Third Grade

Chapter 1 Lesson 1 Study Guide

1. Food, water, space, and gasses are all things that are needed
for living things to survive.
2. A microscope is a tool that is used to make smaller things look
larger.
3. Growing is another name to describe how things change with
age.
4. A plant would respond to light by bending towards that light.
5. Plants and animals that do well in hot climates and can survive
on litter water could live in a desert. Animals such as small
nocturnal carnivores would most likely be able to survive in the
desert. Plants would include cacti and different types of bushes.

Vocabulary: Use vocabulary words to complete sentences.

Carbon Dioxide Organisms

Cells Oxygen
Energy Reproduce
Food Respond
Grow

Living things are made of small parts called ________. Some

organisms are made of may _______________. Others are made of
only one ce..
Living things have needs. They need food for _______ to help
them move and ______. They need water to break down and
move ________ through their bodies. They need gases. Animals
get the gas _________ from air and water. Plants also need the
gas __________. Living things, or ______, have many characteristics
in common. They ______ when they are in danger or when they
get too hot. Living things _______ to make new plants and
animals. A thing without these characteristics is nonliving.