3.  Ecosystems includes living and non-living.
 Living things: Plants (flora), animals (fauna),
other organism, (fungi and microorganism).
 Organism form groups: Same species are
called population, population interact with
other and form a comunity
 Non-living: soil (with rocks and minerals), air,
water, sunlight, temperature, climate…

4.  Tundra: Is cold and very dry, are in the North Pole.
There are mosses and some grasses. Fauna typical
of tundra are reindeers, foxes, polar bears.
 Grasslands: Two tipes: Savannahs in tropical areas
and temperate graslands (pampa) are cold.
Examples of graslands elephants, zebras, jiraffes,
lions… and in savannahs dogs, wolves…
 Tropical rainforest: Are warm and wet all year long.
Some examples of flora and fauna are: Trees,
monkeys, ferns, snakes, parrots…

5.  Forest:
 Coniferous forest (COLD AREAS)
Plants evergreen trees (PINES).
Animals bears, deer, foxes…
 Temperate deciduos (lose their lives in
winter) Animals  Squirrels
 Mediterranean forest (In
mediterránean areas) Animals eagles
foxes.

6.  Marine:
 Coral reef: Lots of species
 Shoreline: Is the place when the land
and the soil meet. Plants and animals
have adapted to the strong tides waves.
 Open ocean: Is the large ecosystem on
the earth. Shark, fish, dolphins, whales.

7.  Freshwater:
 Flowing water: Rivers and streams. Fish,
crocodile, frog…
 Standing water: Lakes and ponds. Ponds
are smaller than the lake and don´t have
waves.
 Wetland: Is when the freshwater covered
the land.