Hydrosphere Vocab. Quiz

_____________: excessive richness of nutrients in a lake or other body of water, frequently due to runoff from the land, which causes a dense growth of plant life and death of animal life from lack of oxygen.

_______________: precipitation (rain, or snow melt) that flows over the land and/or impermeable surfaces to local water body.

______________: a coastal inlet or bay where fresh water from rivers mixes with salty ocean water.

______________: aquatic animals that are able to swim and move around independantly of water currents.

_____________: the ability to transport and hold water in soil based on size.

______________: Microscopic photosynthesizers that are transported but the ocean currents.

_______________: any heritable trait that helps an organism survive and reproduce in its environment.

______________: a material or membrane that allow water and gases to flow through.

______________: the area of land which is drained by a main river and its tributaries.

_____________: the process by which some organisms use the energy stored in chemical bonds to make their own food.

__________: an organism used to monitor the health of an ecosystem.

____________: plants releasing water vapor from their leaves.

____________: a body of permeable rock that can contain or transmit groundwater

____________: organisms without backbones, which are visible to the eye without the aid of a microscope.

______________: the movement of cold water upward carrying nutrients to the surface.

__________: an organism used to monitor the health of an ecosystem.