Practice 3rd grade science words with a crossword puzzle and study sheet. This product consists of 5 crossword puzzles for kids. Each puzzle has 12 words, for a total of 60 science vocabulary words. All of the words in the crosswords are science words that third graders are expected to know. These 3rd grade science vocabulary words are recommended by the experts who published the NGSS national science standards. (See the list of words and definitions below.) Each crossword page includes a word bank and clues that are definitions; a separate page to be used as a study guide; and an answer key. You may like to use the crosswords as: morning work science centers test prep a dictionary lesson vocabulary builder Upon purchase you will be able to download the PDF document. You may use the crosswords for a single teacher's classroom. You may purchase additional licenses for other teachers. Please contact me if you have any questions. Best wishes for your continued success, Tina Brigham Forces balanced having equal amounts or parts of something unbalanced not having equal amounts or parts of something motion an act of moving object a thing that you can see and touch and that is not alive push to make something move forward or away from you predict to say that (something) will or might happen in the future pattern something that happens in a regular or repeated way magnetic having great power to pull or hold something force a strength, power or effect that can change something electric related to a form of energy that is carried through wires strength the state of being strong direction the path on which something is moving Check out my YouTube video presenting Forces 3rd Grade Science Words. Ecosystems survive to stay alive fossil something that is from a plant or animal which lived long ago organism one living thing environment the world around someone or something marine having to do with the sea tropical having to do with the part of the world where the weather is very warm arctic from or near the North Pole extinct no longer alive habitat the place where a plant or animal lives or grows depend to need something or someone to live temperature how hot or cold something is reproduce to make a copy of something that is the same or similar Life Cycles birth the time when a baby comes out of its mother growth the process of forming or getting bigger reproduction the process that produces babies, young animals, or new plants death the end of life life the period of time when plants and animals are growing and changing inherit to get from your parents when you are born trait a quality that makes one person or thing different from another offspring the young of an animal or plant parent a father or a mother sibling a brother or a sister species a group of animals or plants that are similar and can produce young animals or plants camouflage something that protects an animal from attack by making the animal hard to see in the area around it Weather and Climate weather the temperature and other outside conditions at a given time and place season a period of time during the year data a set of facts or information graphic a picture, drawing, or graph table a collection of information that is set up in rows and columns average not large or small, good or bad precipitation water that falls to the ground region a part of a country that is different from other parts in some way hazard a source of danger flood a large amount of water covering an area of land that is usually dry lightning flashes of light in the sky during a storm climate the usual weather in a place or region Engineering design to plan and make something for a purpose need must have something want to wish for something materials something that can be used to make something else cost the amount of money it takes to pay for or buy something variable something that changes or that can be changed model a usually small copy of something solution something that ends a problem criteria something that is used to make a decision constraint a limit test a set of questions that are used to measure or to learn something conditions the things that affect the way something is or happens