Water Quality

2. fairly large organisms that lack a spinal column such as worms, snails, and larvae of flies, dragonflies, etc.
3. the control and regulation of waste
6. To make harmful substances harmless
7. sediments suspended in water which cause the water to be unclear or cloudy
11. the water that is above ground in streams, lakes, rivers, and ponds
16. a nonliving part of the environment
19. the science of cultivation, maintaining, and developing forests
20. a stream of water that feeds into a larger stream, river, bay or ocean
22. feature of the Earth’s surface attributed to natural causes
23. water from rainfall and the melting of ice that runs along the ground.
24. all the biotic communities that live in an area together with the abiotic factors in the environment
26. a measure of the dissolved salts in a sample of water
27. water contained in aquifers underground in the porous or jointed bedrock
29. an area of high elevation that separates one watershed from another
30. the shape of a land surface, showing the positions and changes of elevations of the land such as mountains, valleys, and rivers
33. the carrying away of weathered rock sediments and soil by weather and water; a natural process where soil is lost and transported

1. alternate rising and falling of the surface of the water, and the area that is affected by this water level change
4. passing through periodically from one region or climate to another for feeding or breeding
5. a measurement of water pureness
8. a region or area where water travels downhill and ultimately drains into a large body of water
9. substances needed by organisms for energy, growth, repair, or maintenance
10. a rising and overflowing of a body of water onto normally dry land
12. the environment in which a particular species lives
13. free O2 molecules in water; important for aquatic animal life
14. a region of water where a freshwater source meets salt water from the ocean
15. an ecosystem in which the roots of the plants are submerged under water at least part of the year (i.e. marshes, bogs, swamps, etc)
17. the mixture of fresh and saltwater
18. to take in or suck or swallow up
19. a plain built up by stream deposition
21. a living part of the environment
25. small particles (usually rock) that settle to the bottom of a body of water
28. a river and all of its tributaries
31. all living things (plants, mammals, bacteria, fungi, fish)
32. a measure of the acidity or alkalinity of a liquid or damp substance (such as soil) The pH scale ranges from 0 – 14: 0 is the most acidic, 14 is the most alkaline, and 7 is neutral