Science

Grade 3
Practice Test
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iLEAP Practice Test Grade 3

 Science Multiple-Choice Questions
Mark your answers for questions 1 through 40 on your answer
document. Mark only one answer for each question. On the real test,
you may write in your test booklet, but you must mark your answers in
your answer document.

1. A skillet for cooking pancakes Use the list below to answer

could be made of question 3.
A. plastic.
owl
B. rubber.
C. metal. dog

D. wood. snake

2. Lora measured the growth of 3. Which animal below is most

several bean plants for one closely related to the animals
month. Which question could in the box?
she answer by analyzing her A. spider
results? B. earthworm
A. Which plant grows fastest? C. snail
B. Do insects eat bean D. porcupine
plants?
C. When will the plants have
flowers?
D. How do plants make food?
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 4. What is the best way for a Use the chart below to answer
drummer to play louder? question 6.
A. Hit a smaller drum.
Talc Diamond Quartz Gypsum
B. Hit a larger drum. Talc
no no no
scratches:
C. Hit a drum with more force.
Diamond
yes yes yes
D. Hit a drum with less force. scratches:
Quartz
yes no yes
scratches:

5. Which of these is in the same Gypsum

yes no no
scratches:
food group as breakfast
cereal?
6. The chart shows the hardness
A. beans
of four minerals. Which
B. bread mineral is softest?
C. chicken A. talc
D. milk B. diamond
C. quartz
D. gypsum
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Use the picture below to answer 8. Which structure helps certain
question 7. plants make seeds?
A. stem
B. flower
C. root
D. leaf

9. Which of these activities could

help conserve natural
resources?
7. What is the mass of the A. burying trash
apple?
B. reducing the use of fossil
A. 100 grams fuels
B. 100 kilograms C. burning trash
C. 100 pounds D. burning coal instead of oil
D. 100 ounces

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 Use the picture below to answer
question 10.
11. The properties of soils
A. are different from place to
place.
B. are the same in all
environments.
C. are similar in all layers.
D. can only be observed with
scientific equipment.

12. Name a tool you would most

likely use to observe the
10. Which kind of simple machine roots of a plant.
is shown in the picture?
A. graduated cylinder
A. screw
B. magnifying lens
B. pulley
C. thermometer
C. inclined plane
D. pan balance
D. wheel and axle
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13. Which of these contains only 14. Which structures do both
natural materials? bluebirds and elephants
have?
A.
A. teeth
B. lungs
C. wings
soil
D. hair
B.
15. Ms. Villalta wets three papers
with different perfumes. How
could her students identify the
perfumes?
A. Smell the papers.
bottle B. Touch the papers.
C. Weigh the papers.
C.
D. Write on the papers.

pencil

D.
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 16. Which of the following Use the picture below to answer
changes is caused by question 18.
removing heat?
A. evaporation
B. condensation
C. melting 1 2

D. boiling 3

17. A rock is soft and has layers.

The rock is most likely
A. sedimentary.
18. Which location on the diagram
B. igneous. shows the esophagus?
C. metamorphic. A. 1
D. granite. B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
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19. Which invention has been Use the pictures below to
most useful to scientists who answer question 21.
study diseases?
A. binoculars
B. microscopes
spoon soil
C. magnifying lenses
D. telescopes

plate hand lens

20. Which of these describes the
function of a leaf?
A. water absorption 21. Eric is using these materials
to investigate what soil is
B. food production
made of. Which safety
C. support equipment does he need
D. protection themost?
A. goggles
B. gloves
C. apron
D. hair tie

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 Use the picture below to answer 23. Which of these products is
question 22. made from petroleum?
A. metal wire
B. glass jar
C. cardboard box
D. plastic comb

22. The student is using a model

to answer a question. Which
question could the model
best answer?
A. How many moons does
Jupiter have?
B. What causes day and
night?
C. Does Earth have any
moons?
D. Does Earth revolve around
the Sun?
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24. When water vapor condenses Use the chart below to answer
in the air, it forms a question 26.
A. solid.
Material Melting Time
B. gas. paper 20 minutes
C. cloud. rubber 35 minutes
D. shadow. aluminum foil 30 minutes
cloth 25 minutes

25. Which of these does a frog

26. Lorraine investigated how
most likely need in order to
certain materials insulated ice.
survive?
She wrapped different
A. a pond materials around ice cubes.
B. rocks Then she recorded the
melting times of the ice cubes.
C. soil
According to her results,
D. leaves which material was the best
insulator?
A. cardboard
B. rubber
C. aluminum foil
D. cloth

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 Use the picture below to answer
question 27.
28. What is the best way to
protect endangered animals?
A. preserve natural habitats
B. build houses
C. drain wetlands
D. cut down trees.

29. Your shadow is at its shortest

length of the day. What time of
day is it?
27. The fossil shown above was
found in northern Louisiana. A. early morning
What can you infer from this B. late afternoon
finding?
C. near sunset
A. The environment was once D. near noon
under water.
B. The environment was once
colder.
C. The environment was once
warmer.
D. The environment was once
drier.
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Use the picture below to answer 32. Which of these best shows
question 30. mechanical energy?
A.

B.
30. Andy pours water from a
measuring cup into a glass.
Which property of the water
changes?
A. volume
B. weight
C. texture
D. shape
C.

31. Which planet is farthest from

the Sun?
A. Mercury
B. Jupiter
C. Neptune
D. Mars D.
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 Use the picture below to answer 34. Which two properties are
question 33. most helpful for identifying
minerals?
A. luster, streak
B. size, ability to float
C. weight, shape
D. mass, width

33. Which body system does the

picture show?
A. nervous system
B. muscular system
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35. Valerie is classifying tiny 36. The brown pelican is no
organisms. Which tool will she longer endangered in
use to magnify her organisms Louisiana. What has helped
the most? itto recover?
A. A. laws to ban certain
chemicals
B. laws to remove certain
competitors
C. droughts
B. D. soil erosion

C.

D.

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 37. Which of these natural Use the chart below to answer
resources could be used up? question 38.
A. solar power
Animal Structure Function
B. wind power mammal lungs get oxygen
C. fossil fuels bird egg reproduction
D. ocean water insect exoskeleton ?
_________

38. Which of these best

completes the chart?
A. get food
B. get water
C. movement
D. protection
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Use the list below to answer Use the diagram below to answer
question 39. question 40.

A B
soil
plants
water
______
?

39. Abbie made a list of things to

put in her terrarium. What did C D
she most likely leave off her
list?
40. The diagram shows students
A. praying mantis playing a tug-of-war game. If
B. mushroom each student is pulling with
the same force, toward which
C. snail
dot will the flag move?
D. snake
A. dot A
B. dot B
C. dot C
D. dot D

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