Soils
An alphabetical letter represents this layer of soil, created by eroding bedrock.
What is... C Horizon?
The name for the green living portion of a tree.
What is... the Cambium?
Alongside e-coli, this bacteria is a useful indicator of stream health.
What is... Fecal Coliform?
What is... primary consumer?
The name for a region where all water drains to the same location.
What is... a watershed?
The soil texture known for having the greatest rate of infiltration.
What is... Sand/Sandy Soil?
This classification of flowering plants is notable for creating flowers and enclosed seeds.
What is... angiosperm?
Sporting a bright orange yolk-sac, newly hatched salmon are referred to by this name.
What is... alevin?
The name for an organism like wolves or sea otters, which has an outsized impact on the ecosystem, especially if the population is very small.
What is... keystone species?
The name for the condition where an excess amount of nutrients are introduced to an ecosystem
What is... eutrophication?
The phrase which describes the propensity of different soils to hold together into a clump.
What is... Soil Aggregate Stability
Indigenous to Washington, this conifer has scaly leaves and an iconic papery bark.
What is... Western Red Cedar
A secchi disk is a black-and-white device which is lowered into a body of water to determine this measure of stream health.
What is... turbidity?
A chemical process which fixes atmospheric carbon, making it usable by living organisms.
What is... photosynthesis?
The least oxygen-rich portion of a stream after a major source of pollution is known as this kind of zone.
What is... septic?
This diatomic element is a crucial component of soils, allowing the biotic to flourish in aerobic conditions.
What is... Oxygen?
This name describes extra diverse regions at the boundaries of existing biomes
What is... ecotone?
What is... a riffle?
Smaller eye sockets on a skull may indicate this organism is mostly active during the day, a behavior which can be described using this term.
What is... diurnal?
This soil particle, with its high CEC, is best at trapping pollutants as they move through groundwater.
What is... clay?
The texture of a soil with 40% sand, 40% silt, and 20% clay.
What is... Loam?
DBH is an acronym which describes the appropriate location to measure a tree's size, and tells us to measure trees here.
What is... at breast height?
Mixing of the limnetic zones is most common during which time of year?
What is... winter.
What is... density-dependent limiting factor?
This 1972 piece of US legislation regulates the release of pollutants into bodies of water, including requiring permits to emit point-source pollution.
What is... the Clean Water Act?