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| In which ocean zone would you find organisms such as worms, sea urchins, sea cucumbers, and chemosynthetic bacteria—at the hydrothermal vents? |
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| In which ocean floor zone would a person most likely find sea stars (starfish), sponges, and octopi? |
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| Which zone can be described as the environment near the bottom of the ocean? |
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| What is the name of the environment that makes up the ocean floor? |
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| What ocean water zone includes deep ocean trenches and fauna that include a few worms & a few clams but not much else? |
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| The pelagic zone is described as being beyond the sublittoral zone and above the abyssal zone. Where is the pelagic zone? |
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| In what ocean water zone would you most likely find dolphins and plankton? |
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| Which part of the oceanic lithosphere can be described as being covered by mud and the remains of tiny marine organisms and has an average depth of 4,000 m? |
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| What is the benthic environment? |
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| The movement of the tide in and out |
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| What must flora and fauna adapt to in the intertidal zone? |
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| What is the area of the oceanic lithosphere where one plate moves below another plate? |
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| Which zone of the oceanic hydrosphere would have a constant temperature, water pressure and sunlight, and contain coral reef? |
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| What can be found on the continental rise? |
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| If the sea level were to fall by 40 meters, which part of the ocean floor would be exposed to air? |
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| What part of the oceanic lithosphere is described as the steeply inclined section of the oceanic lithosphere with a depth of 200 to 4,000m? |
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| Which part of the oceanic lithosphere can be described as a place where two tectonic plates on the ocean floor move apart and great mountain ranges are formed? |
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| A geographic area characterized by the same flora, fauna, and climate. |
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| Which biome type has the lowest yearly rainfall? |
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| Where would you find kangaroo rats, scorpions and snakes? |
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| Which biome would contain bison, food crops and grasses? |
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| temperate deciduous forest |
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| In which biome is Mobile located? |
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| temperature and precipitation |
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| What are the two main abiotic factors that determine the type of terrestrial biome found in a region? |
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| scaly skin, small size and active at night |
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| How have animals in the desert adapted to surviving in a climate with little water? |
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| Which biome is describe as receiving less than 25 cm of rainfall per year and having rats, lizards, snakes, and scorpions? |
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| What biome is characterized by extremes of day and night temperatures, below average rainfall, and a low variety of flora and fauna? |
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| Which biome is the most biologically diverse? |
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| Which biome is described as having less than 25 cm of rainfall yearly, migration of birds in the summer to feed on insects, summer days that last 24 hours, and characteristic plants such as mosses and lichens? |
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| Which biome has very few plants, animals that are adapted to the cold, below average temperature and precipitation? |
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| What are the characteristics of the soil in the tropical rain forest? |
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| Which biome would contain mostly coniferous or evergreen trees? |
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| Why don’t trees grow at higher elevations? |
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| What happens to flora and fauna as elevation increases? |
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| limnetic or open water zone |
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| Where would you find algae and microscopic crustaceans(plankton)in a freshwater environment? |
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| Ponds, streams, lakes, rivers, and wetlands belong to what type of biome? |
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| mix of salt and fresh water |
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| What is an accurate description of an estuary? |
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| What is the percent of salt found in freshwater? |
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| What is the percentage of salt in ocean water? |
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| What is the freshwater zone that receives light that reaches all the way to the bottom, has plants that are rooted to the bottom, and has animals that include flatworms, snails and frogs? |
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| deep water or profundal zone |
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| Which freshwater zone has colder denser water and fauna that consume dead organisms? |
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| Which ecosystem is based on salty water? |
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| What determines the distribution of organisms in an aquatic biome? |
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| watershed or drainage basin |
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| an area of land that drains water to a common waterway, such as a stream, lake, estuary, wetland, or even the ocean |
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| What is the area at the end of a river system where sediment is deposited? |
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| An area along the sides of a river that forms from sediment being deposited when rivers overflow |
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| The process in which material—rock, soil, dead stuff, trash, & anything else that gets into the water--is laid down or deposited |
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| Rock and soil deposited by streams and rivers |
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| What watershed covers most of Mobile? |
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| What body of water does Dog River drain into? |
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| These areas drain the land of water and provide habitats for wildlife |
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| Pollution from a specific site; pollution from many unknown sources |
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| Water that drains from the land: precipitation: rain and snowmelt |
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| nonpoint source pollution |
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| Fertilizer, sediment, trash, pesticides (i.e. bug spray), herbicides (weed killers)are examples of what tpe of pollution? |
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| Humans, animals, and plants |
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| What does pollution harm upon entering bodies of water? |
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| A type of algae that is harvested from the ocean and used in products such as ice cream |
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| aquaculture or fish farming |
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| Raising fish in enclosed areas or ponds |
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| The process of removing salt from ocean water so it may be used for drinking water |
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| Removing minerals from the sea floor such as iron, copper and nickel |
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| Energy generated from the movement of tides. It is a renewable resource. It is also called wave energy |
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| The dumping of household trash or other trash n to the ocean |
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| Dumping the solid waste part of sewage into the ocean |
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| It spilled oil in Prince William Sound in Alaska in 1989 |
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| Deepwater Horizon exploded |
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| What happened in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010? |
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| the have a great economic and environmental impact |
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| How do oil spills, like the Deepwater Horizon, affect us? |
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| In 1972, Congress passed the act that put the Environmental Protect ion Agency (EPA) in charge of issuing permits for any dumping in the ocean. |
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| A resource that will replenish itself. EX: fish, tidal energy, kelp |
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| A resource that WILL NOT be replenished when it is used up. |
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| Oil and natural gas are what type of resources? |
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| nonpoint source pollution |
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| What is the most common type of ocean pollution? |
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| Pollution that can be traced back to a specific site. EX: chemical plant, factory, sewage treatment plant |
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| nonpoint source pollution |
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| Pollution that CAN’T be traced back to a specific site. EX: oil from cars, pesticides and herbicides that we put on our lawns |
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| Where would you find seaweed and clams? |
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| crack in the ocean floor where one plate moves below another |
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| temperature, pressure and sunlight constant, coral found here |
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| biome with coniferous/ evergreen trees |
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