Quiz #4 ORSEA Wetlands Project Vocab HS-LS4-6

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

Species that are very significant to local people and play roles in the diet, materials, medicine, cultural and/or spiritual values of communities.

• Composition

• Correlation

• Culturally important species

• Decompose

To become rotten or decay and break down into smaller parts.

• Composition

• Correlation

• Culturally important species

• Decompose

The breakdown or wearing down of something usually leaves something in a worse state.

• Degradation

• Density

• Diked wetland

• DNA

A measure of how much matter occupies a given amount of space.

• Degradation

• Density

• Diked wetland

• DNA