Aquatic Biomes

Organisms that cannot swim against currents and are drifters. (usually, the infant stages of various aquatic animals)

• Plankton

• Nekton

• Benthos

Organisms that are free-swimmers (fishes, turtles, whales)

• Plankton

• Nekton

• Benthos

Bottom-dwelling organisms (mussels, worms, and barnacles)

• Plankton

• Nekton

• Benthos

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Lakes, Pounds, Wetlands (Swamps & Marshes), Rivers, and Streams are all what type of Aquatic Biomes?

• Freshwater

• Brackish

• Saltwater

Estuaries are what type of Aquatic Biomes?

• Freshwater

• Brackish

• Saltwater

Rocky Shores, Sandy Shores, Barrier Islands, Coral Reefs, and the Open Ocean are what type of Aquatic Biomes?

• Freshwater

• Brackish

• Saltwater

Zone of lakes/pounds located near the shore, is nutrient rich, and is the most diverse zone (containing an abundance of life).

• Littoral Zone

• Benthic Zone

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

The bottom zone of lakes/pounds where dead and decomposing organisms eventually go, and where decomposers, insect larvae, and clams live.

• Littoral Zone

• Benthic Zone

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Eutrophication is an increase in ​_______ which causes increased algae and bacterial growth, eventually killing other organism in the biome.

• Temperature

• Nutrients

• Organisms

• Water

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

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Groundwater is water held in _______ beneath the earths surface, in the cracks and spaces in soil, sand, and rock.

• silt

• sand

• mud

• aquifers

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1