3rd Grade Life Science Vocabulary

Reproduce

When organisms make of their own kind

Life Cycle

A series of changes a living thing goes through during a lifetime

Trait

A characteristic of a living thing

Inherited Trait

Traits that are passed down from parents to offspring

Acquired Trait

A trait that an organism gains from the environment

Variation

Differences in the TRAITS of the same types of living things

Behavior

Actions taken by animals to satisfy particular needs

Pupa

The life cycle stage an insect goes through between being a larva and becoming an adult

Larva

A young, wingless form that hatches from the egg of many insects

Tadpole

The young stage of a frog or toad that lives in water and has not yet developed legs or lungs