Chapter 1

Grade3

Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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Choose the word that belongs in the sentence.

____ have long narrow leaves and do not have woody stems.
a. Trees
b. Grasses
c. Flowers
d. Evergreens

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What kind of tree grows cones to make seeds?

a. spring
b. summer
c. deciduous
d. coniferous

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Choose the word that belongs in the sentence.

Tubes that carry water and minerals from the roots to other parts of the plant are in the
____.
a. leaf
b. stem
c. thorn
d. flower

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4.

What structures help keep a cactus from losing too much water?
a. tubers
b. thorns
c. woody stems
d. stems with a thick, waxy covering

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5.

Which seed part stores food for the seed?

a. the fruit
b. the flower
c. the seed leaf
d. the seed coat

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6.

In the forest, Jan picked burs off her pants and dropped them. What did she do by
dropping burs?
a. She pollinated a plant.
b. She did nothing important.

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d.
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She left food for the forest animals.

She helped to scatter a plant's seeds.

Look at the illustration below.

What is the bee doing to the flower?

a. pollinating it
b. eating its fruit
c. germinating it
d. scattering its seeds
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8.

Many plants that lived long ago are extinct. How do scientists know about these
plants?
a. They grow plant fossils.
b. They found plant fossils.
c. They grow plants like them in space.
d. They found living plants that are like them.

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9.

Look at the object shown in the illustration below.

How was the object formed?

a. A plant grew in rock.
b. A plant was pressed into a rock.
c. A plant grew in wood. The wood became rock.
d. A plant was pressed into mud. The mud became rock.
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Scientists have learned many interesting things about plants that lived long ago. What
is one difference between early plants and those of today?
a. Early plants had more fruit.
b. Early plants had more seeds.
c. Early plants did not have leaves.
d. Early plants did not have flowers.

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When a seed starts to grow into a new plant, what is it doing?

a. pollinating
b. germinating
c. growing leaves
d. creating seedlings

Short Answer
12.

How do plants get food? (2 points)

13.

How do plants get water? (2 points)

Write the answer to the question on a separate sheet of paper.

14.

Jacob knows that the different parts of a plant help the plant to live and grow. He
decides to put two of the same type of plant in his garden. Both plants get the same
amount of water. Jacob covers one plant with a cardboard box. Soon the covered plant
appears weak and unhealthy.
Explain why covering the plant with the box prevents it from growing.
(4 points)

Chapter 1
Grade3
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Science Grade 3: pp. 14-15

Science Grade 3: pp. 16-17
Science Grade 3: pp. 12-13
Science Grade 3: pp. 12-13
Science Grade 3: pp. 20-21
Science Grade 3: pp. 18-19
Science Grade 3: pp. 14-15
Science Grade 3: pp. 22-23
Science Grade 3: pp. 22-23
Science Grade 3: pp. 24-25
Science Grade 3: pp. 20-21

SHORT ANSWER
12. ANS:

The leaves of the plant use sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water to make food.
PTS: 1
13. ANS:

REF: Science Grade 3: pp. 8-9

The roots get water from the soil.

PTS: 1
14. ANS:

REF: Science Grade 3: pp. 10-11

The plant needs sunlight so it can make food. The sunlight comes into the leaves and
gives the plant energy so it can make sugar. If the box is covering the leaves, the
sunlight can't get through.
PTS: 1

REF: Science Grade 3: pp. 8-9