3rd Grade Science Review

Question 1

What is it called when gases rise and cool to form clouds?

Accepted Answer

condensation

Question 2

The inner planets are: Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 3

"It has not rained today" is an example of...

Accepted Answer

weather

Question 4

What is the difference between a magnet and an electromagnet?

Accepted Answer

Magnets are permanent. Electromagnets are not.

Question 5

When an electromagnet is formed, what is produced?

Accepted Answer

magnetic field

Question 6

Matter is anything that has mass and takes up space.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 7

What state of matter is this?

Accepted Answer

gas

Question 8

Which planets are outer planets?

Accepted Answer

Neptune, Uranus, Saturn, Jupiter

Question 9

A switch...

Accepted Answer

controls the flow of electricity by turning it on and off

Question 10

A tool used to measure air pressure

Accepted Answer

barometer

Question 11

A tool used to measure the amount of rain that falls

Accepted Answer

rain gauge

Question 12

Stored energy is ...

Accepted Answer

potential energy

Question 13

Which planets have a surface made of liquids and gases only?

Accepted Answer

outer planets

Question 14

The flow of electricity is called...

Accepted Answer

current

Question 15

The path along which electrons flow is called...

Accepted Answer

circuit

Question 16

The line that goes around the very middle of the Earth is called the...

Accepted Answer

Equator

Question 17

What is energy?

Accepted Answer

the ability to do work

Question 18

A tool used to measure wind speed

Accepted Answer

anemometer

Question 19

An insulator is...

Accepted Answer

something that DOES NOT allow electricity to pass through it easily

Question 20

What is it called when clouds get too heavy and water fall to the ground?

Accepted Answer

precipitation

Question 21

What is weather?

Accepted Answer

the temporary condition of the atmosphere at a certain time and place

Question 22

What is the flow of excess water over surfaces?

Accepted Answer

runoff

Question 23

The red line south of the equator is the...

Accepted Answer

Tropic of Capricorn

Question 24

A conductor is...

Accepted Answer

something that allows electricity to pass through it easily

Question 25

These penguins live in a _____ climate zone.

Accepted Answer

polar

Question 26

What cloud type is made of frozen crystals (snow crystals)?

Accepted Answer

cirrus

Question 27

What state of matter is this?

Accepted Answer

liquid

Question 28

What type of cloud produces a steady rain?

Accepted Answer

nimbostratus

Question 29

What happens when water is heated by the sun?

Accepted Answer

water evaporates

Question 30

A tool that shows wind direction- where the wind is coming from

Accepted Answer

wind vane/ weather vane

Question 31

More than one type of energy can be present at one time. (Ex. light and heat energy can happen at the same time)

Accepted Answer

True

Question 32

A wire...

Accepted Answer

is a path for electricity to flow

Question 33

The red line north of the equator is the

Accepted Answer

Tropic of Cancer

Question 34

Which planets are small in diameter and take a short time making one trip around the sun?

Accepted Answer

inner planets

Question 35

What cloud type produces severe thunderstorms?

Accepted Answer

cumulonimbus

Question 36

A battery...

Accepted Answer

is the power source

Question 37

These birds live in the ____ climate zone.

Accepted Answer

tropical

Question 38

Which planets have a ring system?

Accepted Answer

outer planets

Question 39

Which planets are called "terrestrial" because they are dense and rocky on the surface?

Accepted Answer

inner planets

Question 40

What state of matter is this?

Accepted Answer

solid

Question 41

Which is the cloud type that forms when a layer of air is cooled?

Accepted Answer

stratus

Question 42

When water rises, cools, drops, then continues over and over- it's called?

Accepted Answer

water cycle

Question 43

What type of cloud looks like a cotton ball?

Accepted Answer

cumulus

Question 44

"It usually rains in April" is an example of...

Accepted Answer

climate

Question 45

A closed circuit causes something...

Accepted Answer

to turn on

Question 46

The states of matter are solids, liquid, and gases.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 47

Matter can change states.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 48

What is climate?

Accepted Answer

the average weather at a place over a period of time

Question 49

Kinetic energy is...

Accepted Answer

energy from action or motion

Question 50

Which climate zone has all 4 seasons?

Accepted Answer

temperate

3rd Grade Science Review

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3rd Grade Science Review

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