Healthy Lakes poster . Student Lab

Aquatic:

Plants and animals that live in water are aquatic.

Crustaceans:

Aquatic animals that have a hard outer shell and jointed limbs; for example, a crayfish.

Ecosystem:

The community of plants and animals that share a common environment.

Photosynthesis:

The process where plants make food from light and nutrients.

Pollutant:

A waste material that contaminates the water, air or soil, making it harmful for living things.

Spawn:

To lay eggs (refers to animals that normally lay a large number of eggs, such as fish and insects).

Watershed:

The land area that sends rain and snowmelt to a river or lake.

 

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