Third Grade Science Unit B Life Sciences Chapter 4 Living in Different Environments Lesson 1 What structures help plants and animals live and grow?
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1 Third Grade Science Unit B Life Sciences Chapter 4 Living in Different Environments Lesson 1 What structures help plants and animals live and grow? Unit B Chapter 4 Lesson 1 What structures help plants and animals live and grow? 1
2 carbon dioxide Unit B Chapter 4 Lesson 1 What structures help plants and animals live and grow? 2
3 a heavy colorless gas absorbed by plants and used in photosynthesis Unit B Chapter 4 Lesson 1 What structures help plants and animals live and grow? 3
4 The carbon cycle shows how humans breathe in oxygen released by plants and how plants take in carbon dioxide exhaled by humans. Use your teacher s explanation and the diagram of the carbon cycle to explain the process? In the carbon cycle,. Unit B Chapter 4 Lesson 1 What structures help plants and animals live and grow? 4
5 People get nutrients from the food they eat to keep them healthy and strong. Plants get nutrients from the soil. What context clues did you find? Nutrients are. Unit B Chapter 4 Lesson 1 What structures help plants and animals live and grow? 5
6 nutrients Unit B Chapter 4 Lesson 1 What structures help plants and animals live and grow? 6
7 providing nourishment Unit B Chapter 4 Lesson 1 What structures help plants and animals live and grow? 7
8 oxygen Unit B Chapter 4 Lesson 1 What structures help plants and animals live and grow? 8
9 a colorless and odorless gas that humans need to survive Unit B Chapter 4 Lesson 1 What structures help plants and animals live and grow? 9
10 Think about what you know about oxygen. Is it a solid, liquid, or gas? Tell everything you know about oxygen? What is it? Who needs it? Where do you find it? Oxygen is. Unit B Chapter 4 Lesson 1 What structures help plants and animals live and grow? 10
11 Animals that live in the wild need to build or find shelter that will protect them from the weather and other animals. What context clues did you find? Based on the context clues, a shelter is. Unit B Chapter 4 Lesson 1 What structures help plants and animals live and grow? 11
12 shelter Unit B Chapter 4 Lesson 1 What structures help plants and animals live and grow? 12
13 a dwelling place or home considered as a refuge from the weather Unit B Chapter 4 Lesson 1 What structures help plants and animals live and grow? 13
14 structures Unit B Chapter 4 Lesson 1 What structures help plants and animals live and grow? 14
15 parts of a body such as the bill, wings, or talons on a bird Unit B Chapter 4 Lesson 1 What structures help plants and animals live and grow? 15
16 Animal structures are the different body parts of an animal. For example, some bird structures are the bill, wings, and talons. Think about other animals and their structures. Name the animal and its structures? The structures of a/an are. Unit B Chapter 4 Lesson 1 What structures help plants and animals live and grow? 16
17 adaptations Unit B Chapter 4 Lesson 1 What structures help plants and animals live and grow? 17
18 a structure or ability that helps a plant or animal meet its needs Unit B Chapter 4 Lesson 1 What structures help plants and animals live and grow? 18
19 Animals have different adaptations to help them meet their needs. Walruses, for example, have a thick layer of blubber to keep them warm in cold temperatures. Think about other animals and their adaptations. Name an example of an animal adaptation? An example of an animal adaptation is. Unit B Chapter 4 Lesson 1 What structures help plants and animals live and grow? 19
20 An eagle uses its sharp talons as it swoops down from the sky to snatch up its prey. What context clues did you find? Based on the context clues, talons are. Unit B Chapter 4 Lesson 1 What structures help plants and animals live and grow? 20
21 talons Unit B Chapter 4 Lesson 1 What structures help plants and animals live and grow? 21
22 claws on a bird Unit B Chapter 4 Lesson 1 What structures help plants and animals live and grow? 22
23 camouflage Unit B Chapter 4 Lesson 1 What structures help plants and animals live and grow? 23
24 the act or result of hiding to deceive an enemy Unit B Chapter 4 Lesson 1 What structures help plants and animals live and grow? 24
25 An animal will use camouflage to hid themselves from its prey or its enemies. For example, an octopus will change the color of its skin to match the sandy ocean floor. Think about other animals and their way to camouflage. Name an example of an animal and its camouflage? An example of an animal and its camouflage is. Unit B Chapter 4 Lesson 1 What structures help plants and animals live and grow? 25
26 Third Grade Science Unit B Life Sciences Chapter 4 Living in Different Environments Lesson 2 What are different environments where things live? Unit B Chapter 4 Lesson 2 What are different environments where things live? 26
27 biome Unit B Chapter 4 Lesson 2 What are different environments where things live? 27
28 major areas that have a similar year-round weather pattern and support similar kinds of living things Unit B Chapter 4 Lesson 2 What are different environments where things live? 28
29 Biomes are major land areas that have similar year-round weather patterns and support similar kinds of living things. Think about the definition of a biome. What are some examples of biomes? Some examples of biomes are. Unit B Chapter 4 Lesson 2 What are different environments where things live? 29
