Marine Environments

What typical coastal community is shown in this image?

• Sandy Beach

• Coral Reef

• Rocky Coast

• Mud Flat

The water in an estuary would best be described as what?

• Saltwater with high salinity

• Freshwater

• Brackish

• Free of plankton

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Why is a salt marsh more productive than a mud flat?

• Lies in calmer waters

• Lies in rougher waters

• Has more photosynthetic organisms

• Has more salt

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Which of the following is a life zone that is NON-photosynthetic?

• Neritic

• Benthic

• Intertidal

• Aphotic

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Which of the following is an environmental issue affecting polar regions?

• Global Warming

• Ozone Depletion

• Water & Air Pollution

• All answers are correct

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

Organisms that live on the seafloor inhabit which zone?

• Neritic

• Benthic

• Intertidal

• Epipelagic

What type of marine environment is shown in the image?

• Sandy Beach

• Salt Marsh

• Mangrove Swamp

• Mud Flat

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

What type of marine ecosystem is shown in the image?

• Mud Flat

• Mangrove Swamp

• Polar Region

• Salt Marsh

A remora fish attaches itself to the underside of a shark and eats leftover bits of food from the shark’s meals. The remora helps to clean the shark and remove parasites.

• Mutualism

• Commensalism

• Parasitism

• Not Symbiosis

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Hermit crabs live in shells made and then abandoned by snails. This neither harms nor benefits the snails.

• Mutualism

• Commensalism

• Parasitism

• Not Symbiosis