front 1 Abiotic | back 1 a non living part of the environment |
front 2 Absorb | back 2 To take in or to swallow up |
front 3 Biotic | back 3 A living part of the environment |
front 4 Brackish Water | back 4 The mixture of fresh and salt water |
front 5 Dissolved oxygen | back 5 Free O2 molecules in water; Important for aquatic animal life |
front 6 Divide | back 6 An area of high elevation that separates one water shed from another |
front 7 Ecosystem | back 7 All the biotic communities that live in an area that together with the abotic factors in the environment |
front 8 Erosion | back 8 The caring away of weather rock sediment and soil, by weather and water; a natural process were soil is lost and transported |
front 9 Estuaries | back 9 A region of water were a fresh water source meet salt water from the ocean |
front 10 Flood | back 10 a rising and overflowing of a body of water into normally dry land |
front 11 Flood plains | back 11 a plain built up by stream dopsition |
front 12 Forestry | back 12 the science of cultivation maintaining and developing forest |
front 13 Ground Water | back 13 Water contained in aquifers underground in the porous or jointed bedrock |
front 14 Habitat | back 14 the environment in which a particular species live |
front 15 landforms | back 15 feature of the earth surface attributed to natural causes |
front 16 macroinvertebrate | back 16 fairly large organism that lack a spinal column such as worms, snails and larvae of flies; dragon flies |
front 17 migratory | back 17 passing periodically from one region or climate to another for feeding or breeding |
front 18 neutralize | back 18 to make harm substances harmless |
front 19 neutrients | back 19 substance needed by organisms for energy, growth, repair or maintanence |
front 20 organism | back 20 all living things "plants, mamals....¨ |
front 21 PH | back 21 a measure of the acidity or alkalinity of a liquid or damp substance - ¨soil¨ - range from 0 -14 ..... 0 being most acidic and 14 being the most alkaline and 7 is neutral |
front 22 River system | back 22 A river and all its tributary |
front 23 Runoff | back 23 Water from rainfall and the melting of ice that runs along the ground |
front 24 Salinity | back 24 A measure of the dissolved salts in a sample of water |
front 25 Sediments | back 25 Small particles ¨usually rock¨ that settles at the bottom of water |
front 26 Surface water | back 26 The water that is above the ground and streams, lakes, rivers and ponds |
front 27 Tidal | back 27 Alternate rising and falling of the surface of the water and the area that is affected by this water level change |
front 28 Topography | back 28 The shape of a land surface, showing the position and changes of elevation of the land such as mountains, valleys and rivers |
front 29 Tributary | back 29 A stream of water that feeds into a larger stream, river, bay or ocean |
front 30 Turbidity | back 30 Sediments suspended in water which causes the water to be unclear or cloudy |
front 31 Waste Management | back 31 The control and regulation of waste |
front 32 Water Quality | back 32 A measurement of water pureness |
front 33 Water Shed | back 33 A region or area where water travels down hill and ultimately drains into a larger body of water |
front 34 Wet lands | back 34 An ecosystem in which the root of the plants are submerged under water at least part of the year ¨ie. marshes, bogs, swamps¨ |
front 35 swamps | back 35 A area of land permanently filled with water |
front 36 marsh | back 36 an area of land where water covers ground for long periods of time |
front 37 eutrophication | back 37 nutrients saturated shallow algae and bacteria development |
front 38 thermal pollution | back 38 heated water released into a body of water |
front 39 Salt marshes | back 39 coastal wetlands |