1. Question of the Day
Unit 7 - Environment
3rd Grade

2. Name four places where fresh water can be found.
3rd Grade
Name four places where fresh water can be found.

3. 3rd Grade
What things are part of the environment in which you live? Identify which parts are living.

4. Match the environment with the correct description
3rd Grade
Match the environment with the correct description
woods *
*hot and dry
ocean *
*cool and shady
desert *
*cold and snowy
river *
*wet and flowing
mountain *
*deep and salty

5. Complete this statement with an appropriate word.
3rd Grade
Complete this statement with an appropriate word.
Smoke can pollute air in the same way that ________________can pollute water.
Which items can be harmed by pollution: animals, plants, stars, soil

6. What is wrong with this sentence? Rewrite it correctly.
3rd Grade
What is wrong with this sentence? Rewrite it correctly.
Humans don’t have to worry if all the plants become extinct because people could eat animals for food.

7. List 3 causes for each type of pollution.
3rd Grade
List 3 causes for each type of pollution.
Air Pollution:
Water Pollution:

8. Write the correct terms in the blanks.
3rd Grade
Write the correct terms in the blanks.
Only a few kinds of a certain animal are left. They would be called __________.
When a plant or animal is gone forever, it is said to be ___________.

9. 3rd Grade
Who’s Getting It Right? Read these 3 sentences carefully. Identify in which sentence the science work is used correctly.
*EXTINCT means that there is only half as many as there was when they were endangered.
*X met up with a skunk, so EXTINCT.
*After the last one died, the kind of bird was EXTINCT.

10. Tell what effect each cause might bring about.
3rd Grade
Tell what effect each cause might bring about.
Cause: Pollution causes dirty air Effect: ___________
Cause: Too many people dump oil---- Effect: ___________ the ground.

11. What’s wrong with this sentence? Rewrite it.
3rd Grade
What’s wrong with this sentence? Rewrite it.
Natural resources are made by people and can be renewed.

12. 3rd Grade
List 3 natural disasters that could change the environment for plants and animals.

13. Label the following at true or false.
3rd Grade
Label the following at true or false.
*Worms are beautiful animals.
*The elephant will never become extinct.
*A polar bear has thick fur.
*A desert gets less rain than a rain forest.

14. 3rd Grade
Write three things that could cause the extinction of a plant or animal.

15. How could “clearing” a forest hurt an animal?
3rd Grade
How could “clearing” a forest hurt an animal?

16. Which animal does best in a cold climate and why?
3rd Grade
Which animal does best in a cold climate and why?
buffalo
flamingo
alligator

17. extinct evaporated endangered
3rd Grade
A leopard is an ________________ animal because it may die out. Which word best fits the blank in the above sentences.
extinct
evaporated
endangered
List other animals that are in the same condition.

18. 3rd Grade
A predator is an animal that eats another animal called its prey. Give 2 pairs of examples that go together.