1. Third Grade Science Vocabulary Review

2. Food Chain
The way that energy is passed from one organism to another

3. Predator
An animal that hunts another animal

4. Prey
An animal that is hunted by another animal

5. Producer
A GREEN PLANT that makes its own food

6. Consumer
Eats other things
ANIMALS

7. Herbivore
Eats only plants

8. Carnivore
Eats only meat

9. Omnivore
Eats BOTH meat and plants

10. Decomposer
Breaks down dead things
Bacteria or Fungi

11. Migration
Flying South for the winter

12. Hibernation
Animals going into a deep sleep for the winter

13. Mimicry
Copying another animals’ looks

14. Camouflage
An animal blending into its surroundings

15. Ecosystem
All of the living and nonliving things in an environment

16. Community
All of the living things in an environment

17. Population
1 certain type of organism

18. Evaporation When water is heated and changes in water vapor.
Liquid  gas

19. Condensation When water vapor cools and turns into liquid
CLOUDS ARE FORMED

20. Precipitation When clouds get heavy and liquid water falls to Earth
Rain, snow, sleet, hail

21. Solid
Has a definite shape and mass

22. Liquid
Has a definite mass and does NOT have a definite shape

23. Gas
Has NO definite mass or shape.

24. Natural Resource
Things that grow on the Earth

25. Renewable Resource Can be replaced or reused Plants and animals
Sun, wind, water

26. Nonrenewable Resource
Can not be replaced easily
Oil, coal, natural gas, metals, minerals

27. 5 Components of Soil
Humus
Rock Fragments
Sand
Clay
Silt

28. Layers of the Soil
Topsoil
Subsoil
Bedrock

29. Magnets They are attracted to iron, steel, or cobalt.
There is a north and south pole.
Like poles repel, or push apart.
Opposites attract, or pull together.