Ecology Vocabulary

Large body of freshwater that is surrounded by land

• Estuaries

• Salinity

• Lakes

• Forest

Ecosystem containing many trees

• Estuaries

• Salinity

• Lakes

• Forest

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Area where the river meets the ocean

• Estuaries

• Salinity

• Lakes

• Forest

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Containing salt

• Estuaries

• Salinity

• Lakes

• Forest

All the living organisms in an ecosystem, such as plants, animals, bacteria, and fungi

• Estuaries

• Biotic Factors

• Abiotic Factors

• Forest

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Nonliving parts in an ecosystem (air, water, soil, temperature, and sunlight)

• Abiotic Factors

• Biotic Factors

• Grasslands

• Wetlands

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Ecosystem that is covered with grasses (Great Plains, savannahs)

• Abiotic Factors

• Ponds

• Grasslands

• Wetlands

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Small body of freshwater that is surrounded by land

• Abiotic Factors

• Ponds

• Grasslands

• Wetlands

Ecosystem that is both land and water (usually shallow—swamps, marshes and bogs)

• Abiotic Factors

• Ponds

• Grasslands

• Wetlands

Ecosystems that are found on land

• Terrestrial

• Ponds

• Grasslands

• Wetlands

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5