Ecosystems Vocabulary

______________ : an area made up of all living things and nonliving things

• biotic

• ecosystem

• organisms

• population

_________________: living things in an ecosystem (Choose 2)

• organisms

• biotics

• community

• microorganism

______: nonliving things in an ecosystem

• abiotic factors

• biotic factors

A biotic factor is living parts in an ecosystem like plants, tigers, and frogs.

• True

• False

An abiotic factor is nonliving parts in an ecosystem like temperature, water, soil, air, and sunlight.

• False

• True

Choose an abiotic factor below.

• frogs

• tigers

• dirt

_______: ecosystems that are land based

• terrestrial

• aquatic

• organism

• community

_____: ecosystems that are water based

• terrestrial

• aquatic

• community

• population

Choose 2 aquatic ecosystems.

• lakes

• forests

• grasslands

• estuaries

Choose 2 terrestrial ecosystems.

• wetlands

• forests

• oceans

• ponds