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CBSE · Class 3 · Science

Plants and Animals Live Together

Standard difficulty · 20 questions · 40 marks · Time: 54 minutes

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Show your working for Sections B and C. Answers are on the last page — try every question first!

Section A — Choose the correct answer8 × 1 = 8 marks
1.
Soil is the topmost layer of the:
  1. sky
  2. moon
  3. sea
  4. Earth's surface
2.
Which animal raises its young in a hollow of a tree and hunts at night?
  1. owl
  2. leopard
  3. elephant
  4. crow
3.
Which of these animals lives in the soil?
  1. cow
  2. pigeon
  3. sparrow
  4. termite
4.
Which bird calls "cock-a-doodle-doo"?
  1. sparrow
  2. crow
  3. rooster
  4. duck
5.
Which of these is an INSECT?
  1. frog
  2. sparrow
  3. millipede
  4. grasshopper
6.
Which of these is NOT an insect?
  1. grasshopper
  2. spider
  3. termite
  4. honeybee
7.
A caterpillar eats 8 leaves every day. How many leaves does it eat in 7 days?
  1. 48 leaves
  2. 15 leaves
  3. 56 leaves
  4. 64 leaves
8.
There were 13 birds on a tree. 9 flew away and then 8 more came. How many birds are on the tree now?
  1. 13 birds
  2. 4 birds
  3. 30 birds
  4. 12 birds
Section B — Short answer8 × 2 = 16 marks
9.
What is soil made of?
10.
Name the animal that (a) drinks nectar from flowers with its long curved beak (b) lives in damp soil and comes up after rain
11.
Which bird makes each call? (a) "cock-a-doodle-doo" (b) "chirp chirp"
12.
Is it an insect? Write "yes" or "no": (a) earthworm (b) termite
13.
An insect has 6 legs. How many legs do 8 houseflies have in all?
14.
In a park, each of 9 trees has 6 birds' nests. How many nests are there?
15.
After the rain, Suma counted 11 earthworms near the mango tree and 15 near the neem tree. How many earthworms did she count?
16.
Suma watched a caterpillar for 10 minutes every day for 7 days. For how many minutes did she watch it in all?
Section C — Word problems4 × 4 = 16 marks
17.
Watch a plant for ten minutes. Name three animals you saw on or near it and say what each was doing.
18.
Near her plant friend, Suma saw 8 ants, 3 butterflies and 1 birds. (a) How many animals did she see in all? (b) How many more ants than butterflies did she see?
19.
Put these in the right order to show how a caterpillar becomes a butterfly: it comes out of the case; one day it stops eating; it rests inside a case; a caterpillar eats leaves; it flies away as a butterfly.
20.
How does each animal live with plants or soil? (a) elephant (b) woodpecker. Draw one of them.
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Plants and Animals Live Together · AW-3S-PAL-2026-V1 · For parents — fold back or tear off before handing the sheet to your child.

QAnswerWorking
1(d) Earth's surface—
2(a) owl—
3(d) termite—
4(c) rooster—
5(d) grasshopper—
6(b) spider—
7(c) 56 leaves8 × 7 = 56
8(d) 12 birds13 − 9 + 8 = 12
9Tiny pieces of broken rock, rotting leaves, roots and stems, and living and dead tiny animals.—
10(a) sunbird (b) earthworm—
11(a) rooster (b) sparrow—
12(a) no (b) yes—
1348 legs6 × 8 = 48
1454 nests9 × 6 = 54
1526 earthworms11 + 15 = 26
1670 minutes10 × 7 = 70
17Three animals with what each was doing (an ant carrying food, a bird resting …).—
18(a) 12 animals (b) 5 more ants8 + 3 + 1 = 12; 8 − 3 = 5
19a caterpillar eats leaves → one day it stops eating → it rests inside a case → it comes out of the case → it flies away as a butterfly—
20(a) eats grass and is the biggest animal on land (b) pecks holes in tree trunks to find insects—