Define It
Areas where land is periodically underwater
What are wetlands?
These are the two types of aquatic biomes.
What is freshwater and saltwater biomes?
large amounts of loose soil, sand, silt, and clay added into a body of water
What is sediment pollution?
This gas is released into the atmosphere when wetlands are disturbed.
What is carbon?
these are 2 impacts of water pollution
What are harm to aquatic life, loss of biodiversity, human health risks, economic costs, or threat to food security?
The location where a freshwater river or stream meets the ocean
What is an estuary?
This is how freshwater and saltwater biomes are different.
What is salt concentration?
pollution that comes from a single identifiable source
What is point-source pollution?
This is the process of creating, enlarging, or preserving wetlands due to human impacts.
What is wetland mitigation?
this is one of the many causes of water pollution
What is sewage and wastewater treatment, agriculture, marine dumping, oil leaks/spills, etc.?
The contamination of water bodies with harmful substances
What is water pollution?
This is a freshwater biome.
What are rivers, lakes, streams, and wetlands?
contamination of water bodies with toxic chemicals
What is chemical pollution?
plants that grow while partly or fully submerged in water
What is hydrophytic vegetation?
this is one way to prevent/solve water pollution
What is promoting sustainable agriculture, raising awareness, reducing industrial waste, improving wastewater treatment, or supporting cleanup initiatives?
The transition between land and sea
What is an intertidal zone?
This is a saltwater biome.
What are oceans and estuaries?
pollution that comes from different sources
What is non-point source pollution?
This is how vegetation in wetlands reduce carbon from the atmosphere.
What is through photosynthesis?
this is one reason why we need to protect wetlands.
Is it because wetlands provide water retention, reduces erosion, and filters waterborne pollutants?
pollution that occurs when power plants and other industries use water in their cooling systems and then discharge the warm water into a lake or river
What is the thermal pollution?
These are the 3 things aquatic biomes are categorized by.
What is salinity, temperature, and amount of sunlight?
too many nutrients added to bodies of water, acting like fertilizer causing excessive growth of algae
What is nutrient pollution?
For an area to be considered a wetland, it must have these 3 things.
What is hydric soils, hydrophytic vegetation, and water present at least part of the year?
This is what anoxic soil is and how it allows wetlands to store carbon.
What are soils that lack oxygen and how they slow down the breakdown of organic matter?