How do organisms that live in the river keep from being swept away.
They swim, have adaptions to secure them in place, or hide under rocks.
100
name some organisms that live in the littoral zone
What are grasses, algae, plants, snails, snakes, turtles?
100
What is the continental shelf?
The area of the neritic zone before a steep drop of or decline of the ocean floor.
100
rain, hail, sleet, or snow
What is precipitation?
100
What is a spring?
When the water in an aquifer meets the surface and comes out at a porous area.
200
What is runoff?
When snow melts and forms streams down an area of land.
200
plankton are in these two areas
What is the littoral and open water zone?
200
What are the 3 main abiotic factors of an ocean?
sunlight, depth, and temperature
200
What is evaporation?
When water is released from earth's surface and converted into a gas.
200
What is an aquifer?
An area underground where groundwater collects.
300
What is a delta?
When deposition occurs in a river and forms land.
300
how a lake becomes a forest
Lakes start to fill with sediment and the oxygen supply is cut off so organisms move up towards surface and population decreases. The littoral zone starts to move inward. This process continues till lake is now a wetland. The ground now how rich soil and trees start to grow. Water is gone and a forest is formed.
300
What adaptions do organisms living in the benthic zone have to adapt to?
No sunlight and cold temperatures.
300
Where does most of the water from the water cycle come from?
The ocean.
300
What is a water table?
The top layer where the groundwater level is.
400
What is a estuary?
Where fresh water meets ocean water.
400
What do organisms eat in the deep water zone?
materials that fall from upper zone or each other
dead organisms
400
Name the four zones of the ocean.
intertidal, neritic, oceanic, benthic
400
What is transpiration?
When a plant releases water in the form of a liquid or gas.
400
What is a watershed?
Any area of land that collects water or where water goes through when precipitation occurs.
500
What is the main abiotic factor of a river?
What is how fast the water moves?
500
Name the 3 zones of a lake
What is littoral, open water, and deep water.
500
What is a trench?
Where two tectonic plates create an opening in the ocean floor.
500
when water vapor attaches to a surface and turns to a solid or liquid
What is condensation?
500
Explain the process of the water cycle.
Water evaporates into a gas state, then condenses, then comes back to earth as precipitation. The cycle is constantly repeating.