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The muddy bottom of a lake pond or ocean
a) Aphotic zone
b) Benthic Zone
c) Photic Zone
d) Profundal Zone

A geographic region categorized by a particular combinaton of average annual temperature, annual precipitation, and distinctive plant growth forms on land and a particular combination of salinity, depth, and water flow
a) Biome
b) Climate
c) Ecosystem
d) habitat

The layer of ocean water that lacks sufficient sunlight for photosynthesis
a) Profundal Zone
b) Photic Zone
c) Aphotic Zone
d) Benthic Zone

A process used by some bacteria in the ocean to generate energy with methane and hydrogen sulfide
a) Heterotrophic
b) Photosynth
c) Autotrophic
d) Chemosythesis

A phenomenon in which algae inside corals die, causing the corals to turn white
a) Coral Sleeping
b) Coral Bleaching
c) Mesotrophic
d) Chemosynthesis

The deflection of an object's path due to the rotation of Earth
a) Hadley Cell
b) Thermohaline Circulation
c) Coriolis Effect
d) El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO)

The periodic changes in winds and ocean currents, causing cooler and wetter conditions in the southeastern United States and usually dry weather in southern Africa and Southeast Asia
a) El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO)
b) Hadley Cells
c) Coriolis Effect
d) Thermohaline Cirulation

An are of Earth that receives the most intense sunlight; where the ascending branches of the two Hadley Cells converge
a) Limnetic Zone
b) Intertrophical Convergence Zone
c) Intertidal Zone
d) Littoral Zone

The release of energy when water vapor in the atmosphere condenses into liquid water
a) Limnetic Zone
b) Littoral Zone
c) Interidal Zone
d) Latent Heat Release

A zone of open water in lakes and ponds
a) Littoral Zone
b) Interidal Zone
c) Limnetic Zone
d) Intertrophical Zone

A swamp that occurs along tropical and subtropical coasts, and contains salt-tolerant trees with roots submerged in water
a) Salt Marsh
b) Bog
c) Wetland
d) Mangrove Swamp

The upper layer of water in the ocean that receives enough sunlight for photosythesis
a) Aphotic Zone
b) Benthic Zone
c) Photic Zone
d) Profundal Zone

A marsh containing nonwoody emergent vegetation, found along the coast in temperate climates
a) Salt Marsh
b) Latent Rain Release
c) Mangrove Swamp
d) Wetland

A biome characterized by cold, harsh winters, and hot, dry summers
a) Temperate Rainforest
b) Temperate Grassland/Cold Desert
c) Temperate Seasonal Forest
d) Tropical Rain Forest

A coastal biome typified by moderate temperatures and high precipitation
a) Temperate Grassland/Cold Desert
b) Temperate Seasonal Forest
c) Tropical Rain Forest
d) Temperate Rainforest

An oceanic circulation pattern that drives the mixing of surface water and deep water
a) Gyres
b) Upwelling
c) Thermohaline Circulation
d) Coriolis Effect

A warm and wet biome found between 20 degrees N and 20 degrees S of the equator, with little seasonal temperature variation and high precipitation
a) Boreal Forest
b) Tropical Seasonal Forest and Savanna
c) Subtropical Desert
d) Tropical Rainforest

A biome marked by warm temperatures and distinct wet and dry seasons
a) Tropical Seasonal Forest and Savanna
b) Boreal Forest
c) Tropical Rainforest
d) Subtropical Savanna

A layer of the atmosphere closest to the surface of Earth, extending up to approximately 16km (10 miles) and containing most of the atmosphere's nitrogen, oxygen, and water vapor
a) Stratosphere
b) Thermosphere
c) Troposphere
d) Mesosphere

A biome characterized by hot, dry summers and mild, rainy winters
a) Subtropical Desert
b) Woodland/Shrubland
c) Temperate Rain Forest
d) Temperate Seasonal Forest

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