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Environmental Science: Ch 6: Vocabulary Quiz

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
A measurement of the amount of salts dissolved in water.
a)

estuary

b)

salinity

c)

deciduos

d)

canopy

2.
a grouping of ecosystems with similar abiotic and biotic conditions.
a)

salinity

b)

canopy

c)

biome

d)

climate

3.
The dense covering of trees.
a)

photic zone

b)

climate

c)

understory

d)

canopy

4.
The uppermost layer of an aquatic ecosystem, where there is enough sunlight for photosynthesis.
a)

canopy

b)

photic zone

c)

aphotic zone

d)

benthic zone

5.
the average conditions, including temperature and precipitation, over long periods in a given area
a)

weather

b)

biome

c)

climate

d)

photic zone

6.
the few tall trees that extend above the canopy in a rain forest
a)

canopy

b)

understory

c)

emergent layer

d)

photic zone

7.
The layer below the photic zone in an aquatic ecosystem, where no sunlight penetrates so photosynthesis cannot occur.
a)

aphotic zone

b)

photic zone

c)

benthic zone

d)

littoral zone

8.
a day-to-day conditions in Earth's atmosphere
a)

biome

b)

climate

c)

weather

d)

climatopgraph

9.
The shorter trees and plants found in a tropical rain forest.
a)

understory

b)

canopy

c)

coniferous

d)

estivation

10.
The bottom layer of an aquatic ecosystem
a)

benthic zone

b)

littoral zone

c)

aphotic zone

d)

photic zone

11.
a diagram that shows an area's average temperature and precipitation
a)

benthic zone

b)

understory

c)

weather

d)

climatograph

12.
The plant that grows on other plants instead of in soil.
a)

epiphyte

b)

climate

c)

deciduous

d)

weather

13.
The shallow near-shore portion of the photic zone.
a)

benthic zone

b)

photic zone

c)

littoral zone

d)

aphotic zone

14.
the organic matter, or biomass, that remains after cellular respiration
a)

net primary production

b)

gross primary production

c)

epiphyte

d)

understory

15.
A tree that loses its leaves and stops photosynthesis during part of the year.
a)

coniferous

b)

permafrost

c)

upwelling

d)

deciduous

16.
The portion of the photic zone that is farther from shore than the littoral zone; no rooted plants are found in this zone.
a)

limnetic zone

b)

littoral zone

c)

benthic zone

d)

aphotic zone

17.
The deep sleeplike state that an animal enters when conditions are dry.
a)

migration

b)

hibernation

c)

estivation

d)

estuary

18.
An Area of land that is flooded with water at least sometime during the year.
a)

flood plain

b)

upwelling

c)

wet land

d)

estuary

19.
A tree bearing cones that typically does not lose it leaves.
a)

coniferous

b)

deciduous

c)

understory

d)

canopy

20.
An area alongside a river that periodically floods
a)

benthic zone

b)

photic zone

c)

wetland

d)

flood plain

21.
A deep sleeplike state that an animal enters for most of the winter.
a)

hibernation

b)

esitvation

c)

migration

d)

estuary

22.
A body of water, partly enclosed by land, that occurs where fresh water meets the water of an ocean or inland sea.
a)

wetland

b)

estuary

c)

flood plain

d)

upwelling

23.
Permanently frozen soil
a)

permafrost

b)

estivation

c)

wetland

d)

upwelling

24.
The flow of cold, nutrient-rich water toward the surface of the ocean
a)

upwelling

b)

estuary

c)

wetland

d)

flood plain

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