FA24 AgSci Unit 12 Vocab Quiz

trained professional involved in the production of aquatic plants and animals.

• aquaculturist
• salinity
• terrestrial
• bay

Answer explanation

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existing breeding ground of wild fishes, that is, oceans, continental shelves, lakes, and bays.

• natural fishery
• gradient
• amphibian
• estuary

a measure of total dissolved mineral solids in water.

• salinity
• terrestrial
• bay
• Saltwater marsh

a measurable change in an amount over time or distance.

• gradient
• amphibian
• estuary
• brackish water

land organism.

• terrestrial
• bay
• Saltwater marsh
• fry

organisms that complete part of their life cycle in water and part on land.

• amphibian
• estuary
• brackish water
• spawn

a natural indentation along a coastline with a small inlet and a protected area behind it where the water is relatively calm.

• bay
• Saltwater marsh
• fry
• osmosis

ecological system including bays, streams, and tidal areas influenced by brackish water.

• estuary
• brackish water
• spawn
• adaptation

the ecological system of plants and animals influenced by tidal waters with salinity of 15-34 parts per million.

• Saltwater marsh
• fry
• osmosis
• gills

water influenced by tide and river flow with intermediate salinity of 3 to 22 percent.

• brackish water
• spawn
• adaptation
• shellfish