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Physical area in which an organism normally lives

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Habitat

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A species share of a habitat and the resources in it. The resources in it an organism’s ecological niche depends not only on where it lives but also on what it does

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Niche

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a series of steps followed to solve problems including collecting data formulating hypothesis testing the hypothesis and stating conclusions

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Scientific method

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This a measure of how acidic or basic water is specifically it is a measure of the relative amount of free hydroxyl ion in the water

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pH

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Is a substance with a ph of less than 7A substance with more free hydrogen ion’s

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Acid

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A substance with a ph of more than 7A substance with more free hydroxide ion’s

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Base Bro

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Oxygen gas that has been dissolved into water microscopic oxygen bubbles in the water

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Dissolved oxygen

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The surface or material on or from which an organism lives grows or obtains its nourishment

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Substrate

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A scientific discipline that uses the response of aquatic organisms to various stressors as a method of evaluating ecosystem health

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Bio assessment

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An animal or plant species that can be used to determine conditions in a particular habitat

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Indicator species

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The process of wearing away by wind water or other natural agents

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Erosion

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The draining away of water from the surface of an area of land a building or structure

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Run off

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An area a region drained by a river river river system or other body of water also an area or ridge of land that separates waters flowing to different rivers basins or seas

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Watershed

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Regions of water having low salt concentration usually less than 1%

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Fresh water

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15
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Used thermometers to determine the path of the Gulf Stream

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Benjamin Franklin

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An early oceanographer who discovered the sargasso sea

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Christopher Columbia

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17
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Also known as source the beginning of a river or stream

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Headwaters

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The type of animals that are found in the fast waters of a stream waiting for food to float past them

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Filter feeders

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A field of science that is important in oceanography it studies landforms earthquakes continental plates and volcanoes

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Geology

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The field of science that studies currents and water movements

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Physics

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Failed a science that studies the chemical makeup of the water

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Chemistry

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Field of science that studies how weather affects oceans

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Meteorology

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The field of science studies the plant and animal life in oceans

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Biology

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Lakes with a low acid concentration these are usually shallow have low acid have high nutrients and high biotic diversity

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Eutrophic lakes

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This lakes with a high acid concentration these are usually deep have high acid have low nutrients and low biotic diversity

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Dystrophic lakes

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The scientific study and exploration of the Earth’s oceans

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Oceanography

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27
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Use a habitat in which the freshwater of a river meets the salt water of the ocean full of nutrients and a great place for fish to lay their eggs

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Estuary

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28
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Slow water flow and trap sediments

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Wetland grasses

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29
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Dead organic matter

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Detritis

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30
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Microscopic floating plants in the ocean

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Phytoplankton

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31
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Microscopic water animals

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Zooplankton

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32
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Portion of the shoreline that lies between the high and low tide lines this makes it the most harsh zone to live in

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Intertidal zone

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33
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The region of shallow ocean water over the continental shelf where the coral reef can be found

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Neritic zone

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34
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This is the water that’s not close to the shore it’s the open ocean between 0 to 650’ deep

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Palegic zone

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35
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This water is 650 to 6500’ cool and dim it lies beneath the polygic zone

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Benthic zone

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36
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The portion of the ocean floor where light does not penetrate and where temperatures are cold and pressure’s intense

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Abyssal zone

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37
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Having a salty taste and unpleasant to drink

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Brackish

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38
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Horizontal distance between the crests or between the troughs of 2 adjacent waves

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Wavelength

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39
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Lowest point of a wave

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Trough

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40
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Highest point of a wave

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Crest

41
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Tides with minimum daily title range that occur during the 1st and 3rd quarters of the moon so the moon is at a right angle to the sun as it travels around the Earth

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Neap tides

42
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Tides that have the greatest title range due to the alignment of the Earth moon’s sun system

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Spring tides

43
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Drift or swim weekly go where the ocean current goes

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Planktonic organisms

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Swimmers

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Is nectonic organisms

45
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Plants and animals living in or on the bottom of aquatic habitats

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Benthic organisms

46
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Are attached to substrate stay in one place

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Sessile organisms

47
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How much water is on Earth

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70 to 75% of the Earth’s surface

48
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People who are working to make new ways to discover the unknown parts of the ocean

