Year 3 Science — This world of things
Say what the things around you are made of and where the material came from, sort solids from liquids and gases, and tell transparent from translucent from opaque.
Name: ________________________
1.Sort each of these into solids, liquids and gases.
Groups: Solid · Liquid · Gas
- Air
- Stone
- Honey
- Ink
- Spoon
2.In the chain game, what does the chapter give as the source that wood comes from?
- a) A rock
- b) A tree
- c) A field
- d) Sand
3.Where do the metals in the door hinges and nails come from?
- a) They are collected from the beds of rivers
- b) They are made by mixing sand with water
- c) They are grown in fields and then heated
- d) They are extracted from rock and sediment dug up from inside the Earth
4.The chapter closes with these pairs. Match each word to the thing it describes.
- Transparent
- Translucent
- Opaque
- a glass used in spectacles
- a plate
- a lamp shade made of paper
5.Tap the pane that shows a faint glow of the lamp behind it, but not its shape.
Write the number of the part.
6.The chapter says natural things may be alive or not alive. Which of these does it give as a natural thing that is not alive?
- a) A table
- b) A rock
- c) A pair of shoes
- d) A shirt
7.Sort these into things that exist in nature and things people have made.
Groups: Natural · Artificial
- Clothes
- Table
- Air
- Rock
- Shoes
- Water
8.Wood lets no light through. What does the chapter call a material like that?
- a) Flexible
- b) Transparent
- c) Opaque
- d) Translucent
Answer key — Year 3 Science — This world of things
- 1. Stone → Solid; Spoon → Solid; Ink → Liquid; Honey → Liquid; Air → Gas
- 2. b) A tree
- 3. d) They are extracted from rock and sediment dug up from inside the Earth
- 4. Transparent → a glass used in spectacles; Translucent → a lamp shade made of paper; Opaque → a plate
- 5. 2 — Translucent
- 6. b) A rock
- 7. Rock → Natural; Water → Natural; Air → Natural; Clothes → Artificial; Shoes → Artificial; Table → Artificial
- 8. c) Opaque