Grade 3 · Science · Unit 13 of 15
Caring for Plants & Animals
Protect the plants and animals near you.
What your child practises
How plants and animals in local places depend on each other, and respectful, safe ways to watch and protect them.
Alberta Curriculum learning outcome: 3LS1.4 · protecting plants and animals in local environments
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
Beavers build dams that create ponds. Which animals might use the pond?
🦫- ducks, fish and frogs
- only penguins
- only camels
- no animals
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ducks, fish and frogs
Hint: A pond becomes a habitat for other living things.
Question 2
A bee house in a garden can help…
🐝- bees have to leave the garden
- bees have a safe place to nest
- flowers stop growing
- bees cannot find food
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bees have a safe place to nest
Hint: Habitat for pollinators helps plants too.
Question 3
Which small action helps a pond habitat?
🐸- pouring oil in
- throwing in rocks to scare fish
- adding litter
- keeping soap and paint out of it
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keeping soap and paint out of it
Hint: Clean water keeps pond life healthy.
Question 4
Why should we not feed wild animals such as bears or squirrels?
🐻- they love our food
- they forget how to sleep
- it makes them grow
- human food can harm them and make them lose their fear
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human food can harm them and make them lose their fear
Hint: Wild animals should find their own food.
Question 5
A local group counts the frogs in a pond every spring, with permission. What could they learn?
🐸- what colour the pond is
- the temperature of the Moon
- whether the number of frogs is going up or down
- how deep the Sun goes
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whether the number of frogs is going up or down
Hint: Tracking changes tells us if the habitat is healthy.
Question 6
A sign says “Do not pick the flowers.” Why?
🌸- so the plants can make seeds and grow again
- flowers do not need seeds
- flowers are made of paper
- the sign is old
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so the plants can make seeds and grow again
Hint: Picking all the flowers leaves no seeds.