Question 1

Organism or components of organisms that are used to assess the health of a water system.

Accepted Answer

Bio-indicator

Answer

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Question 2

Water with a level of salinity between freshwater and seawater.

Accepted Answer

brackish water

Question 3

A measure of how clear water is.

Accepted Answer

turbidity

Question 4

tropical tree with roots that extend both above and beneath the water

Accepted Answer

mangrove

Question 5

A long narrow inlet from the sea between steep cliffs or hills

Accepted Answer

Fjord

Question 6

An area where a freshwater river meets the ocean including surrounding wetlands.

Accepted Answer

estuary

Question 7

A large part of an inlet that is protected from the open ocean by a body of and.

Accepted Answer

sound

Question 8

Large areas of flat land around estuaries that are mostly muddy deposits

Accepted Answer

mud flats

Question 9

Lands that are at times covered with water

Accepted Answer

wet lands

Question 10

An area of coastal grassland that is regularly flooded by seawater.

Accepted Answer

salt marsh

Question 11

Portion of the shoreline that lies between the high and low tide lines

Accepted Answer

intertidal zone

Question 12