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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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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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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
Dystrophic lakes
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The scientific study and exploration of the Earth's oceans
Oceanography
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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
Estuary
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Slow water flow and trap sediments
Wetland grasses
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Dead organic matter
Detritis
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Microscopic floating plants in the ocean
Phytoplankton
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Microscopic water animals
Zooplankton
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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
Intertidal zone
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The region of shallow ocean water over the continental shelf where the coral reef can be found
Neritic zone
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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
Palegic zone
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This water is 650 to 6500' cool and dim it lies beneath the polygic zone
Benthic zone
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The portion of the ocean floor where light does not penetrate and where temperatures are cold and pressure's intense
Abyssal zone
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Having a salty taste and unpleasant to drink
Brackish
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Horizontal distance between the crests or between the troughs of 2 adjacent waves
Wavelength
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Lowest point of a wave
Trough
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Highest point of a wave
Crest
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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
Neap tides
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Tides that have the greatest title range due to the alignment of the Earth moon's sun system
Spring tides
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Drift or swim weekly go where the ocean current goes
Planktonic organisms
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Swimmers
Is nectonic organisms
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Plants and animals living in or on the bottom of aquatic habitats
Benthic organisms
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Are attached to substrate stay in one place
Sessile organisms
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How much water is on Earth
70 to 75% of the Earth's surface
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People who are working to make new ways to discover the unknown parts of the ocean
Inventors
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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
Engineers
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This should be used when traveling East through the ocean but should be avoided when traveling West
The Gulf Stream
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The study of the inner relationships between living organisms and their environment
Ecology
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A change by which a plant or animal becomes better suited to its environment
Adaptation
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An animal with a backbone or spinal column
Vertebra
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An organism that lacks a spinal column and includes over 97% of all species
Invertebrate
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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
Amphibian
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The stages of life through which an organism passes from birth to death
Life cycle
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The stage of development between hatching and adulthood
Larva
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The amount of cloudiness of the water
Turbidity
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The network of interconnected food chains of community
Food Web
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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
Mouth
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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
Watershed
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The watershed that we live in
Upper chattahoochie watershed
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Where does the chattahoochie begin
Mountain Springs
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Why are water sheds important
They supply water for drinking agriculture manufacturing recreation like boating and fishing and places where plants and animals to live
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The leading causes of pollution in our waterways
Sediments bacteria such as ekolai and excess nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphorus
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Areas of standing water that support aquatic plants
Wetlands
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2 types of wetlands
Swamps and marshes
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Wetlands that support Woody plants which are mostly mangrove trees and cypress trees in Georgia it is the okefenokee
Swamp
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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
Marshes
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Why are wetlands important
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
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What is the source of all fresh water
Rain
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Where is the highest water fall in the world
Angel falls in Venezuela
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Where fresh water meat salt water
Estuary
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The largest estuary in the United States
Chesapeake Bay
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The microscopic animal life of the sea
Zooplankton
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Fish nurseries where millions of ocean creatures begin their lives
Estuary
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How do Spring floods affect the Salinity of an estuary
They decrease
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Microscopic plants
Photo plankton
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What fields of study are included in oceanography
Biology chemistry geology physics and meteorology
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Why aren't there plants found in headwaters
The current is too fast
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Why can animals live in headwaters
They attach themselves to rocks
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Types of insects that live in the water
Mayflies and black flies
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What happens to the water in a stream is the land levels out
It slows down
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What types of birds are found near the slower moving rivers
Ducks grubs and herons
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Ways that lakes and ponds can Form
Depressions and the Earth's surface volcanic craters and when landslides block streams
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The world's deepest lake
Lake bikel in Siberia
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Lakes that have a lot of nutrients flowing into them and are rich in plant and animal life
Eutrophic lakes
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Littorial zone of lake/ pond
Near the shore Warmest Has algae and floating plants
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Limnetic zone of lake/pond
Away from the shore (open water) Swimming and boating Cooler temp Phytoplankton and zooplankton
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Profundal zone of lake/ pond
Deep water Cold and dark Catfish
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Water moves in one direction
Streams and rivers
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Does water move faster at the source or at the mouth of the river
The source
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Climate in the wetlands
Moist and humid
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Flora in the wetlands
Panda lilies, cat tails, cypress trees, black spruce trees
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Animals in the wetlands
Amphibians, reptiles, birds, crustaceans
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Which zone of an estuary is where the river drains into a Bay and creates a marsh
Upper zone
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Which zone of the estuary is the middle part of the Bay
Central zone
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Which zone of the estuary is where the Bay goes into the ocean
Lower zone

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