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Inventors

49
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People who develop the tools and equipment that are needed to explore the ocean that is covered how to build wraps and how to weave nets to catch fish today they’re developing submersible vehicles that will take scientists deeper than ever before

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Engineers

50
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This should be used when traveling East through the ocean but should be avoided when traveling West

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The Gulf Stream

51
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The study of the inner relationships between living organisms and their environment

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Ecology

52
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A change by which a plant or animal becomes better suited to its environment

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Adaptation

53
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An animal with a backbone or spinal column

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Vertebra

54
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An organism that lacks a spinal column and includes over 97% of all species

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Invertebrate

55
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A cold blooded smooth skin vertebrate of the class Amphibia such as a frog or salamander that characteristically hatches as an aquatic larva with gills the larvae then transforms into an adult having air breathing lungs after all

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Amphibian

56
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The stages of life through which an organism passes from birth to death

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Life cycle

57
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The stage of development between hatching and adulthood

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Larva

58
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The amount of cloudiness of the water

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Turbidity

59
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The network of interconnected food chains of community

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Food Web

60
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Where a river ends and flows into a lake or the ocean here the water is slower has less oxygen but is still very high in aquatic life

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Mouth

61
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This is the land that slopes tortured and drains into a body of water so it’s the land not the water

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Watershed

62
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The watershed that we live in

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Upper chattahoochie watershed

63
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Where does the chattahoochie begin

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Mountain Springs

64
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Why are water sheds important

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They supply water for drinking agriculture manufacturing recreation like boating and fishing and places where plants and animals to live

65
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The leading causes of pollution in our waterways

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Sediments bacteria such as ekolai and excess nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphorus

66
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Areas of standing water that support aquatic plants

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Wetlands

67
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2 types of wetlands

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Swamps and marshes

68
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Wetlands that support Woody plants which are mostly mangrove trees and cypress trees in Georgia it is the okefenokee

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Swamp

69
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These wetlands support grasses are usually very flat close to land with title creeks the example in Georgia are salt versions on the coast

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Marshes

70
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Why are wetlands important

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They protect our shores from wave erosion reduce the impacts of floods absorb pollutants and improve water quality they provide habitat for animals and plants and many contain a wide diversity of life supporting plants and animals that are found nowhere else

71
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What is the source of all fresh water

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Rain

72
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Where is the highest water fall in the world

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Angel falls in Venezuela

73
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Where fresh water meat salt water

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Estuary

74
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The largest estuary in the United States

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Chesapeake Bay

75
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The microscopic animal life of the sea

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Zooplankton

76
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Fish nurseries where millions of ocean creatures begin their lives

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Estuary

77
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How do Spring floods affect the Salinity of an estuary

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They decrease

78
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Microscopic plants

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Photo plankton

79
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What fields of study are included in oceanography

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Biology chemistry geology physics and meteorology

80
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Why aren’t there plants found in headwaters

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The current is too fast

81
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Why can animals live in headwaters

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They attach themselves to rocks

82
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Types of insects that live in the water

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Mayflies and black flies

83
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What happens to the water in a stream is the land levels out

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It slows down

84
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What types of birds are found near the slower moving rivers

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Ducks grubs and herons

85
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Ways that lakes and ponds can Form

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Depressions and the Earth’s surface volcanic craters and when landslides block streams

86
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The world’s deepest lake

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Lake bikel in Siberia

87
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Lakes that have a lot of nutrients flowing into them and are rich in plant and animal life

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Eutrophic lakes

88
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Littorial zone of lake/ pond

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Near the shore

Warmest

Has algae and floating plants

89
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Limnetic zone of lake/pond

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Away from the shore (open water)

Swimming and boating

Cooler temp

Phytoplankton and zooplankton

90
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Profundal zone of lake/ pond

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Deep water

Cold and dark

Catfish

91
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Water moves in one direction

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Streams and rivers

92
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Does water move faster at the source or at the mouth of the river

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The source

93
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Climate in the wetlands

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Moist and humid

94
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Flora in the wetlands

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Panda lilies, cat tails, cypress trees, black spruce trees

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Animals in the wetlands

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Amphibians, reptiles, birds, crustaceans

96
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Which zone of an estuary is where the river drains into a Bay and creates a marsh

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Upper zone

97
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Which zone of the estuary is the middle part of the Bay

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Central zone

98
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Which zone of the estuary is where the Bay goes into the ocean

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Lower zone

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