Why aren't plants able to survive below a depth of 200 meters?

There is no sunlight at that depth

The plants cannot anchor themselves in the shifting sands.

The water pressure is too great

Why are lakes and rivers more sensitive to pollution that the oceans?

because lakes and rivers are smaller

because more people use the lakes and rivers

because people litter in the rivers and lakes all of the time

because oceans are smaller than rivers

Which zone contains the most life in a lake or pond?

Littoral zone around the shoreline

Profundal zone in the deep and dark

Limnetic zone in the open lake as far as light reaches

Which of the following actions is an example of how humans affect wetlands?

draining a wetland to create farmland

clearing a wetland to build a housing development

What is the difference between swamps and marshes?

marshes contain non-woody plants, swamps contain woody plants

marshes attract birds, swamps attract amphibians

marshes are freshwater, swamps are saltwater

marshes are mostly in the southeast U.S., swamps in the northeast U.S.

How do benthic macroinvertebrates indicate water quality?

If pollution-intolerant organisms are found, quality is good.

If pollution-intolerant organisms not found, water is poor.

If pollution-tolerant organisms are found, quality is good.

If any of these are found, water is of poor quality.

If excessive amounts of hot water are discharged into a lake, the immediate result will most likely be...

a decrease in the amount of dissolved oxygen in the lake

an increase of mercury in the lake

What is turbidity a measure of?

Solubility of atmospheric gases in water.

A lake ecosystem is termed “phosphorous limited” if:

adding phosphorus to the lake causes increased phytoplankton growth

adding nitrogen to the lake causes increased phytoplankton growth

adding nitrogen to the lake causes decreased phytoplankton growth

adding phosphorus to the lake causes decreased phytoplankton growth

adding phosphorus to the lake causes no change in phytoplankton growth

Pacific salmon (Onchorhyncus spp.) are an example of the “anadromy” life history because they do which of the following:

fish spawn in freshwater but juveniles drift back to the ocean where adults spend most of their lives

fish spend most of their lives in freshwater and then migrate to the sea for breeding

adult female fish die immediately after spawning

adults can metamorphose from male to female under high density pressures

If a New York state stream contains a wild trout population then a permit is required to construct a road crossing it. Which of the following agencies would issue the needed permit?

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation

United States Fish and Wildlife Service

Soil and Water Conservation District

United States Environmental Protection Agency

New York State Department of Transportation

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Narrow strips of land that border streams, rivers, or bodies of water.

Riparian

Water Buffer

Aquatic Transition Area ATA

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is this aquatic insect?

Crayfish

Mayfly

Stonefly

Caddisfly

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is this aquatic animal

Mayfly

Stonefly

Caddisfly

Rockfly

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What are wetlands?

areas of land that are flooded at least part of the year

the ocean

lakes

estuaries

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is NOT an important feature of a wetland?

Prevents flooding

Provides habitat for organisms

Prevents wildfires

Filters and purifies water

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Salinity refers to

how many plants are in the water

how many organisms live in the water

how much salt in is water

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

An area in which fresh water from a river mixes with salt water from the ocean

Mangrove Swamp

Estuary

Marshes

Wetland

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Narrow strips of land that border streams, rivers, or bodies of water.

What is this aquatic insect?

What is this aquatic animal

What are wetlands?

What is NOT an important feature of a wetland?

Salinity refers to

An area in which fresh water from a river mixes with salt water from the ocean

The bottom region of oceans and bodies of fresh water is

Two factors that determine where an organism lives in aquatic ecosystem are

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