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The Amazing Secrets of Living Things

Worksheet
Year 3
English

The Amazing Secrets of Living Things

A diverse natural ecosystem featuring a variety of living things including plants, flowers, and animals, illustrating growth and biological diversity.
A diverse natural ecosystem featuring a variety of living things including plants, flowers, and animals, illustrating growth and biological diversity.


What Makes Something Living?

Living things are amazing! From the tiny ants in the garden to the tall trees in the park, all living things share three very special secrets.
  1. Grow: Living things don't stay the same size. They get bigger and change as they get older.
  1. Respond: Living things react to what is happening around them. If it's too hot, they might move to the shade. If a plant is in the dark, it might grow towards the light!
  1. Reproduce: Living things make new versions of themselves. Animals have babies or lay eggs, and plants make seeds that grow into new plants.


Activity 1: Word Match

Instructions: Draw a line to match each characteristic to its correct meaning.
Characteristic
  1. Grow
  1. Respond
  1. Reproduce
Meaning
  • To make new living things (babies or seeds).
  • To get bigger and change over time.
  • To react to something in the environment.

Activity 2: Animal Babies

Instructions: Match the parent animal to how it reproduces (makes new life).
Parent Animal
  1. Mother Cat
  1. Mother Hen
How it Reproduces
  • Lays eggs that hatch into chicks.
  • Gives birth to live kittens.

Activity 3: Plant Power

Instructions: Match the plant's action to why it is responding to its environment.
Plant Action
  1. A flower closes its petals at night.
  1. A vine wraps around a wooden pole.
Why it Responds
  • It is touching something and wants to climb.
  • It is reacting to the loss of sunlight.

Activity 4: Growing Up!

Instructions: Match the young living thing to what it grows into.
Young Living Thing
  1. Tiny Acorn
  1. Small Tadpole
What it Grows Into
  • A jumping Green Frog.
  • A giant Oak Tree.

Activity 5: The Big Mix Challenge

Instructions: Match each scenario to the correct characteristic: Grow, Respond, or Reproduce.
Scenario
  1. A sunflower turns its face to the sun.
  1. A bean seed sprouts a small root.
  1. A butterfly lays tiny eggs on a leaf.
  1. You shiver when you step into cold water.
  1. A puppy gets too big for its collar.
Characteristic
  • Grow
  • Respond
  • Reproduce
  • Respond
  • Grow