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Diversity |
description of the varietyof different species in an ecosystem; may also be used to describe variety in a population or species |
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Lake Zones- upper,middle,lowest |
Upper- from the shore down to where aquatic plants stop growing of a lake Middle- is the open water area that still has light penetration Lowest- is the deepest water of the lake |
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Intertidal Zone |
the shoreline area that they lived in |
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Estuary |
one of the most diverse and richest ecosystems |
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Continental Shelf |
is a shelf of land that extends out from the edge of a continent below the ocean surface |
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Oceanic Zone |
deepest parts of ocean |
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Adaptation |
physical characteristics or behaviour of a species that increases the species chances of survival in a particular environment |
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Population |
group of organisms of the same species that live in a particular area |
