Unit 3 Vocabulary

Showing differences between two or more things

• Factors

• Saving

• Diverse

• Stewardship

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS3-4

NGSS.HS-LS2-7

A region of Earth where the climate determines the types of plants that live there.

• Habitat

• Wetland

• Biosphere

• Biome

The living & nonliving things that make up a given region on land.

• Terrestrial Ecosystem

• Conservation

• Diverse

• Aquatic Ecosystem

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

An area of land that is saturated, or soaked, with water for at least part of the year.

• Water Park

• Estuary

• Wetland

• Biome

The number and variety of different species in an area.

• Biodiversity

• Stewardship

• Population

• Organic Matter

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Dry and Warm biome that receives very little rain throughout the year.

• Rainforest

• Taiga

• Desert

• Tundra

The number & variety of organisms in a given area during a specific period of time.

• Conservation

• Competition

• Limiting Factor

• Biodiversity

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Things that affect the result or outcome of a process.

• Eutrophication

• Succession

• Factors

• Multiples

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A dense forest biome that receives a lot of rain throughout the year.

• Desert

• Rainforest

• Deciduous

• Tundra

The remains of living organisms, such as plants. and animals, that have decomposed.

• Pioneer Species

• Abiotic Matter

• Organic Matter

• Inorganic Matter