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Chapter 1 Vocabulary
• Scientific classification is a system for sorting similar organisms (living things) into
named groups.
• Roots hold the plant in the ground and absorb water and food.
• Fibrous roots are often found in moist areas. They branch out around the plant.
• Taproots are found in dry areas. They have a main root that grows deep.
• Xylem tissues move food and water from the roots to all parts of the plant.
• Phloem tissue moves food made in the leaves to the rest of the plant.
• A pollinator is an insect or an animal that carries the pollen to the pistil of a flower.
• A plant with a storing stem might live in the desert to conserve water.
• A spore is a tiny, usually single cell that does not need to be pollinated to become a new
plant.
Chapter 4 Study Sheet
3rd Grade
• Conservation of matter is the principle that states that matter can change
• A solid is a state of matter that has a fixed shape and a fixed volume.
• A gas is a state of matter that has no fixed shape and no fixed volume.
mixtures.
change.
Chapter 5 Motion and Force
Study Sheet
• Friction is the force that resists motion of one object against another.
• Sir Isaac Newton was famous for discovering the law of motion.
machines.
• Three ways an object can more are in a line or path, around in a circle,
• Newton’s first law of motion states that every object at rest stays at rest
and every object in motion remains in motion unless they are acted upon
by outside forces.
3rd Grade Science
Chapter 6: Electricity
• A resistor is a material that slows down but does not stop electricity.
• Sometimes when objects rub against each other negative charges move
from one object to the next.
• A parallel circuit is a circuit where electricity can take more than one path.
• A series circuit is a circuit that has one path that electricity can follow.
• Some ways to stay safe around electricity is to not use appliances around
water, stay away from power lines and putting ONLY electric cords in outlets.
Chapter 7: Magnets Study Sheet
3rd Grade
magnet.
• The core of the Earth has molten, melted minerals and metals.
Chapter 8: Earth’s Surfaces Review Sheet
• Sedimentary rocks are formed when layers of minerals pile up, stick to each other,
and harden. An example is sandstone.
• Igneous rocks for when magma or lava cools and hardens. Granite is an example.
• Metamorphic rocks form when heat and pressure are applied to a sedimentary
rock. Marble is an example.
ü Wind and water can wear down igneous rock and it creates
sedimentary rock.
ü Heat and pressure can change sedimentary rocks into metamorphic
rocks.
ü Metamorphic rocks can melt, cool, and harden to form igneous
rock.
• Landforms are features of the Earth’s surface. Mountains, valleys, plains, canyons,
rivers, lakes, and coastlines are all landforms.
• Plains are mostly flat. They can be easy for farming or can be deserts.
• Beaches are part of coastlines, palace where the land meets the ocean.
• Coastlines help people transport goods from one place to another. They are also
• An earthquake is the shaking of the earth’s surface that is caused by the sudden movement of
the crust.
• A mudslide is a large amount of wet soil and rock that slides down a steep slope.
• A volcano is an opening in the earth’s crust that spews out lava, hot ash, and gases during an
eruption.
• A landslide is a large amount of dry soil and rock that slides down a steep slope.
• An avalanche is a large amount of snow, soil, and rock that slides down the side of a mountain.
• Tools that scientist use to study volcanoes, earthquakes, or tsunamis are: seismograph, tidal
gauges, sensors, or satellites. These tools are used to predict possible earth-changing events or
to monitor changes in the earth’s surface.
• An earthquake can change the surface of the earth by the following: A river’s course is
changed; the ground splits apart; buildings shake and collapse; a flood occurs.
Facts-
There are many challenges in traveling in space.
The earth revolves around the sun.
The moon has phases.
An astronaut is trained to travel in space.
Gas planets – Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.
The sun is a star.
Satellites revolve around larger objects.
Scientist use telescopes to see things far away.
The earth complete one rotation on its axis in about 24 hours.
The moon revolves around the earth.
The sun is the center of the solar system.
Jupiter is the largest planet.
Saturn is the planet with the most rings around it.
The sun and all the objects that revolve around it make up the solar System.