Eco 1 Vocab

water-based ecosystem

• aquatic

• terrestrial

• salinity

• brackish

• deciduous

land-based ecosystem

• aquatic

• terrestrial

• salinity

• brackish

• deciduous

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

amount of salt contained in water

• aquatic

• terrestrial

• salinity

• brackish

• deciduous

water with salinity levels higher than freshwater but lower than seawater

• aquatic

• terrestrial

• salinity

• brackish

• deciduous

tendency to fall off

• aquatic

• terrestrial

• salinity

• brackish

• deciduous

Oceans, wetlands and estuaries are all _____ ecosystems

• aquatic

• terrestrial

• salinity

• brackish

• deciduous

The rainforest, desert and deciduous forest are all _____ ecosystems

• aquatic

• terrestrial

• salinity

• brackish

• deciduous

Seawater or saltwater has very high _____ while freshwater has little to none.

• aquatic

• terrestrial

• salinity

• brackish

• deciduous

_____ water is found in ecosystems where a river empties into the ocean.

• aquatic

• terrestrial

• salinity

• brackish

• deciduous

The leaves on _____ trees typically fall off during autumn and grow back in the spring.

• aquatic

• terrestrial

• salinity

• brackish

• deciduous