Science Vocab 22-25
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- Estuary
- mixing zone of salt water and freshwater
- Intertidal Zone
- zone between highest tideline and lowest tideline
- Neuritic Zone
- region of shallow water below the low-tide line
- Open Ocean
- deep ocean including surface and deep zone
- Surface Zone
- zone of water near top of ocean
- Deep Zone
- zone beneath surface zone
- Aquatic Ecosystems
- freshwater and salt water ecosystems
- Marine Ecosystems
- ecosystems with salt water
- Freshwater Ecosystems
- ecosystems with freshwater
- Stream
- rapidly flowing water
- River
- large version of stream
- Pond
- shallow still freshwater
- Lake
- still freshwater large and deep
- Biogeography
- the study of where organisms live
- Continental Drift
- movements of continents with plates
- Pangea
- super continent from 225 million years ago
- Dispersal
- movement of organisms from one place to another
- Physical Barriers
- barriers such as mountains or water that limit movement of organisms
- Exotic Species
- organism brought to new location by human
- Competition
- survival of new organisms with native organisms
- Climate
- typical weather pattern in an area (precipitation and weather)