Unit #5 Vocabulary

Salty, oceans, seas, etc.

• Marine

• Biome

• Freshwater

• Taiga

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

No trees, little precipitation, permafrost, lichens, mosses, sedges, a "cold desert"

Those six land areas with general rainfall, temperature, plants & animals, and other characteristics

• Terrestrial Biomes

• Aquatic Biomes

• Community

• Deserts

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Nonliving components of environment

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

All four seasons, leaf-loosing trees, maples & oaks

• Temperate Deciduous Forest

• Tundra

• Estuary

• Deciduous

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Evergreen trees, mostly conifers, waxy leaves, higher elevation, triangle, shaped trees, wet from melting glaciers forms bogs

Those three water environments with general features

• Aquatic Biomes

• Salinity

• Ecosystem

• Biotic Factors

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

All the living organisms (the different populations) in an environment.

Lower-end of a river where it meets the ocean (salt), fresh & salt water mixes.

• Estuary

• Salinity

• Biome

• Coniferous

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Open grasslands, few scattered trees, large game animals, also called pampas, praire, etc.