30 One biome, called the chaparral, is made up of a dense layer of evergreen shrubs that grow well in both mild, wet winters and hot, dry summers. What do you think this word means? Chaparral is an area of land that. Unit B Chapter 4 Lesson 2 What are different environments where things live? 30
31 chaparral Unit B Chapter 4 Lesson 2 What are different environments where things live? 31
32 dense growth of shrubs or small trees Unit B Chapter 4 Lesson 2 What are different environments where things live? 32
33 coniferous Unit B Chapter 4 Lesson 2 What are different environments where things live? 33
34 evergreen trees or shrubs of the class that bear cones or drupe like seeds Unit B Chapter 4 Lesson 2 What are different environments where things live? 34
35 Christmas trees, or pine trees, are coniferous evergreen trees that people use to decorate their homes during the holidays. Use your prior knowledge about Christmas trees to describe the coniferous tree? One type of coniferous tree is the pine tree, it. Unit B Chapter 4 Lesson 2 What are different environments where things live? 35
36 Deciduous trees have beautiful full leaves during the summer, but shed their leaves before the cold, snowy winter. What do you think deciduous means? Deciduous describes. Unit B Chapter 4 Lesson 2 What are different environments where things live? 36
37 deciduous Unit B Chapter 4 Lesson 2 What are different environments where things live? 37
38 trees and shrubs that shed their leaves annually Unit B Chapter 4 Lesson 2 What are different environments where things live? 38
39 Third Grade Science Unit B Life Sciences Chapter 4 Living in Different Environments Lesson 3 How do living things survive in places with few trees? Unit B Chapter 4 Lesson 3 How do living things survive in places with few trees? 39
40 A grassland has many grasses and flowering plants but has very few trees. Use context clues and word structure to determine the meaning of the word? Based on the context clues and word structure, a Unit grassland B Chapter 4 Lesson 3 How is do. living things survive in places with few trees? 40
41 grassland Unit B Chapter 4 Lesson 3 How do living things survive in places with few trees? 41
42 an environment that has many grasses and flowering plants Unit B Chapter 4 Lesson 3 How do living things survive in places with few trees? 42
43 desert Unit B Chapter 4 Lesson 3 How do living things survive in places with few trees? 43
44 an environment that gets very little rain Unit B Chapter 4 Lesson 3 How do living things survive in places with few trees? 44
45 A desert is an area of land with an environment that gets very little rain. Use your prior knowledge and the definition to name some characteristics of a desert? Some characteristics of a desert are. Unit B Chapter 4 Lesson 3 How do living things survive in places with few trees? 45
46 The more northern parts of Alaska and Canada are tundra where winters are long and cold. What context clues did you find? A tundra is. Unit B Chapter 4 Lesson 3 How do living things survive in places with few trees? 46
47 tundra Unit B Chapter 4 Lesson 3 How do living things survive in places with few trees? 47
48 a cold, environment located in the most northern part of the world and on high mountains Unit B Chapter 4 Lesson 3 How do living things survive in places with few trees? 48
49 Third Grade Science Unit B Life Sciences Chapter 4 Living in Different Environments Lesson 5 How do living things survive in water environments? Unit B Chapter 4 Lesson 5 How do living things survive in water environments? 49
50 Squish! The mucky ground in a wetland would get your feet wet in a hurry!. Use context clues and word structure to determine the meaning of a wetland? A wetland is. Unit B Chapter 4 Lesson 5 How do living things survive in water? 50
51 wetland Unit B Chapter 4 Lesson 5 How do living things survive in water? 51
52 an low area that is covered by water at least part of the year Unit B Chapter 4 Lesson 5 How do living things survive in water? 52
53 tides Unit B Chapter 4 Lesson 5 How do living things survive in water? 53
54 the inflow, outflow or current of water at any given place resulting from the waves of tides Unit B Chapter 4 Lesson 5 How do living things survive in water? 54
55 Tides are the inflow, outflow or current of water at any given place resulting from the waves. Use the definition and teacher explanation to give your definition of tides? Tides are. Unit B Chapter 4 Lesson 5 How do living things survive in water? 55
56 Fish and other sea creatures use gills to breathe under water. What do you think this word means? Gills are. Unit B Chapter 4 Lesson 5 How do living things survive in water? 56
57 gills Unit B Chapter 4 Lesson 5 How do living things survive in water? 57
58 the respiratory organ of aquatic animals Unit B Chapter 4 Lesson 5 How do living things survive in water? 58
59 In the deep water, algae called kelp form underwater forests that are home for many different animals. What context clues did you find? Algae are. Unit B Chapter 4 Lesson 5 How do living things survive in water? 59
60 algae Unit B Chapter 4 Lesson 5 How do living things survive in water? 60
61 an aquatic plantlike organism that grows in the ocean Unit B Chapter 4 Lesson 5 How do living things survive in water? 61
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