Watershed 6.8 Unit

Abiotic

• Biotic
• Living
• Organic
• Nonliving

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Biodiversity

• Variety of life forms on Earth. Different species in an area.

• The process of photosynthesis.

• The study of the human body
• Different types of rocks

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Biotic

• Chemical compounds
• Not part of an ecosystem.

• Non-living organisms or their products
• Living organisms or their products

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

A ridge of land that separates one drainage basin or watershed from another:

• Divide

• Estuary

• Delta

• valley

Match the following

• Increase in algae.

• Abiotic

• Nonliving

• Estuary

• Where freshwater and salt water mix.

• Biotic

• Living

• Eutrophication

• All of the parts of an environment.

• Ecosystem

A coastal inlet where freshwater mixes with salty ocean water:

• Delta

• Ecosystem

• Estuary

• Habitat

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

The process by which nutrients in a lake build up over time, causing an increase in the growth of algae.

• Eutrophication

• Meander

• Pollution

• Salinity

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Water that fills the cracks and pores in underground soil and rock layers.

• Runoff

• Groundwater

• River system

• stream

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The place where an organism lives and that provides the things it needs to survive.

• Estuary

• Meander

• Habitat

• Delta

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

How ​ (a)   or basic a substance is, measured on a scale of 1 to ​ (b)  

• acidic
• 14
• 7
• strong
• salty