3rd Grade Science Vocabulary:
Animals & Plants of Georgia
Mrs. Thornburg’s version
Vocabulary in 3rd Grade Animals &
Plants of Georgia
Habitat
Balance
Wetland
Camouflage
Environment
Survive
Piedmont
Ecosystem
Coastal Plain
Hibernation
Trait
Mountain
Reproduce
Drought
Migration
Adaptation
Mimicry
What do we call the place in an ecosystem where
a plant or animal lives?
Habitat
What do we call a high, raised part of Earth’s
surface?
Mountain
What do we call the region of Georgia that
contains rolling hills and is located between the
coastal plain 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 everything that surrounds a living
thing?
Environment
What do we call a characteristic or feature of a
plant or animal?
Trait
What do we call land that is covered with water
most of the time?
Wetland
What do we call spending cold times in an inactive
or resting state?
Hibernation
What do we call hiding or disguising something by
covering it up or changing the way it looks so it
blends with its environment?
Camouflage
What is another word for “to stay alive”?
Survive
What do we call traveling from one region or
climate to another and then back again?
Migration
What is another word for “to produce (make) new
living things?
Reproduce
What do we call a feature that helps a living thing
survive?
Adaptation
What do we call imitating the appearance or
behavior of a different, more dangerous animal for
protection?
Mimicry
What do we call all living and non-living things that
interact in one place?
Ecosystem
What do we call an area of low, flat land near an
ocean?
Coastal plain