Aquatic Biomes

What are the 2 types of aquatic biomes?

• rivers and streams
• lakes and oceans
• marine and fresh water
• marine and oceanic

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

• brujeria
• estuary
• swamp
• marsh

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Which of the following is considered a wetland?

• Swamps
• Marshes
• Bogs
• All of the above.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

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Which of the following is the best definition for estuary?

• Narrow band of coastline that exists between high and low tide.
• Areas along the coast where fresh water from rivers mixes with salt water from the ocean.
• Flowing fresh water containing rapids.
• Freshwater aquatic areas that are saturated by water for at least part of the year.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Which biome is pictured below?

• ocean
• freshwater
• coral reef 
• wetland

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which is NOT a freshwater ecosystem?

• a river
• a lake 
• an estuary
• a stream

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

• 10%
• 25%
• 50%
• 75%

Fresh water referrers to which of the following

• oceans, rivers, lakes
• ponds, rivers, oceans
• lakes, ponds,  streams
• streams, lakes, oceans

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is a freshwater biome?

• an ecosystem made up of any body of freshwater

• a body of freshwater containing less than 1% salt

• a body of freshwater such as a lake, pond, stream or rivers.

• all of the above

True or False.  The main difference between a pond and lake is size. 

• True 
• False