Unit 6 Aquatic Biomes

Water not containing salts

• Freshwater

• Marine

• Estuary

• Brackish

Relating to the ocean and the animals and plants that live there

• Marine

• Freshwater

• Estuary

• Brackish

An area of water where freshwater and saltwater combine. Estuaries are the nursery of many aquatic animals.

• Estuary

• Brackish

• Marine

• Freshwater

Containing a mixture of seawater and fresh water

• Brackish

• Freshwater

• Estuary

• Marine

The line where the land and the water meet

• Shoreline

• Environment

• Biotic Factor

• None of These3

Surroundings and conditions in which an organism lives

• Environment

• Erosion

• Ecoregion

• None of These

The non-living components of an ecosystem

• Abiotic Factor

• Biotic Factor

• Environment

• All of These

The living components of an ecosystem

• Biotic Factor

• Abiotic Factor

• Environment

• None of These

An invertebrate that live mostly in water and has a hard shell, a segmented body, and jointed appendages

• Crustacean

• Adaptation

• Microhabitat

• None of These

Situated or located outside of something

• External Structure

• Internal Structure

• Biotic Factor

• Abiotic Factor