Vocabulary #1
Vocabulary #2
H2O Environments
Wetlands
Odds and Ends
100
Animals that live in the water some of the time
What are amphibians?
100
The deepest ocean
What is the Pacific Ocean?
100
This feature determines how wetlands are classified
What is the plant life?
100
Three types of Wetlands
What are Marsh, Swamp, and Bog?
100
Main difference between oceans and lakes
What is the amount of salt in them? (Oceans are very salty, fresh water very little salt)
200
A very salty water environment
What is a saltwater environment?
200
Areas where water covers much of the soil for most of the year
What are wetlands?
200
Where most of Earth's water is found
What are oceans?
200
Type of wetland where moss and peat grow
What is a bog? (cranberries too!)
200
Environment where salt water and fresh water mix
What is brackish?
300
Wetlands that have woody plants and tall grasses
What are swamps?
300
Provides most of the world's oxygen
What is ocean algae?
300
True or False - Most ocean life is near the bottom.
What is FALSE (most life is near the top)
300
Type of wetland where reeds and grasses grow
What is a marsh?
300
Where most coral reefs are found
What is near the equator? (warmer waters)
400
A water environment with almost NO salt
What is a freshwater environment?
400
Special structures that help plants and animals survive in water environments
What are adaptations?
400
True or False - the DEEPER water in the ocean is COLDER
What is TRUE?
400
Type of wetland where woody plants and cypress trees grow
What is a swamp?
400
Reason water near the top of the surface is warmer than deeper depths
What is because the sunlight is closer? (and warms the water)
500
The organ that fish use to breathe
What are gills?
500
Algae what clumps together and grows to huge sizes (and gets wrapped around your legs while you are playing at the beach)
What is kelp?
500
Marine life live here (plants, fish, and animals)
What are oceans?
500
Salt water or Fresh Water - Inland wetlands would contain what type of water most likely
What is Fresh water? (why, because they are fed by rivers and streams)
500
Some adaptations that help plant and animal life
What are gills to breathe (fish), camouflage (blend in with their environments), stings/poisons (scare off prey)
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