APES Water Cycle

3. a mass of root tissue containing bacteria that convert nitrogen to energy useable by plants
7. undecayed vegetation
9. differing conditions from upper to lower layers
13. bogs that are mainly fed by groundwater
14. wetlands with trees
15. the process of turning from liquid into vapor
17. the draining away of water (or substances carried in it) from the surface of an area of land, a building or structure, etc
19. the path of water through our environment (not water cycle)
21. tiny, free-floating photosynthetic plants
22. sharp temperature boundary
23. the process by which green plants and some other organisms use sunlight to synthesize foods from carbon dioxide and water
24. a species variety of trees that grow in salt water
25. top level of a body water

1. low, narrow, sandy islands
2. shallow ecosystems in which the land surface is saturated or submerged at least part of the year
4. bays where rivers empty into the sea
5. the lowest level of a body of water
6. shallow wetlands that flood with seawater
8. areas of saturated ground, usually composed of deep layers of accumulated, undecayed vegetation
10. coral expels its algal partner and then die
11. depressions in rocky shorelines that are flooded at high tide but retain some water at low tide
12. Cells break up sugars to get energy they can use
16. rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls to the ground
18. moderately salty
20. carbon storage deposits