| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| community | the group of living things of different species found in an ecosystem |
| ecosystem | all living and nonliving things that interact with one another in a given area |
| population | all the members of the same type of organism living in an ecosystem |
| biome | a large group of simlar ecosystems |
| climate | the normal pattern of weather in an area over many years |
| desert | a very dry area |
| taiga | an area that has long. severe winters, and short, cool summers |
| temperate forests | forests that experience four distinct seasons: summer, fall, winter, and spring |
| tropical rain forests | forests in regions that are very warm and very rainy |
| tundra | Earth's coldest biome |
| food chain | the description of how energy in an ecsosytem flows from one organism to another |
| food web | the description of all the food chains in an ecosystem |
