Ecology Vocabulary

any living thing

• organism

• habitat

• abiotic factor

• community

step in a food chain or food web

• trophic level

• nitrogen fixation

• water cycle

• biome

Precipitation is average or low. Flat areas to grow things. Grass is more abundant than trees.

• tropical rainforest

• deciduous forest

• savanna

• temperate grasslands

Low rainfall. Temperatures can get very hot during the day yet go below freezing at night.

• temperate grasslands

• desert

• savanna

• tundra

Receives the most rainfall yearly. Most diverse species found here. Warm and humid

• tropical rainforest

• taiga

• desert

• savanna

May have rainy seasons. Tall grasses are found here. Large predators like lions are found here.

• desert

• temperate grasslands

• savanna

• deciduous forest

Mild winters and warm or moderate summers. Plenty of rainfall. Primarily has hardwood trees that drop leaves in winter

• desert

• deciduous forest

• tropical rainforest

• desert

Cold winters and mild summers. Forest of evergreens is the most abundant plant found

• tundra

• taiga

• deciduous forest

• savanna

Cold, long winters and cool summers. The soil remains frozen in a state called permafrost

• tundra

• taiga

• savanna

• desert

top predator that has to consume the most food to obtain energy

• producer level

• primary level

• secondary level

• tertiary level