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Grade Science Vocabulary: Habitats Unit

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Vocabulary in 3 rd 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?

Blue Ridge Cumberland Plateau Ridge and Valley Piedmont Coastal Plains

Cumberland Plateau Ridge and Valley Piedmont Coastal Plains Piedmont 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