Types of Ecosystems

This ecosystem would have many trees.

• Forest
• Grassland
• Ocean
• Lakes/Ponds

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

This ecosystem contains salt water.

• Forest
• Grassland
• Ocean
• Lakes/Ponds

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

This ecosystem has very few trees and a lot of varieties of grasses.

• Forest
• Grassland
• Wetland
• Lakes/Ponds

This ecosystem receives direct sunlight all day because it has few trees.

• Forest
• Grassland
• Swamp-Wetland

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

This ecosystem receives very little rainfall.

• Forest
• Grassland
• Wetland
• Ocean

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

_________ are large bodies of saltwater divided by continents.

• Oceans
• Lakes
• Ponds
• Estuaries

_____________ are bodies of freshwater that are surrounded by land.

• Oceans
• Estuaries
• Lakes/Ponds
• Forests

__________ are areas of land that, at least part of the year, are under water.

• Forests
• Grasslands
• Wetlands
• Oceans

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Prairies, steppes, and savannas are all types of ____________. 

• forests
• grasslands
• wetlands
• estuaries

Swamps and marshes are both examples of ______________.

• forests
• grasslands
• wetlands
• lakes/ponds