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This 8-card flashcard set covers four fundamental characteristics of living things for third graders: growth, reproduction, requiring nutrients, and reacting to the environment. Use it to introduce or review what makes something alive during a life science unit, or as a foundation for understanding organisms and ecosystems.

Subject:
Science
Topic:
Biology
Grade Level:
3rd Grade
Updated February 2025

Terms in This Set

  • Growth
  • Reproduction
  • Require nutrients
  • React to the environment
  • Growth
  • Reproduction
  • Require nutrients
  • React to the environment

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