standing body of water such as pond or lake

flowing body of water such as a river or stream

material from outside a system such as leaves, sticks and limbs that fall into an aquatic system

ecological region at the lowest level of an aquatic system

smooth streamline type of viscous flow in which fluid behaves in an orderly layer

flow in which particle movement is not straight or parallel but chaotic; water has great deal of disturbance

Layer under gravel of ephemeral stream with living organisms

underground cavern filled with water

branch of geology that studies the configurtion of landforms; effects water drainage patterns

bending, winding and curving in a stream or river

narrow strips of land located beside rivers, streams or creeks

greatest threat to water quality;Solid fragments of inorganic or organic material that come from the weathering of rock and are carried and deposited by wind, water, or ice

amount of oxygen gas held in an aquatic environment; diresctly affected by temperature

area of land where all of the water that is under it or drains off of it goes into the same place

plot of changes of water flow of a river or stream over a period of time

layering of a body of water due to changes in temperature and density; forms epilimnion, metalimnion, and hypolimnion

area of transition between land and water

A body of water or air moving in a definite direction, especially through a surrounding body of water or air in which there is less movement

water movements in which water rises and falls

shallow water waves caused by the interaction among the gravity of the sun, earth, and moon

body of water forming an indentation of the shoreline , larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf

portion of an ocean or sea partly enclosed by land

an inlet, bay or recessed portion of the ocean

narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water

lake used to store water for community use

an arm or inlet of the sea at the lower end of a river

Vertical zones of the ocean according to depth. epipelagic, mesopelagic, bathypelagic, abyssopelagic, hadapelagic

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Aquatic Science Final Exam Vocabulary

Question	Answer
Lentic	standing body of water such as pond or lake
Lotic	flowing body of water such as a river or stream
Allochthonous	material from outside a system such as leaves, sticks and limbs that fall into an aquatic system
Benthic	ecological region at the lowest level of an aquatic system
Limnology	study of inland water
Laminar Flow	smooth streamline type of viscous flow in which fluid behaves in an orderly layer
Turbulent Flow	flow in which particle movement is not straight or parallel but chaotic; water has great deal of disturbance
Spate	Heavy, sudden downpour of rain
Fecundity	Ability to reproduce
Hyporheic Zone	Layer under gravel of ephemeral stream with living organisms
Aquifer	underground cavern filled with water
Geomorphology	branch of geology that studies the configurtion of landforms; effects water drainage patterns
Sinuosity	bending, winding and curving in a stream or river
Riparian Zone	narrow strips of land located beside rivers, streams or creeks
Sediment	greatest threat to water quality;Solid fragments of inorganic or organic material that come from the weathering of rock and are carried and deposited by wind, water, or ice
Dissolved Oxygen	amount of oxygen gas held in an aquatic environment; diresctly affected by temperature
Watershed	area of land where all of the water that is under it or drains off of it goes into the same place
Hydrograph	plot of changes of water flow of a river or stream over a period of time
Lake Stratification	layering of a body of water due to changes in temperature and density; forms epilimnion, metalimnion, and hypolimnion
Wetlands	area of transition between land and water
Current	A body of water or air moving in a definite direction, especially through a surrounding body of water or air in which there is less movement
Waves	water movements in which water rises and falls
Tides	shallow water waves caused by the interaction among the gravity of the sun, earth, and moon
Bay	body of water forming an indentation of the shoreline , larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf
Gulf	portion of an ocean or sea partly enclosed by land
Sound	an inlet, bay or recessed portion of the ocean
Strait	narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water
Reservoir	lake used to store water for community use
Estruary	an arm or inlet of the sea at the lower end of a river
EMBAH	Vertical zones of the ocean according to depth. epipelagic, mesopelagic, bathypelagic, abyssopelagic, hadapelagic

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