Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Academic Science Words / Third Grade Science Test:


Third Grade Science Test:
Academic Science Words
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Instructions: Choose the best answer for each question.
1.                no longer existing.
 endanger
 extinct
 amphibian
 experiment
2.                to make larger or wider.
 food chain
 investigate
 endanger
 expand
3.                the state of being steady not adding or subtracting.
 solution
 experiment
 expand
 balance
4.                a liquid mixed with a solid or gas to make a new substance.
 investigate
 solution
 expand
 balance
5.                to become smaller.
 contract
 metamorphosis
 invertebrate
 germinate
6.                to put in a dangerous situation.
 extinct
 endanger
 invertebrate
 pollinate
7.                the condition of being vibrated.
 extinct
 vibration
 food chain
 environment
8.                the act of dispersing or condition of being dispersed; dispersion.
 dispersal
 invertebrate
 food chain
 experiment
9.                everything that surrounds living things and affects growth and health; the natural world.
 invertebrate
 balance
 amphibian
 environment
10.           a small animal that is born in water and then lives on land for part of its life. Frogs and toads are kinds of __________.
 reptile
 amphibian
 sound
 endanger
11.           the protection of natural resources such as soil, water, or forests from harm.
 structure
 contract
 germinate
 conservation
12.           the changes in form of some living things as they grow. The change from caterpillar to butterfly or from tadpole to frog are examples of __________.
 pollinate
 metamorphosis
 reptile
 contract
13.           anything that people or animals hear with their ears.
 mammal
 sound
 conservation
 germinate
14.           an animal that has a skeleton with a backbone inside its body. Mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles, and fish are large groups of __________.
 mammal
 endanger
 balance
 vertebrate
15.           an animal that does not have a backbone or skeleton inside its body. Insects, spiders, worms, snails, clams, crabs, and squids are some kinds of __________.
 dispersal
 expand
 invertebrate
 reptile
16.           a test used to discover something not known, such as the cause of something.
 mammal
 contract
 balance
 experiment
17.           a series of living beings in which each serves as food for the next.
 balance
 solution
 food chain
 sound
18.           a kind of animal whose body temperature depends on the air or water around it. A snake is one kind of __________.
 environment
 reptile
 dispersal
 trait
19.           to look at closely so as to get information and learn the facts.
 sound
 investigate
 contract
 structure
20.           a characteristic or quality that makes a person or animal different from others.
 endanger
 trait
 vibration
 germinate
21.           to start or cause to start growth; sprout.
 structure
 amphibian
 germinate
 contract
22.           to move or carry pollen to a plant in order to fertilize the seeds.
 pollinate
 solution
 contract
 metamorphosis
23.           a thing that is made up of different parts that are connected in a particular way.
 structure
 environment
 pollinate
 contract
24.           an animal that has hair and feeds its babies with milk from the mother. Dogs, whales, and humans are __________.
 environment
 germinate
 mammal
 dispersal

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