Population Crossword

6. – soil and sediment being re-deposited after erosion
7. MARSHES – areas that frequently hold water
10. – the dumping of a load of soil and sediment by a river
12. - area where an organism lives that provides for all of its needs - space, water, shelter &
14. ocean
15. – the area where an organism lives (a home)
16. – the chemical and physical weathering away of soil and sediment
18. – an area with specific plants and animals unique to the area (ours is Coastal Prairies
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21. – grasslands
24. FLATS- a broad and flat land caused by the rising tide and exposed at its ebb
28. – a coastal waterbody where fresh water from rivers and runoff mixes with salt water from
29. – area dominated by grasses with scattered areas of trees
30. (a neighborhood)

1. – the biotic province for this area
2. WATER – an area where fresh and salt water mix together
3. SPECIES –A species naturally occurring in a given area
4. WATER- water found in the spaces between soil particles and cracks in
5. SPECIES - species that are not native to the Nueces Delta
8. – Dunes made of loam deposited by accretion on the opposite side of the prevailing wind
9. Marshes)
11. – the ecological role of an organism in a community (a profession)
12. – instrument used to measure salinity
13. – the study of plants and animals in relation to their environment
14. – has a single trunk and is at least 50’ tall at maturity
15. – a place where 2 or more ecoregions overlap
17. WATER – water with less than 0.5 parts per thousand dissolved salts
20. WATER –water above the surface of the land, including lakes, rivers,
22. SPECIES – an opportunistic native species that out competes others in the area
23. –relating to or living on the bank of a natural course of water
25. –anything that helps an organism to survive in its environment (a tool)
26. underground
27. ponds, and runoff