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5B Ch 3 Vocabulary
5B Ch3 Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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climate zone | a region throughout which yearly patterns of temperature, rainfall, and amount of sunlight are similar |
estuary | the place where a freshwater river empties into an ocean |
near-shore zone | the area beyond the breaking waves that extends to waters that are about 180m deep |
biome | a large-scale ecosystem |
intertidal zone | an area where the tide and churning waves provide a constant supply of oxygen and nutrients to living organisms |
open-ocean zone | the area that includes most deep ocean waters; most organisms live near the surface |