Environmental Science Ch. 7 Review

What is commonly found on flat, poorly drained land?

• Estuary

• Rivers

• Swamp
• Lakes

Water level and salinity change in _____ and organisms living in these must adapt to these changes.

• estuaries

• oceans

• mangrove swamps

• Florida everglades

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Which of the following is water NOT in the benthic zone?

• Cold

• Dark

• Oxygen free

• all of the above

Surface water is to _____ as deep water is to decomposition.

• eutrophication

• photosynthesis

• brackish water

• filtration

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Oil spills, pesticides and sewage are threats to _____.

• coral reefs

• lakes

• rivers

• freshwater marshes

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Trout is to headwaters as plankton is to:

• ocean floor.

• downstream.

• marshes.

• ocean surface.

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Click on all that are threat to coral reefs.

• water too high in nutrients that leads to algal blooms

• phytoplankton

• zooplankton

• silt runoff

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Industrial waste and sewage cause most of _____ pollution.

• mangrove swamp

• deep ocean

• freshwater swamps

• coastal

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_____ are to swamps as grasslands are to forests.

• Marshes

• Estuaries

• Wetlands

• Lakes

Which of the following is NOT one of the things that happen to rivers as they flow downstream?

• They get wider
• They get warmer

• They get slower

• They increase in oxygen content