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Estuaries Partner Quiz

Estuaries Partner Quiz. Name that term. Rivers or streams that have been broken off from the main river source in due to deposition of sediment. Oxbow Lake. A stream or river that flows into a larger river, stream, or lake. Tributary. The materials carried by a stream. Load.

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Estuaries Partner Quiz

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  1. Estuaries Partner Quiz

  2. Name that term • Rivers or streams that have been broken off from the main river source in due to deposition of sediment

  3. Oxbow Lake

  4. A stream or river that flows into a larger river, stream, or lake

  5. Tributary

  6. The materials carried by a stream

  7. Load

  8. Rivers or streams that carve their own path into the landscape

  9. meander

  10. The amount of salt concentration in freshwater or saltwater

  11. salinity

  12. Areas of standing water

  13. wetland

  14. A mixture of saltwater and freshwater (like the water in an estuary)

  15. Brackish

  16. Area of land drained by a water system

  17. watershed

  18. Fan shaped place where the sediment from other rivers and small bodies of water deposit material at the mouth of a stream

  19. Delta

  20. Which drainage basin (river) in our area empties into Mobile Bay?

  21. Mobile River

  22. What are the 3 types of marine creatures found in freshwater and saltwater called?

  23. Benthos, nekton, and plankton

  24. Living Organisms are • (biotic or abiotic?)

  25. Biotic

  26. What are the 2 main types of wetlands found in the US?

  27. Marshes and swamps

  28. What percent of Earth’s freshwater is drinkable?

  29. 1%

  30. What 2 types of water feed an estuary?

  31. Freshwater and Saltwater

  32. What is the 4th largest estuary in the country?

  33. Mobile Bay

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