3rd Grade Vocabulary Assessment: Animal and Environmental Terms

What is animal behavior?

• Only the way animals eat their food

• The way animals move and interact with their surroundings and other animals

• Just the sounds animals make

• How animals look

Which of these best describes an environment?

• Only the plants in an area

• Just the weather in a place

• All living and nonliving things in an area

• Only the animals that live somewhere

What is growth?

• When an animal changes color

• When an animal moves to a new home

• When plants and animals get bigger

• The process of developing into an adult

What happens during hibernation?

• Animals travel south for the winter

• Animals store food for winter

• Animals sleep deeply through the winter

• Animals build new homes

Which word means to move from one place to another?

• Hibernation

• Migration

• Environment

• Growth

What is dormancy?

• When animals are very active

• When plants grow quickly

• A state of rest

• When animals eat a lot

What is a response?

• Something done in answer to something else

• A type of animal home

• A kind of plant

• A weather condition

Which is an example of animal behavior?

• A rock in a stream

• A tree growing taller

• A bird building a nest

• The color of the sky

Which shows migration?

• A. A bear sleeping all winter

• B. Birds flying south for winter

• C. A plant growing new leaves

• D. A rabbit eating carrots

What is an example of dormancy?

• A. A squirrel gathering nuts

• B. A bird flying south

• C. A tree growing flowers

• D. A tree losing its leaves in winter