Biomes and Ecosystems

A stable community that no longer goes through major ecological changes.

• Climax Community

• Ecological Succession

• Pioneer Species

• Eutophication

Ecological succession that occurs in areas where existing ecosystems have been disturbed or destroyed.

• Aquatic Succession

• Primary Succession

• Post Succession

• Secondary Succession

Forests that mostly consist of deciduous trees which lose their leaves in the fall and are the most common forests in the United States.

• Taiga

• Temperate Deciduous Forests

• Temperate Rain Forests

• Tropical Rain Forests

Ecological succession in new areas of land with little or no soil.

• Aquatic Succession

• Post Succession

• Primary Succession

• Secondary Succession

process by which a body of water becomes nutrient rich.

• Ecological Succession

• Eutrophication

• Nutrientfication

• Nutrient Logging

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Regions along coastlines where streams or rivers flow into a body of salt water.

• End Zones

• Estuaries

• Rivers and Streams

• Wetlands

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Cold , dry, treeless biome that can be found south of the North Pole and in High mountain areas.

• Deserts

• Grasslands

• Taigas

• Tundras

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A forest biome consisting mostly of cone bearing evergreen trees and thin acidic soil.

• Taigas

• Temperate Deciduous Forests

• Temperate Rain Forests

• Tropical Rain Forests

Moist ecosystems mostly in coastal area and are not as warm as tropical rain forests.

• Savannas

• Temperate Deciduous Forests

• Temperate Rain Forests

• Tropical Rain Forests

Aquatic ecosystems that have a thin layer of water covering the soil that is wet most of the time

• Estuaries

• Ponds and Lakes

• Rivers and Streams

• Wetlands