Earth's Biomes Vocabulary

2. an animal that hunts other animals for food
6. aquatic biome such as a pond, lake, stream, or river in which the water contains little or no salt
7. a series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy
11. an organism that can make its own food
14. the interactions of a particular species with its environment
17. a biome with four seasons, the trees shed leaves in the fall and grow new ones in the spring
19. the natural home or environment of an organism

1. a grassland that has scattered trees where seasonal rains, fires, and droughts happen
3. describes living factors in the environment
4. forests in which rainfall is abundant; more than 200cm per year
5. largest biome, most stable with little variation in temperature, provides most of Earth's food and oxygen
8. a community of organisms where there are several interrelated food chains
9. all the different populations that live together in an area
10. a group of similar organisms that can breed and produce fertile offspring
12. biome that has little or no plant life, long periods without rain, and extreme temperatures
13. describes non-living organisms in an environment
15. coniferous forests that have long, cold winters and the trees have needles instead of leaves
16. animal that is caught or hunted for food
18. a vast, flat, treeless arctic region in which the subsoil is permanently frozen