Biome Vocabulary

All of the animals living in a partuclar area

• community

• ecosystem

• biome

• Terrestial

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

All the organisms present in a particular area, together with their physical environment

• community

• ecosystem

• biome

• aquatic

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

animal that preys on another organism

• predator

• prey

• parasite

• herbivore

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

any chemical that an organism must take from its environment in order to survive

• vitamin

• aquatic

• nutrient

• agriculture

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

climate without extremes of heat and cold

• tropical

• temperate

• desert

• aquatic

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

condensation of water vapor, such as rain or snow

• tropical

• temperate

• deciduous

• precipitation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

distance of a place from the equator, measured in degrees

• latitude

• longitude

• altitude

• attitude

geographical areas filled with a major community of plant and animal life

• community

• ecosystem

• biome

• terrestial

large scale cultivation of the land

• grassland

• desert

• agriculture

• terrestial

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

  loss of water by evaporation through the plant’s pores

• perspiration

• transpiration

• dehydration

• inclination

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1