Grade 3 Unit 2 Lesson 2: Classifying Animals Flashcards

Vocabulary and text feature terms from Grade 3 Unit 2 Lesson 2: Classifying Animals.

kingdom

one of the top classification categories used to organize living things (kingdoms)

life cycle

the stages through which a living thing goes from birth until death

adapt

how populations change over time based on a particular environment or habitat

characteristic

something that makes a person, thing, or group unique (characteristics)

classify

to put things into groups based on similarities or type (classifying, classified)

Table of contents

lists an overview of what texts are in the Reader and where to find them

Heading

provides information about key topics in the text

Bold print words

shows important words or concepts in the reading

Photo and caption

visually shows what the text is about; caption describes the photo

Chart

summarizes information that is in the Reader

Map

shows specific areas that are talked about in the text

Glossary

gives the definition of select words

Diagram

labels places or the parts of something discussed in the text

vertebrates

animals that have a backbone

invertebrates

animals that do not have a backbone

Carolus Linnaeus

A zoologist in the 1700s who set up an animal classification system by grouping animals with similar features together.

Nouns

words that name people, places, or things

Common nouns

general nouns that are not capitalized

Proper nouns

specific nouns that are capitalized

Verbs

words that show action

Adjectives

words that describe nouns