Biome/Ecosystem Vocabulary

This is a large region with similar ecosystems

• ecosystem
• biome
• ocean
• atmospher

The average weather pattern for a region over a period of time.

• Temperature

• Weather

• Climate

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

All of the living things in an environment

• Biotic

• Abiotic

• Decomposer

• Prey

All of the nonliving things in the environment.

• Biotic

• Abiotic

• Decomposer

• Producer

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A special role that an organism plays in the ecosystem

• Niche

• Biotic

• Biome

• Abiotic

The most specific group an organism can be classified into.

• Species

• Organism

• Producer

• Consumer

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

All members of a single species in an area at a given time.

• Population

• Ecosystem

• Biotic

• Consumer

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

All of the populations in an ecosystem make up what?

• Community

• Ecosystem

• Food Chain

• Biome