Freshwater Biomes

a geological process that occurs when natural forces like wind, water, or ice break down and move materials on the land's surface

• erosion

• weathering

• sedimentation

• deposition

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

a solid material that settles at the bottom of a liquid or is deposited by wind, water, or glaciers

• boulder

• sediment

• dam

• canal

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

describes a habitat in which organisms live in water

• terrestrial

• aquatic

• atmosphere

• biosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

describes a habitat in which organisms live on land

• terrestrial

• aquatic

• marine

• biosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

the amount of dissolved salts in a water sample

• brackish

• porosity

• retention

• salinity

water that is more salty than fresh water, but less salty than ocean water

• murky

• hyposaline

• hypersaline

• brackish

the top layer of water, which receives enough sunlight for photosynthesis to occur

• photic zone

• aphotic zone

• benthic zone

• floodplain zone

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

the layer of water that receives no sunlight

• photic zone

• aphotic zone

• benthic zone

• floodplain zone

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

the floor (bottom) of a body of water

• photic zone

• aphotic zone

• benthic zone

• floodplain zone

plankton that carry out photosynthesis; producers

• phytoplankton

• zooplankton

• chemoplankton

• thermal plankton

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3