Ecosystems Vocab #1

biological community of

interacting organisms and

their physical environment.

• ecosystem

• tundra

• chemical reaction

• physical reaction

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Land based ecosystems

that include forests and

grasslands.

• aquatic

• terrestrial

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Consist of many trees (with

needles or with leaves),

shrubs, grasses and ferns,

and a variety or animals.

Typically it gets more rain

than grasslands.

• rain forest

• freshwater

• saltwater

• forest

Contain black bear, deer, red

fox, vole, rabbit, and cardinals.

• weather forest

• rain forest

• deciduous forest

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

Includes panther, monkeys,

capybara, snakes, and spiders.

• deciduous forest

• rain forest

• ocean

Have fertile soil and are covered with tall grasses.

Usually gets a medium amount of rain, but less than

forests. Animals: prairie dogs, bison, and

grasshoppers.

• grasslands

• forest

• ocean

• saltwater

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

A desert is a large area of land, usually in a hot

region, where there is almost no water, rain,

trees, or plants.

• grasslands

• rain forest

• tundra

• desert

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

a treeless plain especially of arctic regions having a

permanently frozen layer below the surface soil and

plant life made up mostly of mosses, lichens, herbs, and

very small shrubs

• tundra

• desert

• rain forest

Water based ecosystems

may be fresh water (lakes

and ponds) or saltwater

(oceans, estuaries, and

saltwater marshes)

• aquatic ecosystem

• terrestrial ecosystem

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

water that is

not salty

• marsh

• freshwater

• saltwater

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4