Marine Ecosystems Vocab

living

• biotic

• abiotic

• saltwater

• freshwater

• brackish water

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

non-living

• biotic

• abiotic

• saltwater

• freshwater

• brackish water

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

surface an organism lives on, or material an organism gets nutrients from

• substrate

• ecosystem

• community

• organism

• succession

ecosystem that has water at or near the surface of the soil for at least part of the year

• deep sea

• open ocean

• rocky shore

• benthic zone

• wetland

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

community of organisms and their abiotic environment

• substrate

• ecosystem

• community

• organism

• succession

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

populations of different kinds of organisms that live together in an area

• substrate

• ecosystem

• community

• organism

• succession

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

a living being

• substrate

• ecosystem

• community

• organism

• succession

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-1

NGSS.MS-LS1-3

water with around 35 g of salt per liter

• biotic

• abiotic

• saltwater

• freshwater

• brackish water

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

water with less than 100 mg of salt per liter

• biotic

• abiotic

• saltwater

• freshwater

• brackish water

mixture of fresh and salt water

• biotic

• abiotic

• saltwater

• freshwater

• brackish water

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4