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Year 3 Science — Animals living around plants

Work out which part of a plant an animal is using and what for, and know what soil is made of and who lives in it.

Name: ________________________

  1. 1.What does the chapter say birds like owls use hollows in trees for?

    • a) Escaping the rain and nothing more
    • b) Storing food for the winter
    • c) Bringing up their young ones
    • d) Sharpening their beaks

  2. 2.Which insects does the chapter say you find on the top layer of soil, moving between the grass and the leaves?

    • a) Spiders, scorpions and centipedes
    • b) Butterflies, sunbirds and tailorbirds
    • c) Ants, termites, small beetles and grasshoppers
    • d) Bees, wasps, moths and dragonflies

  3. 3.Suma watched a caterpillar on a tagar plant for weeks. Put the changes she saw in order.

    • It came out as a butterfly and flew away
    • It ate tender leaves each day
    • One day it stopped eating
    • It formed a cocoon

  4. 4.The chapter says animals, birds and insects use parts of plants for three things. Which three?

    • a) Food, shelter and resting
    • b) Nesting, singing and hiding
    • c) Shade, water and warmth
    • d) Food, water and air

  5. 5.A barbet nests inside a dark hole in the trunk. Tap that part of the tree.

    Write the number of the part.

    1234

  6. 6.Which of these does the chapter say soil is made from?

    • a) Rock broken into tiny pieces, old leaves and stems, and insects living and dead
    • b) Sand carried in by the wind, and nothing else
    • c) Fallen fruit that has been crushed
    • d) Water and air pressed together underground

  7. 7.The chapter calls soil the topmost layer of something. Of what?

    • a) A forest floor
    • b) A field of grass
    • c) The Earth's surface
    • d) A river bed

  8. 8.Sunbirds and butterflies visit flowers to drink a sweet liquid. What is that liquid called?

Answer key — Year 3 Science — Animals living around plants

  1. 1. c) Bringing up their young ones
  2. 2. c) Ants, termites, small beetles and grasshoppers
  3. 3. 1. It ate tender leaves each day 2. One day it stopped eating 3. It formed a cocoon 4. It came out as a butterfly and flew away
  4. 4. a) Food, shelter and resting
  5. 5. 3 — Hollow
  6. 6. a) Rock broken into tiny pieces, old leaves and stems, and insects living and dead
  7. 7. c) The Earth's surface
  8. 8. nectar