APES Vocabulary Review #1 Quiz

A set of physical conditions of lower atmosphere, including temperature, precipitation, humidity, wind speed, and cloud cover.

• Climate

• Weather

• Condensation

• Evaporation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Bottom- dwelling organisms

• Plankton

• Benthos

• Nekton

• Zooplankton

Lakes with moderate supply of plant nutrients

• Mesotrophic lakes

• Eutrophic lakes

• Oligotrophic lakes

• Inand wetlands

Strongly swimming organisms found in aquatic syatems

• Zooplankton

• Benthos

• Nekton

• Plankton

Mass movements of surface water driven by winds blowing over the oceans.

• Ocean acidification

• Ocean currents

• Surface water

• Coastal inlands

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Aquatic systems where water with dissolved salt concentration less than 1% by volume accumulates on or flow through.

• Freshwater life zone

• Mesotrophic lakes

• Coastal wetlands

• Saltwater life zones

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Where a river meets the sea.

• Ocean

• Runoff

• Watershed

• Estuary

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Low precipitation on the leeward side of a mountain when prevalent winds flow up and over a high mountain.

• Inland wetlands

• Rain shadow effect

• Intertidal zone

• Global air circulation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Natural effect that releases heat in the atmosphere near the Earth's surface.

• Greenhouse gases

• Grenhouse effect

• Rain shadow effect

• Global air circulation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Coastal land areas covered water all or part of the year.

• Coastal inlands

• Coastal wetlands

• Intertidal zone

• Inland wetlands

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-5