| Term | Definition |
|---|
| salinity | amount of salt in water |
| parts per thousand | ppt |
| refractometer | measures salinity |
| wetland | areas by water or near the surface |
| swamp | wet sand bottom |
| bog | spongy floor |
| marsh | tidal water |
| brackish | fresh and salt water combine |
| hydrophytic plants | plants that can survive frequent saturation |
| hydrology | presence of water above or within the surface |
| hydric soil | soil that develops over saturated conditions |
| algae bloom | blocks light |
| phytoplankton | tiny plants that float in water |
| everglades | fresh water mash |
| chesapeake bay | maryland |
| sediment | comes from farms and contaminates water |
| nutrients | too much plants will die |
| biotic | all organisms that live together and interact with each other |
| abiotic | all of physical features of enviorment |
| ecosystem | community of organisms and abiotic enviroment |
| carnivore | organism that eats only meat |
| herbivore | organism that eats only plants |
| omnivore | organism that eats both plants and meat |
| decomposer | break down dead things |
| consumers | have to eat |
| producers | make own food |
| autotrophic | self feeding |
| heterotrophic | different feeding |
| food web | very complex system |
| energy pyramid | loss of energy at each level of the food chain |
| zooplankton | animal roaming |
| detritus | decomposed material |
| bioaccumilation | proccess when DDT accumilates in animal tissue |
| biomagnification | higher the animal is on the food chain the higher amount of DDT there is |
Combine with other sets
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