Between the Tides Practice Test A

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What is the Splash Zone?

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The area above the high tide zone in which animals survive by getting splashed by the waves.

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What does biodiversity refer to?

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The variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem.

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What is silt?

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Soil eroded and carried by a river.

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What is the purpose of the 'clam up' strategy in organisms?

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To keep water/moisture inside of their bodies.

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What are shallow seas?

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Marginal or inland extensions of ocean with average depths of about 200 meters.

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Define intertidal zone.

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The area that is above water at low tide and under water at high tide.

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What is a salt marsh?

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A coastal ecosystem in which saltwater and freshwater mix, characterized by salt-tolerant plants.

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What is a sea grass bed?

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An underwater ecosystem formed by seagrasses, which are flowering plants that grow in shallow marine waters.

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What is a mangrove forest?

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A coastal ecosystem characterized by salt-tolerant trees and shrubs that grow in intertidal zones.

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What is turbidity?

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The cloudiness or haziness of a fluid caused by large numbers of individual particles.