Aquatic Biomes

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What are the key factors used to classify aquatic biomes?

• Salinity

• Depth

• Temperature

• Flow

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What determines which organisms can live in aquatic biomes?

• Water temperature

• Biotic factors

• Aquatic biome conditions

• Oxygen levels

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What are the three main zones of aquatic layers based on sunlight availability?

• Photic zone

• Apotic zone

• Benthic zone

• Lentic zone

Match

Match the following

• Photic

• Aphotic

• Benthic

The portion of water that the light can penetrate.

The portion of water that light CANNOT penetrate.

Bottom of a body of water.

• The portion of water that the light can penetrate.

• The portion of water that light CANNOT penetrate.

• Bottom of a body of water.

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What are the characteristics of freshwater biomes?

• High salinity

• Low salinity

• High temperature

• Low temperature

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What is the primary difference between a lake and a pond?

• Lakes are saltwater, ponds are freshwater

• Ponds are deeper than lakes

• Lakes are generally larger and deeper than ponds

• Ponds flow in one direction, lakes do not

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What are the three zones of ponds and lakes as shown in the image?

• Littoral zone

• Limnetic zone

• Profundal zone

• Benthic zone

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What are the different layers of aquatic biomes mentioned in the summary?

• Photic zone

• Apotic zone

• Benthic zone

• All of the above

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What are the sources of freshwater that fill rivers and streams?

• Rain

• Snowmelt

• Springs

• All of the above

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What is the term for the area of land drained by a river and its tributaries?

• Source

• Tributary

• Watershed

• Floodplain

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What adaptations do organisms in a river need to survive in flowing water?

• Camouflage

• Strong fins

• Ability to breathe underwater

• Ability to swim against the current

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What type of wetland is depicted in the image: marsh, swamp, or bog?

• Marsh

• Swamp

• Bog

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What type of wetland is depicted in the image?

• Marsh

• Swamp

• Bog

• Fen

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What type of wetland is shown in the image?

• Marsh

• Swamp

• Bog

• Pond

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What are the key characteristics that differentiate a marsh, swamp, and bog?

• Marshes are dominated by herbaceous plants

• Swamps are dominated by trees

• Bogs are acidic and have sphagnum moss

• There are no differences between a marsh, a swamp and a bog.

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These are the three main jobs of wetlands.

• provide habitats, store flood waters, purify water
• provide habitats, store plant life, purify water
• purify water, store wildlife, provide habitats
• purify the land, store flood waters, provide habitats

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What environmental issues would arise from filling in a local marsh to build a super-center grocery store?

• Loss of wildlife habitat

• Increased flooding risk

• Water pollution

• All of the above

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What are the four main importance of wetlands listed in the image?

• Flood control

• Groundwater recharge

• Water filtration

• Biodiversity hot-spots

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What is an estuary?

• A body of water where a river meets the ocean

• A type of freshwater lake

• A saltwater body

• A landform created by sediment deposition

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the area between the high tide and the low tide mark

• benthic zone
• intertidal zone
• pelagic zone
• abyssal zone

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the water area between the low tide mark and the edge of the continental shelf

• nautical zone
• benthic zone
• nueston zone
• neritic zone

Match

Match the following

• Photic

• Aphotic

• Benthic

The portion of water that the light can penetrate.

The portion of water that light CANNOT penetrate.

Bottom of a body of water.

• The portion of water that the light can penetrate.

• The portion of water that light CANNOT penetrate.

• Bottom of a body of water.

Multiple Choice

the open water area beyond the continental shelf

• oceanic zone
• tidal zone
• bahyal zone
• abyssal zone

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MOST sealife lives in the:

• Photic zone

• Twilight zone

• Midnight zone

• Deep zone

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The aphotic zone is

• the ocean's dark lower layer where photosynthesis cannot occur
• the sunlit upper layer of the ocean where photosynthesis occurs
• on the bottom of lakes, streams, and oceans.
• where benthos are found

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The zone in the oceans layers with the warmest temperatures that is warmed by sunlight and most life exist there?

• Aphotic zone

• Photic zone
• Thermocline layer
• Benthic zone

Multiple Choice

Which zone supports the least amount of life?

• photic
• aphotic
• neritic
• ocean