Ecosystem Vocab Words

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Mixture of fresh and salt water in estuaries.

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Brackish

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Area where seawater mixes with freshwater along the coast.

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Estuary

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Water that is not salty like lakes and rivers

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freshwater

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Relating to the sea; has saltwater

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marine

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Areas with poor drainage, often shallow water.

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Wetlands

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Relating to water; living or growing in water.

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aquatic

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Relating to land or Earth

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terrestrial

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Organism's role in an ecosystem

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niche

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Natural home of an organism.

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habitat

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Group of organisms of a species that breed and live together.

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population