Terrestrial and Aquatic Biomes

Aquatic ecosystems are

• water based ecosystems

• land based ecosystems

• cold ecosystems

• experience a lot of rainfall

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Terrestrial ecosystems are

• water based ecosystems

• land based ecosystems

• cold ecosystems

• experience a lot of rainfall

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Biotic factors are

• living things in an ecosystem

• non-living things in an ecosystem

Abiotic factors are

• living things in an ecosystem

• non-living things in an ecosystem

A cold, barren biome with long, harsh winters and short summers

• tundra

• deciduous forest

• rain forest

• savanna

This biome has 4 seasons and trees that lose their leaves each fall.

• tundra

• deciduous forest

• rain forest

• savanna

Found near the equator, this biome does not have seasons and is warm and wet year round.

• tundra

• deciduous forest

• rain forest

• savanna

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

An area that has fertile soil, tall grasses and very few trees

• tundra

• deciduous forest

• rain forest

• savanna

This biome is made up of trees with needles instead of leaves called conifers, has short, warm summers and long cold winters.

• tundra

• coniferous forest (taiga)

• rain forest

• desert

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Very hot during the day and cold at night, very little rainfall and is home to organisms that have adapted to living with very little water

• tundra

• coniferous forest (taiga)

• rain forest

• desert

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-3