FES Types of Ecosystems

A type of ecosystem with many trees (with needles or with leaves), shrub, grasses, and ferns, and a variety of animals 

• forest
• grassland
• wetland
• estuary

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

An area of land that, at least part of the year, is under water. 

• forest
• grassland
• wetland
• estuary

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A type of ecosystem with brackish water. 

• forest
• grassland
• wetland
• estuary

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

A type of ecosystem that receives full sunlight because few trees grow there.

• forest
• grassland
• wetland
• estuary

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A type of ecosystem that help prevent flooding and erosion of the soil. 

• lakes and ponds
• wetland
• ocean
• estuary

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

A type of ecosystem that are large bodies of saltwater divided by continents. 

• lakes and ponds
• wetland
• ocean
• estuary

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

A type of ecosystem that is found where the freshwater rivers meet oceans. 

• lakes and ponds
• wetland
• ocean
• estuary

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Bodies of freshwater that are surrounded by land. 

• lakes and ponds
• wetland
• ocean
• estuary

Temperature of the water in these usually stays the same from top to bottom

• lakes 
• ponds
• ocean
• estuary

This type of ecosystem includes prairies, steppes,  and savannahs.

• ocean
• forest
• grassland
• wetland