Envirothon-Aquatics

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

• Riparian

• Water Buffer

• Aquatic Transition Area ATA

What is this aquatic insect?

• Crayfish

• Mayfly

• Stonefly

• Caddisfly

What is this aquatic animal

• Mayfly

• Stonefly

• Caddisfly

• Rockfly

What are wetlands?

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

• the ocean

• lakes

• estuaries

What is NOT an important feature of a wetland?

• Prevents flooding

• Provides habitat for organisms

• Prevents wildfires

• Filters and purifies water

Salinity refers to

• how many plants are in the water

• how many organisms live in the water

• how much salt in is water

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

• Mangrove Swamp
• Estuary
• Marshes
• Wetland

The bottom region of oceans and bodies of fresh water is 

• Benthos
• Benthic Zone
• Limnetic Zone
• Nekton

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

• Temperature and sunlight
• Neighbors and housing prices
• Fish and wildlife
• Darkness and tree height

An increase in the amount of nutrients in an aquatic ecosystem can lead to...

• Eutrophication

• Zootrophication

• Overfishing

• Swamping