Biomes, Ecosystems, Aquatic Ecosystems

_________ are a land area that is saturated with water, either seasonally or permanently

What is a glacier that spreads over land in all directions?

_______________ is an area of land that drains into a river or lake

Any large mass of ice that forms on land is called

Process which sediments are pressed together under pressure of their own weight

All of the living (biotic) and nonliving (biotic) interacting in an area

In which ecosystem would an organism adapted to daily changes in salinity be found?

Water above the surface of land such as lakes, rivers, streams, ponds, floodwater and runoff

Process which a community of organisms slowly replaces another in a certain area

Water with less than 0.2 percent salt dissolved in it is called

What is salinity?

Process which minerals precipitate into spaces between sediment binding sediments forming rock

Marshes, bogs, saltwater flats are ___________.

How well rock or sediment lets water pass through is called

Weathering ins the breaking down of rocks into sediment

Regions that are characterized by climate and geography

Data shows that Earth's temperature rises as the level of _____________ rises.

The biggest human impact to ecosystems is_____________.

Process moving weather rock from one location to another

Two abiotic factors in aquatic ecosystems are -

What is a large body of water surrounded by land?

Which ecosystem would not be classified as a freshwater ecosystem?

Rivers characteristically are _______ flowing water.

_________ Is an area above water at low tide and under water at high tide.

Snow and ice keep the Earth's temperture low by_____________ sunlight

__________ are the first organisms to live in an area

An aquifer is an underground layer of rock or soil that holds water

Porosity is a measure of _________in a rock or sediment

Ecosystems such as rivers, lakes, streams, ponds.

The upper limit of soil that is saturated with groundwater beneath the Earth's surface is the

More than 2/3 of the Earth's freshwater is

Streams are usually___________in clarity.

Water that fills the cracs and spaces in underground soil and rock layers

Process which sediment is put down in new locations by glaciers, gravity, waves, wind and water

Deposition occurs when the flow of water ____________

Wetlands consist of marshes, bogs or swamps.

Wetlands have thin layers of ________ covering _________ that is wet most of the time.

______ are made of streams and rivers with a free connection to the open sea.