Ecosystems Vocab. Practice

Which word MOST NEARLY matches the definition:

a water-based ecosystem

• aquatic ecosystem

• grassland

• taiga

• freshwater ecosystem

• deciduous forest

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Which word MOST NEARLY matches the definition:

a forest biome with many trees that lose their leaves each fall (autumn)

• saltwater ecosystem

• taiga

• grassland

• deciduous forest

• ocean

Which word MOST NEARLY matches the definition:

a treeless biome of the far north (Artic Circle) with snow, ice and permafrost

• tropical rainforest

• deciduous forest

• ocean

• ecosystem

• tundra

Which word MOST NEARLY matches the definition:

a large body of freshwater surrounded by land

• tundra

• lake

• taiga

• freshwater ecosystem

• aquatic ecosystem

Which word MOST NEARLY matches the definition:

is made up of all the living and nonliving things in an environment, including their interactions with each other

• aquatic ecosystem

• ecosystem

• tropical rainforest

• pond

• forest

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which word MOST NEARLY matches the definition:

a land-based ecosystem

• terrestrial ecosystem

• pond

• saltwater ecosystem

• tundra

• tropical rainforest

Which word MOST NEARLY matches the definition: a small body of freshwater surrounded by land

• estuary

• lake

• grassland

• tropical rainforest

• pond

Which word MOST NEARLY matches the definition:

a body of water in which freshwater from a river meets and mixes with salt water from the ocean

• deciduous forest

• desert

• grassland

• freshwater ecosystem

• estuary

Which word MOST NEARLY matches the definition:

cool forest biomes of conifers

• freshwater ecosystem

• lake

• forest

• grassland

• taiga

Which word MOST NEARLY matches the definition:

large bodies of salt water divided by continents

• saltwater ecosystem

• forest

• ocean

• tropical rainforest

• taiga