Holt Env. Science Aquatic Ecosystems Ch. 7 Vocabulary Quiz

An area of land that is periodically underwater or whose soil contains a great deal of moisture.

• wetland

• plankton

• nekton

• benthos

• littoral zone

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Organisms that live at the bottom of oceans or bodies of fresh water.

• wetland

• plankton

• nekton

• benthos

• littoral zone

A shallow zone in a freshwater habitat where light reaches the bottom and nurtures plants.

• wetland

• plankton

• nekton

• benthos

• littoral zone

The mass of mostly microscopic organisms that float or drift freely in the waters of aquatic ( freshwater or marine) environments.

• wetland

• plankton

• nekton

• benthos

• littoral zone

All organisms that swim actively ion open water, independant of currents.

• wetland

• plankton

• nekton

• benthos

• littoral zone

The bottom region of oceans and bodies of fresh water.

• eutrophication

• plankton

• nekton

• benthic zone

• littoral zone

An increase in the amount of nutrients, such as nitrates, in a marine or aquatic ecosystem.

• nekton zone

• phoitc zone

• eutrophication

• benthic zone

• littoral zone

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

A tropical or subtropical marine swamp that is characherized by the abundance of low to tall trees, espically mangrove trees.

• barrier island

• coral reef

• salt marsh

• mangrove swamp

• estuary

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

A maritime habitat characterized by grasses, sedges, and other plants that have adapted to continual, perodic flooding; salt marshes are found primarily throughout the temperate and subarctic regions

• barrier island

• coral reef

• salt marsh

• mangrove swamp

• estuary

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

A limestone ridge found in tropical climates & composed of coral fragments that are deposited around organic remains.

• barrier island

• coral reef

• salt marsh

• mangrove swamp

• estuary