4th Quiz EO (2ndSem 2022-23) - Intertidal Ecosystems Quiz

This area is having very fine particles and flat surface, it is known to retain high amount of interstitial water within the substrate.

• Substratum

• grain

• particle

• water column

Dwellers in rocky shores include all except

• starfish

• crab

• Barnacles

• stone fish

Areas where water bodies and land meet.

• ridge

• reef

• intertidal shore

• open ocean

TRUE or FALSE: Natural threats to coastal zones include extreme temperature, light intensity, rising sea levels, agricultural runoff, invasive species, and overfishing.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Challenges to inhabitants of tide pools, except the following

• high temperature

• high salinity

• dessication

• extreme pressure

This type of shore have higher competition as compared to other type of shores

• coral reef

• rocky shore

• sandy shore

• muddy shore

These shores are formed along the seashores where there is no or little wave action.

• Muddy shores

• Rocky shores

• Sandy shores

• Coral reef

Among the intertidal zones, the inhabitants of this type of shore receives the harshest environmental conditions as compared to others.

• sandy shore

• muddy shore

• rochy shore

• seagrass beds

It is the area that is directly affected by tides.

• Oceans

• Rivers

• Streams

• Intertidal shores

Animals that live on top of the substrate or attached to it as sessile organisms:

• meiofauna

• epifauna

• infauna

• flora