Ecosystem Vocabulary Part 3

An organism that eats only producers (plant eater)

• herbivore

• carnivore

• omnivore

• species

An organism that eats only other consumers (meat eater)

• herbivore

• carnivore

• omnivore

• species

An organism that eats both plants and anaimals.

• herbivore

• carnivore

• omnivore

• species

Organisms that are the same type, have similar characteristics, and are capable of reproducing.

• herbivore

• carnivore

• omnivore

• species

The role each organism has in its habitat - this includes where they live, what they typically eat, and what typically eats them.

• niche

• species

• carnivore

• herbivore

A type of forest found close to the equator that has great diversity of organisms.

• Rainforest

• Wetland

• Mangrove forest

• Salt Marsh

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Includes swamps, bogs, marshes, prairie potholes, and floodplains.

• Wetland

• Rainforest

• Grassland

• Estuary

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

A large body of salt water that contains more varieties of species but less individuals.

• Tropical ocean

• Salt marsh

• Riparian marsh

• Estuary

An ecosystem that contains rich soil that allows growth of grasses (prairie, meadow, savannah)

• Grassland

• Coniferous forest

• Temperate deciduous forest

• Mangrove forest

A type of forest that has mostly needly and cone bearing trees (evergreens, pine trees)

• Coniferous forest

• Grassland

• Mangrove forest

• Wetland