LIS Vocabulary

Question 1

Estuary

Answer 1

Partly enclosed body of water where fresh water & salt water meet and mix

Question 2

Low-energy

Shoreline

Answer 2

Shoreline that is protected from the full effect of ocean winds & waves

Question 3

The Race

Answer 3

1. EAST end of LIS
2. Ocean water enters here
3. Strongest current
4. Deepest
5. Highest salinity in LIS

Question 4

Parts of a Food web

Answer 4

Interconnecting FOOD chains – one organism EATS another higher up in the chain
1. SUN – provides solar energy
2. PRODUCERS – convert solar energy into food (Plants)
3. CONSUMERS – eat Producers & other Consumers
(Animals)
4. DECOMPOSERS – breakdown waste & dead organisms
(Bacteria)

Question 5

Omnivore

Answer 5

A consumer that eats BOTH plants and animals

Question 6

Hypoxia

Answer 6

Low concentration of dissolved OXYGEN in water

Question 7

Zooplankton

Answer 7

ANIMAL plankton - eat phytoplankton and other zooplankton

Question 8

Anadromous fish

Answer 8

Fish BORN in freshwater – spend lives in saltwater – return to freshwater to reproduce & die (bass & salmon)