Watershed Vocabulary

nonliving part of the ecosystem

• abiotic

• biotic

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

living part of the ecosystem

• abiotic

• biotic

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

ecosystem that has many different species

• delta

• biodiversity

• estuary

• habitat

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

landform made of sediment that is deposited where a river flows into a lake or ocean

• groundwater

• delta

• river system

• runoff

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

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

• turbidity

• marsh

• divide

• stream

all of the living population and nonliving parts of an environment

• estuary

• habitat

• swamp

• ecosystem

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

a coastal inlet or bay where freshwater mixes with salty ocean water

• estuary

• habitat

• pollution

• pH

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

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

• turbidity

• eutrophication

• ecosystem

• biodiversity

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

water that fills the cracks and pores in underground soil and rock layers

• river system

• stream

• groundwater

• runoff

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

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

• ecosystem

• estuary

• swamp

• habitat