rd
3
Grade Science
Vocabulary: Habitats
Unit
Mrs. Thornburg’s version
Vocabulary in 3rd Grade Habitats
Unit
Habitat
Balance
Wetland
Camouflage
Environment
Survive
Piedmont
Hibernate
Trait
Mountain
Reproduce
Drought
Migrate
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