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Science - Week 9
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| cline | lean |
| anticline | a fold with strata sloping downward on both sides from a common crest |
| phyto | plant |
| phytoplankton | small, free-floating aquatic plants |
| plank | drift |
| plankton | the collection of small or microscopic organisms that float or drift in great numbers in fresh or salt water, especially at or near the surface |
| turbid | muddy, confused |
| turbidity | the measure of how cloudy or hazy a fluid is |
| tome | segment |
| microtome | instrument used to cut into sections for microscopic examination |
| dia | apart, through |
| diameter | a straight line passing through the center of a figure |
| peri | around |
| perimeter | the boundary around a figure |
| peri | around |
| perimeter | the boundary around a figure |
| aqua | water |
| aquatic | consisting of, relating to, or being in water |
| abyss | bottomless |
| abyssal zone | the deep sea where sunlight does not penetrate |
| meg | large, great |
| megameter | one million meters |