Ecosystem and Biome Vocabulary

What is the term for anything that relates to land or planet earth?

• terrestrial

• aquatic

• celestial

• aerial

What is the term for all of the nonliving parts of an ecosystem?

• abiotic

• biotic

• organic

• community

What is the term for a biome that gets little precipitation and has very little vegetation?

• desert

• rainforest

• tundra

• savanna

What is the term for all of the living parts of an ecosystem?

• biotic

• abiotic

• mineral

• climate

What is the term for an extremely cold climate located near the North and South Poles and on the tops of mountains; receives very little precipitation and has no trees?

• tundra

• savanna

• rainforest

• desert

What is a major ecological community such as grassland, tropical rain forest, or desert called?

• biome

• ecosystem

• habitat

• population

What is the term for a large naturally occurring area of land with largely evergreen forest vegetation found in northern sections of the Northern Hemisphere?

• taiga

• savanna

• steppe

• tundra

What is the term for all the living and nonliving things in an area that interact with each other?

• ecosystem

• organism

• habitat

• population

What is a forest containing trees that lose their leaves each year called?

• deciduous forest

• rainforest

• coniferous forest

• mangrove forest

What is a forest that is humid and rainy for much of a year called?

• tropical rainforest

• savanna

• desert

• taiga