Practice OC.10 Vocabulary

Match the following.

• habitat

• An area that provides an organism with ist basic needs for survival.

• hydrostatic pressure

• A biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.

• water column

• The weight of water pushing down on organisms in deep areas of the oceans.

• ecosystem

• Any part of the physical environment that affects living organisms.

• abiotic factor

• The vertical volume of water in the ocean.

Match the following.

• stenothermal

• An organism that can tolerate a narrow range of temperatures.

• stenohaline

• An organism that can tolerate a narrow range of salinities.

• eurythermal

• An organism that can tolerate a wide range of salinities.

• euryhaline

• An organism that can tolerate a wide range of temperatures.

Match the following

• isotonic

• There is no net flow of water into or out of the cell because the solute concentration is the same outside as inside the cell.

• hypertonic

• The solute concentration is lower than that inside of the cell, causing a net flow of water into the cell.

• diffusion

• The movement of water through a membrane to equalize solutions on either side.

• osmosis

• The transfer of material from a region of high concentration to regions of lower concentration.

• hypotonic

• The solute concentration is higher than that inside of the cell, causing a net flow of water into the cell.

Match the following.

• ecosystem

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• water column

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• habitat

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• hydrostatic pressure

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• abiotic factor

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Match the following.

• stenothermal

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• stenohaline

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• eurythermal

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• euryhaline

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Match the following

• isotonic

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• diffusion

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• hypertonic

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• hypotonic

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• osmosis

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