Plants & Animals - Grade 3 Science Worksheet 6 - 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

• Describe how a plant makes its own food using sunlight, water and air.
• 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.

How to use this worksheet

The hardest idea in Grade 3 is that plants make their own food rather than eating it from the soil. Before the sheet, ask your child where a plant's food comes from and note the answer. Work through the worksheet, then ask the same question again - comparing the two answers shows whether the key idea actually landed.

Sample questions from this worksheet

1. Which animal breathes through moist skin?
2. Which animal is the fastest runner?

Frequently asked questions

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.

My child says plants eat soil. How do I correct that?

Explain that soil gives water and minerals, while the food is made in the leaves using sunlight. A plant grown in water alone, such as a spring onion in a glass, is a quick and convincing demonstration.