Ecosystems

all the LIVING parts of an ecosystem

EXTREMELY COLD climate, has no trees, near North and South Poles and on tops of mountains

biome with LITTLE precipitation and LITTLE vegetation (or plants)

biome with mostly EVERGREEN forest vegetation

a forest that has trees that LOSE their leaves each year

biome that is humid and rainy for most of the year and has the MOST DIVERSE plants and animals

a biome covered mostly with grass and a FEW bushes or trees

anything that lives/grows in WATER

large body of SALT water covers MOST of the Earth

a body of water near the coast where FRESH river water mixes with SALT ocean water

animal that ONLY EATS other animals

an animal that eats ONLY PLANTS (herbs)

an animal that eats PLANTS AND ANIMALS

an organism that makes its OWN food; it does NOT consume other plants and animals

an organism that eats other living things to get energy; does NOT produce its own food

the main energy source for life on Earth