Unit 3 Crossword Puzzle

Physical properties of the troposphere of an area based on analysis of its weather records over a long period.
Small plant organisms and animal organisms that float in aquatic ecosystems.
Strongly swimming organisms found in aquatic systems.
Bottom-dwelling aquatic organisms.
Partially enclosed coastal area at the mouth of a river where its freshwater mixes with salty seawater.
The area of shoreline between low and high tides.
Lake with a large supply of plant nutrients, mostly nitrates and phosphates.
Lake with a moderate level of plant nutrients, falling between the two extremes of eutrophic and oligotrophic.
Land area that delivers water, sediment, and dissolved, substances via small streams to a major stream.
Land away from the coast that is covered all or part of the time with freshwater.
Percentage or number of species that go extinct within a certain period of time.
A wild species with so few individual survivors that the species could soon become extinct in all or most of its natural range.
A wild species that is still abundant in its natural range but is likely to become endangered because of a decline in its numbers.
Variation of clear-cutting in which a strip of trees is clear-cut along the contour of the land, with the corridor being narrow enough to allow natural regeneration within a few years.
Extremely hot forest fire that burns ground vegetation and treetops.
Removal of trees from a forested area.
Land that supplies forage or vegetation for grazing and browsing animals, and is not intensively managed.
Destruction of vegetation when too many grazing animals feed too long on a specific area of pasture or rangeland and exceed the carrying capacity of the rangeland.
Unwanted fish, marine mammals, and sea turtles caught in the nets and on the hooks of commercial fishing fleets.
Catching fish in huge nets that drift in the water.