8.E.1.3 VOCABULARY

Terrestrial

• Nutrient
• Water
• Land

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Bio-indicators

• A measure of how acidic or how basic a liquid is
  
• An organism used to monitor the health of an ecosystem.
  
• a chemical that includes nitrogen and oxygen, often used as a fertilizer
  

Nitrate

• a chemical that includes nitrogen and oxygen, often used as a fertilizer
• A fertilizer containing phosphorus compounds
  
• Too many nutrients in a body of water frequently due to runoff from the land. It causes a dense growth of plant life and death of animal life from lack of oxygen.  (It can cause algal bloom.)
  

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Aquatic

• Land
• Water
• Heat

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

pH

• An organism used to monitor the health of an ecosystem.
• amount of oxygen that is present in the water
  
• A measure of how acidic or how basic a liquid is

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

Phosphate

• A fertilizer containing phosphorus compounds
  
• a chemical that includes nitrogen and oxygen, often used as a fertilizer
  
• A measure of how clear water is
  

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Eutrophication

• An organism used to monitor the health of an ecosystem.
  
• Too many nutrients in a body of water frequently due to runoff from the land. It causes a dense growth of plant life and death of animal life from lack of oxygen.  (It can cause algal bloom.)
  
• amount of oxygen that is present in the water
  

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Dissolved oxygen

• A measure of how clear water is
  
• A fertilizer containing phosphorus compounds
  
• amount of oxygen that is present in the water
  

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Thermal

• Heat
• Land
• Water

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-3

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Turbidity

• A measure of how acidic or how basic a liquid is
  
• a chemical that includes nitrogen and oxygen, often used as a fertilizer
• a measure of how clear water is