THE INDIAN HIGH SCHOOL (JUNIOR)

PRACTICE SHEET - (2019-2020)

TERM - 1
GRADE: 3
SCIENCE

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Q1. Fill in the blanks.

a) The continuous process in which one living thing consumes other living thing for energy
is called ____________________.
b) A horse has _____________________ teeth to bite grass.
c) Living things can _____________ to the changes around them.
d) Plants breathe through tiny pores on their leaves called _______________.
e) Rabbits and squirrels _______________ at their food.

Q2. Write True or False for the given statements.

a) Green plants are the starting points of a food chain. ____________

b) Scavengers are very helpful to the environment. __________________
c) All non-living things are man-made things. ____________
d) Animals that get hunted by other animals are called predators. ________
e) All plants need air and water to survive. ___________

Q3. Match the following

A Swallow food as whole Mushroom

B Ruminants Fox

C Fungi Snake

D Omnivore Squirrel

Cow

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Q4. Give reason
a) Omnivores have a combination of teeth.
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b) All plants cannot make their own food.

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Q5. Name the following:

a) The animals who eat the dead remains ______________________
b) An animal that gnaw nuts and seeds ______________________
c) The process of living thing producing its own kind ______________________
d) 2 decomposers ______________________
e) An animal that has tube like mouth ______________________

Q6. Rahul plucked a leaf from a rose plant and told his friend that it’s a living thing.
Do you agree with him? Justify your answer.

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Q7. A) Draw a food chain using rat, plant, snake and eagle in the given box.

B) What will happen if the population of snake decreases in the above food chain?
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Skill questions

1) Which of the following is true if Carnivores are missing from a food chain?
a) Herbivores will decrease in number
b) Plants will increase in quantity
c) Both herbivores and plants will become less
d) No change will happen

2) Which of these objects are made of things that were once alive?

A. newspaper
B. glass bottle
C. leather belt
D. wooden bench

a) A only

b) B only

c) A, C and D only

d) A, B, C and D

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 3) Ali put a mouse in a tank. He covered it wire mesh as shown below.

Ali placed the above set-up near the window. The mouse was only fed with cheese daily. After
one week, it was observed to be dead. Based on the above information, which of the following is
most likely to be the reason for its death?

a) There was no water.

b) There was no sunlight.

c) There was not enough air in the tank.

d) There was not enough room for the mouse to move about.

4) Which of these are living things?

Mango seed , Rice Husk , Grass , Ant , Worm

a) Mango seed, Rice husk and grass

b) Grass, Ant and worm
c) Mango seed, Grass, Ant and worm
d) All of the above

5) Why are decomposers important in the environment?

a) They make homes for animals
b) They are the beginners in a food chain
c) They make food using sunlight
d) They help break down the remains of dead things.

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 THE INDIAN HIGH SCHOOL (JUNIOR)

PRACTICE SHEET - (2019-2020)

TERM - 1
GRADE: 3
_SCIENCE_

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ANSWERS

Q1. Fill in the blanks.

a) Food chain
b) Straight edged
c) Respond
d) Stomata
e) nibble

Q2. Write True or False for the given statements.

a) True
b) True
c) False
d) False
e) True

Q3. Match the following

A Swallow food as whole Mushroom C

B Ruminants Fox D
C Fungi Snake A
D Omnivore Squirrel
Cow B

Q4. Give reason

a) Omnivores have a combination of teeth so that they can eat both plants and
animals.

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 b) The plants that do not have green pigments/chlorophyll can’t make their own
food. They depend on dead decay matter for food.

Q5. Name the following:

a) Scavengers
b) Squirrel/ Rat
c) Reproduction
d) Fungi, bacteria
e) Butterfly

Q6.
Ans: No, because the leaf is no longer a living thing. It will not show any features
of a living thing like growth, reproduction etc.

Q7. A) Draw a food chain using rat, plant, snake and eagle in the given box.

Plant Rat Snake Eagle

B) What will happen if the population of snake decreases in the above food chain?
Ans: The population of Eagle will also decrease as they won’t get enough food.
The population of rats will increase. The whole food chain will get disturbed.

Skill questions

1) C
2) C
3) A
4) C
5) D