Plants & Animals - Grade 3 Science Worksheet 9 - 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 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.
- Give reasons why a plant or animal might not survive if its habitat changes.
- Describe how a plant makes its own food using sunlight, water and air.
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
- Which animal has wings to fly?
- Animals that chew cud are called
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.