Biome Unit Vocabulary

A behavior or physical characteristic that allows an organism to survive in its environment

• Adaptation
• Biome
• Ecosystem
• Climate

A group of land ecosystems that share a similar climate and similar organisms

• Adaptation
• Biome
• Ecosystem
• Climate

Weather pattern in a region including precipitation (rain, snow, sleet, hail) and temperature

• Adaptation
• Biome
• Ecosystem
• Climate

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The community of organisms that live in an area, along with their nonliving surroundings

• Adaptation
• Biome
• Ecosystem
• Climate

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Living factors included in freshwater, marine, and estuary

• Aquatic Communities
• Environment
• Permafrost
• Population

Living and nonliving things that surround an organism

• Aquatic Communities
• Environment
• Permafrost
• Population

Soil that is frozen all year

• Aquatic Communities
• Environment
• Permafrost
• Population

All the members of one species in an area

• Aquatic Communities

• Environment

• Permafrost

• Population

All the different populations that live together in an area

• Community
• Estuary
• Marine
• Terrestrial Biome

An area of Land that shares a similar climate

• Community
• Estuary
• Marine
• Terrestrial Biome