Aquatic Biomes

What are the 2 types of aquatic biomes?

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

What aquatic biome is characterized by flowing fresh water?

• Lakes/Ponds
• Mangroves Swamps
• Rivers/Streams
• Coral Reefs

Freshwater biomes contain less than __% salt.

• 1%

• 2%

• 3%

• 4%

Marine biomes are made up of more than ____% salt.

• 1%

• 2%

• 3%

• 4%

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

• brujeria

• estuary

• swamp

• marsh

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_________ is the amount of salt dissolved in water.

• Temperature

• Salinity

• Nutrients

• Pressure

Which biome is pictured below?

• ocean
• freshwater
• coral reef 
• wetland

An ecosystem where water covers the soil or water is near the surface of the soil is called

• a desert

• an ocean

• an estuary

• a wetland

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Wetlands are where the water is ______________and acts like a big filter for sediment and nutrients.

• flowing rapidly

• dried out

• not flowing at all

• flowing slowly

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The Bering sea off the coast of Alaska is one of the world's most productive bodies of water. This is because the water is ____________ and holds more _____________ than the tropics.

• warm, salt

• cold, oxygen

• cold, salt

• warm, soil