Saltwater Ecosystems

Adaptation is

• A body part that helps an organism survive

• A type of organism

• A body part that hurts an organism

• A kind of plant

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An area where organisms interact with each other and the non-living parts of the environment

• Salinity

• Organism

• Ecosystem

• Aquatic

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A large body of saltwater

• Ocean

• Estuary

• Coral reefs

• Aquatic

Check all the place coral reefs are found

• Shallow water

• Warm

• Fresh water

• Clear water

A place where freshwater mixes with saltwater to make brackish water

• Aquatic

• Marine ecosystem

• Salinity

• Estuary

An amount of dissolved salt

• Salinity

• Estuary

• Coral reefs

• Organism

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Estuaries vary in their amounts of salinity. True or False?

• True

• False

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Aquatic means

• Relating to saltwater

• Relating to freshwater

• Relating to all types of water

• Relating to land

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A marine ecosystem is also called a

• Saltwater ecosystem

• Freshwater ecosystem

• Land ecosystem

• There is no other name for a marine ecosystem

Check all of the boxes that are organisms

• Fish

• Crabs

• Coral reefs

• Algae

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