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Ecosystem Resources for Science 7 Classes


Britannica School: Ecosystem

Tundra
  • lemmings
  • herbs
  • grasses
  • dryas
  • saxifrage
  • willows
  • mosses
  • musk ox
  • caribou (reindeer)
  • arctic hare
  • geese 
  • ptarmigan
  • insects 
  • ravens 
  • gulls 
  • rough-legged buzzard (hawk)
  • ermine
  • jaeger (birds)
  • peregrine falcon
  • snowy owl
  • red fox
  • arctic fox
  • tundra


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Marshes, Ponds & Streams
  • silver maple
  • aspen
  • willow
  • seeds
  • American beaver / impact of beaver dams 
  • elk
  • deer
  • rabbit 
  • weasel
  • badger
  • pine vole (woodland vole)
  • swallowtail caterpillar
  • parasol fungus
  • bolete fungus
  • bobcat
  • black racer snake
  • marsh
  • pond
  • stream
Coastal Marine
  • kelp
  • sea urchin /issues caused by sea urchin
  •  crab 
  • octopus
  • small herbivore fish (ex: sturgeon)
  • carnivorous fish (ex: piranha)
  •  seaweed
  •  sea lions
  •  sea otter
  • orca (killer whales) 
  • abalones
  • phytoplankton
  • zooplankton
  • sea stars
Marine
  • ​phytoplankton
  • zooplankton
  • fish
  • seals
  • krill
  • sea birds
  • squid
  • penguin
  • leopard seal
  • elephant seal
  • orca
  • humpback whale
  • sperm whale
  • marine



Desert (Sonoran)​
  • long-nosed bats
  • white-winged doves
  • honeybees
  • gila woodpeckers
  • elf owls
  • house finches
  • saguaro cactus 
  • ash-throated flycatchers 
  • purple martins
  • red-tailed hawks
  • coyotes
  • cactus wrens
  • creosote bush
Hardwood (temperate)
  • ​white-tailed deer
  • red squirrel
  • sugar maple / about sugar maple roots
  • painted maple aphids
  • Asian long-horned beetles
  • tent caterpillars
  • robins
  • wasps
  • bitternut hickory
  • elk 
  • blackberry
  • purple martins
  • red fox
  • barred owl
  • osprey
  • copperhead
  • great horned owl
  • red-tailed hawk
  • saddled prominent moth 
  • scarlet tanager
  •  eastern chipmunk
Estuaries & Bays​
  • phytoplankton
  • underwater grasses
  • grass shrimp
  • Atlantic menhaden
  • zooplankton
  • American shad
  • great blue heron
  • blue crab
  • American sea turtle
  • eastern oyster 
  • striped bass 
  • white perch
  • osprey 
  • sandbar shark
  • ruddy duck
Grasslands & Meadows​
  • ​pollen (from grasses and flowers)
  • butterflies
  • spider
  • cardinal
  • robin
  • crow
  • bee mite (varroa mite)
  • honeybees and other native bees
  • squirrel
  • small lizard
  • rabbit 
  • grasslands and meadows

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