Grade 3 Science · Motion and Patterns
Explore Grade 3 Science with five 10-question practice tests on position, speed, direction, repeated motion, data, graphs, patterns, and predictions.
These Grade 3 Science practice tests help students describe how objects move and recognize patterns in motion. Students explore position, speed, direction, repeated movement, data, graphs, and predictions.
Identify what changed: position, speed, direction, or time. Use measurements such as distance and seconds to compare motion, and look for repeated results before making a prediction.
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3. Test
A 10-question Grade 3 Science practice test on position, speed, direction, repeated motion, observations, data, patterns, and predictions.
Read each science question carefully. Identify the motion, measurement, force, repeated pattern, or data clue, then choose the best answer.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: A
The correct answer is Back-and-forth motion.
A pendulum swings back and forth around a central position.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: B
The correct answer is Circular motion around its center.
A wheel turns in a circular pattern around its center.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: C
The correct answer is They rise and fall in a repeating pattern..
Waves repeat their rising and falling motion.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: D
The correct answer is Day changes to night and then to day again..
The cycle of day and night repeats regularly.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: A
The correct answer is The second hand of a clock.
The second hand repeats its motion around the clock face.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: B
The correct answer is The Sun appears to move across the sky as Earth turns..
Changing sunlight direction causes shadows to change position.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: C
The correct answer is Cars may stop and go repeatedly at a traffic light..
Traffic lights can create a repeating stop-and-go pattern.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: D
The correct answer is A chair staying still beside a table.
A chair staying still does not show movement or a repeating motion pattern.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: A
The correct answer is Red, blue, red, blue, red, blue.
The first sequence repeats the two-color pattern.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: B
The correct answer is A repeated motion follows the same or a similar movement again and again..
Repeating movement can be observed in swings, wheels, waves, and clocks.
Motion is a change in an object’s position compared with a reference point.
Repeated patterns in measurements and observations help scientists explain results and make predictions.
The page includes five mini tests with 10 questions each, for 50 Grade 3 Motion and Patterns questions in total.
