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3rd Grade Natural Resources and Communities worksheets

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Natural Resources and Communities

Grade 3 Social Studies Worksheet - Building Confidence

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Circle the answer.

1.
Look at the picture. Which resource comes from the water at A?
- wheat
- fish
- wood
2.
Which of these is a natural resource?
- a plastic bottle
- a brick wall
- fresh water
3.
Which resource in the ground helps crops grow?
- beach sand
- salt water
- rich soil
4.
How do people use trees from a forest?
- to make glass windows
- to make metal cans
- to build homes and make paper
5.
Look at the picture. How can the water at A help a town?
- It gives sand for glass.
- It gives wood for building.
- It gives water for drinking and farms.
6.
Why should people not catch too many fish?
- Fish could run out.
- Fish would get too big.
- Boats would cost too much.
7.
Which resource can make electricity on a windy hill?
- wind
- soil
- fish
8.
What is a natural resource?
- something made in a factory
- something from nature that people use
- something sold only in stores
9.
Which resource will never run out?
- oil
- sunlight
- coal
10.
A town plants a new tree for each tree it cuts. What does this protect?
- the wind
- the ocean
- the forest

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About this worksheet

Natural resources and communities show how people use materials from the environment and make choices about conservation helps third graders connect civic, geographic, historical, economic, and cultural ideas to evidence from everyday communities. Students may name a resource but miss how it supports jobs, settlement, transportation, energy, or daily life in a specific region. This worksheet uses short, concrete situations instead of broad recall questions. Students identify natural resources, connect resources to community uses, explain conservation choices, and compare benefits with tradeoffs.

Support versions use familiar school and neighborhood examples. Standard and challenge versions add closer distractors and require more careful comparison. Encourage your child to read the situation first, name the social studies idea being tested, and then choose the answer that fits the evidence. If an answer sounds reasonable but does not match the title skill or the details in the prompt, it is a distractor. That habit builds stronger reasoning for maps, timelines, sources, communities, and economic choices.

What your child will learn

Identify natural resources
Connect resources to communities
Explain conservation
Recognize tradeoffs

C3 Framework standard: D2.Geo.4.3-5

Worked example

Fresh water can help a river town with drinking, farming, and transportation, so keeping it clean matters.

Common mistake

Treating resources as unlimited because they come from nature.

Helpful hint

Ask how the resource helps people and how the community can protect it.

Earlier: Cultures and Communities

Questions parents ask

What is the most common mistake with natural resources and communities?

Treating resources as unlimited because they come from nature.

How can I help my child with natural resources and communities?

Ask how the resource helps people and how the community can protect it.

Are these 3rd grade social studies worksheets free to print?

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