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Grade 3 Cambridge

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the name of the process where humans chop down large areas of forest?

a)

urbanisation

b)

forestation

c)

deforestation

d)

pollution

2.

Oil, natural gas and (a)   are fossil fuels which human's burn for energy.

3.

What three R processes should we try to follow with plastic?

a)

Rewind, revisit, reuse

b)

reduce, release, rework

c)

recycle, rewind, revisit

d)

reduce, reuse, recycle

4.

Which is best for the environment?

a)

Reducing

b)

Reusing

c)

Recycling

5.

What percentage of your body is water?

a)

About 50%

b)

Around 60%

c)

Around 70&

d)

Around 90%

6.

What kind of living creature is at the start of every food chain?

a)

Herbivores (plant eaters)

b)

Carnivores/ predators (meat eaters)

c)

Producers (plants and vegetation)

d)

Apex predators

7.

Which kind of gas makes up most of air?

a)

Oxygen

b)

Carbon dioxide

c)

Nitrogen

d)

Hydrogen

8.

Everything in our universe is made up of tiny particles called (a)   .

9.

What is the name for an area of space that has no atoms?

a)

Vacuum

b)

Vacume

c)

Vacum

d)

Vacoom

10.

Which state of matter can be compressed?

a)

Solids

b)

liquids

c)

gases

11.

Which state of matter can change its volume?

a)

Solids

b)

Liquids

c)

Gases

12.

What is the name of the process where a liquid is heated until it turns into a gas?

a)

Freezing

b)

Melting

c)

Condensation

d)

Evaporation

13.

What is the name of the process where a liquid is cooled until it turns solid?

a)

Freezing

b)

Melting

c)

Condensation

d)

Evaporation

14.

What is the name of the process where a solid is heated until it turns liquid?

a)

Freezing

b)

Melting

c)

Condensation

d)

Evaporation

15.

What is the name of the process where a gas is cooled until it turns into liquid?

a)

Freezing

b)

Melting

c)

Condensation

d)

Evaporation

16.

Sound is a type of (a)   made when something causes atoms to vibrate.

17.

Loud sounds have a bigger ______________ than quiet sounds.

a)

Frequency

b)

Amplitude

c)

Pitch

18.

High pitched sounds have a high __________________ which means the atoms are vibrating very fast.

a)

Frequency

b)

Amplitude

c)

Volume

19.

Which state of matter does sound travel through best?

a)

Solids

b)

Liquids

c)

Gases

20.

How can we keep experiments fair?

a)

By keeping everything the same except the one thing we are testing.

b)

By doing the experiment only once.

c)

By timing the experiment.

d)

By changing lots of things each time you do the experiment to see what happens.

21.

What does a sound level meter measure?

a)

The pitch of a sound

b)

The frequency of a sound

c)

The volume of a sound

d)

The speed of a sound wave

22.

What unit of measurement is a sound's volume measured in?

a)

meters

b)

decibels

c)

litres

d)

grams

23.

What is the name of the tiny particles around atoms which flow through an electric current?

a)

nucleus

b)

atoms

c)

electrons

d)

metals

24.

True or false? Electricity will flow through an open circuit.

a)

True

b)

False

25.

What type of metal is found in many wires because it is a good conductor of electricity? It is also not magnetic.

a)

Copper

b)

Steel

c)

Iron

d)

Aluminum

26.

Which of the following metals are NOT magnetic? (You may tick more than one).

a)

Iron

b)

Copper

c)

Steel

d)

Gold

e)

Nickel

27.

What is the name for materials which do not allow electricity to flow through them easily?

a)

Conductors

b)

Insulators

c)

Magnetic

28.

The ends of magnets are called the north and south (a)   .

29.

The ends of a cell are called the...

a)

North and south poles

b)

North and south terminals

c)

Positive and negative poles

d)

Positive and negative terminals

30.

True or false? Two north poles on a magnet, placed near each other, will attract each other.

a)

True

b)

False, they will repel each other

c)

False, they won't attract or repel each other

31.

True or false? If the north pole of a magnet is placed next to the south pole of another magnet, they will repel each other.

a)

True

b)

False, they will attract each other

c)

False, they will not attract nor repel each other

32.

True or false? If a magnet is placed near some objects which are not magnetic, the magnet will repel those objects.

a)

True

b)

False, it will attract those objects.

c)

False, it will not attract nor repel those objects.

33.

Which food group does fish belong to?

a)

Protein

b)

Dairy

c)

Carbohydrates

d)

Fats and sugars

34.

Which of the following foods are high in fibre?

a)

Bread (especially brown bread)

b)

cheese

c)

Cereal

d)

Pasta (especially whole-wheat pasta)

e)

Chicken

35.

How do fruit and vegetables help us stay healthy?

a)

They help us build muscles.

b)

They help us build up a strong immune system so we don't get sick.

c)

They help us grow strong bones and teeth.

d)

They help us grow tall.

36.

What word means to transport goods out of a country?

a)

Import

b)

Export

37.

Which of the following are reasons why we might have to import food and goods from other countries? (You may choose more than one answer).

a)

Because some food doesn't grow well during some seasons here

b)

Because other countries are experts at growing or making something

c)

Because it is cheaper to make things in other countries than here

d)

Because we don't have enough room to grow food for all our people.

38.

Which civilisation first invented chocolate?

a)

The Spanish

b)

The Vietnamese

c)

The Mayans

d)

The English

39.

Joseph (a)   invented the first chocolate bar.

40.

Which of these countries grow a lot of cacao trees? (You may choose more than one answer).

a)

Switzerland

b)

Ivory Coast

c)

Indonesia

d)

Germany