When the Habitat Changes is a free printable Grade 3 science worksheet on judging a solution for living things when the environment changes, aligned to Common Core standard 3-LS4-4. It prints 2 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions, 14 of them with different questions, so no two pupils in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.

Set 12 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.

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Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. 14 of these 25 sets ask different questions — this skill does not have 25 questions to give. The rest reorder them, so no two pupils have the same paper in front of them.

When the Habitat Changes

3-LS4-4

NameDate

Write your answer. Use the checklist.

1.New paving covers the soil where worms lived. Judge a solution.

Name the solution
Say what the worms need
Say one drawback

2.A hedge is cut down and the woodlice lose their damp shelter. Judge a solution.

Name the solution
Say what it replaces
Say one drawback

LessonPrint · 3-LS4-4 · Set 12 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — When the Habitat Changes

Set 12. Prints on its own sheet.

1.A solution restoring soil the worms need, with a drawback such as less playground space.
2.A solution replacing the damp shelter the hedge gave the woodlice, with a drawback named.

More practice for 3-LS4-4

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to 3-LS4-4 of the Next Generation Science Standards.