CH 6- Ecosystems and Climate

The tendency for a transition zone to have greater species diversity and a higher density of organisms than found in either of the individual ecosystems

• coastal zone

• edge effect

• watershed

• estuary

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

A set of physical conditions of the lower atmosphere that includes temperature, precipitation, humidity, wind speed, cloud cover and other factors

• weather

• climate

• rain shadow

• runoff

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Aquatic life zone such as oceans and their bays, estuaries, coastal wetlands, shorelines, coral reefs, and mangrove forests

• brackish water

• delta

• marine life zone

• aquatic life zone

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Aquatic life zone such as lakes, rivers, streams, and inland wetlands

• freshwater life zone

• marine life zone

• open sea

• edge effect

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

The general pattern of atmospheric conditions in a given area over periods ranging from three decades to thousand of years

• greenhouse effect

• eutrophication

• weather

• climate

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The land area that delivers runoff, sediments, and dissolved substances to a stream, lake, or wetland

• delta

• watershed

• estuary

• coastal zone

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

An area at the mouth of a river built up by deposited sediment that often contains estuaries and coastal wetlands

• estuary

• coastal wetland

• runoff

• delta

Land located away from coastal areas that holds fresh water all or part of the time; includes marshes, swamps, ponds, and prairie potholes

• watershed

• coastal wetland

• delta

• edge effect

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

Fresh water, originating from precipitation, that flows or is stored in bodies of water on Earth's surface

• estuary

• inland wetland

• open sea

• surface water

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The warm, nutrient-rich, shallow water extending form the high-tide mark on land to the gently sloping, shallow edge of the continental shelf

• aquatic life zone

• coastal zone

• edge effect

• open sea

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-4