Environmental Science Chapter 7 Review

Precipitation that can carry pollutants into aquatic ecosystems

• runoff

• dams

• estuary

• swamp

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Amount of dissolved salts in water

• benthic zone

• dams

• decomposers

• salinity

Wetland dominated by woody plants

• coral reef

• estuary

• swamp

• marsh

Area where fresh water mixes with saltwater

• swamp

• estuary

• coral reef

• dams

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Limestone ridges built by tiny animals

• swamp

• estuary

• coral reef

• dams

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Located near the bottom of a pond or lake

• littoral zone

• eutrophication

• benthic zone

• estuary

Organisms that break down dead organisms

• decomposers

• producer

• heterotroph

• comsumer

Increase in nutrients in an aquatic ecosystem

• swamp

• salinity

• overfishing

• eutrophication

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

Wetland dominated by non woody plants

• swamp

• marsh

• coral reefs

• dams

Aquatic zone found near the shore

• benthic zone

• littoral zone

• runoff zone

• swamp zone