Chapter 6 L3

Measures the amount of salts dissolved in water

The uppermost layer of an aquatic ecosystem, where there is enough sunlight for photosynthesis

• Photic zone

• Aphotic zone

• Benthic zone

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This is below the photic zone, where no sunlight penetrates and photosynthesis cannot occur

• Photic zone

• Aphotic zone

• Benthic zone

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The very bottom of a body of water

• Photic zone

• Aphotic zone

• Benthic zone

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The shallow near-shore portion of the photic zone

• Littoral zone

• Limnetic zone

Farther from the shore where there are no rooted plants

• Littoral zone

• Limnetic zone

Areas of land that are flooded with water at least part of the year

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Areas nearest a rivers course that are flooded periodically are said to be within the river’s __________ ___________

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Bodies of water, partly enclosed by land, that occur where freshwater from land drainage meets the water of an ocean or inland sea.

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The vertical flow of cold, nutrient-rich water toward the surface, occurs where horizontal currents diverge, or flow way from one another

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