Ecosystem Vocabulary II
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- algae
- water plants that range in size from microscopic to gigantic
- duckweed
- a tiny floating plant that is eaten by waterfow, fish, and snails
- elodea
- a dark green plant found in ponds and slow-moving streams
- mosquito fish
- small, stong fish that can survive in almost any body of water
- territorial
- protective of one's area or territory
- larvae
- an immature form of an insect
- fry
- young fish
- lateral line
- a dark line that runs the length of a fish's body and is a sense organ
- gravid spot
- a black spot on a female fish's abdomen rigth abobe the rear fin that appears when she is pregnant
- live-bearer
- a fish that gives birth to live, fully-formed fry
- gastropod
- class of animals to which snails belong