ADVENTIST INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL – VAVUNIYA
FIRST TERM EXAMINATION 2024/2025
Grade 3 – Science
Name ………………………………… Time: 1 1/2 hours
A. Underline the correct answer.
1. __________ metals are magnetic
a) No b) Only shiny
c) Some d) All
2. Magnetism is a type of _____________.
a) Force b) Plant
c) Rock d) Animal
3. What do you call a substance that is added to soil to help a plant produce food?
a) Fertilizer b) Dirt
c) Worms d) Photosynthesis
4. How do some plants survive in the winter?
a) store food b) they can’t so they die
c) animals take care of them d) they produce a coat
5. How many life processes are exhibited by living things?
a) Seven b) Six
c) Five d) Eight
6. The food we eat gives us _________
a) Energy b) None of these
c) Oxygen d) All the above
6 marks
B. Fill in the blanks with the suitable answer.
Plants / energy / growth / nutrition / roots
/ slower / force / two / reduces / food
1. ________________ is a process of obtaining food necessary for survival and ________________.
2. ________________ do not eat food or move in the same way that animals do.
3. Plants need ______________ from the sun to make their own ____________.
4. _______________ help to anchor the plant firmly to the ground.
5. The forces can make an object move ______________
6. A ______________ is a push or pull.
7. A lubricant _______________ friction by filling the gaps between the bumps of rough surface.
8. A magnet has ___________ poles.
10 marks
C. Match the following objects to their states.
1. Wood
2. Paint
3. Water vapor Solids
4. Watch
5. Perfume
6. Milk liquids
7. Smoke
8. Ice cube
9. Wind Gases
10. Tree
11. Oxygen
11 marks
D. Say whether the following magnets “attract or repel” each other.
N S N S
S N N S
N S S N
S N S N
4 marks
E. Classify each object according to whether they are magnetic or non-magnetic.
gold / scissors / keys / tooth brush / eraser / paper clip / iron nail / thumb pin /
wall plug / paper
Magnetic Non-Magnetic
10 marks
F. Draw lines to match.
6 marks
G. Answer the following questions.
1. Write all the life processes of living things .(7)
2. How does plant obtain their food? (2)
3. What changes happens when you grow? (2)
4. Write two reasons why living things move? (2)
5. Write 3 waste substances released from our body. (3)
6. What gas do plants breathe in and breathe out? (2)
7. Write four ways plants can reproduce. (4)
8. What is a fossil? (2)
9. What is the function of the leaf? (2)
10. Write three uses of plants? (3)
11. What instrument is used to measure forces? (1)
12. What is friction? (2)
13. Write one way to reduce friction in machines. (2)
14. In what ways friction is useful? (3)
15. Write any two objects where you can find magnets. (2)
16. Write two properties of gases. (2)
17. Draw the particle model of solid. (2)
18. Write four difference between living things and non-living things. (4)
19. Draw and label a flowering plant. (5)
20. What is the unit of force? (1)
53 marks
