Across
- 4. substance that provides nourishment essential for growth and the maintenance of life.
- 8. the process of eroding or being eroded by wind, water, or other natural agents
- 10. the quality or state of being different or diverse; the absence of uniformity, sameness, or monotony.
- 11. A body of water where saltwater and freshwater mix and its partially closed.
- 13. clarity when the water is clean so you can see through it.
- 15. A watershed is a area of land that drains into a body of water.
- 17. The Patapsco River mainstem is a 39-mile-long river in central Maryland which flows into the Chesapeake Bay. The river's tidal portion forms the harbor for the city of Baltimore. With its South Branch, the Patapsco forms the northern border of Howard County, Maryland.
- 19. plants considered collectively, especially those found in a particular area or habitat.
- 20. A multipurpose covering.
Down
- 1. a substance that pollutes something, especially water or the atmosphere.
- 2. related to water
- 3. the largest inlet of the Atlantic in the coast of the US: bordered by Maryland and Virginia
- 5. a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.
- 6. alot of piled up oysters
- 7. land consisting of marshes or swamps; saturated land.
- 9. a thing completely underwater
- 12. matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid; dregs.
- 14. small extension of a stream.
- 16. a large number of fish swimming together.
- 18. a simple, nonflowering, and typically aquatic plant of a large group that includes the seaweeds and many single-celled forms. Algae contain chlorophyll but lack true stems, roots, leaves, and vascular tissue.