Lakes and Ponds Notes

Multiple Choice

Choose the zone close to shore in which light reaches all the way to the bottom.

• A

• B

• C

• D

Multiple Choice

Choose the zone primarily inhabited by insect larvae and decomposers that can live in the low oxygen.

• A

• B

• C

• D

Multiple Choice

Choose the zone of open water where light penetrates.

• A

• B

• C

• D

Multiple Choice

In lakes, the nutrient-rich water near the shore is part of the

• limnetic zone

• benthic zone

• littoral zone

• profundal zone

Multiple Choice

In lakes, the open-water surface layer is called the

• limnetic zone

• benthic zone

• littoral zone

• profundal zone

Multiple Choice

Fish adapted to cooler dark waters live in what zone of lakes and pond?

• limnetic zone

• benthic zone

• littoral zone

• profundal zone

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT an adaptation for plants living in a lake/pond?

• leaves that float on the surface

• sticky sap

• porous stems and leaves to absorb nutrients

• waxy coat to protect them from drying out

Multiple Choice

Describe pond succession:

• Where over time a pond will fill up with sediment and become a wetland then a meadow

• Where a pond grows deeper into a lake and then a reservoir

• Where a pond cycles from a pond to a lake back to a pond

• None of These

Multiple Choice

What is the only natural lake in Texas?

• Lake Livingston

• Lake Travis

• Caddo Lake

• Lake Lewisville