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Match these five terms to the following questions.

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Responses:

The top layer of the limnetic zone is called the ________, and is heated by the sun in summer.

epilimnion

At the ________, water temperature changes abruptly over a narrow depth range.

spring overturn

The epilimnion cools, becomes denser, and sinks, eliminating the thermocline during the ________.

fall overturn

Water temperature is briefly uniform at all depths, and winds create vertical currents during the ________.

hypolimnion

The deep water of a lake's profundal zone is called the ________.

thermocline

Premises:

The top layer of the limnetic zone is called the ________, and is heated by the sun in summer.

At the ________, water temperature changes abruptly over a narrow depth range.

The epilimnion cools, becomes denser, and sinks, eliminating the thermocline during the ________.

Water temperature is briefly uniform at all depths, and winds create vertical currents during the ________.

The deep water of a lake's profundal zone is called the ________.

Responses:

epilimnion

spring overturn

fall overturn

hypolimnion

thermocline

Correct Answer:

Premises:

Responses:

The top layer of the limnetic zone is called the ________, and is heated by the sun in summer.

At the ________, water temperature changes abruptly over a narrow depth range.

The epilimnion cools, becomes denser, and sinks, eliminating the thermocline during the ________.

Water temperature is briefly uniform at all depths, and winds create vertical currents during the ________.

The deep water of a lake's profundal zone is called the ________.