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Vocab 21.2
Terms for chapter 21 section 2
Question | Answer |
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aphotic zone | the deeper parts of the ocean, where there is so little light that plants cannot caryy out photosynthesis |
photic zone | the area of an equatic system that receizes enough light for photosynthesis to occur |
intertidal zone | an area along ocean shore-lines that lies between low and high water lines |
neritic zone | a shallow marine environment that is near the shore or over the continental shelf and that is rish in minerals and nutrients produced by biotic activity |
oceanic zone | the regions of the open sea that lie beyond and between the continental shelves |
pelagic zone | the upper, central, or open region of a body of water |
benthic zone | the bottom region of oceans and bodies of fresh water |
plankton | the mass of mostly microscopic organisms that float or drift freely in the waters of aquatic (freshwater and marine) environments |
estuary | an area where fresh water from rivers mixes with salt water from the ocean; the part of a river where the tides meet the river current |
eutrophic lake | a lake that contains a large amount of decaying organic matter and lacks oxygen as a result |
oligotrophic lake | a lake that lacks organic nutrients and, as a result, contains high levels of dizzolved oxygen in its lower layer |
freshwater wetland | an are of land that is covered in fresh water for at least part of each year |