rivers and streams

part of a stream where the water slows down, often with water deeper than the surrounding areas, which is usable by fish for resting and cover.

• benthos

• biodiversity

• Channel

• pools

• ephemeral

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

a stream that flows, dries up and flows again at different times of the year.

• mussels

• non-point source water pollution

• intermittent

• first-order stream

• point-source water pollution

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

a stream that flows for most or all of the year.

• headwaters

• perennial

• ephemeral

• current

water pollution that comes from a combination of many sources rather than a single outlet.

• benthos

• biodiversity

• channel

• current

• non-point source water pollution

the flat land on both sides of a stream, into which the stream’s extra water spreads during a flood.

• first-order stream

• flood plain

• head waters

• indicator species

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

a species that defines a trait or characteristic of the environment, including an environmental condition such as pollution or a disease outbreak.

• head waters

• indicator species

• mussels

• non point source pollution

the high ground where precipitation first collects and flows downhill in tiny trickles too small to create a permanent channel; where spring water flows from an aquifer and starts streams.

• head waters

• indicator species

• mussels

• point-source

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

a stream that flows, dries up and flows again at different times of the year.

• current

• ephemeral

• first-order stream

• flood plain

the part of a body of water continuously moving in a certain direction.

• channel

• current

• ephemeral

• first-order stream

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

the part of the stream where water collects to flow downstream, including the streambed, gravel bars and stream banks; also, a dredged passageway within a coastal bay that allows maritime navigation.

• benthos

• biodiversity

• channel

• current