3rd Grade Science Vocabulary: Habitats

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Vocabulary in 3rd Grade Habitats Unit

Habitat HibernateBalance TraitWetland MountainCamouflage ReproduceEnvironment DroughtSurvive MigratePiedmont Adaptation

What do we call the part of the ecosystem in which a certain kind of living thing survives?

Habitat

What do we call a high, raised part of earth?

Mountain

What do we call the region of Georgia that contains rolling hills and is located between the

Coastal Plains and the mountains?

Cumberland Plateau

Ridge and Valley

Piedmont

Coastal Plains

Blue Ridge

Piedmont

Cumberland Plateau

Ridge and Valley

Piedmont

Coastal Plains

Blue Ridge

What do we call not having too many or too few of any kind of living thing?

Balance

What do we call a long period of time with very little rain?

Drought

What do we call the living and non-living things that surround an animal or plant?

Environment

What do we call a feature of a plant or animal?

Trait

What do we call a place where the soil is often wet and spongy?

Wetland

What do we call going into a kind of deep sleep?

Hibernate

What do we call an adaptation which allows a plant or animal to blend in with its environment?

Camouflage

What is another word for staying alive?

Survive

What do we call traveling from one place to another and back again?

Migrate

What is another word for producing more living things?

Reproduce

What do we call a trait that helps a living thing survive?

Adaptation