Everything in this flashcard set.
- BLOOM
- The organic process of bearing flowers
- REDTIDES
- Seawater that is discolored by large numbers of certain dinoflagellates that produce saxitoxin (plural)
- ALGAE
- Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots
- NUTRIENTS
- Any substance that can be taken in by a green plant and used in organic synthesis (plural)
- DINOFLAGELLATES
- Chiefly marine protozoa having two flagella (plural)
- SALTWATER
- Water containing salts
- SEASONS
- A period of the year marked by special events or activities in some field (plural)
- DANGEROUS
- Involving or causing ___ or risk
- SHELLFISH
- Invertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a ___
- CLAMS
- Burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud (plural)
- MUSSELS
- Black marine bivalves usually steamed in wine (plural)
- ILLNESS
- Impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism
- DEATH
- The end of life
- FRESHWATER
- Water that is not salty
- LAKES
- A body of water surrounded by land (plural)
- GREEN
- The color of grass
- NITROGEN
- A common nonmetallic element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless inert diatomic gas
- PHOSPHORUS
- A multivalent nonmetallic element of the nitrogen family that occurs commonly in inorganic
- FERTILIZERS
- Any substance such as manure or a mixture of nitrates used to make soil more ___ (plural)
- SEWAGE
- Waste matter carried away in sewers or drains
- SUNLIGHT
- The rays of the sun
- BACTERIA
- Tiny single-celled living things, some of which cause illness
- ORGANISMS
- A living thing that has the ability to act or function independently (plural)
- FARMERS
- A person who operates a farm (plural)