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3rd Grade - Environment

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is weather?

a)

weather over a long period of time

b)

Daily conditions in an area

2.

What is Climate?

a)

Daily conditions in an area

b)

Weather over a long period of time

3.

What is vegetation?

a)

plants

b)

animals

c)

fruits

d)

vegetables

4.

Latitude

a)

Horizontal- Across

b)

Vertical- Up and Down

5.

Longitude

a)

Horizontal- Across

b)

Vertical- Up and Down

6.

Is there more land or water on Earth?

a)

Land

b)

Water

7.

What type of landform is Florida?

a)

Island

b)

Mainland

c)

Peninsula

d)

Glacier

8.

What is a landform?

a)

The Earth

b)

Land

c)

The United States of America

d)

Part of the earth's surface

9.

What region is Texas in?

a)

North East

b)

South West

c)

Mid West

d)

North West

10.

How many regions are in the United States?

a)

5

b)

7

c)

10

d)

3

11.

Why does the map show 2 Pacific Oceans?

a)

There are 2 Pacific Oceans

b)

The Pacific Ocean is too big

c)

They are connected

12.

How long is the Mississippi river?

a)

500 miles

b)

100 miles

c)

50 miles

d)

2000 miles

13.

What kind of plants grow in deserts?

a)

plants that need lots of water

b)

plants don't grow in deserts

c)

plants that need very little water

d)

grass

14.

How big can a cactus get?

a)

5 stories tall

b)

as big as a sky scraper

c)

30 ft tall

d)

10 ft tall

15.

Tundra =

a)

hot and dry

b)

desert

c)

cold and dry

d)

rainy

16.

What is a natural hazard?

a)

an event that changes the land

b)

something that happens in space

c)

a personal emergency

17.

What is a disaster?

a)

a good event on earth

b)

an event that can destroy the whole earth

c)

an event that can destroy the land and environment

d)

something that happens during a storm

18.

What state has the most earthquakes?

a)

Washington

b)

Texas

c)

New York

d)

California

19.

Agriculture=

a)

fishing

b)

farming

c)

hunting

d)

drawing

20.

Timber =

a)

Ocean

b)

Lumber

c)

Animals

d)

Forest

21.

What is a natural resource?

a)

tools you can use for hunting

b)

tools you can use for fishing

c)

tools from the earth used to make things

d)

tools people use to build

22.

Water is a natural resource.

a)

True

b)

False

23.

Plastic is made from __________

a)

water

b)

oil

c)

sand

d)

iron