Quiz about Aquatic Biome Review

Question 1

What are the 2 types of aquatic biomes?

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marine and fresh water

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rivers and streams

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lakes and oceans

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marine and oceanic

Question 2

What are the 2 types of freshwater biome?

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running water and still water

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pond and lake

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river and stream

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marine and oceanic

Question 3

Which type of fresh water biome has more algae?

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still water

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river

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stream

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oceanic

Question 4

The marine zone closest to shore is called

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intertidal

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neritic

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surface

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deep

Question 5

The kind of wetland formed where saltwater and fresh water meet is called

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estuary

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brujeria

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swamp

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marsh

Question 6

What aquatic biome is characterized by flowing fresh water?

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Rivers/Streams

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Lakes/Ponds

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Mangroves Swamps

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Coral Reefs

Question 7

Which of the following is considered a wetland?

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All of the above.

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Swamps

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Marshes

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Bogs

Question 8

Which of the following is the best definition for estuary?

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Areas along the coast where fresh water from rivers mixes with salt water from the ocean.

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Narrow band of coastline that exists between high and low tide.

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Flowing fresh water containing rapids.

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Freshwater aquatic areas that are saturated by water for at least part of the year.

Question 9

Which biome is pictured below?

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coral reef

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ocean

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freshwater

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wetland

Question 10

In which biome do these plants (phytoplankton) not survive?

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desert

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freshwater

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coral reef

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ocean

Question 11

Which biome is pictured below?

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ocean

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freshwater

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wetland

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coral reef

Question 12

Which brackish watery biome has some areas that are salty, and some areas that are freshwater?

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estuary

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freshwater

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coral reef

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ocean

Question 13

Which biome is pictured below?

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river

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wetland

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coral reef

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ocean

Question 14

Which is NOT a freshwater ecosystem?

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an estuary

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a river

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a lake

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a stream

Question 15

The intertidal zone of oceans

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has tides that rise and fall each day

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surrounds continents

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is on the coastline

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is the open ocean

Question 16

Aquatic biomes cover roughly how much of the Earth's surface

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75%

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10%

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25%

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50%

Question 17

This area is a very harsh environment in the ocean due to tides crashing and receding.

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Intertidal Zone

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Coral Reef

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Aphotic Zone

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Abyss

Question 18

To which biome do all the ecosystems shown in the figure belong?

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open ocean (oceanic)

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continental shelf (neritic)

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wetlands

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sea floor (benthic)

Question 19

What do you call the non-living parts of an environment?

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abiotic

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biotic

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biome

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aquatic

Question 20

What do you call the living things that shape an environment?

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biotic

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abiotic

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biome

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aquatic

Question 21

Aquatic food webs begin with what?

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phytoplankton

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krill

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zooplankton

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plankton

Question 22

Plankton that make food by photosynthesis are called what?

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phytoplankton

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krill

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zooplankton

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plankton

Question 23

Plankton that are more animal in nature are called what?

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zooplankton

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krill

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phytoplankton

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plankton

Question 24

If the end of a river or stream overflows, what is that area called?

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wetlands

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pond

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beach

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gulf

Question 25

An area of shallow water with emergent plants and dominated by trees is a:

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swamp

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bog

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marsh

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wetland

Question 26

In a body of water, the colder area with more nutrients but little to no light is called the:

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Benthic Zone

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Source Zone

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Floodplain Zone

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Pelagic Zone

Question 27

The measure of total salt content dissolved in water.

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Salinity

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Temperature

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Brininess

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Iodized

Question 28

Freshwater Biomes include (check all)

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Ponds

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Lakes

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Streams

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Oceans

Question 29

What is the difference between ponds and streams?

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Pond is still water, stream is running water.

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One is dirty and one is clean.

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Pond is running water, stream is still.

Question 30

This helps stop floods because they take in overflowing rain from rivers and lakes.

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wetlands

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estuary

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ocean

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stream

Question 31

Types of marine biomes

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coral reefs

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estuaries

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oceans

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streams

Question 32

This makes up a lot of our world's oxygen supply.

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algae

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plants

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animals

Question 33

The marine zone that covers the continental shelf is called

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neritic

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intertidal

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surface

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deep

Question 34

This is a smaller stream or river that feeds into larger rivers and streams

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tributary

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oxbow lake

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watershed

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pond

Question 35

Which biome is pictured below?

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coral reef

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ocean

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freshwater

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wetland

Question 36

Which factor(s) affect aquatic ecosystems?

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all affect aquatic ecosystems

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depth

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water flow

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salinity (nutrients)

Question 37

Circulating water in lakes and ponds is important for distributing

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all of these

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heat

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oxygen

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nutrients

Question 38

The photic zone

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extends to a depth of about 200 meters

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extends to the bottom of the open ocean

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is deep, cold, and permanently dark

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is where chemosynthetic bacteria are the producers

Question 39

The aphotic zone is

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the ocean's dark lower layer where photosynthesis cannot occur

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the sunlit upper layer of the ocean where photosynthesis occurs

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on the bottom of lakes, streams, and oceans.

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where benthos are found

Question 40

Ponds are divided into zones

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False

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True

Question 41

Lakes are divided into zones. These zones are based on

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the availability of sunlight

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the size of the lake

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the pressure of the lake

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the vegetation that lives there

Question 42

This type of freshwater wetland is found around lakes and streams where grasses and reeds are common, but trees are not.

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Marshes

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Estuary

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Swamps

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Salt Marsh

Question 43

Rivers are generally smaller than streams.

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False

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True

Question 44

Check all the features of a river.

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Flowing fresh water

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Water empties into a larger body of water

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Wide and deep with parallel banks

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Always has the same amount of water flowing in it

Question 45

Check the plants that can be found in a pond habitat.

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Option B is correct

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Option C is correct

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Option D is correct

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A.

Question 46

What are the two main types of freshwater wetlands?

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marshes and swamps

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lakes and ponds

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rivers and streams

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littoral zones and benthic zones

Question 47

_____________ are wetlands that are dominated by woody plants, such as trees.

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swamps

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marshes

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estuaries

Question 48

Ponds are _______ and ________ than lakes?

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smaller and shallower

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fatter and larger

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wider and larger

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longer and wider

Question 49

Which of these determines what types of organisms live in water?

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water temperature, oxygen levels, sunlight & nutrients

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water temperature

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oxygen levels of water

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sunlight & nutrients

Question 50

This zone is found on the shores of large aquatic ecosystems, where plants are able to grow and sunlight reaches the bottom.

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littoral zone

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open-water zone (limnetic)

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deep-water zone (profundal)

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photic (light) zone

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