Across
- 2. Plant grows at the surface and is not rooted to the bottom
- 3. Gill breathing bony animal with fins
- 6. macroinvertebrates invertebrate that lives on the bottom
- 8. Water quality indicator describing the general clarity of water
- 10. Soft bodied invertebrates that makes its own shell
- 11. plant grows in the water with some portion of the plant out of the water
- 12. water quality indicator that describes nutrient load
- 15. Soft bodied vertebrate that relies on water for part of its life cycle
- 19. occurs spring and fall when lake temperatures are the same at the top and bottom
- 21. first plant
Down
- 1. thermal layering of water in a lake
- 4. The load of silt, sand and gravel a river carries
- 5. Invertebrate with an exoskeleton
- 7. Increase in nutrient into an aquatic ecosystem resulting in algae bloom and ultimate deterioration of water quality
- 9. Bottom of the lake
- 13. series of regular sinuous curves in the channel of a river or other watercourse
- 14. Water quality indicator describing the acid or base of a body of water
- 16. animal larger that 0.5 mm without a backbone
- 17. Plant that has no real structure out of the water
- 18. measure of oxygen available to aquatic organisms
- 20. zone or area around the lake or river where groundwater reaches
