Aquatic Biomes Crossword Puzzle
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QUESTIONS LIST:
- aquatic : water-based
- freshwater : water bodies with less than 1% salt
- saltwater : water bodies with
- pond : smaller non-flowing water systems; may be seasonal
- lake : larger non-flowing water systems; may last for hundreds of years
- rivers and streams : bodies of flowing water that move in one direction
- abyssal : deep-sea; 3,000-6,000 meters below the ocean surface
- estuary : partially closed coastal bodies where freshwater rivers or streams flow into it
- wetland : areas of standing water with aquatic plants that provide habitat for many species
- coral reef : limestone ridges found in tropical climates
- benthic : lowest level; sediment surfaces
- ocean : very large bodies of saltwater
- corals : the dominant organisms in the coral reef
- intertidal : where land meets the sea
- pelagic : depth of 0-200 meters underwater/open ocean
- brackish : slightly salty water, the mixture of river water and seawater
- source : point of river where temperature is always lower
- mouth : point of river where water becomes murky from the sediments picked up upstream
