Aquatic Ecosystems

These wetlands look like flooded forest and have trees and shrubs with slow moving water.

• Marshes
• Swamps
• Bogs
• Estuary

These are wetlands that are dominated by mosses and are often acidic.

• Marshes
• Swamps
• Bogs
• Estuary

Shallow wetlands along rivers that contain cattails, rushes, and other tall grasses.

• Marshes
• Swamps
• Bogs
• Estuary

Which of these is NOT a freshwater wetland?

• Marshes
• Swamps
• Bogs
• Estuary

An ecosystem in which water covers the soil or is present at or near the surface of the soil for at least part of the year.

• Neritic Zone
• Oligotrophic
• Oceanic Zone
• Wetland

Slow moving rivers are richer in nutrients and support a great diversity of life.

• True
• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Eutrophic lakes are clear with sandy or rocky bottoms

• True
• False

The ocean floor is known as the ______ .

• Oceanic Zone
• Neritic Zone
• Benthic Zone
• Photic Zone

This is the largest marine zone.

• Neritic Zone
• Oceanic Zone
• Intertidal Zone
• Freshwater Zone

This zone is the most productive of the ocean zones.

• Neritic Zone
• Intertidal Zone
• Oceanic Zone
• Benthic Zone