

d)

cone

15.

A row of bones down the middle of the back

a)

backbone

b)

ribs

c)

skull

d)

skeleton

16.

This set of bones helps support a body and helps it move

a)

backbone

b)

skeleton

c)

ribs

d)

skull

17.

An animal that has a backbone

a)

vertebrate

b)

invertebrate

c)

skeleton

d)

backbone

18.

An animal without a backbone

a)

invertebrate

b)

vertebrate

c)

skeleton

d)

backbone

19.

These invertebrates have legs, and a hard covering on the outside of its body; grasshopper, ticks, and spiders.

a)

arthropod

b)

bird

c)

insect

d)

amphibian

20.

Vertebrates that live in water, breathe with gills, have fins and scales.

a)

retiles

b)

amphibians

c)

fish

d)

birds

21.

Vertebrates that lay eggs in water, breathe with gills when young, and when grow older, walk on land and breathe with lungs. These vertebrates go through a metamorphosis.

a)

reptiles

b)

amphibians

c)

fish

d)

birds

22.

Vertebrates that are covered with scales, breathe air with lungs, and live on land.

a)

reptiles

b)

amphibians

c)

birds

d)

fish

23.

vertebrates with feathers, breathe with lungs, and lay eggs on land.

a)

bird

b)

mammals

c)

fish

d)

retile

24.

vertebrates with fur or hair, give live birth, and breathe with lungs

a)

mammals

b)

bird

c)

amphibians

d)

fish

25.

To lose fur

a)

migrate

b)

hibernate

c)

burrow

d)

shed

26.

When animals become inactive in the winter. Their heart beats slower, and their body temperature goes way down.

a)

shed

b)

burow

c)

migrate

d)

hibernate

27.

Holes animals dig in the ground

a)

migrate

b)

burrow

c)

cave

d)

shelter

28.

Some animals get through winter by traveling to warmer places, and in spring they go back again. This is when animals move from place to place in a pattern with the seasons.

a)

migrate

b)

hibernate

c)

burrow

d)

shed