Grade 3

1. Characteristics of living things

Tabilah looks at her pet cat.

Tabilah knows that both she and her cat are living things.
Tick () three to show that they are living things. They both:
feed
move
make a noise
grow

2. Human Movement
Grade 3 are learning about humans. Look at the diagram.

(a) What are parts A and B on the diagram?

A is the
B is a ..

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(b) What do we call the framework of bones inside our bodies?

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(c) What are joined on to our bones to help us move?

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3. Where do woodlice prefer to live?

Ameera and Teremun find some woodlice on the school yard.

They start to investigate the conditions most woodlice like best.

Ameera says, I think the woodlice like to live in the wet sand.
Teremun says, I think that the woodlice like to live in dry sand.
(a) Ameera and Teremun are talking about what they think the answer will be.
Circle the correct word in the list that describes what they are talking about.
conclusions

questions

predictions

results

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(b) This is what they do next:

Ameera places a box with wet sand near the woodlice.

Teremun places a box of dry sand next to it.

The boxes are the same size and shape.

They count the number of woodlice in each box at the same time
for 5 days.

Here are their results.

Day

Number of woodlice in box with

wet sand

Number of woodlice in box with

dry sand

11

15

Complete this sentence.

Their results show that the woodlice like the . sand best.

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Heating and Cooling

Class 3 cook some chocolate crunch bars.
Here is their list of what they use.
Chocolate Crunch Bars
125g butter

225g plain biscuits

300g dark chocolate

75g marshmallows

20g syrup

sprinkles to decorate

(a) Method
Put the butter, chocolate and syrup in a pan over a low heat.
What happens to the food in the pan when they do this?
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(b) To complete the recipe, they mix in all the other foods, then leave the
mixture in the refrigerator.
What happens to the chocolate crunch bars when they are put in the refrigerator?
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6. Sound
Menes and Lamia investigate how sound travels.
They have 3 boxes, A, B and C.
Box A is covered in newspaper.
Box B is covered in leaves.
Box C is covered in bubble wrap.
Menes and Lamia have a buzzer.
Menes puts one box over the buzzer.
He sounds the buzzer.
Lamia walks away from the buzzer.
She stops when she cannot hear the buzzer.
Menes measures the distance from the buzzer to where Lamia is standing.
They repeat this for each box in turn.
Here are their results.
box

box covering

newspaper

distance from the buzzer

in metres
50

leaves

30

bubble wrap

10

(a) Complete the sentence to finish their conclusion.

The box that was the best at stopping sound travelling through it
was the box covered in ..................................................................

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(b) What factor did they change each time?

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7. Magnets
Amon and Rabiah find out about magnets.
(a)

Here is a pair of bar magnets.

If the magnets are attracted to each other, write the poles on the second magnet
to show this.
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(b)

What scientific word do we use when we see two magnets

push away from each other?

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8. Local Environment
Class 3 visit their local town.
They see a new motorway being built.
Tick () two negative effects this will have on the town.
can travel home more quickly
fields being built on
more jobs
noise pollution
new stores will open
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9. Earth in Space
Earth is one of several planets that orbit the Sun.
(a) Name 3 other planets in our solar system.
1.

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3. ................................................................................................................
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(b) How long does it take for the Moon to orbit the Earth?
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