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- 4. the term for a body of water PARTIALLY surrounded by land and is usually smaller and more enclosed by land than a gulf
- 6. a common aquaculture organism that is primarily used in cuisine for their legs but also in research
- 9. a slender marine organism that is part of the aquaculture industry
- 10. organisms have these that allow them to survive the daily tidal changes and changing water levels of bays
- 12. layer of wetlands soil where the plant’s leaves will float but its roots will be deep in the soil
- 13. a bay can also be named THIS with no mention of “bay” in the name
- 14. a type of bay formed by glaciers
- 16. wetlands soil is ___ or covered in water
- 19. the term for freshwater that moves into an estuary
- 20. a layer of wetlands soil where the ENTIRE plant will live under the water level
- 22. Bays tend to have calmer __ than gulfs because they are more enclosed by land
- 24. some bays have freshwater, some have brackish water, and some are _________- meaning they are salt water
- 26. developed due to a dramatic increase in food requirements for humans
- 27. newly hatched fish
- 29. Serve as “feelers” for fish that live in murkier water. The help fish look for food
- 30. a term that can be used to describe the water of some bays, means has no salt
- 32. how many bays are in Texas?
- 33. a common aquaculture fish that is originally from Africa and reproduce quickly
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- 1. a kind of bay that has saltier water than even MOST OCEANS!
- 2. the primary fin of the fish that allows the fish to move forward and helps control speed—it is the back/tail
- 3. the state of ___ used to have MILLIONS of acres of wetlands, but humans filled it in for industry. But some organizations are trying to re-establish them
- 5. it is __ to build over a wetland because of all of the codes and regulations and how the buildings must be structured
- 7. wetlands help reduce damage that would be caused by ___ because they act as a sponge by holding water, then releasing it SLOWLY back into the environment
- 8. part of aquaculture, a place where fish eggs are incubated and hatched
- 11. what is the most likely result of an area that has been developed on top of a wetland
- 14. wetlands act as a ___ because they have the ability to absorb many of these kind of pollutants and contaminants, store them, break them down, and in some cases even use them as nutrients to grow wetland plants
- 15. part of aquaculture, a human-made water structure used to house fish
- 16. part of aquaculture, a large net that hangs vertically and is used to catch fish out of raceways
- 17. the fin helps the fish in sharp turns or stops---it is on top of the fish
- 18. a broad term for any area at the mouth of a river
- 21. a term that can be used to describe the water of some bays, means that is has some salt content but not as much as an ocean
- 23. a common small aquaculture organism that is a bottom dweller AND scavenger that will feed on both PLANTS and ANIMALS
- 25. the largest bay in the world is the Bay of ___ located in India
- 28. another name for a bay that doesn’t have bay!
- 31. the ___ fin is the first fin on the ventral side of the fish