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Match these five terms to the following questions.

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:

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 ________.
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