Ecosystems Part 1

This means that my ecosystem is made up of water.

• Terrestrial

• Land

• Dirt

• Aquatic

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

If you went here with a jacket on you would surely burn up. It's really hot and dry. That's because it barely rains at all. Watch out for the prickly cactus thorns and the rattlesnakes.

• Rainforest

• Desert

• Grassland

• Dessert

If you go to the Amazon, you will be in this lush green place, with tall trees and lots of green plants. But keep your eyes open for monkeys, tree frogs, and jaguars.

• Grassland

• Desert

• Rainforest

• Forest

It's nice that we have four distinct seasons. I love watching the leaves change colors in the Spring and Fall. The deer and squirrels unfortunately like to cross the street at the wrong time. They must be trying to get away from the fox. Where am I?

• Forest

• Ocean

• Rainforest

• River

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-LS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

This ecosystem is home to many organisms that we have never seen or heard of yet. Only 10% of it has been studied. But what we do know is that it's home to sharks, whales, plankton, and coral reefs.

• Savanna

• Pond

• Estuary

• Ocean

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Have you ever been fishing? Did you see the frogs and dragonflies? I bet the frogs were sitting on a lily pad, trying to eat all the insects. The place we go fishing is small enough to be in the backyard.

• Pond

• Rainforest

• Lake

• Forest

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

This word means the ecosystem is on land.

• Watery

• Terrestrial

• Aquatic

• Salt Marsh

Which one means it has naturally salty water?

• Freshwater

• Saltwater

• River

• Stream

This place is so important to ecosystems. It's where commercial fishing happens. Many of the animals that live here must be able to survive in salt water. We even have some on the coast of North Carolina. The Tar River flows into the Atlantic too.

• Swamp

• Lagoon

• Estuary

• Ocean

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

This means that the water is not naturally salty.

• saltwater

• freshwater

• salt marsh

• sea

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4