The shallow, sloped area close to the shore of a lake that tends to be dominated by rooted plants is the ________

A) thermocline B) aphotic zone C) littoral zone D) benthic zone E) halocline


Answer: C

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A(n) ________ is defined as a cataclysmic, explosive death of a star

A) supernova B) accretion C) planetesimal D) condensation

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Dark-light couplets of sedimentary laminations representing an annual deposit in a glacial lake are

____________________. Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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