Select three words that belong together. To do this pick one word from each of the three sets below:
Set 1: Estuary, Lake, Neritic Zone
Set 2: High Salt, Intermediate Salt, No Salt
Set 3: Trout, coral, oyster
Answer choices:
A) Neritic zone, intermediate salt, oyster
B) Lake, no salt, coral
C) Estuary, Intermediate salt, trout
D) Neritic Zone, High salt, Coral
My answer is A
To determine which three words belong together, we need to select one word from each set provided. Let's go through the sets one by one:
Set 1: Estuary, Lake, Neritic Zone
- Estuary is a partially enclosed coastal body of water where freshwater from rivers and streams meets and mixes with saltwater from the ocean.
- Lake is a large body of water surrounded by land.
- Neritic Zone refers to the shallow part of the ocean that extends from the low tide mark to the edge of the continental shelf.
Set 2: High Salt, Intermediate Salt, No Salt
- High Salt refers to an environment with a high concentration of salt.
- Intermediate Salt refers to an environment with a moderate concentration of salt.
- No Salt refers to an environment with no salt or a very low concentration of salt.
Set 3: Trout, Coral, Oyster
- Trout is a type of freshwater fish often found in rivers and lakes.
- Coral refers to the hard structures formed by colonies of small marine organisms in warm, tropical oceans.
- Oyster is a type of bivalve mollusk that lives in marine or brackish environments and forms shells.
By considering the descriptions of each word in the sets, we can determine the correct combination from the answer choices provided:
- Option A) Neritic zone, intermediate salt, oyster
- Option B) Lake, no salt, coral
- Option C) Estuary, intermediate salt, trout
- Option D) Neritic Zone, high salt, coral
Based on the definitions, the correct combination would be Option A: Neritic zone, intermediate salt, oyster. The neritic zone is a part of the ocean, intermediate salt matches with an oyster's brackish water environment, and oysters are found in the coastal areas where neritic zones exist.