Brackish Water Review 1

12345678910111213141516171819202122232425
Across
  1. 2. An abiotic factor of brackish water
  2. 7. Where a river flows into a virtually tideless sea
  3. 8. pull moon is the most impactful
  4. 13. regulates osmotic pressure to maintain homeostasis
  5. 14. lives mostly in salt water, born and spawns in freshwater
  6. 16. 1st and 3rd quarter moon tides
  7. 19. majority of organisms in brackish water
  8. 20. Human impact on sedimentation
  9. 22. very low oxygen levels
  10. 24. causes water furthest away from the moon to bulge
  11. 25. Estuary type formed by moving plates
Down
  1. 1. Estuary type caused by flooded river bed
  2. 3. A type of brackish water environment
  3. 4. protection from tides and predators
  4. 5. where river water meets the sea
  5. 6. creates "fine mud" in estuaries
  6. 9. rising tide
  7. 10. the place where the estuary has the highest salinity
  8. 11. Circular motion of water
  9. 12. influenced by topography, tides, and residual circulation
  10. 15. no oxygen available
  11. 17. ebbing tide
  12. 18. rugged flowering plant at the heart of salt marsh
  13. 21. the full and new moon tide
  14. 23. Waves that slosh