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US Grade 3 Coding Basics Test 1

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20 questions · All questions on one page

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K-12 Grade 3 Coding Basics Elementary School (Grade 3, USA Common Core) USA USA Common Core & NGSS
What is this test? for Grade 3 Coding Basics practice (Elementary School K-5, USA Common Core) — Elementary School (Grade 3, USA Common Core) level, USA.
Is this for you? This test is for Elementary School students (Grade 3, K-5) studying Coding Basics under USA Common Core — if you are in Elementary School, this is for you.
Section: K-12 Grade 3 Coding Basics · Education: Elementary School · Part: K-12 Grade 3 Coding Basics · Country: USA

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Question 1
What does a scientist do?
A) guesses only
B) only reads
C) never tests
D) asks questions and runs experiments
Question 2
What is an experiment?
A) a game
B) a song
C) a story
D) a test to answer a question
Question 3
What is data?
A) a toy
B) a color
C) asks questions and runs experiments
D) information collected in an experiment
Question 4
What is a robot?
A) a plant
B) a rock
C) an animal
D) a machine that follows programmed instructions
Question 5
What does a programmer do?
A) designs bridges
B) argues court cases
C) treats patients
D) writes instructions called code
Question 6
What is a computer program?
A) a sandwich
B) a book
C) a TV show
D) a list of instructions for a computer
Question 7
What is recycling?
A) wasting water
B) throwing trash
C) burning paper
D) turning used materials into new things
Question 8
What is pollution?
A) pretty flowers
B) fresh water
C) clean air
D) harmful substances in air, water or land
Question 9
What is a habitat?
A) where a plant or animal lives
B) a store
C) a school
D) asks questions and runs experiments
Question 10
What is an engineer?
A) someone who cooks
B) someone who sleeps
C) someone who designs and builds solutions
D) someone who sings
Question 11
What is a hypothesis?
A) an educated guess tested by experiments
B) a proven fact
C) a math error
D) a story ending
Question 12
What tool measures temperature?
A) a scale
B) a clock
C) a thermometer
D) a ruler
Question 13
What tool measures length?
A) a clock
B) a beaker
C) a thermometer
D) a ruler
Question 14
What is gravity?
A) the force pulling objects toward Earth
B) wind
C) sound
D) light
Question 15
What is the water cycle?
A) a recipe
B) a bike ride
C) water moving through evaporation, condensation, precipitation
D) a dance
Question 16
What is an observation?
A) running away
B) watching and noting what happens
C) sleeping
D) guessing blindly
Question 17
What is a model?
A) a small copy that shows how something works
B) a toy car only
C) a song
D) a painting
Question 18
What does 'dissolve' mean?
A) to burn
B) to break
C) a solid mixing into liquid, like sugar in water
D) to freeze
Question 19
What is a shadow?
A) a dark shape when light is blocked
B) a color
C) a sound
D) a light
Question 20
Why do plants need sunlight?
A) to sleep
B) to drink
C) to make food by photosynthesis
D) to hide

About This Test

For Elementary (K-5), Middle (6-8) and High School (9-12) in the USA — Common Core & NGSS-aligned Math, ELA, Science and Social Studies by grade level. Which grade is this for? K-12 USA curriculum.

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