Ecosystems Vocab

anything that relates to land or planet earth

• terrestrial

• abiotic

• biotic

• aquatic

all of the nonliving parts of an ecosystem

• abiotic

• biotic

a biome that gets little precipitation and has very little vegetation

• tropical rainforest

• grassland

• desert

• taiga

all of the living parts of an ecosystem

• biotic

• abiotic

extremely cold climate located near the North and South Poles and on the tops of mountains; receives very little precipitation and has no trees

• taiga

• tundra

• grassland

• deciduous forest

a major ecological community such as grassland, tropical rain forest, or desert

• biome

• estuary

• marsh

• aquatic

a large naturally occurring area of land with largely evergreen forest vegetation found in northern sections of the Northern Hemisphere

• tundra

• taiga

• estuary

• salt marsh

all the living and nonliving things in an area that interact with each other

• biome

• ecosystem

a forest containing trees that lose their leaves each year

• deciduous forest

• tropical rainforest

• marsh

• terrarium

a forest that is humid and rainy for much of a year

• deciduous forest

• tropical rainforest

• marsh

• swamp