Animals
Third Grade Curriculum
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traits
What an animal does or looks like
is called their animal……..
Classify or classifying means….
categorize
A long row of bones in the back of an
animal is called a……………..
backbone
An animal with a backbone is called a…
Vertebrae
An animal with no backbone is called an
Invertebrae
What are the two main groups of
animals?
1. Animals with backbones
(Vertebraes)
2. Animals without backbones
(Invertebraes)
Classify these animals as
Backbones or No Backbones
(Vertebrae or Invertebrae):
A lizard has
A backbone
A grasshopper has
A mosquito has
A dog has
No backbone
No backbone
A backbone
What are the five groups to classify
animals in?
mammals
birds
reptiles
fish
amphibians
What are we?
reptiles
What are we?
mammals
What classification do we belong to?
birds
What classification do I belong to?
mammals
What classification to we belong to?
amphibians
What classification do we belong to?
fish
What classification do we belong to?
mammals
What classification do these belong to?
reptiles
An animal that lives in water and
breathes through gills is a ….
fish
An animal with smooth wet skin is an….
amphibian
An animal with a dry body covered with
scales is a……
reptile
An animal that has feathers and is born
from eggs is called a……….
bird
An animal that has hair or fur on its body
and drinks its mother’s milk is called a…
mammal
A group of living things that produce
living things of the same kind is called
a………….
species
For example: a mom rabbit having baby
rabbits……rabbits is a species.
The order of the stages in an animal’s
growth is called a……………..
Life cycle
Baby, toddler, child, teenager, adult and
elderly is an example of a human life
cycle. What is a bird’s life cycle?
This is a…….
Life cycle
A place where animals live is called a
habitat
Animals working together in a habitat is
called a …..
biome
These are examples of……
habitats
The path that energy takes as one living
thing eats another is called a…..
Food chain
This is a ……
Food chain
An animal that eats another animals is a …
Carnivore
An animal that eats only plants is a ….
herbivore
An animal that eats both plants and
other animals is a ……
ominivore
Carnivore, herbivore or omnivore?
carnivores
herbivore
omnivore
herbivore
A network of food chains in an
ecosystem or biome is a …….
Food web
The length of time between birth
and death is called a……
life span
This is an example of a …..
Life cycle
A living thing that makes its own food
is a……
producer
A living thing whose food comes from
other living things is a …..
consumer
Egg, infant, child, adult, elderly is a
human…….
Life cycle