Chapter 6 Vocabulary

2. Bodies of water, partly enclosed by land, where fresh water meets ocean or inland sea.
4. The amount of salts dissolved in water.
8. Climate diagrams that describe conditions in a biome.
9. Areas nearest a river's course that are flooded periodically.
11. A group of ecosystems with similar abiotic and biotic conditions.
12. A deep sleeplike state that an animal enters for most of winter.
13. Day-to-day conditions like sunny/humid/cold/snowy.
14. The very bottom of a body of water, can be sunlit or dark.
15. Trees that lose their leaves and stop photosynthesis during part of the year.

1. Organic matter or biomass that remains after cellular respiration.
3. Areas of land that are flooded with water at least part of the year.
5. The area farther from the shore, no rooted plants.
6. The uppermost layer of an aquatic system, enough sunlight for photosynthesis.
7. The shallow near-shore portion of the photic zone.
8. The average temperature and precipitation over long periods in a given area.
10. Where no sunlight penetrates and photosynthesis cannot occur.