Wetlands

2. sediments suspended in water which cause the water to be unclear or cloudy
4. a rising and overflowing of a body of water onto normally dry land
7. plains a plain built up by stream deposition
9. water the mixture of fresh and saltwater
10. alternate rising and falling of the surface of the water, and the area that is affected by this water level change
11. system a river and all of its tributaries
14. to take in or suck or swallow up
15. To make harmful substances harmless
17. the carrying away of weathered rock sediments and soil by weather and water; a natural process where soil is lost and transported
18. a nonliving part of the environment
19. passing through periodically from one region or climate to another for feeding or breeding
23. a region of water where a freshwater source meets salt water from the ocean
24. a living part of the environment
26. a region or area where water travels downhill and ultimately drains into a large body of water
29. management the control and regulation of waste
30. the shape of a land surface, showing the positions and changes of elevations of the land such as mountains, valleys, and rivers
32. all living things (plants, mammals, bacteria, fungi, fish)
33. a measure of the dissolved salts in a sample of water
34. substances needed by organisms for energy, growth, repair, or maintenance

1. 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)
3. water from rainfall and the melting of ice that runs along the ground.
5. the science of cultivation, maintaining, and developing forests
6. fairly large organisms that lack a spinal column such as worms, snails, and larvae of flies, dragonflies, etc.
8. quality a measurement of water pureness
12. feature of the Earth’s surface attributed to natural causes
13. oxygen free O2 molecules in water; important for aquatic animal life
16. all the biotic communities that live in an area together with the abiotic factors in the environment
20. a stream of water that feeds into a larger stream, river, bay or ocean
21. the environment in which a particular species lives
22. an area of high elevation that separates one watershed from another
25. small particles (usually rock) that settle to the bottom of a body of water
27. water the water that is above ground in streams, lakes, rivers, and ponds
28. water contained in aquifers underground in the porous or jointed bedrock
31. 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