Unit 6 Texas Aquatic Ecosystems

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Across
  1. 3. A body of water that is surrounded by land it can be fresh water or salt water.
  2. 6. an area of the Earth's surface from which water percolates down into an aquifer
  3. 9. plants and animals living in or on the bottom of aquatic habitats
  4. 12. oxygen dissolved in water, dissolved oxygen is important for fish and other aquatic animals
  5. 14. A body of rock or sediment that stores groundwater and allows the flow of groundwater.
  6. 17. water-saturated land area that supports aquatic plants
  7. 19. a deep inlet of the sea almost surrounded by land, with a narrow mouth.
  8. 20. a large natural stream of water flowing in a channel to the sea, a lake, or another such stream
  9. 22. water which is saltier than fresh water, but fresher than saltwater; often found where freshwater and saltwater bodies meet
  10. 24. Also known as Dead Zone --> result of cultural eutrophication and lack of oxygen where fish and other aquatic organisms die.
  11. 26. the tidal mouth of a large river, where the tide meets the stream mixing salt water with fresh water
Down
  1. 1. any substance that is made of living things or the remains of living things, a vital component of soil, affects turbidity
  2. 2. a large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply.
  3. 4. A wetland typically covered with grasses and no trees
  4. 5. The amount of biological or living diversity per unit area. It includes the concepts of species diversity, habitat diversity and genetic diversity.
  5. 7. small, solid pieces of material that come from rocks or living things, sand silt, clay... affects turbidity
  6. 8. the chemical, biological, and physical status of a body of water, salinity, pH, temperature, turbidity
  7. 10. A small, narrow river.
  8. 11. wetlands with trees and shrubs
  9. 13. long sand island parallel to the coast
  10. 15. water with about 3.5% salt content or greater; ocean water or seawater.
  11. 16. Bodies of fresh water (shallow, allows sunlight to reach the bottom)
  12. 18. A measure of how cloudy or clear water is...caused by sediment and dissolved solids
  13. 21. the bottom of a stream or river channel, the material affects the water quality
  14. 23. A natural source of water formed when water from an aquifer percolates up to the ground surface.
  15. 25. bodies of water, smaller than a gulf and nearly surrounded by land.