8.E.1.1 and 8.E.1.2 Vocabulary Quiz

the ecological region at the lowest level of a body of water such as an ocean or a lake, including the sediment surface and some sub-surface layers

• benthic zone
• aphotic zone
• neritic zone
• open oceans

the portion of a lake or ocean where there is little or no sunlight;formally defined as the depths beyond which less than 1% of sunlight penetrates.

• photic zone
• aphotic zone
• benthic zone
• neritic zone

the area of the shore and seabed that is exposed to the air at low tide and submerged at high tide, i.e. the area between tide marks

• neritic zone
• intertidal zone
• photic zone
• upwelling

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

the relatively shallow part of the ocean above the drop-off of the continental shelf, approximately 200 meters in depth

• intertidal zone
• photic zone
• neritic zone
• downwelling

wind-driven process in which nutrient-rich, denser, colder water moves to the surface

• upwelling
• downwelling
• phytoplankton
• hydrothermal vents

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

a fissure in a planet's surface from which geothermally heated water issues. Hydrothermal vents are commonly found near volcanically active places, areas where tectonic plates are moving apart, ocean basins, and hotspots

• hydrothermal vents
• estuary
• open ocean
• photic zone

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

the sunlit top layer of the ocean beyond the continental shelves; the vast bulk of the sea, it covers over 360,000,000 square kilometers of the Earth's surface and is referred to as the 'marine desert' because nutrients are lower here than in the shallow seas; life can be scarce

• open ocean
• aphotic zone
• benthic zone
• phytoplankton

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

microscopic marine producers/base of an aquatic food web

• estuary
• open ocean
• phytoplankton
• hydrothermal vents

a place where freshwater meets up with salt water; nature's nursery

• phytoplankton

• estuary

• hydrothermal vents

• photic zone

When the atoms or molecules of a substance stick to other substances

• Adhesion

• Cohesion

• Condensation

• Evaporation