SCIENCE

TEST

YEAR 3

TOPICS: Forces and magnets,
Animals including humans: nutrition,
Light, Plants, Rocks, Animals
including humans: skeleton, muscles
and movement

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Which force causes objects to fall?

Label the forces in the below diagram.


















If Bike A stops faster than Bike B what force is stronger on
Bike A?





Ryan and Gracy dropped some objects and timed how long
it took to fall. Which object had the least air resistance?

Object
Time to fall
Pen
2 seconds
Toy Parachute
12 seconds
Ball
3 seconds
Feather
5 seconds

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What will happen when the two magnets are pushed

towards each other in the diagram below?





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Why?






Aaron and Nathan put a magnet near some different
objects. The results are below:

Object
Result
Paper
Nothing
Fridge
Magnet stuck
Table
Nothing
Car
Magnet stuck

Which objects are made of metal?


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When will magnets repel each other?


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What does an herbivore eat?

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What diet do humans have?






Name the three types of teeth of a human.


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2]..


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An animal only has molar teeth. What type of diet do you
think it has?

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Fill in the below table

Protein

Vitamins
.. and
minerals



Chicken
Pasta
...





... Bread
Apple




Beef
Rice
Green


beans

...

Chips

Butter

Cheese

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Christiana is doing an experiment to test what drink is

worst for teeth. She puts one tooth in each of the below
drinks:

Water

Coca Cola

Milk

Orange Juice

Which tooth will be the most damaged after one week?


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Jeremy brushes his teeth every morning and every night.
Raj brushes his teeth once a day. Who will have the best
teeth?

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Which of these is transparent?

A brick

A window

A plastic bag


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What are the colours of light?

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Draw the two shadows below.

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Name 2 light sources

1.

2



Name 2 reflectors


1.

2



What is a sundial?


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Nicolas is doing an experiment, he uses a very small
amount of light and tries to tell what colour a piece of
paper is. He gets the below results:


Estimate
Actual Colour
Correct
or
incorrect estimate
Black
Red
Incorrect
Black
Blue
Incorrect
Yellow
Yellow
Correct
White
White
Correct

Why does Nicolas get the darker colours wrong?


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What two jobs does the stem have?

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2.



What is photosynthesis?


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What happens if a plant gets no light?


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Draw the life cycle of a flowering plant:

















What gas in air do plants need to make food?


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Complete the table of materials:

Material
Description
Glass


Wood
Natural, comes from plants


Shiny, sometimes magnetic

Plastic
Manmade, hard and long lasting

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Match the rock types with their descriptions:

Metamorphic

No fossils and not
Rock
from a volcano



Igneous Rock

Layers from the
bottom of the sea



Sedimentary

Made by a volcano
Rock


How are fossils made?


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Number the order for how soil is made:


Decaying plant material is added


Rock becomes crushed
1

Soil is made


Water is added



Name one layer of the Earth.

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What are the three functions of a skeleton?

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2)


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What animal do you think the skeleton is from? Give a reason for your
answer.

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Name the two types of joint, one is done for you.

1) Ball and socket joint

2)
Which two muscles move the arm?


1)


2)

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Name a creature with an exoskeleton?

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On the below diagram draw the lungs and heart of a human.

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