3rd Grade Life Science Part 1 Vocabulary

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<p>reproduce</p>

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Life Cycles and Traits

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<p>reproduce</p>
<p>reproduce</p>

reproduce

when organisms make of their own kind

<p>life cycle</p>
<p>life cycle</p>

life cycle

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

<p>trait</p>
<p>trait</p>

trait

a characteristic of a living thing

<p>inherited trait</p>
<p>inherited trait</p>

inherited trait

traits that are passed down from parents to offspring

<p>acquired trait</p>
<p>acquired trait</p>

acquired trait

a trait that an organism gains from the environment

<p>variation</p>
<p>variation</p>

variation

differences in the TRAITS of the same types of living things

<p>behavior</p>
<p>behavior</p>

behavior

actions taken by animals to satisfy particular needs

<p>pupa</p>
<p>pupa</p>

pupa

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

<p>larva</p>
<p>larva</p>

larva

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

<p>tadpole</p>
<p>tadpole</p>

tadpole

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