Quiz #1 ORSEA Wetlands Project Vocab HS-LS4-6

Describes the area surrounding an environment, the background.

• Ambient

• Ammocoetes

• Anadromous

• Attributes

Juvenile or larval lamprey...

• Ambient

• Ammocoetes

• Anadromous

• Attributes

Fish that hatch in freshwater, swim to the ocean to live most of their lives, and then return to freshwater to spawn are called _____ fish.

• Ambient

• Ammocoetes

• Anadromous

• Attributes

The qualities are characteristics of something...

• Ambient

• Ammocoetes

• Anadromous

• Attributes

A guide or value used for comparisons. The _______ is usually considered to be the normal range.

• Baseline

• Biodiversity

• Biomass

• Channel morphology

The variety of species in an ecosystem. A measure of how many different types of organism live in an ecosystem.

• Baseline

• Biodiversity

• Biomass

• Channel morphology

The total amount of living organisms in an ecosystem

• Baseline

• Biodiversity

• Biomass

• Channel morphology

The shape and direction of a river

• Baseline

• Biodiversity

• Biomass

• Channel morphology

The components or parts that make up something.

• Composition

• Correlate

• Culturally important species

• Decompose

A connection between two things or events

• Composition

• Correlation

• Culturally important species

• Decompose