Plants & Animals - Grade 3 Science Worksheet 1 - Free Printable
Download this free printable Plants & Animals worksheet for Grade 3 Science. Perfect for practice, homework, and classroom use.
Grade 3 Science practice
This printable Plants & Animals worksheet is part of the free WizKidsHub Grade 3 Science collection. Print it at home or in the classroom for extra practice.
What this worksheet teaches
- Explain how seeds are spread by wind, water, animals and bursting pods.
- Build simple food chains showing producer, consumer and predator.
- Explain how features such as beak shape, claws or thick fur suit an animal to where it lives.
- Compare life cycles that include a big change, such as caterpillar to butterfly or tadpole to frog.
How to use this worksheet
Draw food-chain answers with arrows, and say out loud what the arrow means: 'is eaten by'. Grade 3 students frequently draw the arrows backwards, which looks like a careless slip but is really a sign the arrow's meaning was never stated. One sentence fixes it for good.
Sample questions from this worksheet
- Which part of the plant is usually colorful?
- Which part prepares food?
Frequently asked questions
Why do the food-chain arrows keep getting reversed?
Because children read the arrow as 'eats' rather than 'is eaten by'. Say the phrase aloud each time an arrow is drawn and the direction becomes obvious.
Is this worksheet only about animals?
No. Grade 3 questions deliberately connect plants and animals - seeds spread by animals, food chains that start with a plant - because the link between them is the point of the topic at this level.
Does it include diagrams to label?
Most sheets in this topic mix labelling with short explanation questions, so your child practises both recognising parts and giving a reason.