aquatic science

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  1. 2. restore an electric charge to (a battery or a battery-operated device) by connecting it to a device that draws power from another source of electricity.
  2. 5. quality a measure of the suitability of water for a particular use based on selected physical, chemical, and biological characteristics
  3. 6. an area of land permanently saturated, or filled, with water. 4 - 12+
  4. 7. the fitness of a water source for a given
  5. 10. an interacting group of various species in a common location
  6. 12. refers to naturally occurring solutions containing large concentrations of dissolved, inorganic ions
  7. 13. oxygen the amount of oxygen that is present in water
  8. 14. physical rather than biological; not derived from living organisms.
  9. 17. a group of people living in the same place or having a particular characteristic in common.
  10. 19. an artificial lake where water is stored
  11. 20. zone to a reduced level of oxygen in the water
  12. 22. banks a natural process that occurs when the forces exerted by flowing water exceed the resisting forces of bank materials and vegetation.
  13. 23. any aquatic invertebrate animal having a shell and belonging to the phylum Mollusca
  14. 24. a body of water partially surrounded by land. 4 - 12+ Health,
  15. 26. a structure built across a stream or river to hold water back
  16. 27. water containing less than 1,000 milligrams per liter of dissolved solids, most often salt
  17. 29. a type of wetland ecosystem where water covers the ground for long periods of time
  18. 30. of, relating to, or occurring at the bottom of a body of water
  19. 33. an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land,
  20. 35. matter to the large source of carbon-based compounds found within natural and engineered, terrestrial, and aquatic environments
  21. 36. chemical compounds in food that are used by the body to function properly and maintain health
  22. 37. to confine within an enclosure or within limits
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  1. 1. areas where water covers the soil
  2. 3. refers to naturally occurring solutions containing large concentrations of dissolved, inorganic ions
  3. 4. the natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism.
  4. 6. matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid; dregs.
  5. 8. the variety of life and the ecosystems that make up the freshwater, tidal, and marine regions of the world and their interactions
  6. 9. an area filled with water, either natural or artificial
  7. 11. somewhat salty or briny
  8. 15. relating to or resulting from living things, especially in their ecological relations.
  9. 16. oxygen the amount of oxygen that is present in water
  10. 18. flowering plants that carry out their entire lifecycles underwater
  11. 21. a partially enclosed, coastal water body where freshwater from rivers and streams mixes with salt water from the ocean
  12. 24. islands a constantly changing deposit of sand that forms parallel to the coast
  13. 25. substance that an organism must obtain from its surroundings for growth and the sustenance of life.
  14. 28. the bed or channel in which a river flows.
  15. 31. the measure of relative clarity of a liquid
  16. 32. the branch of biology that deals with the relations of organisms to one another and to their physical surroundings.
  17. 34. resource materials or substances such as minerals, forests, water, and fertile land that occur in nature and can be used for economic gain.