Biosphere Vocabulary

The Greek word for life.

• Hydro

• Atmo

• Bio

• Geo

A dense forest with a large variety of species and abundant rainfall.

• Forest

• Desert

• Grasslands

• Rainforest

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Has short, wet summers and long, cold winters. Also known as a coniferous or boreal forest.

• Tundra

• Taiga

• Grasslands

• Rainforest

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

The process of growing, changing, and multiplying.

• Life

• Water

• Land

• Air

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-1

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS1-7

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Dominated by grasses instead of large shrubs or trees. Also known as prairies and savannas.

• Rainforest

• Taiga

• Tundra

• Grasslands

Consists of trees that lose their leaves during a specific season. It has four distinct seasons with average rainfall and temperatures.

• Desert

• Deciduous Forest

• Taiga

• Rainforest

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Has an extremely low amount of rainfall each year. There are four types of deserts: hot and dry, semi-arid, coastal, and cold.

• Tundra

• Grasslands

• Desert

• Deciduous Forest

Large communities on Earth with similar climates and organisms.

• Habitats

• Biomes

• Earth

• Ecosystems

Has very short summers, long winters, frozen soil called permafrost, and is extremely cold and dry.

• Tundra

• Taiga

• Deciduous Forest

• Rainforest

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1