STUDENT NAME. Science Grade 3. Read each question and choose the best answer. Be sure to mark all of your answers.

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1 FORMATIVE MINI ASSESSMENTS First Grading Period October STUDENT NAME DATE Science Grade 3 Read each question and choose the best answer. Be sure to mark all of your answers. Copyright 04, Texas Education Agency 1 When entering the science classroom, a student sees a lab setup as shown above. What should the student do next? A. Turn on the water faucet and fill the beaker. B. Start cutting the leaves into small pieces. C. Plug in the hot plate to warm it up. D. Wait for the teacher to give instructions. SAISD 03 Science FMA October 10 Page 1

2 2 Clay Sand 3 Which glass contains only a gas? A. B. C. Two soil samples shown above were tested to see how much water each could hold. One plastic bottle contained sand and the other contained clay. One cup of water was added to each container of soil. What most likely happened? A. Water flowed through both containers at the same rate. B. The clay and sand both held all of the water. C. The clay held more of the water than the sand. D. The sand held more of the water than the clay. D. SAISD 03 Science FMA October 10 Page 2

3 4 Clouds come in different sizes and shapes. The clouds shown above usually mean that A sunny weather is coming soon B hot dry weather is coming soon C rain and storms are coming soon D very cold weather is coming SAISD 03 Science FMA October 10 Page 3

4 Use the following information to answer questions 5 and 6. holes Making a Compost Pile 1. Place air holes in the top of a bag. 2. Place humus in the bag. 3. Place lettuce in the bag. 4. Place carrots in the bag. 5. Place worms in the bag. lettuce humus carrots redworms 5 A student placed all the items shown above into a plastic bag to make a compost pile. What would happen if the student forgot to add the worms to this system? A The air could not get into the bag. B The lettuce would not turn into humus as quickly. C The carrots would become larger. D The humus would disappear. 6 Why were worms added to the compost bag system? A. To help make more humus B. To help the lettuce grow C. To help the carrots get larger D. To help the worms grow SAISD 03 Science FMA October 10 Page 4

5 7 Select the best Celsius thermometer to show the temperature on a cold winter day A C B D SAISD 03 Science FMA October 10 Page 5

6 8 Students observed outside weather for eleven days and organized their information into a graph seen below. Sunny Cloudy Rainy Snowy What conclusion can be drawn about their weather graph? A. There were more snowy days. B. There were more sunny days. C. There were more cloudy days. D. There were more rainy days. SAISD 03 Science FMA October 10 Page 6

7 9 This balance is a measurement tool. Select the balance below which would show what would happen if a student filled one cup with dry humus and the other cup with wet humus. dry wet A. dry wet B. dry wet C. wet dry D. SAISD 03 Science FMA October 10 Page 7

8 10 A student wants to find out if hot water freezes faster than cold water. Which tool should be used in the investigation? A. Balance B. Camera C. Telescope D. Thermometer 11 Which picture below best shows the property of wet clay? The wet clay A falls apart B is a little sticky C can form a ball D is hard like a rock SAISD 03 Science FMA October 10 Page 8

9 12 Using the information in the calendar, which picture should be used to show the weather on the last day of the month? The radio predicted clear weather with a temperature of 37ºC. Sunny Partly Cloudy Cloudy Rainy Snowy Some images copyright 04 JupiterImages A. C copyright 04 JupiterImages copyright 04 JupiterImages B. D copyright 04 JupiterImages copyright 04 JupiterImages SAISD 03 Science FMA October 10 Page 9

10 Use the following information and picture to answer questions 13 and 14. Several different soil materials were mixed together with water. The soil materials settled for a few days. 13 Which of the following settled the fastest? A. Humus B. Clay C. Sand D. Gravel 14 When we shook up the humus, clay, sand, gravel, and water, we made a A. landform B. mixture C. physical property D. food chain SAISD 03 Science FMA October 10 Page 10

11 C C C Which chart below would you make to best represent the information on the thermometers above? A Thermometer What the Temperature Represents 1 Temperatures in San Antonio 2 When water freezes 3 When water boils B Thermometer What the Temperature Represents 1 When water boils 2 When water freezes 3 Temperatures in San Antonio C Thermometer What the Temperature Represents 1 When water freezes 2 When water boils 3 Temperatures on the Sun D Thermometer What the Temperature Represents 1 When water freezes 2 Temperature in the classroom 3 When water boils SAISD 03 Science FMA October 10 Page 11