Bay Glossary Crossword

What is a group of primitive, non -flowering plants which include certain seaweeds and microscopic phytoplankton called
What is a mixture of fish and salt water called
What kind of fish migrate from their primary habitat to the ocean to spawn
What kind of organism breaks down dead or decaying organisms
What is a falling or lowering tide named
What is the study of interrelationships of living things to one another and their environment
What is an interactive system of a biological community and its non-living factors called
What is the wearing away of land surface by wind or water called
What is a rising tide called
What is a sequence in which energy as food is transferred from one group of organisms to another
What is a complex interaction of food chains in a biological community
What is a place where a plant or animal live
What is the name of the waters that are the source of a river
What is a low, wet grassland without trees, that is periodically covered by water
What is the name of free swimming aquatic animals such as fish
An inorganic nutrient essential for plant growth and reproduction when in oxidized forms
What are pollutants entering waterways from a general area such as runoff from farmland or suburban communities. called
What are chemicals (primarily nitrogen and phosphorous) necessary for organisms to live
What is the inorganic nutrient that is essential for plant growth and reproduction, that's excess can cause eutrophication, and problems are usually associated with farmland runoff, sewage, and detergents.
What is the process by which plants convert sunlight into living tissue using carbon dioxide, water, and nutrients
What kind of pollution is pollution from a definable source, such as an outfall pipe
What is the addition of substance(s) to an environment in greater than natural concentration as a result of human activity producing a net detrimental effect on the earth
What are rooted vegetation which grows beneath the water surface
What are periodic movements (raising and lowering) of a body of water by the gravitational attraction between the moon and sun with the rotation of the earth
What are streams and rivers that supply a larger body of water named
What is an area of land that is drained by a river or other body of water
What is the animal form of a plankton named
What is the measurement of the amount of dissolved salts in water usually measured in parts per thousand
What are particles which accumulation the bottom of a waterway
What is the measurement of waters cloudiness, it can be affected by sediment and plankton concentrations