Wetlands Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 2. an animal with a backbone.
  2. 4. the study of the properties,distributation,and effects of water of the Earth and atmosphere.
  3. 6. thickness or opaqueness made by the stirring up of sediment.
  4. 7. an animal without a backbone.
  5. 12. refers to species of animals.
  6. 13. living on or growing near land.
  7. 14. a bottomland hardwood forest flooded by adjacent streams and rivers.
  8. 15. a substance that organisms require to live.
  9. 16. decaying plants and other organisms found in wet soils of the wetland provide nutrients for the food web cycle.
Down
  1. 1. an environment found at the boundary where the sea and river meet and mix fresh water and salt water.
  2. 3. many different species of animals,plants,and other organisms living in a certain area.
  3. 5. living or growing on or near the water.
  4. 8. the entire area drained by a stream and its tributaries.
  5. 9. dead plant animal and other organic matter.
  6. 10. an individual form of life, an animal plant,fungus,protistan,or moneran.
  7. 11. refers to species of animals.