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15 Cards in this Set
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Aphotic Zone
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Zone in the water column deeper than 200 m where sunlight does not penetrate.
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Bioluminescence
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Light created by organisms from chemical reactions.
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Intertidal zone
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Part of the ocean closest to the shore, between low and high tide.
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Neritic zone
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Part of the ocean where the continental shelf gradually slopes seaward; sunlight can penetrate to the bottom in much of the neritic zone.
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Oceanic zone
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Open ocean, where sunlight does not reach the seabed.
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Photic zone
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Upper 200 m of the ocean, where sunlight penetrates.
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Water column
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Vertical column of ocean water, divided into different zones according to their depth.
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Groundwater
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Fresh water below Earth's surface.
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Impermeable
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Material that water cannot pass though.
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Permeable
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Material water can pass thourgh.
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Prosity
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Small holes that exist between grains in a rock or sediment.
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Water table
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Line between where water is in a rock layer (below) and where it is not (above).
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Freshwater
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Water that contains little or no dissolved salt
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Reservoir
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Storage location for a substance, such as water. The atmosphere is a reservoir for carbon dioxide.
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residence time
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Amount of time, on average, a substance remains in a reservoir.
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