Chapter 35

Question 1

Aphotic zone

Answer 1

portion of a lake or ocean where there is little or no sunlight

Question 2

Benthic zone

Answer 2

ecological region at the lowest level of a body of water, such as an ocean or lake

Question 3

Chapparel

Answer 3

vegetation consisting tangled shrubs and thorny bushes

Question 4

Coniferous forest

Answer 4

a region that consists of mainly conifer trees that grown needles instead of leaves

Question 5

Deserts

Answer 5

a dry, barren area of land covered with sand

Question 6

Estuaries

Answer 6

habitats where freshwater rivers join oceans

Question 7

Intermediate disturbance hypothesis

Answer 7

regular disturbances, actally contribute to biodiversity because different species make use of different habitats, and periodic distrubances guarantee that there will always be habitat at varying stages of recovery.

Question 8

Intertidal zone

Answer 8

the area between the land and sea that is covered by water at high tide and uncovered at low tide.

Question 9

Limnetic zone

Answer 9

open surface waters in a lake, away from the shore. The vegetation of the littoral zone surrounds this expanse of open water and it is above the profundal zone.

Question 10

Littoral zone

Answer 10

Inhabiting the seashore, especially. The zone between high-water and low-water mark.